List of awards and nominations received by Richard Linklater

The following are the accolades received by American filmmaker Richard Linklater.

He has received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award. He has also been nominated for five Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

He is known for his films such as Before Sunrise (1994), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013), Bernie (2012), and Boyhood (2014).

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Best Adapted Screenplay	Before Sunset	Nominated	^[1]
2014	Best Adapted Screenplay	Before Midnight	Nominated	^[2]
2015	Best Picture	Boyhood	Nominated	^[3]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Film	Boyhood	Won	^[4]
	Best Direction		Won
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2017	Outstanding Children's Program	School of Rock	Nominated	^[5]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Director	Boyhood	Won	^[6]
2015	Best Screenplay	Boyhood	Nominated	^[6]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1991	Best First Feature	Slacker	Nominated	^[7]
1991	Best Director	Slacker	Nominated	^[7]
2003	Best Director	Waking Life	Nominated	^[8]
2003	Best Screenplay	Waking Life	Nominated	^[8]
2005	Best Screenplay	Before Sunset	Nominated	^[9]
2013	Best Film	Bernie	Nominated	^[10]
2014	Best Screenplay	Before Midnight	Nominated	^[11]
2015	Best Director	Boyhood	Won	^[12]

Festival awards

Berlin Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Golden Bear	Before Sunrise	Nominated
2004	Golden Bear	Before Sunset	Nominated

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Palme d'Or	Fast Food Nation	Nominated

Sundance Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1991	Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic	Slacker	Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Golden Lion	Waking Life	Nominated

Guild awards

Directors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Boyhood	Nominated

Producers Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Boyhood	Nominated

Writers Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	Best Adapted Screenplay	Before Sunset	Nominated
2013	Best Adapted Screenplay	Before Midnight	Nominated
2014	Best Original Screenplay	Boyhood	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1993	Locarno International Film Festival	Golden Leopard	Dazed and Confused	Nominated
1996	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Screenplay	Before Sunrise	Nominated
2002	Ottawa International Animation Festival	Best Animated Feature Film	Waking Life	Won
2002	Jeonju International Film Festival	Daring Digital Award	Waking Life	Nominated
2004	Gotham Awards	Best Film	Before Sunset	Nominated
2004	Utah Film Critics Association	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
2005	Bodil Awards	Best American Film		Nominated
	International Cinephile Society Awards	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		2nd Place
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		3rd Place
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	Argentine Film Critics Association	Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay shared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
2007	Austin Film Critics Association	Austin Film Award	A Scanner Darkly	Won
2007	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form	A Scanner Darkly	Nominated
2009	Austin Film Critics Association	Austin Film Award	Me and Orson Welles	Won
2012	Gotham Awards	Best Film	Bernie	Nominated
2013	Austin Film Critics Association	Austin Film Award	Before Midnight	Won
	Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	Dublin Film Critics' Circle	Best Director		Nominated
	Dublin Film Critics' Circle	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	Gotham Awards	Best Film		Nominated
	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	Hollywood Film Awards	Best Screenwritershared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		2nd Place
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	San Francisco Film Critics Circle	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	Satellite Award	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	Utah Film Critics Association	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
2014	Bodil Awards	Best American Film		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Adapted Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Nominated
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		Won
	Argentine Film Critics Association	Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film		Nominated
	Toronto Film Critics Association	Best Screenplayshared with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy		2nd Place
	AACTA International Awards	Best Film	Boyhood	Nominated
		Best Direction		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Austin Film Critics Association	Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
		Best Austin Film		Won
	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Director		2nd Place
	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Screenplay		2nd Place
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Won
	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Dublin Film Critics' Circle	Best Director		Won
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Director		Won
	Gotham Independent Film Awards	Audience Award		Won
	Guldbagge Awards	Best Foreign Film		Nominated
	Houston Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director		Won
	Houston Film Critics Society Awards	Best Screenplay		Won
	Iowa Film Critics	Best Director		Won
	Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Robert Altman Award for Best Director		Won
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Director		Won
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Director		Won
	New York Film Critics Online	Best Director		Won
	North Texas Film Critics Association	Best Director		Won
	Norwegian International Film Festival	Norwegian Film Critics Award		Won
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director		Won
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Director		Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Director		Won
	San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	San Francisco International Film Festival	Founder's Directing Award		Won
	Seattle International Film Festival	Best Film		Won
	Seattle International Film Festival	Best Director		Won
	Southeastern Film Critics Association	Best Director		Won
	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Sydney Film Festival	Sydney Film Prize		Nominated
	Toronto Film Critics Association	Best Director		Won
	Toronto Film Critics Association	Best Screenplay		Runner-up
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Director		Nominated
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director		Won
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
2015	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Picture		Won
2015	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Director		Won
2021	Provincetown International Film Festival	Filmmaker on the Edge (Life's Work)		Won

References

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^ "Spirited show for New Line". Variety. 1993-01-18. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
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^ "Sideways Wins Six at Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
^ Knegt, Peter (November 27, 2012). "'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' Lead Spirit Award Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
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^ The Deadline Team (February 21, 2015). "'Birdman' Wins Best Feature At Spirit Awards; Richard Linklater Best Director — Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 21, 2015.

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[2] "86th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[3] "87th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

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[5] "69th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[6] "72nd Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[7] "Spirited show for New Line". Variety. 1993-01-18. Retrieved 2023-05-11.

[8] "Independent Spirit Awards nominees announced". Los Angeles Times. December 12, 2002. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

[9] "Sideways Wins Six at Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

[10] Knegt, Peter (November 27, 2012). "'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' Lead Spirit Award Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

[11] The Deadline Team (March 1, 2014). "Indie Spirit Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Takes Best Feature And Dominates With Five Wins; McConaughey & Blanchett Top Actors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

[12] The Deadline Team (February 21, 2015). "'Birdman' Wins Best Feature At Spirit Awards; Richard Linklater Best Director — Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 21, 2015.

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Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	0	5
BAFTA Awards	2	3
Golden Globe Awards	1	2
Independent Spirit Awards	1	9
Primetime Emmy Awards	0	1