List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Nolan

This is a list of awards and nominations received by filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Organizations

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars" are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.^[1] Nolan has received three nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Original Screenplay	Memento	Nominated	[2]
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated	[3]
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated

AFI Awards

The American Film Institute (AFI) is a film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the moving picture arts in the U.S. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership. Nolan has been awarded five times.

Year	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2001	AFI Screenwriter of the Year	Memento	Won	[4]
2008	AFI Movies of the Year	The Dark Knight	Won	[5]
2010		Inception	Won	[6]
2012		The Dark Knight Rises	Won	[7]
2014		Interstellar	Won	[8]

British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others.^[9] Nolan has received three nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Film	Inception	Nominated	[10]
	Best Director		Nominated	[11]
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated	[12]

Critics Choice Awards

The Critics' Choice Movie Awards have been presented annually since 1995 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for outstanding achievements in the film industry.^[13] Nolan has received three awards from six nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Screenplay	Memento	Won	[14]
2008	Best Director	The Dark Knight	Nominated	[15]
	Best Action Movie		Won
2010	Best Director	Inception	Nominated	[16]
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Best Action Movie		Won

Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.^[17] Nolan has received four nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Screenplay	Memento	Nominated
2010	Best Motion Picture - Drama	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Awards (originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Nolan has been awarded thrice.

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Feature	Memento	Won
	Best Director		Won
	Best Screenplay		Won

Italian Online Movie Award

Italian Online Movie Awards is the name of the movie award assigned every year by a group of Italian movielovers to the best films of the season (from April to March). Nolan has been awarded thrice.

Year	Category	Film	Result
2011	Best Film	Inception	Won
	Best Director		Won
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Saturn Awards

The Saturn Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror films, television and home video. Nolan has received nine awards from fourteen nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result
2005	Best Fantasy Film	Batman Begins	Won
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Writing		Won
2008	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film	The Dark Knight	Won
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Writing		Won
2010	Best Science Fiction Film	Inception	Won
	Best Director		Won
	Best Writing		Won
2012	Best Action or Adventure Film	The Dark Knight Rises	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
2014	Best Science Fiction Film	Interstellar	Won
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Writing		Won

Guild Awards

Directors Guild of America

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild in 1960 to become the modern Directors Guild of America. Nolan has received three nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2001	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Memento	Nominated	[18]
2008		The Dark Knight	Nominated	[19]
2010		Inception	Nominated	[20]

Producers Guild of America

Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States.^[21] The PGA's membership includes over 7,000 members of the producing establishment worldwide. Its co-presidents are Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary.^[22] Nolan has received two nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	The Dark Knight	Nominated
2010		Inception	Nominated

Writers Guild of America

The Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievements in film, television, radio, and videogames (added in 2008) writing, including both fiction and non-fiction categories, have been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949. Nolan has received one award from two nominations.

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Dark Knight	Nominated
2010	Best Original Screenplay	Inception	Won

Critics groups

African-American Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Best Picture	The Dark Knight	Won
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Won

Austin Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Best Film	The Dark Knight	Won
	Best Director		Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Won
2010	Best Film	Inception	Nominated

Boston Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Screenplay	Memento	Won

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Won
	Best Director		Won
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Chicago Film Critics Associations

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Screenplay	Memento	Won
	Most Promising Director		Nominated
2008	Best Picture	The Dark Knight	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Russell Smith Award	Memento	Won
2008	Best Picture	The Dark Knight	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated

Denver Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Film	Result
2010	Best Director	Inception	Nominated
	Best Screenplay (Original)		Won

Florida Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Screenplay	Memento	Won
2010	Best Original Screenplay	Inception	Won

Kansas City Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film	The Dark Knight	Won
2010	Best Director	Inception	Won
	Best Screenplay - Original		Won
	Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film		Won

Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Screenplay	Memento	Won
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated

London Film Critics Critics' Circle

Year	Category	Film	Result
2000	Film of the Year	Memento	Nominated
	British Director of the Year		Nominated
	British Screenwriter of the Year		Won
2002	British Director of the Year	Insomnia	Won
2005		Batman Begins	Nominated
2006		The Prestige	Nominated
2008		The Dark Knight	Nominated
2010	Director of the Year	Inception	Nominated
	British Director of the Year		Nominated

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Screenplay	Memento	Won
2008	Best Picture	The Dark Knight	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated

North Texas Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Won
	Best Director		Won

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Best Film	The Dark Knight	Nominated
2010	Best Film	Inception	Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Online Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Picture	Memento	Won
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Best Breakthrough Filmmaker		Won
2006	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Prestige	Nominated
2008	Best Picture	The Dark Knight	Nominated
	Best Director		Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Phoenix Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Picture	Memento	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Won
	Best Newcomer		Won
2008	Best Picture	The Dark Knight	Nominated
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Won
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Southeastern Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Picture	Memento	Won
	Best Original Screenplay		Won
2008	Best Picture	The Dark Knight	Nominated
2010	Best Picture	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated

Toronto Film Critics Associations

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Picture	Memento	Won
	Best Screenplay		Won
2010	Best Director	Inception	Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Film	Result
2010	Best Film	Inception	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Won

Film Festivals

Deauville American Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2000	Grand Jury Prize	Memento	Nominated
	CinéLive Award		Won
	Critics Award		Won
	Jury Special Prize		Won

Dinard British Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
1999	Golden Hitchcock	Following	Nominated
	Silver Hitchcock		Won

Hollywood Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Hollywood Movie of the Year	The Dark Knight	Won
2010		Inception	Won

Newport International Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
1999	Best Film	Following	Nominated
	Best Director		Won

Rotterdam International Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
1999	Best Film	Following	Won

Sitges Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2000	Catalan Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Association Prize	Memento	Won

Slamdance Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
1999	Grand Jury Prize	Following	Nominated
	Black & White Award		Won

Sundance Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic	Memento	Nominated
	Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award		Won

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