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Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Awards

The Man Who Wasn't There

25 wins & 43 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2002 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Frances McDormand
    2002 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Frances McDormand

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Winner ASC Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
    • Roger Deakins

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2003 Nominee Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen
    USA.

Bodil Awards

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2003 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Joel Coen

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2001 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

BAFTA Awards

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

British Society of Cinematographers

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2001 Winner Best Cinematography Award
    • Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
    • Roger Deakins

Critics Choice Awards

  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2002 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Picture
  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen

Cannes Film Festival

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2001 Winner Best Director
    • Joel Coen
    Tied with David Lynch for Mulholland Drive (2001).
  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2001 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Joel Coen

César Awards, France

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Joel Coen

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins
  • Tony Shalhoub
    2002 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Tony Shalhoub

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2002 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Picture

David di Donatello Awards

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Winner David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Joel Coen

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Ethan Coen
    2002 Nominee Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Ethan Coen
    • Joel Coen

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
    Shared with: Bandits · Monster's Ball
  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

Golden Globes, USA

  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2002 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen

Satellite Awards

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Winner ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Ethan Coen
    2002 Winner ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • Ethan Coen
    • Joel Coen

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2001 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

National Board of Review, USA

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2001 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
    Shared with: Monster's Ball · Bandits
  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2001 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2001 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Cinematographer
    • Roger Deakins

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Joel Coen
  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Tony Shalhoub
    2002 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Tony Shalhoub
  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen
  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2003 Nominee Robert
    • Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
    • Joel Coen (director)
    • Ethan Coen (director)

Russian Guild of Film Critics

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Winner Golden Aries
    • Best Foreign Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2001 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

Art Directors Guild

  • Dennis Gassner
    2002 Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award
    • Period or Fantasy Film
    • Dennis Gassner (production designer)
    • Chris Gorak (art director)
    • Lance Hammer (assistant art director)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2001 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2001 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen

AFI Awards, USA

  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2002 Nominee AFI Award
    • Movie of the Year
    THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE uses stunning black-and-white cinematography to evoke the memory of classic American film noir, but presents its story with a modern sensibility. By mixing dark humor with stark violence, the movie lays out a series of events where a man nobody notices changes the lives of everyone around him.
  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee AFI Award
    • Actor of the Year - Male - Movies
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Tony Shalhoub
    2002 Nominee AFI Award
    • Featured Actor of the Year - Male - Movies
    • Tony Shalhoub
  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Winner AFI Award
    • Cinematographer of the Year
    • Roger Deakins

Empire Awards, UK

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton

Las Palmas Film Festival

  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Winner Golden Lady Harimaguada
    • Joel Coen

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2002 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Picture
  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen
  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins
  • Dennis Gassner
    2002 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Dennis Gassner

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins
  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton

DVD Exclusive Awards

  • Ethan Coen
    2003 Nominee DVD Premiere Award
    • Best Audio Commentary, New Release
    • Ethan Coen
    • Joel Coen
    • Billy Bob Thornton

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2001 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
    2003 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    2nd Place

Online Film & Television Association

  • Billy Bob Thornton at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)
    2002 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Billy Bob Thornton
  • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
    2002 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen
  • Roger Deakins at an event for True Grit (2010)
    2002 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roger Deakins

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