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Pacific Rim (2013)

Awards

Pacific Rim

7 wins & 48 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Science Fiction Film
  • Guillermo del Toro at an event for Splice (2009)
    2014 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Guillermo del Toro
  • Carol Spier
    2014 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Andrew Neskoromny
    • Carol Spier
  • John Gilroy
    2014 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Editing
    • Peter Amundson
    • John Gilroy
  • John Knoll
    2014 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • John Knoll
    • James E. Price
    • Clay Pinney
    • Rocco Larizza

Acapulco Black Film Festival

  • Idris Elba at an event for Les Misérables (2012)
    2014 Nominee Hollywood Award
    • Artist of the Year
    • Idris Elba
    Shared with: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom · Thor: The Dark World

Annie Awards

  • Hal T. Hickel
    2014 Nominee Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation in a Live Action Production
    • Hal T. Hickel
    • Chris Lentz
    • Derrick Carlin
    • Steve Rawlins
    • Kyle Winkelman
  • 2014 Winner Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
    • Michael Balog
    • Ryan Hopkins
    • Pat Conran
    • Florian Witzel

BAFTA Awards

  • Hal T. Hickel
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Special Visual Effects
    • Hal T. Hickel
    • John Knoll
    • Lindy DeQuattro
    • Nigel Sumner

Critics Choice Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Visual Effects

Hollywood Film Awards

  • John Knoll
    2013 Winner Hollywood Film Award
    • Visual Effects of the Year
    • John Knoll
  • Guillermo del Toro at an event for Splice (2009)
    2013 Nominee Hollywood Movie Award
    • Guillermo del Toro

Hugo Awards

  • Travis Beacham at an event for Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
    • Travis Beacham (writer)
    • Guillermo del Toro (writer/director)

Key Art Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Key Art Award
    • Best Trailer - Audio/Visual
    For the TV Spot "Within".
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Key Art Award
    • Best Audio/Visual Technique
    For its sound design in the trailer "Within".
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Key Art Award
    • Best Audio/Visual Technique
    For its sound design in the first trailer "Apocalypse".

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

  • Guillermo del Toro at an event for Splice (2009)
    2014 Nominee Bradbury Award
    • Guillermo del Toro (screenplay/director)
    • Travis Beacham (screen story/screenplay)

Teen Choice Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Teen Choice Award
    • Choice Summer Movie: Action/Adventure

Empire Awards, UK

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • John Knoll
    2014 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • John Knoll
    • James E. Price
    • Lindy DeQuattro
    • Hal T. Hickel

Visual Effects Society Awards

  • John Knoll
    2014 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
    • John Knoll
    • Susan Greenhow
    • Christopher Raimo
    • Hal T. Hickel
  • 2014 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
    • Jakub Pistecky
    • Frank Gravatt
    • Cyrus Jam
    • Chris Havreberg
    "Kaiju - Leatherback"
  • Victor Schutz
    2014 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
    • Colin Benoit
    • Nick Walker
    • Adam Schnitzer
    • Victor Schutz
    "Hong Kong Ocean Brawl"
  • Dave Fogler in The Effects of Indy (2008)
    2014 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
    • Dave Fogler
    • Alex Jaeger
    • Aaron Wilson
    • David Richard Nelson
  • 2014 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
    • Ryan Hopkins
    • Michael Balog
    • Pat Conran
    • Rick Hankins
    "Fluid Simulation & Destruction"

Golden Trailer Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Summer 2013 Blockbuster Trailer
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Best Summer 2013 Blockbuster Poster

Hollywood Post Alliance, US

  • Maxine Gervais
    2013 Nominee HPA Award
    • Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film
    • Maxine Gervais
  • Scott Martin Gershin
    2013 Nominee HPA Award
    • Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
    • Scott Martin Gershin
    • John T. Reitz
    • Gregg Rudloff
    • Tim LeBlanc
  • Lindy DeQuattro
    2013 Winner HPA Award
    • Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film
    • Lindy DeQuattro
    • Eddie Pasquarello
    • Nigel Sumner
    • Derrick Carlin
    • Chris Lentz

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • John Knoll
    2013 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • John Knoll
    • Susan Greenhow
    • Christopher Raimo
    • Hal T. Hickel

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Science-Fiction/Horror Film

IGN Summer Movie Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee IGN Award
    • Best Sci-Fi Movie
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee IGN Award
    • Best 3D Movie

Jupiter Award

  • Idris Elba at an event for Les Misérables (2012)
    2014 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Idris Elba

CinEuphoria Awards

  • John Knoll
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Special Effects (Sound or Visual) - International Competition
    • John Knoll

Online Film & Television Association

  • Scott Martin Gershin
    2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Sound Effects Editing
    • Scott Martin Gershin
  • John Knoll
    2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • John Knoll
    • Susan Greenhow
    • Christopher Raimo
    • Hal T. Hickel
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Movie Trailer
    For the second theatrical trailer.

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    Runner-up

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • John Knoll
    2014 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Special Effects (Migliori effetti speciali)
    • John Knoll
    • James E. Price
    • Clay Pinney
    • Rocco Larizza

Huading Award

  • Guillermo del Toro at an event for Splice (2009)
    2014 Winner Huading Award
    • Best Global Director for a Motion Picture
    • Guillermo del Toro
  • Charlie Hunnam
    2014 Winner Huading Award
    • Best Global New Performer in a Motion Picture
    • Charlie Hunnam

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Most Overrated Movie of the Year
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Most Underrated Movie of the Year
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Special Effects of the Year
  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Action Sequence of the Year
    'Every kaiju vs. jaeger battle'

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • John Knoll
    2014 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Visual Effects
    • John Knoll
    • Hal T. Hickel
    • Lindy DeQuattro
    • Nigel Sumner
    2nd place. Tied with Iron Man 3 (2013), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) with only one vote each.

Internet Film Critic Society

  • Pacific Rim (2013)
    2013 Winner IFCS Award
    • Best Action Film

Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards

  • Guillermo del Toro at an event for Splice (2009)
    2013 Nominee Rondo Statuette
    • Best Film
    • Guillermo del Toro

Gold Derby Awards

  • Hal T. Hickel
    2014 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Visual Effects
    • Hal T. Hickel
    • John Knoll
    • Lindy DeQuattro
    • Nigel Sumner

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