Awards

The Martian

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40 wins & 199 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2016 Nominee Oscar
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
2016 Nominee Oscar
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Matt Damon
2016 Nominee Oscar
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Drew Goddard
2016 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
2016 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- Oliver Tarney

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2016 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Science Fiction Film
2016 Winner Saturn Award
- Best Director
- Ridley Scott
2016 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Writing
- Drew Goddard
2016 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Actor
- Matt Damon
2016 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Actress
- Jessica Chastain

American Cinema Editors, USA

2016 Nominee Eddie
- Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
- Pietro Scalia

Directors Guild of America, USA

2016 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- Ridley Scott

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2015 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Director
- Ridley Scott
2015 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Visual Effects
2015 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Film

Golden Globes, USA

2016 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Ridley Scott
2016 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
2016 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Matt Damon

Satellite Awards

2016 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Motion Picture
- Matt Damon
2016 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture
2016 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Director
- Ridley Scott
2016 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
- Drew Goddard
2016 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Original Score
- Harry Gregson-Williams

Hollywood Film Awards

2015 Winner Hollywood Film Award
- Film of the Year
2015 Winner Hollywood Film Award
- Producer of the Year
- Ridley Scott

Hugo Awards

2016 Winner Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- Drew Goddard (screenplay)
- Ridley Scott (director)

Image Awards (NAACP)

2016 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- Chiwetel Ejiofor

Irish Film and Television Awards

2016 Nominee IFTA Award
- Best International Actor
- Matt Damon

Awards of the Japanese Academy

2017 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
- Best Foreign Film

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2015 Nominee KCFCC Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Drew Goddard
2015 Nominee Vincent Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2015 Nominee Sierra Award
- Best Picture
6th place
2015 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
- Drew Goddard

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2016 Nominee ALFS Award
- Film of the Year
2016 Nominee ALFS Award
- Director of the Year
- Ridley Scott

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2016 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film
- Oliver Tarney (supervising sound editor)
- Rachael Tate (supervising dialogue/adr editor)
2016 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film
- Oliver Tarney (supervising sound editor, sound designer)
- Michael Fentum (sound designer)
- Hugo Adams (supervising foley editor)
- Andrea King (foley artist)
- Jack Stew (foley artist)
- James Harrison (sound effects editor)
- Mark Taylor (sound effects editor)
2016 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film
- Tony Lewis (music editor)
- Richard Whitfield (music editor)

MTV Movie + TV Awards

2016 Nominee MTV Movie Award
- Best Male Performance
- Matt Damon

National Board of Review, USA

2015 Winner NBR Award
- Best Director
- Ridley Scott
2015 Winner NBR Award
- Best Actor
- Matt Damon
2015 Winner NBR Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Drew Goddard
2015 Winner NBR Award
- Top Films

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2015 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Picture
2015 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Director
- Ridley Scott
2015 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Actor
- Matt Damon
2015 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Drew Goddard
2015 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Editing
- Pietro Scalia

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2016 Winner Chairman's Award
- Matt Damon
"Since his breakthrough role in Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon has taken on a series of challenging roles through his career," said Film Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. "In his latest film, The Martian, Damon dazzles yet again as Mark Watney, an astronaut desperately trying to survive on Mars, yet still finding a way to laugh and bring hope to an impossible situation. It is an honor to present Matt Damon with the 2016 Chairman's Award."

People's Choice Awards, USA

2016 Winner People's Choice Award
- Favorite Dramatic Movie

PGA Awards

2016 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2015 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Actor
- Matt Damon
2015 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Drew Goddard
- Andy Weir
2015 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Editing
- Pietro Scalia
2015 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Cinematography
- Dariusz Wolski
2015 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Production Design
- Arthur Max

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2016 Winner Artisan Award
- Arthur Max
Production design

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

2016 Nominee Bradbury Award
- Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Drew Goddard (writer)
- Ridley Scott (director)

Art Directors Guild

2016 Winner Excellence in Production Design Award
- Contemporary Film
- Arthur Max (production designer)
- Marc Homes (supervising art director)
- Matt Wynne (art director)
- Robert Cowper (art director)
- Felicity Hickson (motion graphics art director)
- Huw Arthur (standby art director)
- Stefan Speth (art director)
- Oliver Hodge (vehicles art director)
- Jonathan Houlding (set decoration art director)
- Gergely Rieger (assistant art director)
- Will Newton (assistant art director)
- Sarah Ginn (set designer)
- Gabor Szabo (3d model maker)
- Alfredo Lupo (junior draughtsman)
- Julian Caldow (illustrator)
- Neil Floyd (graphic designer)
- Jaime Jones (concept artist)
- Steven Messing (concept artist)
- Steve Burg (concept artist)
- Kamen Anev (concept artist)
- Celia Bobak (set decorator)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2015 Nominee SEFCA Award
- Best Picture
7th place

Teen Choice Awards

2016 Nominee Teen Choice Award
- Choice Movie Actor: Drama
- Matt Damon
2016 Nominee Teen Choice Award
- Choice Movie Actress: Drama
- Jessica Chastain
2016 Nominee Teen Choice Award
- Choice Movie: Drama

USC Scripter Award

2016 Nominee USC Scripter Award
- Film
- Drew Goddard (screenwriter)
- Andy Weir (author)

Taurus World Stunt Awards

2016 Nominee Taurus World Stunt Award
- Best Stunt Rigging
- Leonard Woodcock (stunt rigger)
- Daryl Andrews (stunt rigger)
- Giedrius Nagys (stunt rigger)

Writers Guild of America, USA

2016 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Drew Goddard (screenplay)
Based on the novel by Andy Weir

AFI Awards, USA

2016 Winner AFI Award
- Movie of the Year
THE MARTIAN takes us to another planet to illustrate what it is to be human. This epic tale of survival is directed with cosmic wonder by Ridley Scott, who fills space with breathtaking spectacle but saves the film's greatest wonderment for the mind of man. Matt Damon's singular performance orbits all aspects of human emotion - embodying a united world's boundless capacity for hope, sparked by the soaring power of science.