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Costa-Gavras
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Academy Awards, USA (3)
Berlin International Film Festival (4)
BAFTA Awards (3)
Cannes Film Festival (5)
César Awards, France (7)
David di Donatello Awards (3)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2)
European Film Awards (2)
Golden Globes, USA (2)
Havana Film Festival (1)
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (3)
Locarno International Film Festival (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (2)
Moscow International Film Festival (2)
Munich Film Festival (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (3)
Prix Louis Delluc (1)
Pusan International Film Festival (1)
SACD Awards (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (4)
Valladolid International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (3)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Lumiere Awards, France (1)
Bombay International Film Festival (1)
Copenhagen International Film Festival (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (1)
Film by the Sea International Film Festival (1)
Flaiano International Prizes (1)
Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival (1)
Zurich Film Festival (1)
Gopo Awards, Romania (1)
Golden Globes, Italy (1)
Magritte Awards, Belgium (1)
CinEuphoria Awards (1)
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (1)
Terenci Moix International Award (1)
Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) (1)
ASECAN (1)
Les Rimbaud du Cinéma (1)
Kasargod International Film Festival (1)
40 wins & 39 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1983 Winner
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Missing
Costa-Gavras was not present at the awards ceremony.
Shared with:
Donald E. Stewart
1970 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
Z
1970 Nominee
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Z
Shared with:
Jorge Semprún
Berlin International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Berlinale Camera
2002 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Amen.
1993 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
The Little Apocalypse
1990 Winner
Golden Berlin Bear
Music Box
Tied with
Larks on a String (1969)
.
BAFTA Awards
1983 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Direction
Missing
1983 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay
Missing
Shared with:
Donald E. Stewart
1970 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay
Z
Shared with:
Jorge Semprún
Cannes Film Festival
1982 Winner
Palme d'Or
Missing
Tied with
Yol (1982)
.
1975 Winner
Best Director
Special Section
Tied with
Orders (1974)
.
1975 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Special Section
1969 Winner
Jury Prize
Z
Unanimously.
1969 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Z
César Awards, France
2020 Nominee
César
Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleure adaptation)
Adults in the Room
2006 Nominee
César
Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleure adaptation)
The Ax
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Grumberg
2003 Nominee
César
Best Film (Meilleur film)
Amen.
2003 Nominee
César
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
Amen.
2003 Winner
César
Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation)
Amen.
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Grumberg
2 more
All
David di Donatello Awards
1983 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
Missing
1983 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Missing
1983 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniera)
Missing
Shared with:
Donald E. Stewart
Directors Guild of America, USA
1970 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Z
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1970 Winner
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
Z
Shared with:
Jorge Semprún
1967 Nominee
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
The Sleeping Car Murder
European Film Awards
2020 Nominee
European Film Award
European Screenwriter
Adults in the Room
2018 Winner
Honorary Award
Golden Globes, USA
1983 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Missing
1983 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Missing
Shared with:
Donald E. Stewart
Havana Film Festival
2003 Winner
Honorary Award
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
1995 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1983 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Missing
1971 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
The Confession
1970 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Z
Locarno International Film Festival
2022 Winner
Leopard Career Award
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1983 Winner
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Missing
1983 Winner
ALFS Award
Screenwriter of the Year
Missing
Shared with:
Donald E. Stewart
Moscow International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Special Prize
For an outstanding contribution to the world cinema.
1967 Nominee
Grand Prix
Shock Troops
Munich Film Festival
2013 Nominee
ARRI/OSRAM Award
Best International Film
Capital
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1970 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
Z
1970 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Screenplay
Z
Shared with:
Jorge Semprún
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1982 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
Missing
Shared with:
Donald E. Stewart
1973 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
State of Siege
1969 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Z
Prix Louis Delluc
1972 Winner
Prix Louis Delluc
State of Siege
Pusan International Film Festival
2009 Winner
Hand Printing
Shared with:
Dario Argento
SACD Awards
2002 Winner
Grand Prize
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2024 Nominee
Golden Seashell
Best Film
Le dernier souffle
2019 Winner
Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
2012 Nominee
Golden Seashell
Best Film
Capital
2012 Winner
Guipuzcoan Blood-Donors' Association Corresponding to the Solidarity Award
Capital
Valladolid International Film Festival
1986 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Family Council
Venice Film Festival
2019 Winner
Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award
1983 Nominee
Golden Lion
Hanna K.
1979 Nominee
Golden Lion
Best Film
Womanlight
Writers Guild of America, USA
1983 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Missing
Shared with:
Donald E. Stewart
Lumiere Awards, France
2003 Winner
Lumiere Award
Best Film (Meilleur film)
Amen.
Bombay International Film Festival
2013 Winner
International Lifetime Achievement Award
Copenhagen International Film Festival
2005 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sant Jordi Awards
1971 Winner
Sant Jordi
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
The Confession
Kinema Junpo Awards
1972 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The Confession
Ninth place
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
2005 Winner
Film and Literature Award
The Ax
Flaiano International Prizes
2003 Winner
Career Award
Cinema
Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival
2017 Winner
Career Award
Zurich Film Festival
2008 Winner
A Tribute to... Award
Gopo Awards, Romania
2007 Nominee
Gopo Award
Best European Film
The Ax
Golden Globes, Italy
2002 Winner
Golden Globe
Best European Film (Miglior Film Europeo)
Amen.
Magritte Awards, Belgium
2013 Winner
Honorary Magritte Award
CinEuphoria Awards
2020 Winner
CinEuphoria
Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award
Adults in the Room
Shared with:
Yanis Varoufakis
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
2019 Winner
Tribute Award
Terenci Moix International Award
2010 Winner
Terenci Moix Award
Film Prize
Pune International Film Festival (PIFF)
2020 Nominee
Festival Prize
Best International Film
Adults in the Room
ASECAN
1983 Winner
ASECAN Award
Best Foreign Film
Missing
Les Rimbaud du Cinéma
2021 Winner
Rimbaud d'honneur
Rimbaud d'honneur
The Rimbaud d'honneur is a lifetime achievement award presented to those whose body of work embodies the spirit of Les Rimbaud du Cinéma
Kasargod International Film Festival
2019 Nominee
World Frames
I Still Hide to Smoke
Shared with:
Rayhana Obermeyer
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Rémi Burah
·
Olivier Père
·
Michèle Ray-Gavras
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