Year |
Award |
Category |
Nominated work |
Result |
1973 |
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival |
Grand Prize |
Duel |
Won |
1974 |
Cannes Film Festival |
Best Screenplay |
The Sugarland Express |
Won |
Palme d'Or |
Nominated |
1975 |
Writers Guild of America |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
Nominated |
1976 |
BAFTA Award |
Best Director |
Jaws |
Nominated |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Nominated |
1978 |
Academy Award |
Best Director |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Nominated |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
Won |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Writing |
Won |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Nominated |
Best Screenplay |
Nominated |
Writers Guild of America |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen |
Nominated |
1979 |
BAFTA Award |
Best Director |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Screenplay |
Nominated |
1982 |
Academy Award |
Best Director |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Nominated |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
Won |
American Movie Awards |
Best Director |
Won |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards |
Best Director |
Won |
César Award |
Best Foreign Film |
Nominated |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Nominated |
Kinema Junpo Awards |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
ShoWest |
Director of the Year |
|
Won |
1983 |
Academy Award |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Film |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
César Award |
Best Foreign Film |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
David di Donatello Awards |
Best Foreign Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Film |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Nominated |
Hasty Pudding Theatricals |
Man of the Year |
|
Won |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
Kinema Junpo Awards |
Best Foreign Language Film |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
Kinema Junpo Awards |
Readers' Choice Award |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
National Society of Film Critics Awards |
Best Director |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
Sant Jordi Awards |
Mejor Película Infantil |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
1984 |
Fantasporto |
Best Film |
Twilight Zone: The Movie |
Nominated |
Giffoni Film Festival |
Nocciola d'Oro |
|
Won |
1985 |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
Nominated |
1986 |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
The Color Purple |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Academy Fellowship |
|
Won |
David di Donatello Awards |
Best Foreign Producer |
Back to the Future |
Won |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
The Color Purple |
Won |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series |
Amazing Stories: The Mission |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
The Color Purple |
Nominated |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
The Color Purple |
Won |
1987 |
Academy Award |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
|
Won |
Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film |
The Color Purple |
Won |
Christopher Award |
Best Picture |
Empire of the Sun |
Won |
National Board of Review |
Best Director |
Empire of the Sun |
Won |
1988 |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Empire of the Sun |
Nominated |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
Empire of the Sun |
Won |
1989 |
American Cinematheque Award |
American Cinematheque Award |
|
Won |
1990 |
American Cinema Editors |
Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award |
|
Won |
Retirement Research Foundation |
Television and Theatrical Film Fiction |
Dad |
Won |
1991 |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Tiny Toon Adventures |
Won |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Tiny Toon Adventures: The Looney Beginning |
Nominated |
1992 |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Tiny Toon Adventures |
Nominated |
1993 |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Tiny Toon Adventures |
Won |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Nominated |
Venice Film Festival |
Career Golden Lion |
|
Won |
1994 |
Academy Award |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
President's Award |
|
Won |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
Jurassic Park |
Won |
Amanda Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
Schindler's List |
Won |
American Society of Cinematographers |
Board of the Governors Award |
|
Won |
Australian Film Institute |
Best Foreign Film |
Schindler's List |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Film |
Schindler's List |
Won |
BAFTA Award |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Jurassic Park |
Won |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
David di Donatello Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
Schindler's List |
Nominated |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Animaniacs |
Nominated |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Hochi Film Awards |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Mainichi Film Concours |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Jurassic Park |
Won |
National Society of Film Critics Awards |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Won |
PGA Award |
Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Schindler's List |
Won |
People's Choice Awards |
People's Choice Awards Honoree |
|
Won |
ShoWest |
Director of the Year |
|
Won |
Society of Camera Operators |
Governors' Award |
|
Won |
Young Artist Awards |
Jackie Coogan Award |
|
Won |
1995 |
American Film Institute |
Life Achievement Award |
|
Won |
César Award |
Honorary César |
|
Won |
César Award |
Best Foreign Film |
Schindler's List |
Nominated |
Czech Lions |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Jurassic Park |
Won |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Animaniacs |
Nominated |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery |
Nominated |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists |
Best Director |
Schindler's List |
Nominated |
Kinema Junpo Awards |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Schindler's List |
Won |
London Critics Circle Film Awards |
Director of the Year |
Schindler's List |
Won |
Mainichi Film Concours |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Schindler's List |
Won |
1996 |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Animaniacs |
Won |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
A Pinky & the Brain Christmas Special |
Won |
1997 |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Animaniacs |
Won |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program |
Freakazoid! |
Won |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Pinky and the Brain |
Nominated |
1998 |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
Nominated |
David di Donatello Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
Amistad |
Nominated |
Daytime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Animaniacs |
Nominated |
Daytime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Pinky and the Brain |
Nominated |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Amistad |
Nominated |
European Film Awards |
Screen International Award |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Amistad |
Nominated |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
PGA Awards |
Theatrical Motion Picture |
Amistad |
Won |
PGA Award |
Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Amistad |
Nominated |
Rembrandt Awards |
Best Director |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
Won |
Russian Guild of Film Critics |
Best Foreign Film |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Satellite Awards |
Best Director |
Amistad |
Nominated |
Satellite Awards |
Best Motion Picture – Drama |
Amistad |
Nominated |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
1999 |
Academy Award |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Amanda Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Film |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Czech Lions |
Best Foreign Language Film |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
César Award |
Best Foreign Film |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Daytime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program |
Pinky and the Brain |
Won |
Daytime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Animaniacs |
Nominated |
Daytime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain |
Nominated |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Empire Award |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists |
Best Foreign Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
London Critics Circle Film Awards |
Director of the Year |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Online Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
PGA Awards |
Milestone Award |
|
Won |
PGA Awards |
Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
Satellite Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Satellite Awards |
Best Motion Picture – Drama |
Saving Private Ryan |
Nominated |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Saving Private Ryan |
Won |
2000 |
Daytime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Animated Program |
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain |
Won |
Directors Guild of America |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
|
Won |
Image Awards |
Vanguard Award |
|
Won |
PGA Awards |
PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Won |
2001 |
National Board of Review |
Billy Wilder Award |
|
Won |
Venice Film Festival |
Future Film Festival Digital Award |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Won |
2002 |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Writing |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Won |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Nominated |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Minority Report |
Nominated |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Catch Me If You Can |
Nominated |
Christopher Award |
Television and Cable |
Band of Brothers |
Won |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Miniseries |
Band of Brothers |
Won |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special |
We Stand Alone Together |
Nominated |
Empire Award |
Best Director |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Nominated |
European Film Awards |
Screen International Award |
Minority Report |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Nominated |
Hollywood Film Festival |
Hollywood Movie of the Year |
Minority Report |
Won |
Mainichi Film Concours |
Best Foreign Language Film |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Won |
Online Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Screenplay |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Nominated |
PGA Awards |
Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform |
Band of Brothers |
Won |
ShoWest |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
|
Won |
2003 |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
Minority Report |
Won |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Catch Me If You Can Minority Report |
Won |
César Award |
Best Foreign Film |
Minority Report |
Nominated |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Miniseries |
Taken |
Won |
Empire Awards |
Best Director |
Minority Report |
Won |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists |
Best Foreign Director |
Minority Report |
Nominated |
Online Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Director |
Minority Report |
Nominated |
SFX Awards |
Best SF or Fantasy Film Director |
Minority Report |
Nominated |
Walk of Fame |
Motion Picture |
|
Won |
2004 |
David di Donatello Awards |
Special David |
|
Won |
Tokyo International Film Festival |
Akira Kurosawa Award |
|
Won |
2005 |
American Film Institute |
AFI Movie of the Year |
Munich |
Won |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Munich |
Won |
2006 |
American Film Institute |
AFI Movie of the Year |
Letters from Iwo Jima |
Won |
Academy Award |
Best Director |
Munich |
Nominated |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
Munich |
Nominated |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
War of the Worlds |
Nominated |
Art Directors Guild |
Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award |
|
Won |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Munich |
Nominated |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Munich |
Nominated |
Chicago International Film Festival |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
|
Won |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Munich |
Nominated |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Miniseries |
Into the West |
Nominated |
Empire Awards |
Best Director |
War of the Worlds |
Nominated |
Golden Eagle Awards |
Best Foreign Film |
Munich |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Munich |
Nominated |
International Emmy Awards |
Founders Award |
|
Won |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards |
Best Director |
Munich |
Won |
Online Film Critics Society Awards |
Best Director |
Munich |
Nominated |
PGA Awards |
Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform |
Into the West |
Nominated |
Western Heritage Awards |
Outstanding Television Feature Film |
Into the West |
Won |
2007 |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
Letters from Iwo Jima |
Nominated |
2008 |
Golden Globe Award |
Cecil B. DeMille Award |
|
Won |
Visual Effects Society Awards |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
|
Won |
2009 |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Casual Game |
Boom Blox |
Won |
2010 |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Miniseries |
The Pacific |
Won |
Motion Picture Sound Editors |
Film Maker's Award |
|
Won |
2011 |
American Film Institute |
AFI Movie of the Year |
War Horse |
Won |
PGA Award |
Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform |
The Pacific |
Won |
Satellite Awards |
Best Director |
War Horse |
Nominated |
Western Heritage Awards |
Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture |
True Grit |
Won |
2012 |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
War Horse |
Nominated |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films |
Best Director |
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn |
Nominated |
BAFTA Award |
Best Animated Film |
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn |
Nominated |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
War Horse |
Nominated |
Empire Awards |
Best Director |
War Horse |
Nominated |
International Online Film Critics' Poll |
Best Director |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
PGA Awards |
Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures |
|
Won |
Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures |
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn |
Won |
Theatrical Motion Picture |
War Horse |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Animated Feature Film |
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn |
Won |
Robert Festival |
Best American Film |
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn |
Nominated |
Satellite Awards |
Best Director |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
2013 |
Academy Award |
Best Director |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
Best Picture |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
AACTA Awards |
Best International Film |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
Best International Direction |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards |
Best Director |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
Directors Guild of America |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
Golden Globe Award |
Best Director |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
PGA Award |
Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Lincoln |
Nominated |
2016 |
BAFTA Award |
Best Director |
Bridge of Spies |
Nominated |
Satellite Awards |
Best Director |
Bridge of Spies |
Nominated |
Academy Award |
Best Picture |
Bridge of Spies |
Nominated |