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Behind the Candelabra (2013)

Awards

Behind the Candelabra

45 wins & 54 nominations

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2014 Winner Eddie
    • Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television
    • Steven Soderbergh (as Mary Ann Bernard)

BAFTA Awards

  • Richard LaGravenese
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Richard LaGravenese
  • Matt Damon
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Matt Damon
  • Howard Cummings
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Howard Cummings
  • Kate Biscoe
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Make Up/Hair
    • Kate Biscoe
    • Marie Larkin
  • Ellen Mirojnick
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Costume Design
    • Ellen Mirojnick

Cannes Film Festival

  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2013 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Steven Soderbergh
  • 2013 Winner Palm Dog
    • Baby Boy
  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2013 Nominee Queer Palm
    • Steven Soderbergh

Casting Society of America, USA

  • Carmen Cuba
    2013 Winner Artios Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Movie/Mini Series
    • Carmen Cuba (casting director)
    • Wittney Horton (associate)

Cinema Audio Society, USA

  • Thomas Vicari
    2014 Winner C.A.S. Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movie or Mini-Series
    • Dennis Towns (production mixer)
    • Larry Blake (re-recording mixer)
    • Thomas Vicari (scoring mixer)
    • Scott Curtis (foley mixer)

Costume Designers Guild Awards

  • Ellen Mirojnick
    2014 Winner CDG Award
    • Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries
    • Ellen Mirojnick

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2014 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
    • Steven Soderbergh
    • Michael Polaire (unit production manager) (plaque)
    • Gregory Jacobs (first assistant director) (plaque)
    • Jody Spilkoman (second assistant director) (plaque)
    • Lynn Struiksma (second second assistant director) (plaque)

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Howard Cummings
    2013 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
    • Howard Cummings (production designer)
    • Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. (art director)
    • Barbara Munch (set decorator)
  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2013 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
    • Steven Soderbergh (as Peter Andrews)
  • Ellen Mirojnick
    2013 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
    • Ellen Mirojnick (costume designer)
    • Robert Q. Mathews (costume supervisor)
  • Gina Carano on Haywire
    2013 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Marie Larkin (department head hairstylist)
    • Yvette Stone (key hairstylist)
    • Kerrie Smith (personal hairstylist)
    • Kay Georgiou (personal hairstylist)
  • Kate Biscoe
    2013 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
    • Kate Biscoe (department head makeup artist)
    • Deborah Rutherford (assistant department head makeup artist)
    • Deborah La Mia Denaver (key makeup artist)
    • Christine Beveridge (personal makeup artist)
    • Todd Kleitsch (personal makeup artist)

GLAAD Media Awards

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2014 Winner GLAAD Media Award
    • Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series

Golden Globes, USA

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2014 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  • Matt Damon
    2014 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Matt Damon
  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Michael Douglas
  • Rob Lowe in The Grinder (2015)
    2014 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Rob Lowe

Satellite Awards

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2014 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  • Matt Damon
    2014 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Matt Damon
  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Michael Douglas

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards

  • Gina Carano on Haywire
    2014 Winner Artisan
    • Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling - Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Marie Larkin
    • Yvette Stone
  • Kate Biscoe
    2014 Winner Artisan
    • Best Period and/or Character Makeup - Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Kate Biscoe
    • Deborah Rutherford

Irish Film and Television Awards

  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Michael Douglas

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Michael Douglas
  • Howard Cummings
    2014 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Technical Achievement of the Year
    • Howard Cummings (production design)

People's Choice Awards, USA

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2014 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Favorite TV Movie/Miniseries

PGA Awards

  • Gregory Jacobs
    2014 Winner PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
    • Susan Ekins
    • Gregory Jacobs
    • Michael Polaire
    • Jerry Weintraub

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Matt Damon
    2014 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
    • Matt Damon
  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Winner Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
    • Michael Douglas

Art Directors Guild

  • Howard Cummings
    2014 Winner Excellence in Production Design Award
    • Television Movie or Mini-Series
    • Howard Cummings (production designer)
    • Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. (art director)
    • Eric R. Johnson (assistant art director)
    • Karen Teneyck (graphic designer)
    • Thomas Machan (model maker)
    • John Berger (set designer)
    • Eric Sundahl (set designer)
    • Greg Berry (set designer)
    • Barbara Munch (set decorator)

Television Critics Association Awards

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2013 Winner TCA Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

California on Location Awards

  • Caleb Duffy
    2013 Winner COLA
    • Location Professional of the Year Independent Feature
    • Caleb Duffy (location manger)

Mezipatra Queer Film Festival

  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2013 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Feature Film Competition
    • Steven Soderbergh

Hollywood Post Alliance, US

  • John Daro
    2013 Nominee HPA Award
    • Outstanding Color Grading - Television
    • John Daro

Critics Choice Television Awards

  • Michael Douglas
    2013 Winner Critics' Choice TV Award
    • Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
    • Michael Douglas
  • Matt Damon
    2013 Nominee Critics' Choice TV Award
    • Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
    • Matt Damon
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2013 Winner Critics' Choice TV Award
    • Best Movie/Miniseries

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Michael Douglas
    2013 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Actor
    • Michael Douglas
    3rd place
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2013 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Film
    6th place
  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2013 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Director
    • Steven Soderbergh
    Tied with Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Abdellatif Kechiche for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) and Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained (2012) in 4th place
  • Richard LaGravenese
    2013 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Screenplay
    • Richard LaGravenese
    Tied with Clio Barnard for The Selfish Giant (2013) in 10th place

Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI)

  • Caleb Duffy
    2014 Nominee LMGI Award
    • Outstanding Achievement by a Location Professional - Television Program
    • Caleb Duffy

Jupiter Award

  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Michael Douglas

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Matt Damon
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Duo - International Competition
    • Matt Damon
    • Michael Douglas
  • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Cinematography - International Competition
    • Steven Soderbergh
  • Ellen Mirojnick
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Costume Design - International Competition
    • Ellen Mirojnick
  • Howard Cummings
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Art Direction - International Competition
    • Howard Cummings
    • Barbara Munch
    • Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
  • Kate Biscoe
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Make-Up - International Competition
    • Christine Beveridge
    • Kate Biscoe
    • Deborah La Mia Denaver
    • Kay Georgiou
    • Stephen Kelley
    • Jamie Kelman
    • Todd Kleitsch
    • Marie Larkin
    • Deborah Rutherford
    • Kerrie Smith
    • Yvette Stone
    • Christien Tinsley
    • Hiro Yada

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2014 Winner Dorian Award
    • TV Drama of the Year
    Tied with _"Orange is the New Black" (2013)_.
  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Winner Dorian Award
    • TV Performance of the Year - Actor
    • Michael Douglas
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2014 Nominee Dorian Award
    • LGBT TV Show of the Year
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2014 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Campy TV Show of the Year

Online Film & Television Association

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2013 Winner OFTA Television Award
    • Best Motion Picture or Miniseries
    Tied with American Horror Story (2011).
  • Michael Douglas
    2013 Winner OFTA Television Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
    • Michael Douglas
  • Matt Damon
    2013 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
    • Matt Damon
  • Scott Bakula at an event for Life as a House (2001)
    2013 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
    • Scott Bakula
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2013 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries

Guardian Film Awards, UK

  • Matt Damon
    2014 Nominee Guardian Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Matt Damon
  • Michael Douglas
    2014 Winner Guardian Film Award
    • Best Line of Dialogue
    • Michael Douglas
    "What a story; everything but a fire in the orphanage". - Liberace (Michael Douglas)

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Matt Damon
    2013 Nominee INOCA TV
    • Best Performance in a Miniseries or TV Movie
    • Matt Damon
  • Michael Douglas
    2013 Winner INOCA TV
    • Best Performance in a Miniseries or TV Movie
    • Michael Douglas
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2013 Winner INOCA TV
    • Best Miniseries or TV Movie

Gold Derby Awards

  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)
    2019 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • TV Movie of the Decade
    2nd place
  • Michael Douglas
    2019 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • TV Movie/Mini Actor of the Decade
    • Michael Douglas
  • Debbie Reynolds
    2013 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress
    • Debbie Reynolds
  • Rob Lowe in The Grinder (2015)
    2013 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor
    • Rob Lowe
  • Michael Douglas
    2013 Winner Gold Derby TV Award
    • TV Movie/Mini Lead Actor
    • Michael Douglas

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

  • Evyen Klean
    2014 Winner GMS Award
    • Best Music Supervision for Television Long Form and Movie
    • Evyen Klean

International Cinephile Society (ICS) Cannes Awards

  • Michael Douglas
    2013 Winner ICS Cannes Award
    • Best Actor
    • Michael Douglas

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