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Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)

Awards

A Place in the Sun

18 wins & 12 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • George Stevens
    1952 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • George Stevens
  • Montgomery Clift
    1952 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Montgomery Clift
  • Shelley Winters
    1952 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Shelley Winters
  • George Stevens
    1952 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • George Stevens
  • 1952 Winner Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay
    • Michael Wilson
    • Harry Brown

Cannes Film Festival

  • George Stevens
    1951 Nominee Grand Prize of the Festival
    • George Stevens

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • George Stevens
    1952 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • George Stevens
    • Charles C. Coleman (assistant director) (plaque)

Golden Globes, USA

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    1952 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • George Stevens
    1952 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • George Stevens
  • Shelley Winters
    1952 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actress - Drama
    • Shelley Winters
  • Joan Crawford and William C. Mellor in The Best of Everything (1959)
    1952 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Cinematography - Black and White
    • William C. Mellor

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • George Stevens
    1952 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • George Stevens

National Board of Review, USA

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    1951 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Film
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    1951 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

National Film Preservation Board, USA

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    1991 Winner National Film Registry

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Shelley Winters
    1951 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Shelley Winters
  • George Stevens
    1951 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • George Stevens

PGA Awards

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    1997 Winner PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures

Photoplay Awards

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    1951 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Pictures of the Month (September)
  • Montgomery Clift
    1951 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (September)
    • Montgomery Clift
  • Shelley Winters
    1951 Winner Photoplay Award
    • Best Performances of the Month (September)
    • Shelley Winters
  • Shelley Winters
    1951 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Most Popular Female Star
    • Shelley Winters
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    1951 Nominee Gold Medal
    • Favorite Picture of the Year
    2nd place.

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • 1952 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Written American Drama
    • Michael Wilson
    • Harry Brown
  • 1952 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene)
    • Michael Wilson
    • Harry Brown

Online Film & Television Association

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)
    2021 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Motion Picture

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