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showtimesofficial sitesmiscellaneousphotographssound clipsvideo clips| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 2003 | Won | ASCAP Award |
Top Box Office Films Howard Shore Also for Panic Room (2002). |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Oscar |
Best Sound Editing Ethan Van der Ryn Mike Hopkins |
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Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Grant Major (art director) Dan Hennah (set decorator) Alan Lee (set decorator) |
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Best Editing Michael Horton |
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Best Picture Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh Peter Jackson |
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Best Sound Christopher Boyes Michael Semanick Michael Hedges Hammond Peek |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best DVD Special Edition Release For the Extended Edition. |
| 2003 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Costumes Ngila Dickson Richard Taylor Tied with Trisha Biggar for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). |
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Best Fantasy Film |
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Best Make-Up Peter Owen Peter King |
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Best Supporting Actor Andy Serkis |
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| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor Viggo Mortensen |
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Best Director Peter Jackson |
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Best Music Howard Shore |
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Best Performance by a Younger Actor Elijah Wood |
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Best Special Effects Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke |
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Best Writing Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson |
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| Amanda Awards, Norway | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Amanda |
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm) Peter Jackson |
| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic Michael Horton |
| Angel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Gold Angel |
Best Adventure Picture |
| Art Directors Guild | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Excellence in Production Design Award |
Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Films Grant Major (production designer) Dan Hennah (supervising art director) Joe Bleakley (art director) Rob Outterside (art director) Philip Ivey (art director) Mark Robins (art director) Jules Cook (assistant art director) Ross McGarva (assistant art director) Jacqui Allen (assistant art director) |
| Australian DVD and Video Industry Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Australian DVD and Video Industry Award |
Best Marketing Campaign for a Retail Title |
| Australian Film Institute | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Best Foreign Film Award |
Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh |
| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Audience Award | |
| BAFTA Film Award |
Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke |
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Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson Richard Taylor |
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| Nominated | BAFTA Children's Award |
Best Feature Film Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh |
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| BAFTA Film Award |
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie |
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Best Editing Michael Horton Jabez Olssen |
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Best Film Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh Peter Jackson |
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Best Make Up/Hair Peter Owen Peter King Richard Taylor |
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Best Production Design Grant Major |
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Best Sound Ethan Van der Ryn David Farmer Mike Hopkins Hammond Peek Christopher Boyes Michael Semanick Michael Hedges |
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| David Lean Award for Direction |
Peter Jackson |
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| Bogey Awards, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Bogey Award in Titanium | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Digital Acting Performance "Gollum" |
| Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Composer Howard Shore |
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Best Picture |
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| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | COFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie |
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Best Director Peter Jackson |
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Best Original Score Howard Shore |
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Best Picture |
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| Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Screenplay - Adapted Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson |
| Cinema Audio Society, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | C.A.S. Award |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Christopher Boyes (re-recording mixer) Michael Semanick (re-recording mixer) Michael Hedges (re-recording mixer) Hammond Peek (production mixer) |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | CEC Award |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) USA/New Zealand. |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | CDG Award |
Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Period/Fantasy Ngila Dickson |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | DVDX Award |
Best New Movie Scenes (Finished-Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone) Peter Jackson (Special Extended Edition). |
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Best Overall DVD, New Movie (Including All Extra Features) Michael Pellerin David Rodriguez Kevin Lee Miller (Special Extended Edition). |
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| Nominated | DVDX Award |
Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens (Special Extended Edition). |
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Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) Elijah Wood Sean Astin John Rhys-Davies Billy Boyd Dominic Monaghan Orlando Bloom Christopher Lee Sean Bean Bernard Hill Miranda Otto David Wenham Brad Dourif Karl Urban John Noble Craig Parker Andy Serkis (Special Extended Edition). |
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Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (New for DVD) Michael Pellerin David Rodriguez Kevin Lee Miller For the appendices, parts 3 and 4: "The Journey Continues" and "The Battle for Middle-earth begins" (Special Extended Edition). |
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Best Games and Interactivities Jean-Paul Leonard Richard Ross (Special Extended Edition). |
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Best Menu Design Kazandra Bonner Ikuko Kobayashi Jean-Paul Leonard Michael Murphy (Special Edition). |
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| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | DFWFCA Award |
Best Director Peter Jackson |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Peter Jackson |
| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Empire Award |
Best Film |
| Nominated | Empire Award |
Best Actor Viggo Mortensen |
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Best Actress Miranda Otto |
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Best British Actor Ian McKellen |
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Best British Actor Andy Serkis |
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Best Director Peter Jackson |
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Scene of the Year For Gollum's debate. |
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| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture Peter Jackson |
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Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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| Golden Trailer Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Golden Trailer |
Best Action For "Sacrifice". |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Grammy |
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Howard Shore (composer) John Kurlander (engineer) Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) |
| Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award |
Best Character Hair Styling - Feature Peter Owen Peter King (Liv Tyler). |
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Best Character Makeup - Feature Peter King Peter Owen (Elijah Wood). |
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Best Special Makeup Effects - Feature Gino Acevedo Jason Docherty Richard Taylor (Elijah Wood). |
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| Hugo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Dubbing (Migliore Doppiaggio) Pino Insegno Also for Ice Age (2002). |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Director Peter Jackson |
| Kids' Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Blimp Award |
Favorite Male Butt Kicker Elijah Wood |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Sierra Award |
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson Richard Taylor |
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Best Director Peter Jackson |
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Best Editing Michael Horton Jabez Olssen |
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Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke |
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| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
Director of the Year Peter Jackson |
| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | MTV Movie Award |
Best Action Sequence The battle for Helms Deep. |
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Best Movie |
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Best On-Screen Team Elijah Wood Sean Astin "Gollum" |
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Best Virtual Performance For "Gollum". |
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| Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Male Performance Viggo Mortensen |
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| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features Mike Hopkins (supervising sound editor/supervising dialogue editor/supervising adr editor) Ethan Van der Ryn (supervising sound editor/supervising foley editor) David Farmer (sound effects editor) Brent Burge (sound effects editor) Dave Whitehead (sound effects editor) John McKay (sound effects editor) Kyrsten Mate Comoglio (sound effects editor) Craig Tomlinson (sound effects editor) Hayden Collow (sound effects editor) Jason Canovas (dialogue editor/adr editor) Ray Beentjes (dialogue editor/adr editor) Polly McKinnon (adr editor) Nigel Stone (adr editor) Mark Franken (adr editor) |
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Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Feature Film Michael Price (music editor) Andrew Dudman (music editor) Steve Price (music editor) Mark Willsher (music editor) Malcolm Fife (music editor) Nigel Scott (music editor) Jonathan Schultz (music editor) Rebecca Gatrell (music editor) Raphaël Mouterde (music editor) |
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| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | OFCS Award |
Best Director Peter Jackson |
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Best Editing Michael Horton Jabez Olssen |
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Best Ensemble Sean Astin Cate Blanchett Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Brad Dourif Bernard Hill Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood |
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Best Picture |
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Best Sound Ethan Van der Ryn Mike Hopkins |
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Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel |
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| Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Art Direction |
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Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie |
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Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson Richard Taylor |
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Best Original Score Howard Shore |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson |
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Best Supporting Actor Andy Serkis |
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| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Barrie M. Osborne Peter Jackson Fran Walsh |
| People's Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | People's Choice Award |
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | PFCS Award |
Best Acting Ensemble Sean Astin Cate Blanchett Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Brad Dourif Bernard Hill Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood |
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Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie |
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Best Makeup Jeremy Woodhead Peter King Peter Owen |
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Best Original Song Fran Walsh Howard Shore For the song "Gollum's Song". |
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Best Picture |
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Best Production Design Grant Major |
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Best Screenplay - Adapted Frances Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson |
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Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri |
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| Nominated | PFCS Award |
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson Richard Taylor |
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Best Director Peter Jackson |
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Best Film Editing Michael Horton |
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Best Original Score Howard Shore |
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| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) Peter Jackson (director) |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Overall DVD For the Special Extended Edition. |
| Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best DVD Extras For the Special Extended Edition. |
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| 2003 | Won | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke |
| Special Achievement Award |
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble |
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| Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie |
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Best Director Peter Jackson |
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Best Film Editing Michael Horton |
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Best Motion Picture, Drama |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama Viggo Mortensen |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson |
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Best Sound Hammond Peek Christopher Boyes Michael Semanick Michael Hedges |
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| Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Nebula Award |
Best Script Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Actor |
Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Sean Astin Cate Blanchett Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Brad Dourif Bernard Hill Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood |
| Teen Choice Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Teen Choice Award |
Choice Movie - Drama/Action Adventure |
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Choice Movie Actor - Drama/Action Adventure Elijah Wood |
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Choice Movie Fight/Action Sequence |
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| USC Scripter Award | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | USC Scripter Award |
Fran Walsh (screenwriter) Philippa Boyens (screenwriter) Stephen Sinclair (screenwriter) Peter Jackson (screenwriter) J.R.R. Tolkien (author) |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | VES Award |
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture Richard Baneham Eric Saindon Ken McGaugh Bay Raitt |
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Best Compositing in a Motion Picture Mark Tait Lewis G.G. Heitmann Demers Alex Lemke Alfred Mürrle |
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Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture Alan Lee Jeremy Bennett Christian Rivers Gino Acevedo |
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Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture Richard Taylor Paul Van Ommen Matt Aitken |
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Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film Andy Serkis Elijah Wood Sean Astin |
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Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture Steve Ingram Blair Foord Rich E. Cordobes Scott Harens |
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Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture Alex Funke Brian Van't Hul Richard Bluck |
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Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke |
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| Nominated | VES Award |
Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture Yannick 'Botex' Dusseault Max Dennison Roger Kupelian Mathieu Raynault |
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| World Soundtrack Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | World Soundtrack Award |
Best Original Song Written for a Film Howard Shore Fran Walsh (lyricist) Janet Roddick (lyricist) David Donaldson (lyricist) Steve Roche (lyricist) David Long (lyricist) Emiliana Torrini (performer) For the song "Gollum's Song". |
| Young Artist Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Young Artist Award |
Best Family Feature Film - Drama |
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