| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Won | Oscar |
Best Director for: The Pianist (2002) Roman Polanski was not present at the awards ceremony, being a fugitive from U.S. justice since fleeing the country in 1978. Presenter Harrison Ford accepted the award on his behalf. |
| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Picture for: The Pianist (2002) Shared with: Robert Benmussa Alain Sarde |
|
| 1981 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Tess (1979) |
| 1975 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Director for: Chinatown (1974) |
| 1969 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for: Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Silver Condor |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: The Pianist (2002) France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland/UK. |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film for: The Pianist (2002) Shared with: Robert Benmussa Alain Sarde |
| David Lean Award for Direction |
for: The Pianist (2002) |
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| 1975 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Direction for: Chinatown (1974) |
| Bavarian Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | - | Honorary Award | |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1972 | Won | Special Recognition |
Documentary for: Afternoon of a Champion (1972) Shared with: Frank Simon |
| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: Afternoon of a Champion (1972) Shared with: Frank Simon |
|
| 1966 | Won | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: Cul-de-sac (1966) |
| 1965 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
for: Repulsion (1965) |
| Silver Berlin Bear |
Special Prize of the Jury for: Repulsion (1965) |
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| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: Repulsion (1965) |
|
| Bermuda International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Audience Choice Award |
for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1975 | Won | Bodil |
Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film) for: Chinatown (1974) |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Director for: The Pianist (2002) |
| 1981 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Director for: Tess (1979) |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Director for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | Won | Golden Palm |
for: The Pianist (2002) |
| 1976 | Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: Le locataire (1976) |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Director for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Cracow Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1963 | Won | Golden Dragon |
Other Forms for: Ssaki (1962) Shared with: Andrzej Kondratiuk Andrzej Kostenko Krzysztof Komeda |
| Czech Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | World Cinematography Award | |
| Czech Lions | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Czech Lion |
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) for: The Pianist (2002) Poland. |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: The Pianist (2002) |
Best Film (Meilleur film) for: The Pianist (2002) |
| 1980 | Won | César |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: Tess (1979) |
Best Film (Meilleur film) for: Tess (1979) |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: The Pianist (2002) |
| 1969 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regia Straniero) for: Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: The Pianist (2002) |
| 1975 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Chinatown (1974) |
| 1969 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1969 | Nominated | Edgar |
Best Motion Picture for: Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominated | Audience Award |
Best Film for: Oliver Twist (2005) |
| - | Life Achievement Award | ||
| 2002 | Nominated | European Film Award |
Best Director for: The Pianist (2002) |
Best Film for: The Pianist (2002) Shared with: Robert Benmussa Alain Sarde |
| 1999 | Won | Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema |
for: The Ninth Gate (1999) Also for his whole works. |
| Fantasporto | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Nominated | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: Death and the Maiden (1994) |
| Fotogramas de Plata | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: The Pianist (2002) |
| French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1970 | Won | Critics Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Rosemary's Baby (1968) USA. |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1981 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: Tess (1979) |
| 1975 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Director - Motion Picture for: Chinatown (1974) |
| 1969 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Screenplay for: Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| Goya Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: The Pianist (2002) UK/Poland. |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director for: Death and the Maiden (1994) |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | - | Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema | |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Kinema Junpo Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: The Pianist (2002) |
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| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1971 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Best Director 9th place. |
| 1968 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Director 10th place. |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Director for: Tess (1979) |
| Mainichi Film Concours | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | Mainichi Film Concours |
Best Foreign Language Film for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Readers' Choice Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: The Pianist (2002) |
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| Melbourne International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1963 | Won | Best Short Film |
Under 30 minutes for: Le gros et le maigre (1961) Tied with The Most (1963). |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | NSFC Award |
Best Director for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Norwegian International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Ecumenical Film Award |
for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Oberhausen International Short Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1963 | Won | Main Prize |
for: Ssaki (1962) |
| 1959 | Won | Honorable Mention |
for: Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958) |
| Polish Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Eagle |
Best Director (Najlepsza Rezyseria) for: The Pianist (2002) |
Best Film (Najlepszy Film) for: The Pianist (2002) Shared with: Robert Benmussa Alain Sarde |
| - | Life Achievement Award | ||
| San Francisco International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1958 | Won | Golden Gate Award |
Best Short Subject for: Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958) |
| Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: The Pianist (2002) |
| - | Special Award |
For his whole works. |
|
| 1975 | Won | Sant Jordi |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Chinatown (1974) |
| Stockholm Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | - | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Turia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Foreign Film for: The Pianist (2002) |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | - | Career Golden Lion | |
| 1962 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
for: Nóz w wodzie (1962) |
| Nominated | Golden Lion |
for: Nóz w wodzie (1962) |
|
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1969 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Drama for: Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
| Étoiles d'Or | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | Étoile d'Or |
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for: The Pianist (2002) |
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