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Academy Awards, USA
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1998
Nominated
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
for:
Wag the Dog
(1997)
Shared with:
Hilary Henkin
1983
Nominated
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
for:
The Verdict
(1982)
Ajijic International Film Festival
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1999
Won
Los Charales Award
Best Studio Feature Film
for:
The Winslow Boy
(1999)
BAFTA Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1999
Nominated
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay - Adapted
for:
Wag the Dog
(1997)
Shared with:
Hilary Henkin
CableACE Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1995
Won
ACE
Dramatic or Theatrical Special
for:
A Life in the Theater
(1993) (TV)
Shared with:
Marc Abraham
(executive producer)
Thomas A. Bliss
(producer)
Patricia Wolff
(producer)
Cannes Film Festival
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1991
Nominated
Golden Palm
for:
Homicide
(1991)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2001
Nominated
CFCA Award
Best Screenplay
for:
State and Main
(2000)
Chlotrudis Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2001
Nominated
Chlotrudis Award
Best Screenplay - Original
for:
State and Main
(2000)
2000
Nominated
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
for:
The Winslow Boy
(1999)
1999
Nominated
Chlotrudis Award
Best Screenplay
for:
The Spanish Prisoner
(1997)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1999
Nominated
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
for:
The Spanish Prisoner
(1997)
1989
Nominated
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
for:
Things Change
(1988)
Shared with:
Shel Silverstein
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2001
Won
FFCC Award
Best Screenplay
for:
State and Main
(2000)
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2000
Won
Jury Award
Best Film
for:
State and Main
(2000)
Golden Globes, USA
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1998
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
for:
Wag the Dog
(1997)
Shared with:
Hilary Henkin
1988
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
for:
House of Games
(1987)
1983
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
for:
The Verdict
(1982)
Independent Spirit Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1999
Nominated
Independent Spirit Award
Best Screenplay
for:
The Spanish Prisoner
(1997)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1992
Won
ALFS Award
Screenwriter of the Year
for:
Homicide
(1991)
1989
Won
ALFS Award
Screenwriter of the Year
for:
House of Games
(1987)
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2001
Nominated
OFCS Award
Best Screenplay
for:
State and Main
(2000)
Retirement Research Foundation, USA
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1994
Won
Wise Owl Award - Honorable Mention
Television and Theatrical Film Fiction
for:
A Life in the Theater
(1993) (TV)
Shared with:
Thomas A. Bliss
Patricia Wolff
Marc Abraham
(executive)
Satellite Awards
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2001
Nominated
Golden Satellite Award
Best Screenplay, Original
for:
State and Main
(2000)
ShoWest Convention, USA
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2008
-
ShoWest Award
Excellence in Filmmaking
Venice Film Festival
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
1987
Won
Cinecritica Award
for:
House of Games
(1987)
Tied with
Drachenfutter
(1987).
Golden Ciak
Best Film
for:
House of Games
(1987)
Golden Osella
Best Original Screenplay
for:
House of Games
(1987)
Pasinetti Award
Best Film
for:
House of Games
(1987)
Nominated
Golden Lion
for:
House of Games
(1987)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Year
Result
Award
Category/Recipient(s)
2005
-
Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
1998
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
for:
Wag the Dog
(1997)
Shared with:
Hilary Henkin
1993
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
for:
Glengarry Glen Ross
(1992)
1988
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
for:
The Untouchables
(1987)
1983
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
for:
The Verdict
(1982)
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