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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Documentary, Features for: Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Shared with: Henry Kaiser |
| Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | Special Jury Award |
for: Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1983 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: Fitzcarraldo (1982) West Germany. |
| Bavarian Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Won | Bavarian Film Award |
Best Production (Produzentenpreis) for: Cobra Verde (1987) Shared with: Lucki Stipetic |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1979 | Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) |
| 1968 | Won | Silver Berlin Bear |
Special Prize for: Lebenszeichen (1968) For a first work. |
| Nominated | Golden Berlin Bear |
for: Lebenszeichen (1968) |
|
| Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Silver FIPA |
Documentary and Essay for: Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1984 | Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (1984) |
| 1982 | Won | Best Director |
for: Fitzcarraldo (1982) |
| Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: Fitzcarraldo (1982) |
|
| 1979 | Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: Woyzeck (1979) |
| 1975 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
Competition for: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974) |
| Grand Prize of the Jury |
for: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974) |
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| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury |
for: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974) |
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| Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974) |
|
| Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominated | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Director for: Grizzly Man (2005) |
| Cracow Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | - | Dragon of Dragons Honorary Award | |
| 1978 | Won | Special Mention |
International Competition for: La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe (1977) |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for: Grizzly Man (2005) |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for: Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) Shared with: Lucki Stipetic Andre Singer Nancy Abraham (supervising producer) Sheila Nevins (executive producer) |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Nominated | Best Documentary Award |
for: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999) |
| French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1976 | Won | Critics Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) West Germany. |
| German Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Won | Film Award in Silver |
Outstanding Short Film for: La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe (1977) A premium of DEM 30,000.-. |
| 1975 | Won | Film Award in Silver |
Shaping of a Feature Film for: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974) A premium of DEM 150,000.-. |
| 1968 | Won | Film Award in Silver |
Outstanding Feature Film for: Lebenszeichen (1968) A premium of DEM 350.000.-. |
| German Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Won | German Film Critics Award |
Best Film (Bester Spielfilm) for: Stroszek (1977) |
| Gotham Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | Best Documentary |
for: Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Shared with: Henry Kaiser (producer) |
| 2005 | Nominated | Best Documentary |
for: Grizzly Man (2005) |
| Guild of German Art House Cinemas | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1984 | Won | Guild Film Award - Gold |
German Film (Deutscher Film) for: Fitzcarraldo (1982) |
| 1981 | Won | Guild Film Award - Silver |
German Film (Deutscher Film) for: Woyzeck (1979) |
| Hof International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Prize of the City of Hof | |
| Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | - | Outstanding Achievement Award | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Documentary for: Encounters at the End of the World (2007) |
| 2006 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Documentary for: Grizzly Man (2005) |
| International Documentary Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Won | IDA Award |
Feature Documentaries for: Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) Shared with: Andre Singer Lucki Stipetic |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Nominated | Sierra Award |
Best Documentary for: Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film for: Grizzly Man (2005) |
| Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1971 | Won | Interfilm Award |
for: Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (1971) Tied with Where Our Strength Lies (1971). |
| Mar del Plata Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominated | Best Film |
for: The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) |
| Melbourne International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | Won | Grand Prix |
for: Lektionen in Finsternis (1992) |
| San Francisco International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Golden Spire |
Television - History for: Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1982 | Won | OCIC Award |
for: Fitzcarraldo (1982) |
| Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | - | Career Award | |
| Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Won | Carnet Jove - Special Mention |
for: The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) |
| Nominated | Best Film |
for: The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) |
|
| Sundance Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Won | Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize |
for: Grizzly Man (2005) |
| Nominated | Grand Jury Prize |
World Cinema - Documentary for: Grizzly Man (2005) |
|
| São Paulo International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Documentary for: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999) |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award |
for: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
| Nominated | Golden Lion |
for: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
for: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) |
| 2005 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
Parallel Sections for: The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) |
| 1991 | Nominated | Golden Lion |
for: Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991) |
| 1990 | Won | Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award - Special Mention |
for: Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (1990) |
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