List of awards and nominations received by Robert Altman
# List of awards and nominations received by Robert Altman

Robert Altman is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

He is known for such films as the war comedy M*A*S*H (1970), the revisionist western McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the neo-noir The Long Goodbye (1973), the dramedy film California Split (1974), the satirical musical film Nashville (1975), the drama 3 Women (1977), the comedy A Wedding (1978), the musical comedy Popeye (1980), the drama Secret Honor (1984), the black comedy The Player (1992), the ensemble film Short Cuts (1993), the British murder mystery film Gosford Park (2001), and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

Altman received various awards and nominations including seven Academy Award nominations winning the Honorary Oscar in 2006. He received seven British Academy Film Award nominations winning twice for The Player (1992), and Gosford Park (2001). He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Tanner '88 (1988). He also received five Golden Globe Award nominations winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for Gosford Park. He also received various awards from film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or for M*A*S*H and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director for The Player. He has also received the Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear, and the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion. In 1994, he received the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

## Major associations

### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Best Director | MASH | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Picture | Nashville | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Director | Nashville | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Director | The Player | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Director | Short Cuts | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Director | Gosford Park | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Picture | Gosford Park | Nominated |
| 2006 | Academy Honorary Award | — | Won |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Best Direction | MASH | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Direction | A Wedding | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Screenplay | A Wedding | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Film | The Player | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Direction | The Player | Won |
| 2001 | Best British Film | Gosford Park | Won |
| 2001 | Best Director | Gosford Park | Nominated |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Directing in a Drama Series | Tanner '88: The Boiler Room | Won | |
| 1993 | Directing in a Variety or Music Program | Great Performances: Black and Blue | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Best Director | MASH | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Director | Nashville | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Director | The Player | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Screenplay | Short Cuts | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Director | Gosford Park | Won |

## Festival awards

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Palme d'Or | MASH | Won |
| 1972 | Palme d'Or | Images | Nominated |
| 1977 | Palme d'Or | 3 Women | Nominated |
| 1986 | Palme d'Or | Fool for Love | Nominated |
| 1987 | Palme d'Or | Aria | Nominated |
| 1992 | Palme d'Or | The Player | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Director | The Player | Won |
| 1996 | Palme d'Or | Kansas City | Nominated |

### Berlin International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1976 | Golden Bear | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Won |
| 1985 | FIPRESCI Prize | Secret Honor | Won |
| 1999 | Golden Bear | Cookie's Fortune | Nominated |
| 1999 | Prize of the Guild | Cookie's Fortune | Won |
| 2002 | Honorary Golden Bear | — | Won |
| 2006 | Golden Bear | A Prairie Home Companion | Nominated |
| 2006 | Reader Jury | A Prairie Home Companion | Won |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1983 | Golden Lion | Streamers | Nominated |
| 1993 | Golden Lion | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1993 | FIPRESCI Prize | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1993 | Pasinetti Award | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1996 | Career Golden Lion | — | Won |
| 2000 | Golden Lion | Dr T and the Women | Nominated |

## Industry awards

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1993 | Best Director | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1993 | Best Screenplay | Short Cuts | Won |
| 1994 | Best Feature | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Feature | Cookie's Fortune | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Director | A Prairie Home Companion | Nominated |

### Directors Guild of America Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | Outstanding Directorial in Motion Pictures | MASH | Nominated |
| 1976 | Outstanding Directorial in Motion Pictures | Nashville | Nominated |
| 1993 | Outstanding Directorial in Motion Pictures | The Player | Nominated |
| 1994 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Won |
| 2005 | Outstanding Directing - Miniseries or Movie | Tanner on Tanner | Nominated |

### Writers Guild of America Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1971 | Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | Images | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | A Wedding | Nominated |
