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Awards for
L.A. Confidential (1997)

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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kim Basinger

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

Nominated Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director)
Jay Hart (set decorator)

Best Cinematography
Dante Spinotti

Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Film Editing
Peter Honess

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
Jerry Goldsmith

Best Picture
Arnon Milchan
Curtis Hanson
Michael G. Nathanson

Best Sound
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Kirk Francis

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Saturn Award Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Peter Honess

 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
Dante Spinotti

 
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Silver Condor Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Curtis Hanson

 
Art Directors Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award Feature Film
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (production designer)
William Arnold (art director)

 
Australian Film Institute
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Best Foreign Film Award
Curtis Hanson (director)
Arnon Milchan (producer)
Curtis Hanson (producer)
Michael G. Nathanson (producer)

 
Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Film

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Editing
Peter Honess

Best Sound
Terry Rodman
Roland N. Thai
Kirk Francis
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
John Leveque

Nominated Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Jerry Goldsmith

BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography
Dante Spinotti

Best Costume Design
Ruth Myers

Best Film
Arnon Milchan
Curtis Hanson
Michael G. Nathanson

Best Make Up/Hair
John M. Elliott
Scott H. Eddo
Janis Clark

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Kevin Spacey

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kim Basinger

Best Production Design
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall

Best Screenplay - Adapted
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

David Lean Award for Direction
Curtis Hanson

 
BMI Film & TV Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won BMI Film Music Award
Jerry Goldsmith

 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film
Curtis Hanson

 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Curtis Hanson (director)

 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won BSFC Award Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Film

Best Screenplay
Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland

Best Supporting Actor
Kevin Spacey

 
British Society of Cinematographers
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Best Cinematography Award
Dante Spinotti

 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Critics Choice Award Best Picture

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated Golden Palm
Curtis Hanson

 
Casting Society of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Artios Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
Mali Finn

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won CFCA Award Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Picture

Best Screenplay
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Actor
Russell Crowe

Best Cinematography
Dante Spinotti

Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Movie

Best Screenplay
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

Best Supporting Actor
Kevin Spacey

Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor
Guy Pearce

 
Cinema Audio Society, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated C.A.S. Award Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film
Andy Nelson (re-recording mixer)
Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixer)
Kirk Francis (production mixer)

 
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won CEC Award Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
USA.
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won DFWFCA Award Best Picture

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Curtis Hanson

 
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Edgar Best Motion Picture
Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland

 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Empire Award Best Actor
Kevin Spacey

 
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won FCCA Award Best Foreign Film

 
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won FFCC Award Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Screenplay
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 
Fotogramas de Plata
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Curtis Hanson

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kim Basinger

Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
Curtis Hanson

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Jerry Goldsmith

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
Curtis Hanson

Best Foreign Language Film Director
Curtis Hanson

Readers' Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film
Curtis Hanson

 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Sierra Award Best Screenplay
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won ALFS Award Director of the Year
Curtis Hanson

Film of the Year

Screenwriter of the Year
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won LAFCA Award Best Cinematography
Dante Spinotti

Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Picture

Best Screenplay
Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland

 
Mainichi Film Concours
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Foreign Language Film
Curtis Hanson

 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR
unknown

Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic)
unknown

Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley
unknown

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won NBR Award Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Film

 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won NSFC Award Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Film

Best Screenplay
Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won NYFCC Award Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Film

Best Screenplay
Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland

 
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Foreign Film

 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won OFCS Award Best Film

Best Screenplay
Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland

Nominated OFCS Award Best Director
Curtis Hanson

 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award
Arnon Milchan
Curtis Hanson
Michael G. Nathanson

 
Political Film Society, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated PFS Award Human Rights

 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Curtis Hanson

 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Adaption
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Director of a Motion Picture
Curtis Hanson

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Curtis Hanson
Arnon Milchan
Michael G. Nathanson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Russell Crowe

Outstanding Art Direction
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall

Outstanding Cinematography
Dante Spinotti

Outstanding Film Editing
Peter Honess

Outstanding Original Score
Jerry Goldsmith

 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Kim Basinger
Tied with Gloria Stuart for Titanic (1997).
Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Kim Basinger
James Cromwell
Russell Crowe
Danny DeVito
Guy Pearce
Kevin Spacey
David Strathairn

 
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won STFC Award Best Screenplay, Adapted
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won SEFCA Award Best Adapted Screenplay
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

Best Director
Curtis Hanson

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actress
Kim Basinger

 
Toronto International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Metro Media Award
Curtis Hanson
Tied with Boogie Nights (1997).
 
USC Scripter Award
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won USC Scripter Award
James Ellroy (author)
Brian Helgeland (screenwriter)
Curtis Hanson (screenwriter)

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

 

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