List of awards and nominations received by Sam Mendes
Awards and nominations received by Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes is a British film and stage director, producer, and writer. He has earned many honors, including an Academy Award, multiple BAFTA and Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Golden Globes. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 and was knighted in 2020.
Totals
- Wins: 42
- Nominations: 63
Major awards and highlights
- Academy Awards: 1 win, 5 nominations
- Won Best Director for American Beauty (1999)
- Nominations for 1917 included Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Original Screenplay, among others
- BAFTA Film Awards: 4 wins, 5 nominations
- BAFTA TV Awards: 0 wins, 2 nominations
- The Hollow Crown (2013, 2017) earned nominations for Best Single Drama/Best Mini-Series
- Critics’ Choice Awards: 2 wins, 3 nominations
- Golden Globes: 2 wins, 3 nominations
- Olivier Awards (theatre): 3 wins, 12 nominations
- Best Director wins for Company and The Glass Menagerie (1996)
- Best Director wins for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya (2003)
- Best Director win for The Ferryman (2018)
- Tony Awards (Broadway): 2 wins, 4 nominations
- Won Best Direction of a Play for The Ferryman (2019)
- Won Best Direction of a Play for The Lehman Trilogy (2022)
- Nominated for Cabaret (1998) and The Hills of California (2025)
Notable honors and other achievements
- Society of London Theatre Special Award (2003)
- John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing (2015)
- CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2000
- Knighted in 2020
Career notes
- Mendes began on the West End stage, earning Olivier Awards for directing major plays and musicals.
- In film, he rose to prominence with American Beauty (1999) and later directed Skyfall (2012) and 1917 (2019), earning multiple nominations and wins across major film awards.
- He has also received significant television nominations for The Hollow Crown series.
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