List of accolades received by The Aviator

The 2004 film The Aviator was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and went on to win 5, including Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film.

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Organizations

Organization Award category Recipients and nominees Result
Academy Awards[1][2] Best Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Alda Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Won
Best Art Direction Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo Won
Best Cinematography Robert Richardson Won
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Won
Best Director Martin Scorsese Nominated
Best Film Editing Thelma Schoonmaker Won
Best Picture Graham King and Michael Mann Nominated
Best Original Screenplay John Logan Nominated
Best Sound Mixing Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal Nominated
British Academy Film Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Alda Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Won
Best Cinematography Robert Richardson Nominated
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Nominated
Best Director Martin Scorsese Nominated
Best Editing Thelma Schoonmaker Nominated
Best Film Sandy Climan, Charles Evans Jr., Graham King and Michael Mann Won
Best Film Music Howard Shore Nominated
Best Makeup & Hair Kathryn Blondell, Sian Grigg and Morag Ross Won
Best Production Design Dante Ferretti Won
Best Screenplay - Original John Logan Nominated
Best Sound Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal and Philip Stockton Nominated
Best Visual Effects Matthew Gratzner, Robert Legato, R. Bruce Steinheimer and Peter Travers Nominated
Golden Globe Awards[3] Best Actor in a Leading Role – Drama Leonardo DiCaprio Won
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Nominated
Best Director Martin Scorsese Nominated
Best Film – Drama Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Best Screenplay John Logan Nominated
Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack Album – Film, Television or Other Visual Media Howard Shore Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Drama Cate Blanchett Nominated
Best Art Direction & Production Design Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo Nominated
Best Cinematography Robert Richardson Nominated
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Nominated
Best Director Martin Scorsese Nominated
Best Editing Thelma Schoonmaker Nominated
Best Film – Drama Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
Best Screenplay – Original John Logan Nominated
Best Sound Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal and Philip Stockton Nominated
Best Visual Effects Matthew Gratzner, Robert Legato, Bruce Steinheimer and Peter Travers
(tied with Andy Brown and Kirsty Millar for House of Flying Daggers)
Won
World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Soundtrack of the Year Howard Shore Nominated
Soundtrack Composer of the Year Nominated

Guilds

Guild Award category Recipients and nominees Result
American Cinema Editors Best Editing – Drama Film Thelma Schoonmaker Won
American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Cinematography Robert Richardson Nominated
Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design – Fantasy or Period Film Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Outstanding Sound Mixing Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal Won
Costume Designers Guild Excellence in Costume Design – Fantasy or Period Film Sandy Powell Nominated
Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing Martin Scorsese Nominated
Directors Guild of Great Britain Outstanding Directing – International Film Martin Scorsese Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features – Sound Effects & Foley Won
Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features – ADR & Dialogue Nominated
Best Sound Editing – Music Film Jennifer Dunnington Nominated
Producers Guild of America Motion Picture Producer of the Year Graham King and Michael Mann Won
Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio Nominated
Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Won [4]
Outstanding Cast Gwen Stefani Nominated
Visual Effects Society Outstanding Actor or Actress – Visual Effects Film Leonardo DiCaprio Nominated
Outstanding Models and Miniatures Adam Gelbart, Matthew Gratzner, Leigh-Alexandra Jacob and Scott Schneider (for the XF11 crash) Won
Outstanding Single Visual Effect of the Year Ron Ames, Robert Legato, David Seager and Peter Travers (for the Hell's Angels) Nominated
Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects Matthew Gratzner Robert Spurlock, Bruce Steinheimer and Richard Stutsman Won
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects Ron Ames, Robert Legato, Matthew Gratzner and Peter Travers Won
Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay – Original John Logan Nominated

Critics groups

Guild Award category Recipients and nominees Result
Broadcast Film Critics Best Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Nominated
Best Composer Howard Shore Won
Best Director Martin Scorsese Won
Best Film Nominated
Best Writer John Logan Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Best Cinematography Robert Richardson
(tied with Christopher Doyle for Ying xiong)
Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Best Director Martin Scorsese Won
Kansas City Film Critics Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Won
Best Director Martin Scorsese Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett (also for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) Won
Best Art Direction Dante Ferretti Won
Best Cinematography Robert Richardson Won
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Won
Best Director Martin Scorsese Won
Best Editing Thelma Schoonmaker Won
Best Film Won
London Film Critics Actor of the Year Leonardo DiCaprio Nominated
Director of the Year Martin Scorsese Won
Film of the Year Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Best Production Design Dante Ferretti Won
Online Film Critics Best Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Won
Best Cinematography Robert Richardson Nominated
Best Director Martin Scorsese Nominated
Best Editing Thelma Schoonmaker Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Best Cinematography Robert Richardson Won
Best Costume Design Sandy Powell Won
Best Director Martin Scorsese Won
Best Film Won
Best Production Design Dante Ferretti Won
San Diego Film Critics Best Production Design Dante Ferretti Won
Seattle Film Critics Best Music Howard Shore Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett Won

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