List of accolades received by the Alien franchise
Alien is an action/horror film franchise created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. The first four films, titled Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection, were released between 1979 and 1997. A prequel series, directed by Ridley Scott, began with Prometheus in 2012, and will be followed up by several sequels connecting directly with the original film, including with Alien: Covenant in 2017. Set between the 21st and 23rd centuries, the plot focuses on humanity's violent encounters with a vicious alien life form, with the lead protagonist being Ellen Ripley, a woman determined to stop the creature and prevent the corrupt Weyland-Yutani Corporation from obtaining it for biological weaponry.
The first two installments in the franchise were met with universal praise for the technical attributes, as well as Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of the lead, Ellen Ripley, for which she earned nine nominations and two wins (Saturn Award for Best Actress and Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award).[1] Though the subsequent installments were met with generally mixed reviews, all five films in the Alien franchise have been critically lauded for their technical attributes, ranging from recognition of the visual and sound effects, to the design of the recurring alien creature. The Alien Quadrilogy and Alien Anthology DVD and Blu-ray Disc collections have both won medium-specific awards.
Alien
Aliens
Organization |
Award category |
Recipients and nominees |
Result |
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards |
Top Box Office Film |
James Horner |
Won |
Academy Awards[1] |
Best Actress in a Leading Role |
Sigourney Weaver |
Nominated |
Best Art Direction |
Peter Lamont and Crispian Sallis |
Nominated |
Best Editing |
Ray Lovejoy |
Nominated |
Best Original Score |
James Horner |
Nominated |
Best Sound |
Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman |
Nominated |
Best Sound Editing |
Don Sharpe |
Won |
Best Visual Effects |
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne Benson |
Won |
British Academy Film Awards[3] |
Best Sound |
Don Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone |
Nominated |
Best Production Design |
Peter Lamont |
Nominated |
Best Special Visual Effects |
Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson and Stan Winston |
Won |
Best Makeup |
Peter Robb-King |
Nominated |
Artios Awards |
Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama |
Mike Fenton, Jane Feindberg and Judy Taylor |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Awards |
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
Sigourney Weaver |
Nominated |
Golden Reel Awards |
Best Sound Editing |
Don Sharpe |
Won |
Hugo Awards |
Best Dramatic Presentation |
Won |
Japanese Academy Awards |
Outstanding Foreign Language Film |
Nominated |
Kinema Junpo Awards |
Readers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
James Cameron |
Won |
Saturn Awards[4] |
Best Science Fiction Film |
Won |
Best Actor |
Michael Biehn |
Nominated |
Best Actress |
Sigourney Weaver |
Won |
Best Supporting Actor |
Bill Paxton |
Won |
Best Supporting Actress |
Jenette Goldstein |
Won |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor |
Carrie Henn |
Won |
Best Director |
James Cameron |
Won |
Best Writing |
Won |
Best Costume |
Emma Porteus |
Nominated |
Best Make-Up |
Peter Robb-King |
Nominated |
Best Special Effects |
Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak |
Won |
Young Artist Awards |
Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Supporting Role in a Feature Film - Comedy, Fantasy or Drama |
Carrie Henn |
Nominated |
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Prometheus
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
2012 |
Golden Trailer Awards |
Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer |
Prometheus / "Not Alone", 20th Century Fox, Wild Card |
Nominated |
[7] |
Best Sound Editing |
Prometheus, 20th Century Fox, Skip Film |
Nominated |
Key Art Awards |
Digital |
"Weyland Industries" website |
Won |
[8] |
Innovative Media |
Prometheus |
Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Art Direction |
Alex Cameron |
Won |
|
Phoenix Film Critics Society |
Best Visual Effects |
Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill |
Nominated |
|
Satellite Awards |
Visual Effects |
Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill |
Nominated |
[9] |
Sound (Editing and Mixing) |
Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci and Mark P. Stoeckinger |
Nominated |
Teen Choice Awards |
Choice Movie Breakout |
Noomi Rapace |
Nominated |
[10] |
Choice Summer Movie – Action |
Prometheus |
Nominated |
Choice Summer Movie Star – Female |
Charlize Theron (also for Snow White & the Huntsman) |
Nominated |
2013 |
Academy Awards |
Best Visual Effects |
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill |
Nominated |
[11] |
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award |
Fantasy Film |
Arthur Max |
Nominated |
[12] |
BAFTA Awards |
Special Visual Effects |
Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth |
Nominated |
[13] |
Critic's Choice Award |
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie |
Prometheus |
Nominated |
[14] |
Golden Reel Awards |
Best Sound Editing — Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film |
Prometheus |
Nominated |
[15] |
Visual Effects Society |
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture |
Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan for "Engineers & the Orrery" |
Nominated |
[16] |
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture |
Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel, Marco Rolandi for "LV-233" |
Nominated |
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture |
Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers for Prometheus |
Nominated |
London Film Critics' Circle Awards |
Supporting Actor of the Year |
Michael Fassbender |
Nominated |
|
Saturn Awards |
Best Science Fiction Film |
Prometheus |
Nominated |
[17] |
Best Supporting Actor |
Michael Fassbender |
Nominated |
DVD and Blu-ray Disc re-issues
Alien Quadrilogy
Organization |
Award category |
Recipients and nominees |
Result |
DVD Exclusive Awards |
DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)
|
Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (only for Alien) |
Won |
James Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Christopher Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston (only for Aliens) |
Nominated |
Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (Including All Extra Features) |
Charles de Lauzirika |
Won |
Best New Movie Scenes (Finished-Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone) |
Charles de Lauzirika and David Crowther (only for Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection) |
Nominated |
Sierra Awards |
Best DVD |
Won |
Satellite Awards |
Best DVD Extra |
Nominated |
Best Overall DVD |
Nominated |
Saturn Awards |
Best DVD Collection |
Nominated |
Alien Anthology
See also
References
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- ↑ "Film nominations 1986". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ↑ "Saturn Award Winners". Saturn Awards. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ↑ "1993 MTV Movie Awards". mtv.com. MTV. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ↑ "1997 20th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards". Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "The 13th Annual Golden Trailer Awards". Golden Trailer Awards. 2012. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ↑ Abramovitch, Seth (October 17, 2012). "'Ted' Wins Big at 41st THR Key Art Awards". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ↑ Kilday, Gregg (December 3, 2012). "Satellite Awards Nominates 10 Films for Best Motion Picture". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ↑ Ng, Philiana (June 14, 2012). "Teen Choice Awards 2012: 'Breaking Dawn,' 'Snow White' Lead Second Wave of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ↑ "OSCARS: 85th Academy Award Nominations – Only 9 Best Pictures; Lincoln Leads with 12 Nods, Life of Pi 11, Les Misérables and Silver Linings Playbook 8, Argo 7, Skyfall and Amour and Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained 5". Deadline.com. PMC. January 10, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
- ↑ "17th Annual ADG Awards Nominations Announced". Art Directors Guild. January 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ "EE British Academy Film Awards Nominations in 2013". bafta.org (British Academy of Film and Television Arts). January 9, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ↑ Hammond, Pete (December 11, 2012). "‘Lincoln’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Silver Linings’ Top List Of Nominees For 18th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards". Deadline.com. PMC. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Sound Editors Announce Nominations For Golden Reel Awards". Deadline.com. PMC. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
- ↑ "VES Awards: ‘The Hobbit’, ‘Avengers’, ‘Life Of Pi’, ‘ParaNorman’ Lead Nominations". Deadline.com. PMC. January 7, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Truit, Brian (February 20, 2013). "'The Hobbit' leads Saturn Awards with nine nominations". USA Today. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ↑ "2010 IGN Award for Best Blu-ray". IGN. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
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