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John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)

Awards

John Sayles

29 wins & 34 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico

  • Sonora, the Devil's Highway (2018)
    2020 Winner Silver Ariel
    • Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source (Mejor Guión Cinematográfico Adaptado)
    • Sonora, the Devil's Highway
    Shared with: Guillermo Munro Palacio

Academy Awards, USA

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Lone Star
  • Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard in Passion Fish (1992)
    1993 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Passion Fish

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Alligator (1980)
    1981 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Writing
    • Alligator

BAFTA Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Lone Star

Cannes Film Festival

  • Limbo (1999)
    1999 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Limbo

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Joe Morton in The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
    1984 Winner Caixa de Catalunya
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Brother from Another Planet

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Lone Star
  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Lone Star
  • City of Hope (1991)
    1992 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • City of Hope
  • City of Hope (1991)
    1992 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • City of Hope

Deauville Film Festival

  • City of Hope (1991)
    1991 Nominee Critics Award
    • City of Hope
  • Matewan (1987)
    1987 Nominee Critics Award
    • Matewan

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Elizabeth Peña and Jamey Sheridan in Shannon's Deal (1989)
    1990 Winner Edgar
    • Best Television Feature or Miniseries
    • Shannon's Deal

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard in Passion Fish (1992)
    1993 Winner Grand Prix
    • Passion Fish

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sunshine State (2002)
    2003 Winner Golden Orange Award
    • Sunshine State
    For his witty satire that insightfully examines Florida's historic past, expanding present and uncertain future.

Gawad Urian Awards

  • Amigo (2010)
    2011 Nominee Gawad Urian Award
    • Best Direction (Pinakamahusay na Direksyon)
    • Amigo

Gérardmer Film Festival

  • Jeni Courtney in The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
    1996 Winner International Critics Award
    • The Secret of Roan Inish

Golden Globes, USA

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Lone Star

Satellite Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Lone Star
    Tied with Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996).

Gotham Awards

  • John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)
    1996 Winner Filmmaker Award

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, and LisaGay Hamilton in Honeydripper (2007)
    2008 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
    • Honeydripper

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Lone Star
  • Jeni Courtney in The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
    1996 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • The Secret of Roan Inish
  • Jeni Courtney in The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
    1996 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Secret of Roan Inish
  • Matewan (1987)
    1988 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Matewan
  • Matewan (1987)
    1988 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Matewan

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • City of Hope (1991)
    1991 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • City of Hope

Lone Star Film & Television Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1996 Winner Lone Star Film & Television Award
    • Best Director
    • Lone Star
  • Lone Star (1996)
    1996 Winner Lone Star Film & Television Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Lone Star

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)
    1992 Winner Special Achievement Award
    For services to the American independent cinema.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
    1980 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Return of the Secaucus Seven

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
    1981 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Return of the Secaucus Seven

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
    1980 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Return of the Secaucus Seven

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, and LisaGay Hamilton in Honeydripper (2007)
    2007 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Honeydripper
    Tied with Gracia Querejeta and David Planell for Siete mesas de billar francés (2007).
  • Chris Cooper in Silver City (2004)
    2004 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Silver City
  • Men with Guns (1997)
    1997 Winner Solidarity Award
    • Men with Guns
  • Men with Guns (1997)
    1997 Winner OCIC Award
    • Men with Guns
  • Men with Guns (1997)
    1997 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Men with Guns

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Limbo (1999)
    1999 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Director
    • Limbo

Society of Texas Film Critics Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1996 Winner STFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Lone Star
  • Lone Star (1996)
    1996 Winner STFC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Lone Star

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Lone Star

St. Louis International Film Festival

  • John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)
    2007 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
    Shared with: Maggie Renzi

Sundance Film Festival

  • Joe Morton in The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
    1985 Winner Special Jury Recognition
    • Dramatic Non-Competition
    • The Brother from Another Planet
  • Joe Morton in The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
    1985 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • The Brother from Another Planet

SXSW Film Festival

  • Go for Sisters (2013)
    2013 Nominee Audience Award
    • Narrative Spotlight
    • Go for Sisters

Taos Talking Picture Festival

  • John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)
    2002 Winner Storyteller Award
    Shared with: Maggie Renzi

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Jeni Courtney in The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
    1994 Nominee Tokyo Grand Prix
    • The Secret of Roan Inish
  • City of Hope (1991)
    1991 Winner Tokyo Grand Prix
    • City of Hope

USC Scripter Award

  • John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney, Don Harvey, James Read, Perry Lang, and Michael Rooker in Eight Men Out (1988)
    1990 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Eight Men Out
    Shared with: Eliot Asinof

Venice Film Festival

  • Casa de los babys (2003)
    2003 Nominee Upstream Prize
    • Best Film
    • Casa de los babys

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)
    2005 Winner Ian McLellan Hunter Award
  • Lone Star (1996)
    1997 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Lone Star
  • Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard in Passion Fish (1992)
    1993 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Passion Fish
  • John Ritter and Alfre Woodard in Unnatural Causes (1986)
    1987 Winner WGA Award (TV)
    • Original Long Form
    • Unnatural Causes
    Shared with: Martin M. Goldstein · Stephen Doran · Robert Jacobs
  • Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
    1981 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
    • Return of the Secaucus Seven

Black Reel Awards

  • Go for Sisters (2013)
    2014 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Independent Feature
    • Go for Sisters

Chlotrudis Awards

  • John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)
    1999 Winner Taskforce Award

Scottsdale International Film Festival

  • John Sayles at an event for Casa de los babys (2003)
    2011 Winner Artistic Diversity Award

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Casa de los babys (2003)
    2004 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • Casa de los babys

20/20 Awards

  • Lone Star (1996)
    2017 Nominee Felix
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Lone Star

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