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| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Won | Special Jury Award |
for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film |
for: Nil by Mouth (1997) Shared with: Douglas Urbanski Gary Oldman |
| 1986 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: Subway (1985) Shared with: François Ruggieri France. |
| Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1983 | Won | Critic's Prize |
for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
| Czech Lions | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Won | Czech Lion |
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) for: Léon (1994) |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) |
| 1998 | Won | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: The Fifth Element (1997) |
| Nominated | César |
Best Film (Meilleur film) for: The Fifth Element (1997) |
|
| 1995 | Nominated | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: Léon (1994) |
Best Film (Meilleur film) for: Léon (1994) |
| 1991 | Nominated | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: Nikita (1990) |
Best Film (Meilleur film) for: Nikita (1990) |
| 1989 | Nominated | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: Le grand bleu (1988) |
Best Film (Meilleur film) for: Le grand bleu (1988) |
| 1986 | Nominated | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: Subway (1985) |
Best Film (Meilleur film) for: Subway (1985) |
| 1984 | Nominated | César |
Best First Work (Meilleure première oeuvre) for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
| Fantasporto | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Nominated | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: Subway (1985) |
| 1984 | Won | Audience Jury Award - Special Mention |
for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
| International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Director for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
Best Film for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
|
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Feature for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Shared with: Michael Fitzgerald Tommy Lee Jones Pierre-Ange Le Pogam |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: Nikita (1990) |
| Lumiere Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Won | Lumiere Award |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) |
Best Film (Meilleur Film) for: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) |
| 1998 | Won | Lumiere Award |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: The Fifth Element (1997) |
| Montréal World Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | - | Grand Prix Special des Amériques |
For his exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. |
| Mystfest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Nominated | Best Film |
for: Nikita (1990) |
| NRJ Ciné Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2007 | - | Honorary Award | |
| National Academy of Cinema, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | Academy Award |
for: Le grand bleu (1988) |
| Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1983 | Won | Caixa de Catalunya |
Best Director for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
Best Film for: Le dernier combat (1983) |
| Stockholm Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Visionary Award | |
| Western Heritage Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Won | Bronze Wrangler |
Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Shared with: Tommy Lee Jones (producer/actor) Michael Fitzgerald (producer) Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (producer) Guillermo Arriaga (writer) Barry Pepper (actor) Dwight Yoakam (actor) Julio Cedillo (actor) Levon Helm (actor) January Jones (actor) Melissa Leo (actor) Vanessa Bauche (actor) |
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