The following article is a List of awards and nominations received by Robert Altman.
Robert Altman was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has received several awards including two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards.
He is known for such films as the war comedy M*A*S*H (1970), the revisionist western McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the neo-noir The Long Goodbye (1973), the dramedy film California Split (1974), the satirical musical film Nashville (1975), the drama 3 Women (1977), the comedy A Wedding (1978), the musical comedy Popeye (1980), the drama Secret Honor (1984), the black comedy The Player (1992), the ensemble film Short Cuts (1993), the British murder mystery film Gosford Park (2001), and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).
Altman received various awards and nominations including seven Academy Award nominations winning the Honorary Oscar in 2006. He received seven British Academy Film Award nominations winning twice for The Player (1992), and Gosford Park (2001). He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Tanner '88 (1988). He also received five Golden Globe Award nominations winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for Gosford Park. He also received various awards from film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or for M*A*S*H and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director for The Player.
He has received numerous honorary awards including Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear, and the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion. In 1994, he received the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1971 Best Director MASH 1976 Best Picture Nashville Best Director 1993 The Player 1994 Short Cuts 2002 Gosford Park Best Picture 2006 Academy Honorary Award
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1971 Best Direction MASH 1979 A Wedding Best Screenplay 1993 Best Film The Player Best Direction 2002 Best British Film Gosford Park Best Director
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 1989 Directing in a Drama Series Tanner '88: The Boiler Room 1993 Directing in a Variety or Music Program Great Performances: Black and Blue
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1971 Best Director MASH 1976 Nashville 1993 The Player 1994 Best Screenplay Short Cuts 2002 Best Director Gosford Park
Festival awards Cannes Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1970 Palme d'Or MASH 1972 Images 1977 3 Women 1986 Fool for Love 1987 Aria 1992 The Player Best Director The Player 1996 Palme d'Or Kansas City
Berlin International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1976 Golden Bear Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson 1985 FIPRESCI Prize Secret Honor 1999 Golden Bear Cookie's Fortune Prize of the Guild 2002 Honorary Golden Bear 2006 Golden Bear A Prairie Home Companion 2006 Reader Jury
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1983 Golden Lion Streamers 1993 Short Cuts FIPRESCI Prize Pasinetti Award 1996 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2000 Golden Lion Dr T and the Women
Industry awards Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1993 Best Director Short Cuts Best Screenplay 1994 Best Feature Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 1999 Cookie's Fortune 2006 Best Director A Prairie Home Companion
Directors Guild of America Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1971 Outstanding Directorial in Motion Pictures MASH 1976 Nashville 1993 The Player 1994 Lifetime Achievement Award 2005 Outstanding Directing - Miniseries or Movie Tanner on Tanner
Writers Guild of America Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1971 Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1972 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen Images 1978 Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen A Wedding
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