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Awards
Jonathan Demme
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (3)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (2)
César Awards, France (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Cinema Audio Society, USA (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Deauville Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Ghent International Film Festival (1)
Golden Globes, USA (1)
Gotham Awards (3)
Grammy Awards (1)
Hochi Film Awards (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
International Documentary Association (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Locarno International Film Festival (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1)
Miami Film Festival (1)
National Board of Review, USA (2)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
PGA Awards (1)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (1)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Venice Film Festival (8)
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (1)
Blue Ribbon Awards (1)
Film by the Sea International Film Festival (2)
Rome Film Fest (1)
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (1)
Online Film & Television Association (3)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (4)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (1)
20/20 Awards (2)
ASECAN (1)
32 wins & 36 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1992 Winner
Oscar
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1992 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
Berlin International Film Festival
1994 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Philadelphia
1991 Winner
Silver Berlin Bear
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
Tied with
Ultrà (1991)
.
1991 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
The Silence of the Lambs
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1991 Winner
BSFC Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
BAFTA Awards
1992 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Direction
The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
The Silence of the Lambs
Shared with:
Edward Saxon
·
Kenneth Utt
·
Ron Bozman
César Awards, France
1992 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
The Silence of the Lambs
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1994 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
Philadelphia
1992 Winner
CFCA Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
Chicago International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Gold Plaque
Best Documentary
The Agronomist
Cinema Audio Society, USA
2013 Winner
Filmmaker Award
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1992 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
Deauville Film Festival
1987 Nominee
Critics Award
Swimming to Cambodia
Directors Guild of America, USA
1992 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The Silence of the Lambs
Shared with:
Kenneth Utt
·
Ron Bozman
·
Kyle McCarthy
Ghent International Film Festival
1985 Winner
Grand Prix
Stop Making Sense
Golden Globes, USA
1992 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
The Silence of the Lambs
Gotham Awards
2007 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Shared with:
Neda Armian
2004 Winner
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
The Agronomist
Shared with:
Bevin McNamara
·
Peter Saraf
1991 Winner
Filmmaker Award
Grammy Awards
1987 Nominee
Grammy
Best Music Video, Long Form
Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid
Shared with:
Kevin Godley
·
Lol Creme
·
Hart Perry
Hochi Film Awards
1991 Winner
Hochi Film Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The Silence of the Lambs
Image Awards (NAACP)
2018 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Shots Fired
Episode: "
Hour Six: The Fire This Time (2017)
"
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2009 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Feature
Rachel Getting Married
Shared with:
Neda Armian
·
Marc Platt
2009 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Rachel Getting Married
1988 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Swimming to Cambodia
International Documentary Association
1997 Winner
Pare Lorentz Award
Mandela
Shared with:
Edward Saxon
·
Jo Menell
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1992 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
The Silence of the Lambs
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1991 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
Locarno International Film Festival
2015 Nominee
Variety Piazza Grande Award
Ricki and the Flash
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1992 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
The Silence of the Lambs
Miami Film Festival
2003 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary Features - World Cinema Competition
The Agronomist
National Board of Review, USA
2006 Winner
Billy Wilder Award
1991 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1992 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
1981 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
Melvin and Howard
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1991 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
1980 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Melvin and Howard
PGA Awards
2003 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Adaptation.
Shared with:
Edward Saxon
·
Vincent Landay
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2004 Winner
Honorable Mention
Documentary Film
The Agronomist
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Winner
TFCA Award
Best Director
Rachel Getting Married
Venice Film Festival
2015 Winner
Persol Tribute Visionary Talent Award
2011 Nominee
Venice Horizons Award
Best Film
I'm Carolyn Parker
2008 Nominee
Golden Lion
Rachel Getting Married
2007 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Parallel Sections
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007 Winner
Biografilm Award
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
3 more
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Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
1991 Winner
Silver Scream Award
The Silence of the Lambs
Black Reel Awards
2005 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Film
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Shared with:
LisaGay Hamilton
·
Joe Viola
·
Neda Armian
Blue Ribbon Awards
1992 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The Silence of the Lambs
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
Film and Literature Award
A Master Builder
2006 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Rome Film Fest
2013 Nominee
CinemaXXI Award
A Master Builder
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
2015 Winner
Tribute Award
Online Film & Television Association
2022 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Architect
2003 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Picture
Adaptation.
Shared with:
Vincent Landay
·
Edward Saxon
1998 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Picture
Mandela
Shared with:
Jo Menell
·
Edward Saxon
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2002 Nominee
ACCA
Best Motion Picture
Adaptation.
Shared with:
Vincent Landay
·
Edward Saxon
1993 Winner
ACCA
Best Motion Picture
Philadelphia
Shared with:
Edward Saxon
1993 Nominee
ACCA
Best Achievement in Directing
Philadelphia
1991 Winner
ACCA
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2009 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
Rachel Getting Married
20/20 Awards
2014 Nominee
Felix
Best Director
Philadelphia
2012 Winner
Felix
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs
ASECAN
1992 Winner
ASECAN Award
Best Foreign Film
The Silence of the Lambs
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