The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Ron Howard.
Ron Howard is American actor and filmmaker. Over his decades-spanning career as an actor, director and producer, Howard has won two Academy Awards, eight Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards as well as nominations for seven BAFTA Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He additionally received the National Medal of Arts in 2003 as well as two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to television and motion pictures in 1981 and 2015, respectively.
Howard won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for the same two awards for the political drama Frost/Nixon (2008). He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for both the docudrama Apollo 13 (1995) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). For his work in film he received nominations for five BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards. He received the Grammy Award for Best Music Film for The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (2017).
For his work on television, Howard won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film for the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998). He also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the first season of the Fox sitcom Arrested Development (2004). He won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program twice for producing the PBS Kids series Curious George in 2008 and 2010.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 Best PictureA Beautiful Mind Best Director 2009 Best PictureFrost/Nixon Best Director
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2002 Best Film A Beautiful Mind Best Direction 2009 Best Film Frost/Nixon Best Direction 2014 Best British Film Rush 2017 Best Documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week British Academy Children's Awards 2001 Best Feature Film How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1982 Outstanding Children's Program Through the Magic Pyramid 1998 Outstanding Miniseries From the Earth to the Moon 1999 Outstanding Animated Program The PJs: He's Gotta Have It 2004Outstanding Comedy SeriesArrested Development 2005 2006 2017 Outstanding Limited SeriesGenius Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special The Beatles: Eight Days a Week 2018 Outstanding Limited Series Genius: Picasso 2022 Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special We Feed People 2024 Jim Henson Idea Man Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program 2025 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Studio (episode: "The Note") Daytime Emmy Awards 2007 Outstanding Children's Animated ProgramCurious George 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program 2020 Outstanding Special Class - Short Format Daytime Program Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 Children's and Family Emmy Awards2022 Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series The Astronauts Outstanding Non-Fiction Program Who Are You, Charlie Brown? 2023 Outstanding Preschool Animated Series The Tiny Chef Show 2024 2025
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1977 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture The Shootist 1978 Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Happy Days 1996Best Director – Motion Picture Apollo 13 1999 Best Limited Series From the Earth to the Moon 2002 Best Director - Motion PictureA Beautiful Mind 2004Best Television Series – Musical or ComedyArrested Development 2005 2009 Best Director – Motion PictureFrost/Nixon
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Best Music Film The Beatles: Eight Days a Week 2026 Music by John Williams
Guild awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Directors Guild of America 1986Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Cocoon 1996 Apollo 13 2002 A Beautiful Mind 2009 Frost/Nixon Producers Guild of America 1999 Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television From the Earth to the Moon 2000 Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Sports Night 2002 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures A Beautiful Mind 2005Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - ComedyArrested Development 2006 2007 2009 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Frost/Nixon Milestone Award 2014 Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy Arrested Development Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014 Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Arrested Development
Critics associations Organizations Year Category Work Result Critics' Choice Movie Award1995 Best Director Apollo 13 2001 Best DirectorA Beautiful Mind 2005 Best DirectorCinderella Man 2008 Best DirectorFrost/Nixon 2015 Louis XIII Genius Award Chicago Film Critics Association 1995 Best Director Apollo 13 2001 Best Director A Beautiful Mind Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2001 Best Director A Beautiful Mind 2008 Best Director Frost/Nixon Detroit Film Critics Society 2008 Best Director Frost/Nixon Houston Film Critics Society 2008 Best Director Frost/Nixon Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2005 Best Foreign Director Cinderella Man St. Louis Film Critics Association 2008 Best Director Frost/Nixon Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2005 Best Director Cinderella Man
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AACTA Award 2014 Best Film Rush Amanda Award2002 Best Foreign Feature Film A Beautiful Mind Australian Film Institute Best Foreign Film Berlin International Film Festival2004 Golden Bear The Missing Black Reel Award 2014 Outstanding Television Documentary Made in America CableACE Award 1985 Dramatic Series Maximum Security Cannes Film Festival2024 L'Œil d'or Jim Henson Idea Man Christopher Award 2001 Film A Beautiful Mind Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2016 Best Director The Beatles: Eight Days a Week Czech Lion 2003 Best Foreign Language Film A Beautiful Mind DVD Exclusive Award 2003 Best Audio Commentary (New Release) A Beautiful Mind Empire Award 2006 Best Director Cinderella Man Golden Eagle Award 1972 CINE Golden Eagle Award Deed of Daring-Do 2003 Best Foreign Film A Beautiful Mind Golden Raspberry Award 2006 Worst Director The Da Vinci Code 2021 Worst Director Hillbilly Elegy Hugo Award 1986Best Dramatic Presentation Cocoon 1989 Willow 1996 Apollo 13 Hollywood Film Award 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Directing Hochi Film Award 2005 Best Foreign Language FilmCinderella Man IDA Documentary Award 2017 Best Episodic Series Mars Jupiter Award 1995 Best International Film Apollo 13 Monte-Carlo Television Festival2005 Best TV Series - Comedy Arrested Development ShoWest 2002 Director of the Year Robert Award 2014 Best Non-American Film Rush Satellite Awards 2008Best Director Frost/Nixon 2013 Rush Saturn Awards 1985Best Director Splash 1986 Cocoon 2001 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Tokyo International Film Festival1989 Grand Prix Parenthood Venice Film Festival1985 Young Venice Award Cocoon
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Hollywood Walk of Fame 1981 Television Star American Cinematheque Award 1990 Statue American Academy of Achievement 1997 Golden Plate Award Society of Camera Operators 1998 Governor's Award National Medal of Arts 2003 Medal American Cinema Editors 2006 Filmmaker of the Year Award American Society of Cinematographers2007 Board of Governors Award Austin Film Festival2009 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Palm Springs International Film Festival 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Chicago International Film Festival2010 Career Achievement Award Television Hall of Fame 2013 Inducteee Hollywood Walk of Fame 2015 Motion Picture Star Newport Beach Film Festival2022 Groundbreaker Award Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2026 Critics Choice Impact Award
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