List of awards and nominations received by Paul Thomas Anderson

Awards and nominations
Award
Wins
Nominations
Academy Award
0
11
1
8
Golden Globe Awards
0
3
Grammy Awards
0
1

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.

Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He has received eleven Academy Award nominations. He was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay for the drama focusing on the porn industry during the 1970s Boogie Nights (1997), and the psychological drama Magnolia (1999). He received three nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay for his epic period drama There Will Be Blood (2007). He also received nominations for psychedelic crime film Inherent Vice (2014), and costume drama Phantom Thread (2017). He also has received a Golden Globe Award nomination, eight British Academy Film Award nominations, and a Grammy Award nomination. He received a Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award for Inherent Vice in 2015.

As of 2022, Anderson is one of the few filmmakers to earn more than ten nominations without a win for the Academy Awards.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best Original Screenplay Boogie Nights Nominated [1]
2000 Magnolia Nominated [2]
2008 Best Picture There Will Be Blood Nominated [3]
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2015 Inherent Vice Nominated [4]
2018 Best Picture Phantom Thread Nominated [5]
Best Director Nominated
2022 Best Picture Licorice Pizza Nominated [6]
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

British Academy Film Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best Original Screenplay Boogie Nights Nominated
2008 Best Film There Will Be Blood Nominated [7]
Best Director Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2013 Best Original Screenplay The Master Nominated [8]
2022 Best Film Licorice Pizza Nominated [9]
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 Best Motion Picture – Drama There Will Be Blood Nominated [10]
2022 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Licorice Pizza Nominated [11]
Best Screenplay Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Best Music Film Anima Nominated [12]

Critics awards

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 New Generation Award Boogie Nights and Hard Eight Won
2007 Best Picture There Will Be Blood Won
Best Screenplay Runner-up
2012 Best Picture The Master Runner-up
Best Director Won
2021 Best Screenplay Licorice Pizza Runner-up

National Board of Review

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Top Ten Films Boogie Nights
1999 Top Ten Films Magnolia
2014 Best Adapted Screenplay Inherent Vice Won
Top Ten Films
2017 Best Original Screenplay Phantom Thread Won
Top Ten Films
2021 Best Director Licorice Pizza Won
Top Ten Films

National Society of Film Critics

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2007 Best Film There Will Be Blood Won
Best Director Won

New York Film Critics Circle

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2007 Best Film There Will Be Blood Runner-up
Best Director Runner-up
2012 Best Picture The Master Runner-up
Best Director Runner-up
2017 Best Screenplay Phantom Thread Won
2021 Best Screenplay Licorice Pizza Won

Film festival awards

Berlin International Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2000 Golden Bear Magnolia Won
Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" Won
2008 Golden Bear There Will Be Blood Nominated
Silver Bear for Best Director Won

Cannes Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Caméra d'Or Hard Eight Nominated
2002 Palme d'Or Punch-Drunk Love Nominated
Best Director Won

Venice Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 Golden Lion The Master Nominated
Silver Lion for Best Director Won
FIPRESCI Prize Won

Other awards and nominations

AACTA International Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Screenplay The Master Nominated
2022 Best Director Licorice Pizza Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Original Screenplay The Master Nominated [13]
2015 Best Adapted Screenplay Inherent Vice Nominated [14]
2022 Best Director Licorice Pizza Nominated [15]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Directors Guild of America Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film There Will Be Blood Nominated
2022 Licorice Pizza Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best First Feature Hard Eight Nominated [16]
Best First Screenplay Nominated
2014 Robert Altman Award Inherent Vice Won [17]

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 Best Theatrical Motion Picture There Will Be Blood Nominated
2022 Licorice Pizza Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best Original Screenplay Boogie Nights Nominated
2002 Magnolia Nominated
2008 Best Adapted Screenplay There Will Be Blood Nominated
2013 Best Original Screenplay The Master Nominated
2022 Licorice Pizza Nominated

Awards received by Anderson movies

Year Film Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Golden Globe Awards
Nominations Wins Nominations Wins Nominations Wins
1997 Boogie Nights 3 2 2 1
1999 Magnolia 3 2 1
2002 Punch-Drunk Love 1
2007 There Will Be Blood 8 2 9 1 2 1
2012 The Master 3 4 3
2014 Inherent Vice 2 1
2017 Phantom Thread 6 1 4 1 2
2021 Licorice Pizza 3 5 1 4
Total 25 3 19 3 13 3

Direction for Oscar-related performances

Anderson has directed multiple Oscar nominated performances.

Year Performer Film Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
2007 Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood Won
2012 Joaquin Phoenix The Master Nominated
2017 Daniel Day-Lewis Phantom Thread Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1997 Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights Nominated
1999 Tom Cruise Magnolia Nominated
2012 Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1997 Julianne Moore Boogie Nights Nominated
2012 Amy Adams The Master Nominated
2017 Lesley Manville Phantom Thread Nominated

Critical reception

Year Title Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1996 Hard Eight 82% 78%
1997 Boogie Nights 94% 85%
1999 Magnolia 83% 78%
2002 Punch-Drunk Love 79% 78%
2007 There Will Be Blood 91% 93%
2012 The Master 85% 86%
2014 Inherent Vice 74% 81%
2017 Phantom Thread 91% 90%
2021 Licorice Pizza 91% 90%

References

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  2. ^ "72ND ACADEMY AWARDS". Oscars.org. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "80TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Oscars.org. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "87TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Oscars.org. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "90TH ACADEMY AWARDS". Oscars.org. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Grantham-Philips, Wyatte; Moreau, Jordan (8 February 2022). "Oscar Nominations 2022: The Complete List". Variety.
  7. ^ "Atonement wins Top Prize". The Telegraph. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "Baftas 2013: full list of nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "EE British Academy Film Awards: Winners Announced" (Press release). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Paul Thomas Anderson". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "Licorice Pizza". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  12. ^ "Paul Thomas Anderson - Artist". Grammys.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  14. ^ Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  15. ^ Hammond, Pete (December 13, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  16. ^ "Duvall's "Apostle" Nabs Most Nominations for 13th Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  17. ^ "SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINEES ARE ANNOUNCED! EXCITEMENT ENSUES". Film Independent. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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