List of accolades received by The Dark Knight

**List of The Dark Knight awards**
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Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	2	8
Golden Globes	1	1
Totals
Awards won	3 (92 total)
Nominations	9 (150+ overall)

So far, The Dark Knight has been nominated for over 150 awards recognizing several aspects of the film (most notably the performance of actor Heath Ledger who individually won 35 awards), more than any other film of 2008. Of these nominations, the film has won 92, also more than any other film of 2008.

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Awards

Organizations

Award	Category	Winner/Nominee	Result
Academy Awards^[1]
	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Art Direction	Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Lee Smith	Nominated
	Best Makeup	John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan	Nominated
	Best Sound Editing	Richard King	Won
	Best Sound Mixing	Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick	Nominated
	Best Visual Effects	Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin	Nominated
American Film Institute	Top 10 Film of the Year	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
Australian Film Institute	International Award for Best Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
BAFTA Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Music	Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Nominated
	Best Editing	Lee Smith	Nominated
	Best Production Design	Nathan Crowley / Peter Lando	Nominated
	Best Costume Design	Linda Hemming	Nominated
	Best Sound	Lora Hirschberg / Richard King / Ed Novick / Gary Rizzo	Nominated
	Best Visual Effects	Chris Corbould / Nick Davis / Paul Franklin / Tim Webber	Nominated
	Best Make Up and Hair	Peter Robb-King	Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Picture	Warner Brothers Studios	Nominated
	Best Director	Christopher Nolan	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Acting Ensemble	Bale, Caine, Ledger, Eckhart, Oldman, Gyllenhaal, and Freeman	Nominated
	Best Action Movie	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best Composer	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Nominated
Empire Awards	Best Movie	Warner Brothers	Won
	Best Director	Christopher Nolan	Won
	Best Actor	Christian Bale	Won
	Best SciFi/Fantasy/Superhero Movie	Warner Brothers	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Heath Ledger	Won
Golden Trailer Awards	Best Action Trailer	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	"Batman Teaser" Poster	Warner Brothers Studios	Nominated
	Best Summer 2008 Blockbuster Poster (teaser)	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best Motion Title/Graphics	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
Grammy Awards	Best Score Soundtrack Album	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Won
Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie	Warner Brothers	Nominated
MTV Movie Awards	Best Movie	Warner Brothers	Nominated
	Best Male Performance	Christian Bale	Nominated
	Best Villain	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Fight	Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger	Nominated
National Board of Review	Top 10 Film of the Year	Warner Brothers	Won
National Movie Awards	Best Superhero Film	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
National Movie Awards	Best Performance - Male	Christian Bale	Nominated
Project Fanboy Awards	Best Comic Book to Movie Adaptation	Batman The Dark Knight	Won
Project Fanboy Awards	Best Comic Book to Movie Adaptation: Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Favorite Action Movie	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Favorite Cast	Bale, Ledger, Eckhart, Caine, Oldman, Gyllenhaal, and Freeman	Won
	Favorite Male Action Star	Christian Bale	Nominated
	Favorite Leading Man	Christian Bale	Nominated
	Favorite On-Screen Match Up	Christian Bale and Heath Ledger	Won
	Favorite Superhero	Christian Bale as Batman	Won
Satellite Awards	Best Sound (Mixing & Editing)	Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, and Gary rizzo	Won
	Best Director	Christopher Nolan	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Nominated
	Best Visual Effects	Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Lee Smith	Nominated
Saturn Award	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film	Warner Bros	Won
	Best Director	Christopher Nolan	Nominated
	Best Writing	Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan	Won
	Best Actor	Christian Bale	Nominated
	Best Actress	Maggie Gyllenhall	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Aaron Eckhart	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Music	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Won
	Best Costume	Lindy Hemming	Nominated
	Best Make Up	John Caglione, JR. and Conor O’Sullian	Nominated
	Best Special Effects	Nick Davis, Chis Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin	Won
Scream Awards	The Ultimate Scream	Warner Brothers studios	Won
	Best Director	Christopher Nolan	Won
	Best Screamplay	Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan	Won
	Best Sequel	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best F/X	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best Comic Book Movie	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best Fantasy Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Superhero	Christian Bale	Won
	Best Villain	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Gary Oldman	Won
	The Holy Sh!t Scene of the Year	Big Rig Flips over	Won
	Best Line	Heath Ledger - I believe that whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger!	Won
	Best Fantasy Movie	Warner Brothers Studios	Nominated
	Best Fantasy Actor	Christian Bale	Nominated
	Best Fantasy Actress	Maggie Gyllenhall	Nominated
	Best Villain	Aaron Eckhart	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Michael Caine	Nominated
	Best Line	Heath Ledger - Why So Serious?	Nominated
	Best Line	Heath Ledger - I'm gonna make this pencil disappear	Nominated
	The Holy Sh!t Scene of the Year	The Batmobile/Batpod Chase	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer Movie - Action, Adventure	Warner Brothers Studios	Nominated
Japanese Academy Awards	Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Warner Brothers Studios	Won

Guild Awards

Award	Category	Winner/Nominee	Result
American Cinema Editors	Best Edited Feature Film,Dramatic	Lee Smith	Nominated
American Society of Cinematographers	Outstanding Achievement Award,Theatrical Release	Wally Pfister	Nominated
Art Directors Guild	Excellence in Production Design,Fantasy Films	Nathan Crowley	Won
Cinema Audio Society Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing	Ed Novick,Lora Hirschberg,Gary A. Rizzo	Nominated
Costume Designers Guild	Excellence in Fantasy Film	Lindy Hemming	Won
Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Christopher Nolan	Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors	Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film	Alex Gibson and Daniel Pinder	Won
	Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film	Richard King, Hugo Weng, Linda Folk, and Michael Magill	Nominated
	Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film	Richard King, Christopher Flick, John Roesch, Alyson Dee Moore, Michael W. Mitchell, Hamilton Sterling and Michael Babcock	Won
Producers Guild of America	Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, Theatrical Motion Picture	Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas	Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Best Stunt Ensemble	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
Visual Effects Society	Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture(Garbage Truck Crash Models and Miniature)	Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Branden Seifert, Adam Gelbart	Won
	Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture(IMAX Gotham City Scapes)	Peter Bebb, David Vickery, Philippe Leprince, Andrew Lockley	Won
	Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture	Chris Corbould, Peter Notley, Ian Lowe	Won
World Stunt Awards	Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director	Paul Jennings, Rick LeFevour, Tom Struthers	Won
	Best Fight (Batman fights bad guys in building construction site)	Rob Cooper, Richard Hansen, Mark Mottram, Andy Pilgrim, Dominic Preece, Marvin Stewart-Campbell, Buster Reeves, Steen Young	Won
	Best High Work (Five stunt men are thrown out of a building by Batman)	Mark Harper, Luke Kearney, Tom Lowell, Mark Mottram, Brian A. Peters	Won
	Best Specialty Stunt (Stunt man drives a semi and does a large forward cannon flipping the tractor and trailer end over end)	Jim Wilkey	Won
	Best Work With a Vehicle(Car chase through streets of Gotham)	Rick Avery; Richard Burden, George Cottle, Tobiasz Daszkiewicz, James Fierro, Terry Jackson, Tom Lowell, Rick Mille, Jean-Pierre Goy, Jim Wilkey	Won
Writers Guild of America	Best Adapted Screenplay	Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer; Batman Created by Bob Kane	Nominated

Film Critics Awards

Award	Category	Winner/Nominee	Result
African-American Film Critics Association	Best Picture	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
African-American Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Australian Film Critics Association	Commendation for Best Overseas Film	Dark Knight	Won
Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Austin Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Picture	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best Director	Christoper Nolan	Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan	Won
	Best Original Score	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Top 10 Film of the Year (#4)	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Acting Ensemble	Bale, Ledger, Eckhart, Oldman, Caine, Gyllenhaal, and Freeman	Won
	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Picture	Warner Brothers Studios	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Director	Christoper Nolan	Nominated
	Best Original Score	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan	Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Top 10 Film of the Year (#3)	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Won
	Best Director	Christoper Nolan	Runner-Up
Houston Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Florida Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Florida Film Critics	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Won
International Film Music Critics Association	Film Score of the Year	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association	Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Nominated
Iowa Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Best Fantasy or Horror Film	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
London Film Critics' Circle	Actor of the Year	Heath Ledger	Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle	British Director of the Year	Christopher Nolan	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Film	Warner Brothers Studios	Runner-Up
	Best Director	Christoper Nolan	Runner-Up
	Best Production Design	Nathan Crowley	Runner-Up
National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Runner-Up
New York Film Critics Online	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle	Top Ten Film of the Year	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
Online Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Director	Christoper Nolan	Won
	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Won
	Best Picture	Warner Brothers Studios	Nominated
	Best Score	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Won
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan	Nominated
	Best Editing	Lee Smith	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Film	Warner Brothers Studios	Runner-Up
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Won
Southeastern Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Southeastern Film Critics Association	Top Ten Film of the Year (#4)	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Special Effects	Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin	Won
	Best Music	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Nominated
	Best Director	Christoper Nolan	Nominated
	Best Picture	Warner Brothers Studios	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Wally Pfister	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Utah Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
	Best Director	Christoper Nolan	Runner-Up
	Best Picture	Warner Brothers Studios	Won
Vancouver Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Heath Ledger	Won

References

^ "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/81st-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-11-22.