List of awards and nominations received by Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh awards and nominations
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Mike Leigh is an English filmmaker. He has received seven Academy Award nominations, and thirteen British Academy Film Award nominations receiving three awards for Secrets & Lies (1996) and Vera Drake (2004). In 2014 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding British Contribution to Film. He has also received five Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best International Film winning for Secrets & Lies.

He has also received various award nominations from film festivals including eight nominations from the Cannes Film Festival winning four awards including the Palme d'Or for Secrets & Lies as well as awards for Naked, and Another Year. He also received three nominations from the Berlin International Film Festival winning twice for his Meantime and The Short & Curlies. At the Venice International Film Festival he received five nominations winning the prestigious Golden Lion award for Topsy-Turvy and Vera Drake.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Best Director Secrets & Lies Nominated [1]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
1999 Topsy Turvy Nominated [2]
2004 Best Director Vera Drake Nominated [3]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Nominated [4]
2010 Another Year Nominated [5]

British Academy Film Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1987 Best Short Film The Short and Curlies Nominated
1992 Sense of History Nominated
1993 Outstanding British Film Naked Nominated
1995 Michael Balcon Award Received
1996 Best Film Secrets & Lies Nominated
Outstanding British Film Won
Best Direction Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Won
1999 Outstanding British Film Topsy-Turvy Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2004 Outstanding British Film Vera Drake Nominated
Best Direction Won
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2010 Outstanding British Film Another Year Nominated
2014 BAFTA Fellowship Received

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1989 Best International Film High Hopes Nominated
1991 Life is Sweet Nominated
1993 Naked Nominated
1996 Secrets & Lies Won
1999 Topsy-Turvy Nominated

Festivals

Berlin Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1984 Reader Jury Award Meantime Won
1988 Panorama Short Film Award The Short & Curlies Won
2008 Golden Bear Happy-Go-Lucky Nominated

Cannes Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1993 Palme d'Or Naked Nominated
Best Director Won
1996 Palme d'Or Secrets & Lies Won
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Won
2002 Palme d'Or All or Nothing Nominated
2010 Another Year Nominated
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Won
2014 Palme d'Or Mr. Turner Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1988 FIPRESCI Prize High Hopes Nominated
1999 Golden Lion Topsy-Turvy Nominated
2004 Vera Drake Won
2018 Peterloo Nominated
Human Rights Award Won

References

  1. ^ "69th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "72nd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "77th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "81st Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "82nd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.