On the Waterfront
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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Marlon Brando

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Eva Marie Saint

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Richard Day

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Boris Kaufman

Best Director
Elia Kazan

Best Film Editing
Gene Milford

Best Picture
Sam Spiegel

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
Budd Schulberg

Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Lee J. Cobb

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Karl Malden

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Rod Steiger

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Leonard Bernstein

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actor
Marlon Brando
USA.
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film from any Source
USA.
Most Promising Newcomer to Film
Eva Marie Saint
USA.
 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Elia Kazan (director)

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Elia Kazan
Charles H. Maguire (assistant director) (plaque)

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won Golden Globe Best Cinematography - Black and White
Boris Kaufman

Best Director
Elia Kazan

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Marlon Brando

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1954 Won NBR Award Best Film

 
National Film Preservation Board, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1989   National Film Registry 
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1954 Won NYFCC Award Best Actor
Marlon Brando

Best Director
Elia Kazan

Best Film

 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won OCIC Award
Elia Kazan

 
1954 Won Italian Film Critics Award
Elia Kazan

Silver Lion
Elia Kazan

Nominated Golden Lion
Elia Kazan

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1955 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Drama
Budd Schulberg

 

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