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My Left Foot (1989)

Awards

My Left Foot

23 wins & 20 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • 1990 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Noel Pearson
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    1990 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Brenda Fricker
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1990 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Jim Sheridan
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1990 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Jim Sheridan
    • Shane Connaughton

Angers European First Film Festival

  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1990 Winner Audience Award
    • Feature Film
    • Jim Sheridan

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    1990 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Brenda Fricker

BAFTA Awards

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Ray McAnally in We're No Angels (1989)
    1990 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Ray McAnally
    Posthumously.
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1990 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • Shane Connaughton
    • Jim Sheridan
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1990 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Noel Pearson
    • Jim Sheridan
  • 1990 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Make Up Artist
    • Ken Jennings

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Hugh O'Conor
    1990 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Most Promising Actor
    • Hugh O'Conor

David di Donatello Awards

  • 1990 Winner David
    • Best Foreign Producer (Migliore Produttore Straniero)
    • Noel Pearson

European Film Awards

  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1989 Nominee European Film Award
    • Young European Film of the Year
    • Jim Sheridan (director)
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1989 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Actor of the Year
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1989 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Director of the Year
    • Jim Sheridan

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Winner Evening Standard British Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis

Golden Globes, USA

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    1990 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Brenda Fricker

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1991 Winner Guild Film Award - Silver
    • Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
    • Jim Sheridan

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1990 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Jim Sheridan
    Ireland/UK.

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Winner ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Daniel Day-Lewis

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1989 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    1989 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Brenda Fricker

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    1989 Winner Special Mention of the Jury
    • Brenda Fricker (supporting actress)
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1989 Winner Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1989 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
    • Jim Sheridan (director)
    • Daniel Day-Lewis (actor)

National Board of Review, USA

  • My Left Foot (1989)
    1989 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1990 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    1990 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Brenda Fricker

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • My Left Foot (1989)
    1989 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Film
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    1989 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    1989 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Brenda Fricker
    2nd place
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1989 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best New Director
    • Jim Sheridan
    3rd place

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    1990 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Shane Connaughton
    • Jim Sheridan

Young Artist Awards

  • My Left Foot (1989)
    1990 Nominee Young Artist Award
    • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Hugh O'Conor
    1990 Winner Young Artist Award
    • Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Hugh O'Conor

20/20 Awards

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    2010 Winner Felix
    • Best Actor
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
    2010 Nominee Felix
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Brenda Fricker
  • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
    2010 Nominee Felix
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Jim Sheridan
    • Shane Connaughton

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