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ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films
Tan Dun

 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Timmy Yip (art director)

Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Foreign Language Film
Taiwan.
Best Music, Original Score
Tan Dun

Nominated Oscar Best Costume Design
Timmy Yip

Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Editing
Tim Squyres

Best Music, Original Song
Jorge Calandrelli (composer)
Tan Dun (composer)
James Schamus (lyricist)
For the song "A Love Before Time".
Best Picture
William Kong
Li-Kong Hsu
Ang Lee

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Hui-Ling Wang
James Schamus
Kuo Jung Tsai

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Saturn Award Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor
Yun-Fat Chow

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh

Best Costumes
Timmy Yip

Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Music
Tan Dun
Yo-Yo Ma

Best Supporting Actress
Ziyi Zhang

Best Writing
Hui-Ling Wang
James Schamus
Kuo Jung Tsai

 
Amanda Awards, Norway
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
Ang Lee

 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
Tim Squyres

 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
Peter Pau

 
Art Directors Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Films
Timmy Yip (production designer)
Eddy Wong (art director)
Zhanjia Yang (art director)
Xing-Zhan Yang (art director)
Jian-Quo Wang (art director)
Bin Zhao (art director)

 
Australian Film Institute
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Best Foreign Film Award
Ang Lee
James Schamus

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Tan Dun

BAFTA Film Award Best Costume Design
Timmy Yip

Best Film not in the English Language
William Kong
Li-Kong Hsu
Ang Lee

David Lean Award for Direction
Ang Lee

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Rob Hodgson
Leo Lo
Jonathan F. Styrlund
Bessie Cheuk
Travis Baumann

Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Editing
Tim Squyres

Best Film
William Kong
Li-Kong Hsu
Ang Lee

Best Make Up/Hair
Yun-Ling Man
Siu-Mui Chau

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Michelle Yeoh

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Ziyi Zhang

Best Production Design
Timmy Yip

Best Screenplay - Adapted
James Schamus
Hui-Ling Wang
Kuo Jung Tsai

Best Sound
Drew Kunin
Reilly Steele
Eugene Gearty
Robert Fernandez

 
Beijing Student Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Jury Award Best Visual Effect

 
Bergen International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Audience Award
Ang Lee

 
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Action Team (Internet Only)
Yun-Fat Chow
Michelle Yeoh

 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
Ang Lee

 
Bogey Awards, Germany
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Bogey Award 
 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won BSFC Award Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Foreign-Language Film

 
British Society of Cinematographers
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Best Cinematography Award
Peter Pau

 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Critics Choice Award Best Foreign-Language Film

Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Picture

 
Camerimage
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Nominated Golden Frog
Peter Pau

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won CFCA Award Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Foreign Language Film
Ang Lee

Best Original Score
Tan Dun

Nominated CFCA Award Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actress
Ziyi Zhang

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Director
Ang Lee

Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh

Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Movie

Best Supporting Actor
Chen Chang

 
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Foreign Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Hong Kong.
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won DFWFCA Award Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Foreign Film

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Ang Lee
Helen Li (production manager) (plaque)
Kai Keung Lai (first assistant director) (plaque)
Sylvia Liu (first assistant director) (plaque)
Jin Ting Zhang (second assistant director) (plaque)
Ying-Ying Zhou (second assistant director) (plaque)
Hong-Bo Zhu (second assistant director) (plaque)
Cheng Lin Xu (second assistant director) (plaque)
Bu-Si Ta (second assistant director) (plaque)

 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Empire Award Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Film

 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Nominated Screen International Award
Ang Lee
China.
 
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won FCCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film

 
Flanders International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Georges Delerue Prize
Tan Dun

Nominated Grand Prix
Ang Lee

 
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won FFCC Award Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Foreign Film

 
Golden Bauhinia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Golden Bauhinia Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actress
Ziyi Zhang

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture
Ang Lee

Best Foreign Language Film
Taiwan.
Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Tan Dun

 
Golden Horse Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won Golden Horse Award Best Action Direction
Woo-ping Yuen

Best Editing
Tim Squyres

Best Film
Ang Lee

Best Sound Effects
Eugene Gearty

Best Visual Effects
Leo Lo
Rob Hodgson

Nominated Golden Horse Award Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh

Best Actress
Ziyi Zhang

Best Art Direction
Timmy Yip

Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Film
Li-Kong Hsu
William Kong
Ang Lee

Best Original Score
Tan Dun
For the song "A Love Before Time".
Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium
Hui-Ling Wang
James Schamus
Kuo Jung Tsai

 
Golden Rooster Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Nominated Golden Rooster Best Co-production Film

 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Golden Trailer Best Art and Commerce
For the trailer.
Best Romance
For the trailer.
Nominated Best Title Sequence 
Golden Trailer Best Action

Best Drama

Best Foreign

Best Foreign

Best of Show

 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Grammy Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Tan Dun

Nominated Grammy Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Jorge Calandrelli
Tan Dun
James Schamus
For the song "A Love Before Time".
 
Hong Kong Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Hong Kong Film Award Best Action Choreography
Woo-ping Yuen

Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Original Film Score
Tan Dun

Best Original Film Song
CoCo Lee (performer)
For the song ? ('Moonlight Lover').
Best Picture

Best Sound Design
Eugene Gearty

Best Supporting Actress
Pei-pei Cheng

Nominated Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor
Yun-Fat Chow

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh

Best Actress
Ziyi Zhang

Best Art Direction
Timmy Yip

Best Costume & Make Up Design
Timmy Yip

Best Film Editing
Tim Squyres

Best Screenplay
Hui-Ling Wang
James Schamus
Kuo Jung Tsai

Best Supporting Actor
Chen Chang

 
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Special Achievement Award
Woo-ping Yuen

  Film of Merit 
 
Hugo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Feature
William Kong
Li-Kong Hsu
Ang Lee

Best Supporting Female
Ziyi Zhang

 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won KCFCC Award Best Foreign Language Film

 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won ALFS Award Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominated ALFS Award Director of the Year
Ang Lee

Film of the Year

 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won LAFCA Award Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Music Score
Tan Dun

Best Picture

Best Production Design
Timmy Yip

 
MTV Movie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won MTV Movie Award Best Fight
Ziyi Zhang
Versus entire bar.
Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Movie

Breakthrough Female Performance
Ziyi Zhang

 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue & ADR, Domestic Feature Film
Eugene Gearty (supervising sound editor)
Kenton Jakub (supervising adr editor)
Jean Tsien (supervising adr editor)
Lewis Goldstein (supervising dialogue editor)
Betty P. Teng (adr editor)
Gina Alfano (adr editor)
Hal Levinsohn (adr editor)
Lisa J. Levine (adr editor)
Paul Urmson (dialogue editor)

Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Music (Foreign & Domestic)
unknown

Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film
Eugene Gearty (supervising sound editor)
Jennifer Ralston (supervising foley editor)
Blake Leyh (sound editor)
Benjamin Cheah (sound editor)

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won NBR Award Best Foreign Language Film
China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/USA.
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won NYFCC Award Best Cinematographer
Peter Pau

 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won OFCS Award Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Foreign Language Film
Taiwan.
Nominated OFCS Award Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Film

Best Film Editing
Tim Squyres

Best Original Score
Tan Dun

Best Supporting Actress
Ziyi Zhang

 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award
unknown

 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won PFCS Award Best Foreign Language Film

Nominated PFCS Award Best Film Editing
Tim Squyres

 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
Ang Lee (director)

 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language

Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Art Direction
Timmy Yip

Best Cinematography
Peter Pau

Best Costume Design
Timmy Yip

Best Director
Ang Lee

Best Film Editing
Tim Squyres

Best Sound
Eugene Gearty

 
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Nebula Award Best Script
James Schamus
Kuo Jung Tsai
Hui-Ling Wang

 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won SEFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film

 
Teen Choice Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Breakout Performance
Ziyi Zhang

 
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won TFCA Award Best Picture

Best Supporting Performance, Female
Ziyi Zhang

 
Toronto International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2000 Won People's Choice Award
Ang Lee

 
World Soundtrack Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated World Soundtrack Award Discovery of the Year
Tan Dun

 
World Stunt Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Taurus Award Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Feature Film
Woo-ping Yuen

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Hui-Ling Wang
James Schamus
Kuo Jung Tsai

 
Young Artist Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Young Artist Award Best Young Actress in an International Film
Ziyi Zhang
China.
 

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