This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Julian Fellowes.
Julian Fellowes is an English screenwriter and producer. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Emmy Awards as well as nominations for four BAFTA Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Tony Award.
On film, he wrote the screenplay for the Robert Altman directed murder mystery film Gosford Park (2011) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay.
On television, he created and wrote the PBS period drama series Downton Abbey (2010 to 2015) earning two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Limited Series and for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series. He also created and wrote the HBO Max period drama series The Gilded Age (2022–present) earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
On theater, he wrote the book for the stage musical Mary Poppins in the West End and on Broadway earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. He also wrote the book for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical comedy School of Rock in the West End and on Broadway, earning nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical respectively.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2001 Best Original Screenplay Gosford Park
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards2002 Best Original Screenplay Gosford Park Most Promising Newcomer British Academy Television Awards 2011 Best Drama Series Downton Abbey British Academy Children's Awards1997 Best Drama The Prince and the Pauper
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards2011 Outstanding Limited Series Downton Abbey (series 1) Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series 2012 Outstanding Drama Series Downton Abbey (series 2) Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Downton Abbey (episode seven) 2013 Outstanding Drama Series Downton Abbey (series 3) Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Downton Abbey (episode four) 2014 Outstanding Drama Series Downton Abbey (series 4) 2015 Downton Abbey (series 5) 2016 Downton Abbey (series 6) Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Downton Abbey (episode eight) 2024 Outstanding Drama Series The Gilded Age (series 2) 2026 The Gilded Age (series 3)
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2001 Best Screenplay Gosford Park 2011 Best Limited Series or Television Film Downton Abbey
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2005 Best New Musical Mary Poppins 2017 School of Rock
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2016 Best Book of a Musical School of Rock
Honours
Commonwealth honours Commonwealth honours
Country Date Appointment Post-nominal letters 15 February 1999 – present Lord of the manor of Tattershall 4 July 2008 – present Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Dorset DL 12 January 2011 – present Life peer as Baron Fellowes of West Stafford
Scholastic
Honorary degrees
Location Date School Degree Gave commencement address November 2006 Bournemouth University Doctorate Yes November 2010 Southampton Solent University Doctor of Arts (D.Arts). Yes 10 September 2014 University of Lincoln Doctor of Arts (D.Arts). Yes 14 October 2014 University of Winchester Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.). Yes
Memberships and Fellowships Location Date Organisation Position British Academy of Film and Television Arts Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Writer's Branch) 2011 – present Society of Dorset Men President
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