List of awards and nominations received by Adam McKay

This is a list of awards and nominations received by American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian and actor Adam McKay.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Director	The Big Short	Nominated	^[1]
2015	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Big Short	Won	^[1]
2018	Best Picture	Vice	Nominated	^[2]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
2021	Best Picture	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[3]
2021	Best Original Screenplay	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[3]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Direction	The Big Short	Nominated	^[4]
2015	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Big Short	Won	^[4]
2018	Best Original Screenplay	Vice	Nominated	^[5]
2021	Best Film	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[6]
2021	Best Original Screenplay	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[6]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	The Big Short	Nominated	^[7]
2018	Best Director – Motion Picture	Vice	Nominated	^[8]
	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture		Nominated
	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy		Nominated
2021	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[9]
2021	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[9]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	Saturday Night Live	Nominated	^[10]
2009	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special	You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush	Nominated
2015	Outstanding Variety Sketch Series	Drunk History	Nominated
2016			Nominated
2017			Nominated
2018			Nominated
2018		I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman	Nominated
2019		I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman	Nominated
		Drunk History	Nominated
	Outstanding Variety Special (Live)	Live in Front of a Studio Audience	Won
	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Succession	Nominated
	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated
2020	Outstanding Drama Series		Won
	Outstanding Comedy Series	Dead to Me	Nominated
	Outstanding Variety Sketch Series	Drunk History	Nominated
2022	Outstanding Drama Series	Succession	Won
2023	Outstanding Drama Series	Succession	Won

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	The Big Short	Nominated	^[11]
2018	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Vice	Nominated	^[12]
2018	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	Succession	Won	^[12]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Vice	Nominated	^[13]
2019	Best Episodic Drama	Succession	Won	^[14]
2021	Best Episodic Drama	Succession	Won	^[15]
2021	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[15]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Best Comedy-Variety Talk Series	Saturday Night Live	Nominated
2001			Nominated
2009			Won
2015	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Big Short	Won	^[16]
2018	Best Original Screenplay	Vice	Nominated	^[17]
2018	Paul Selvin Award	Vice	Won	^[17]
2021	Best Original Screenplay	Don't Look Up	Won	^[18]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2015	Best Screenplay, Adapted	The Big Short	Nominated
2018	Best Director	Vice	Nominated
2018	Best Screenplay, Original	Vice	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Comedy	The Other Guys	Nominated	^[19]
2015	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Big Short	Won	^[20]
2015	Best Comedy	The Big Short	Won	^[20]
2018	Best Picture	Vice	Nominated	^[21]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
2021	Best Picture	Don't Look Up	Nominated	^[22]
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Best Comedy		Nominated

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Awards and nominations
Films written and directed	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) Step Brothers (2008) The Other Guys (2010) Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) The Big Short (2015) Vice (2018) Don't Look Up (2021)
Films written	The Campaign (2012) Get Hard (2015) Ant-Man (2015)
Related	The Landlord (2007 short film) Funny or Die Gary Sanchez Productions Hyperobject Industries Adam McKay's unrealized projects