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ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films
Hans Zimmer

 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ken Watanabe

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Lilly Kilvert (art director)
Gretchen Rau (set decorator)

Best Costume Design
Ngila Dickson

Best Sound Mixing
Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Jeff Wexler

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Saturn Award Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

Best Actor
Tom Cruise

Best Director
Edward Zwick

Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Sosuke Ikematsu

Best Supporting Actor
Ken Watanabe

 
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
John Toll

 
Art Directors Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Film
Lilly Kilvert (production designer)
Christopher Burian-Mohr (art director)
Jess Gonchor (art director)
Kim Sinclair (art director)
Tristan Paris Bourne (art director)
Martha Johnston (assistant art director)
Elizabeth Flaherty (assistant art director)
Harry E. Otto (assistant art director)
John Berger (assistant art director)

 
Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Film

 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Special Award
Ken Watanabe

 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Composer
Hans Zimmer

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor
Ken Watanabe

 
Cinema Audio Society, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated C.A.S. Award Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Andy Nelson (re-recording mixer)
Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixer)
Jeff Wexler (production mixer)

 
Costume Designers Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated CDG Award Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Period/Fantasy
Ngila Dickson

 
Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won EMMA Best Film Actor
Tom Cruise

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Hans Zimmer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Tom Cruise

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Ken Watanabe

 
Harry Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Harry Award 
 
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Best Period Hair Styling - Feature
Janice Alexander
Terry Baliel
Karen Asano-Myers
Carol Pershing
Kimberley Spiteri

Nominated Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Best Period Makeup - Feature
Lois Burwell
Margaret E. Elliott
Tina Harrelson

 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Sierra Award Best Supporting Actor
Ken Watanabe

 
MTV Movie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Male Performance
Tom Cruise

 
MTV Movie Awards, Mexico
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won MTV Movie Award Funniest American in Japan (Gringo/a más Gracioso en Japón)
Tom Cruise

 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Dialogue & ADR
Mark P. Stoeckinger (supervising sound editor)
Laura R. Harris (supervising dialogue editor)
Kerry Dean Williams (supervising adr editor)
David A. Cohen (dialogue editor)
Kelly Oxford (adr editor)
Anna MacKenzie (adr editor)
Michelle Pazer (adr editor)

Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Sound Effects & Foley
Mark P. Stoeckinger (supervising sound editor)
Craig S. Jaeger (supervising foley editor)
Alan Rankin (sound editor)
Christopher Assells (sound editor)
Bruce Tanis (sound editor)
Dino Dimuro (sound editor)
Ben Wilkins (sound editor)
Michael Kamper (sound designer)
Jon Title (sound designer)
Bob Beher (foley editor)
Frank Smathers (foley editor)

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won NBR Award Best Director
Edward Zwick

 
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Foreign Film

 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematography
John Toll

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer

 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award
Marshall Herskovitz
Edward Zwick
Tom Cruise
Paula Wagner

 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated PFCS Award Best Cinematography
John Toll

Best Costume Design
Ngila Dickson

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Ken Watanabe

Best Production Design
Lilly Kilvert

 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Cinematography
John Toll

Best Costume Design
Ngila Dickson

Best Film Editing
Victor Du Bois
Steven Rosenblum

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer

Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Art Direction
Lilly Kilvert
Gretchen Rau

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Tom Cruise

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
Ken Watanabe

Best Sound
Mark P. Stoeckinger

Best Visual Effects
Jeffrey A. Okun

 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Ken Watanabe

 
Teen Choice Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Fight/Action Sequence

 
Visual Effects Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won VES Award Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
Jeffrey A. Okun
Thomas Boland
William Mesa
Ray McIntyre Jr.

 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor
Ken Watanabe

 
World Stunt Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Taurus Award Best Fire Stunt
Jean-Jacques Desplanque
David Forman
Akira Kamito
Taketo Nakamoto
Nobuyuki Obikane
Takashi Sakamoto
Kazuki Tsujimoto
Peng Zhang
Soldiers on a field of battle are set on fire by several explosions. The attackers erupt into multiple fire burns.
Nominated Taurus Award Best Specialty Stunt
Danny Baldwin
Alejandro Cobo García
Dean Caulfield
Mick Corrigan
Jonathan Costelloe
Pedro García García
Peter Miles
Shawn C. Orr
Hernan Ortiz
Eugenio Alonso Yenes
Stunt men on horses make a last stand and charge their enemy. They are shot down while galloping to their death. Both horses and stunt men fall onto the field of battle.
Best Stunt Coordination Feature Film
Nick Powell

 

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