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Jonathan Dayton

Awards

Jonathan Dayton

21 wins & 26 nominations

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    USA.
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best New Filmmaker
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

BAFTA Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

British Comedy Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee British Comedy Award
    • Best Comedy Film
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

César Awards, France

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Most Promising Director
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2008 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

David di Donatello Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Deauville Film Festival

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner Grand Special Prize
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Claire Danes and Lizzy Caplan in Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)
    2023 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
    • Fleishman Is in Trouble
    Shared with: Taffy Brodesser-Akner · Sarah Timberman · Carl Beverly · Susannah Grant · Valerie Faris · Diana Schmidt · Cindy Chupack · Katie DiMento · Anne M. Uemura

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Nominee Art Cinema Award
    • Ruby Sparks
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Grammy Awards

  • James 'Munky' Shaffer and Brian 'Head' Welch in Korn: Deuce (2002)
    2000 Winner Grammy
    • Best Short Form Music Video
    • Korn: Freak on a Leash
    Shared with: Korn · Todd McFarlane · Valerie Faris · Graham Morris · Bart Lipton · Terry Fitzgerald
  • Oasis: All Around the World (1998)
    1999 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Short Form Music Video
    • Oasis: All Around the World
    Shared with: Oasis · Valerie Faris · Bart Lipton · Alan White
  • Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, and The Smashing Pumpkins in The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight (1996)
    1997 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Music Video, Short Form
    • The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight
    Shared with: The Smashing Pumpkins · Valerie Faris · Bart Lipton
  • Janet Jackson in Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
    1990 Winner Grammy
    • Best Music Video, Long Form
    • Rhythm Nation 1814
    Shared with: Janet Jackson · Dominic Sena · Valerie Faris · Aristides McGarry

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Locarno Film Festival

  • Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Nominee Variety Piazza Grande Award
    • Ruby Sparks
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner New Generation Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Michael Arndt · Valerie Faris

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best First Film
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Chairman's Vanguard Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris · Michael Arndt

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner Best Director Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee Tokyo Grand Prix
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Elisabeth Shue, Bill Pullman, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman, and Emma Stone in Battle of the Sexes (2017)
    2018 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
    • Battle of the Sexes
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee Award of the Argentinean Academy
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    USA.
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner EDA Award
    • Best Comedy by or About Women
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Hanging in There Award for Persistence
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Debut as Director
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards

  • Make Me A Movie (1980)
    1980 Winner College Emmy / College Television Award
    • Eric Sevareid Award
    • Make Me A Movie
    Shared with: Christopher Ridder

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee DFCC
    • Breakthrough Artist
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

  • Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Nominee Black Pearl Award
    • New Horizons Competition
    • Ruby Sparks
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner OFCC Award
    • Best First Film
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Online Film & Television Association

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers: By the Way (2002)
    2002 Nominee VMA
    • Best Direction in a Video
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers: By the Way
    Shared with: Valerie Faris
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication (2000)
    2000 Winner VMA
    • Best Direction in a Video
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication
    Shared with: Valerie Faris
  • James 'Munky' Shaffer and Brian 'Head' Welch in Korn: Deuce (2002)
    1999 Nominee VMA
    • Best Direction in a Video
    • Korn: Freak on a Leash
    Shared with: Todd McFarlane · Graham Morris · Valerie Faris
  • The Smashing Pumpkins: The End Is the Beginning Is the End (1997)
    1997 Nominee VMA
    • Best Direction in a Video
    • The Smashing Pumpkins: The End Is the Beginning Is the End
    Shared with: Joel Schumacher · Valerie Faris
  • Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, and The Smashing Pumpkins in The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight (1996)
    1996 Winner VMA
    • Best Direction in a Video
    • The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    3rd place.
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Chéries-Chéris

  • Elisabeth Shue, Bill Pullman, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman, and Emma Stone in Battle of the Sexes (2017)
    2017 Nominee Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris
    • Feature Film
    • Battle of the Sexes
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

Billboard Music Awards

  • Jonathan Dayton
    2000 Winner Billboard Music Award
    • Director of the Year
    Shared with: Valerie Faris

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