List of accolades received by Django Unchained

List of accolades received by Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed Django Unchained
Awards & nominations Award Won Nominated AACTA Awards 1 1 Academy Awards 2 5 African-American Film Critics Association 0 1 Alliance of Women Film Journalists 0 1 Amanda Award 0 1 American Film Institute Awards 1 1 Art Directors Guild 0 1 Austin Film Critics Association 1 1 Black Film Critics Circle 2 2 Black Reel Awards 3 6 Bodil Awards 0 1 Boston Society of Film Critics 0 1 British Academy Film Awards 2 5 Broadcast Film Critics Association 1 2 Central Ohio Film Critics Association 1 3 César Awards 0 1 Chicago Film Critics Association 0 2 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association 0 2 David di Donatello 1 1 Denver Film Critics Society 0 2 Dublin Film Critics Circle 0 4 Empire Awards 0 3 Georgia Film Critics Association 0 4 Golden Globe Award 2 5 Golden Trailer Awards 1 5 Grammy Award 0 1 Hollywood Film Festival 1 1 Houston Film Critics Society 0 2 Indiana Film Journalists Association 1 4 London Film Critics' Circle 0 1 Los Angeles Film Critics Association 0 1 Motion Picture Sound Editors 0 2 MTV Movie Awards 1 7 NAACP Image Award 2 4 National Board of Review 1 2 Online Film Critics Society 0 1 Producers Guild of America Award 0 1 San Diego Film Critics Society 1 5 Saturn Awards 1 4 St. Louis Film Critics 3 8 Taurus World Stunt Awards 0 2 Vancouver Film Critics Circle 0 2 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics 0 2
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	29	111
References

Django Unchained is a 2012 American western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a freed slave, who teams up with a bounty hunter called Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to free his wife from plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).^[1] Django Unchained was screened for the first time at the Directors Guild of America on December 1, 2012.^[2] Its official premiere was cancelled in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and was replaced with a screening for the cast and crew.^[3] Django Unchained was released on December 25, 2012 in the United States and on January 18, 2013 in the United Kingdom.^[1] As of December 7, 2013, Django Unchained has earned over $425 million at the box office.^[4]

The film has garnered various awards and nominations, with most nominations recognising the film itself, Tarantino's screenplay and the cast's acting performances, particularly those of Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. The American Film Institute included Django Unchained in their list of the Top Ten Movies of the Year, while the African-American Film Critics Association nominated it for Best Picture. The film gathered five Academy Award nominations in categories ranging from Best Original Screenplay to Best Cinematography and Best Sound Editing. The production designer for Django Unchained, J. Michael Riva, received a posthumous nomination for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film from the Art Directors Guild. Tarantino earned a Best Original Screenplay nod from the Broadcast and Chicago Film Critics Associations.

The British Academy Film Awards nominated the film for five accolades, including Best Direction and Best Editing. Django Unchained also gathered five nominations from the Golden Globe Awards and came away with Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Waltz. The film received seven nominations from the MTV Movie Awards. The NAACP Image Awards nominated Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington for Best Actor or Supporting Actor awards, while the film was nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture. The National Board of Review included Django Unchained in their Best Film category and awarded DiCaprio the Best Supporting Actor accolade. The film was also nominated for Best Picture from the Producers Guild of America. Django Unchained garnered eight nominations from the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association, the most of any film,^[5] but came away with three awards.

Awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
AACTA International Award[6]	January 26, 2013	Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Won
Academy Awards[7][8]	February 24, 2013	Best Cinematography	Robert Richardson	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Picture	Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone	Nominated
		Best Sound Editing	Wylie Stateman	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Won
African-American Film Critics Association[9]	December 16, 2012	Best Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[10]	January 7, 2013	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
Amanda Award[11]	August 16, 2012	Best Foreign Feature Film	Django Unchained	Nominated
American Film Institute Awards[12]	December 10, 2012	Top Ten Movies of the Year		Won
Art Directors Guild[13]	February 2, 2013	Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film	J. Michael Riva	Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association[14]	December 18, 2012	Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Won
Black Film Critics Circle[15]	December 24, 2012	Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Won
Black Reel Awards[16][17]	February 7, 2013	Outstanding Actor	Jamie Foxx	Nominated
		Outstanding Ensemble	Django Unchained – Victoria Thomas	Won
		Outstanding Motion Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Outstanding Original or Adapted Song	"Who Did That to You" – John Legend, Paul Epworth	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actor	Samuel L. Jackson	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actress	Kerry Washington	Nominated
Bodil Awards[18]	February 1, 2014	Best US Feature	Django Unchained	Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics[19]	December 9, 2012	Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
British Academy Film Awards[20][21]	February 10, 2013	Best Direction	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Editing	Fred Raskin	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Sound	Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association[22][23]	January 10, 2013	Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
César Awards[24]	February 28, 2014	Best Foreign Film		Nominated
Central Ohio Film Critics Association[25]	January 3, 2013	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio	Nominated
			Christoph Waltz	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association[26]	December 17, 2012	Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio	Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[27]	December 18, 2012	Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
David di Donatello[28]	June 14, 2013	Best Foreign Film	Django Unchained	Won
Denver Film Critics Society[29]	January 8, 2013	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
Dublin Film Critics Circle[30]	December 18, 2013	Best Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio	Nominated
		Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
Empire Awards[31]	March 24, 2013	Best Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
		Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Film	Django Unchained	Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association[32]	January 18, 2013	Best Ensemble		Nominated
		Best Original Song	"Ancora Qui" – Ennio Morricone and Elisa Toffoli	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Samuel L. Jackson	Nominated
			Christoph Waltz	Nominated
Golden Globe Award[33][34]	January 13, 2013	Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Drama Motion Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio	Nominated
			Christoph Waltz	Won
Golden Trailer Awards[35]	May 3, 2013	Best Action Poster	Django Unchained – The Weinstein Company, Ignition Creative	Nominated
		Best Foreign Graphics in a Trailer	"International" – Columbia Pictures, Greenhaus GFX	Nominated
		Best Music	"Justice" – The Weinstein Company, Ignition Creative	Nominated
		Best Music TV Spot	"Unchained BET" – The Weinstein Company, Ignition Creative	Won
		Most Original Trailer	"Who Did That?" – The Weinstein Company, Trailer Park	Nominated
Grammy Awards[36]	January 26, 2014	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Django Unchained – Various Artists	Nominated
Hollywood Film Festival[37]	October 22, 2012	Screenwriter of the Year	Quentin Tarantino	Won
Houston Film Critics Society[38]	January 5, 2013	Best Director		Nominated
		Best Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
Indiana Film Journalists Association[39]	December 17, 2012	Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
		Original Vision Award	Django Unchained	Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle[40]	January 20, 2013	Screenwriter of the Year	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association[41]	December 9, 2012	Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors[42]	February 17, 2013	Best Music in a Feature Film	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film		Nominated
MTV Movie Awards[43][44]	April 14, 2013	Best Fight	Jamie Foxx vs. Candieland Henchmen	Nominated
		Best Kiss	Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx	Nominated
		Best Male Performance	Jamie Foxx	Nominated
		Best On-Screen Duo	Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson	Nominated
		Best Villain	Leonardo DiCaprio	Nominated
		Best 'WTF' Moment	"Candieland Gets Smoked"	Won
		Movie of the Year	Django Unchained	Nominated
NAACP Image Award[45][46]	February 1, 2013	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Jamie Foxx	Nominated
		Outstanding Motion Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Samuel L. Jackson	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Kerry Washington	Won
National Board of Review[47]	December 5, 2012	Best Film	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio	Won
Online Film Critics Society[48]	January 7, 2013	Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
Producers Guild of America Award[49]	January 26, 2013	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Reginald Hudlin, Stacey Sher, Pilar Savone	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society[50]	December 11, 2012	Best Cinematography	Robert Richardson	Nominated
		Best Ensemble Performance	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Won
Saturn Awards[51][52]	June 26, 2013	Best Action or Adventure Film	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Costume	Sharen Davis	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
		Best Writing	Quentin Tarantino	Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[5]	December 17, 2012	Best Cinematography	Robert Richardson	Nominated
		Best Director	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Lead Actor	Jamie Foxx	Nominated
		Best Music	Django Unchained	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Picture	Django Unchained	Nominated
		Best Scene		Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Won
Taurus World Stunt Awards[53]	May 15, 2013	Best Speciality Stunt	Wagon explosion	Nominated
		Best Stunt Coordinator and/or second Unit Director	Jeff Dashnaw	Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle[54]	January 7, 2013	Best Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[55]	December 10, 2012	Best Original Screenplay	Quentin Tarantino	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Leonardo DiCaprio	Nominated

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External links

• Awards for Django Unchained at the Internet Movie Database