List of accolades received by The Master (2012 film)

The Master is a 2012 American psychological drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams.

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List of accolades received by The Master

Director, writer and producer Paul Thomas Anderson received multiple awards and nominations for his work on the film.
Accolades Award Wins Nominations AACTA International Awards 0 2 Academy Awards 0 3 Alliance of Women Film Journalists 1 4 Austin Film Critics Association 3 4 Boston Society of Film Critics 2 2 British Academy Film Awards 0 4 Chicago Film Critics Association 4 10 Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films 2 3 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1 7 Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2 4 Detroit Film Critics Society 0 3 Dorian Awards 0 1 Dublin Film Critics' Circle 1 3 Florida Film Critics Circle 1 1 Georgia Film Critics Association 1 5 Golden Globe Awards 0 3 Gotham Awards 0 1 Hollywood Film Awards 1 1 Houston Film Critics Society 0 6 International Cinephile Society 4 10 Irish Film & Television Awards 0 1 London Film Critics' Circle 2 7 Los Angeles Film Critics Association 7 7 National Society of Film Critics 6 7 New York Film Critics Online 1 1 Online Film Critics Society 1 8 San Diego Film Critics Society 2 9 San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2 2 Satellite Awards 0 7 Screen Actors Guild Awards 0 1 Society of Camera Operators 0 1 St. Louis Film Critics Association 1 4 Toronto Film Critics Association 6 6 Turkish Film Critics Association 0 1 Vancouver Film Critics Circle 3 4 Venice International Film Festival 3 3 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2 7 World Soundtrack Awards 0 1 Writers Guild of America Awards 0 1
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Wins	59
Nominations	155
Note [a] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2012, where it won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film. In addition, Anderson won the Silver Lion for Best Director and both Phoenix and Hoffman won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the festival. The Master was released in theaters in the United States on September 14, 2012, to critical acclaim; its performances (particularly those from the three leads), screenplay, direction, plausibility, and realistic portrayal of post-World War II Americans were praised.

Considered one of Anderson's finest works and one of the best films of the 2010s, it received several award nominations. For their performances, the three leads Phoenix, Hoffman and Adams all received awards from multiple critics groups as well as nominations at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Golden Globe Awards. Hoffman was additionally nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. For his direction and writing, Anderson also won multiple critics awards and received nominations for best original screenplay at the British Academy Film Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards.