List of awards and nominations received by Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson is a writer, director and producer.

He is known for his work in film and television. He has received various awards and nominations including six Academy Award nominations winning for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). He also received nominations for ...And Justice for All (1979), Diner (1982), Avalon (1990), and Bugsy (1991). He received three Golden Globe Award for Best Director nominations for Rain Man, Avalon, and Bugsy. He has received eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning four times for his work on The Carol Burnett Show and Homicide: Life on the Street. He also received nominations for his work on various HBO television films including You Don't Know Jack (2010), Phil Spector (2013), The Wizard of Lies (2017), and Paterno (2018).

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1980	Best Original Screenplay	...And Justice for All	Nominated	^[1]
1983	Best Original Screenplay	Diner	Nominated	^[2]
1989	Best Director	Rain Man	Won	^[3]
1991	Best Original Screenplay	Avalon	Nominated	^[4]
1992	Best Picture	Bugsy	Nominated	^[5]
1992	Best Director	Bugsy	Nominated	^[5]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1989	Best Director – Motion Picture	Rain Man	Nominated	^[7]
1991	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	Avalon	Nominated
1992	Best Director – Motion Picture	Bugsy	Nominated
2011	Best Miniseries or Television Film	You Don't Know Jack	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1974	Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music	The Carol Burnett Show	Won	^[8]
1975	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series		Won
1976	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series		Nominated
1985	Outstanding Children's Program	Displaced Person	Won
1993	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street (for "Gone for Goode")	Won
2010	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	You Don't Know Jack	Nominated
2010	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special	You Don't Know Jack	Nominated
2013	Outstanding Miniseries or Movie	Phil Spector	Nominated
2017	Outstanding Television Movie	The Wizard of Lies	Nominated
2018	Outstanding Television Movie	Paterno	Nominated
2018	Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special	Paterno	Nominated
2022	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series	Dopesick	Nominated
2022	Outstanding Television Movie	The Survivor	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Rain Man	Won	^[9]
1990		Avalon	Nominated	^[10]
1991		Bugsy	Nominated	^[11]
1993	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series	Homicide: Life on the Street (for "Gone for Goode")	Nominated	^[12]
2010	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries	You Don't Know Jack	Nominated	^[13]
2017		The Wizard of Lies	Nominated	^[14]
2018	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series	Paterno	Nominated	^[15]
2021		Dopesick	Nominated	^[16]

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television	You Don't Know Jack	Nominated	^[17]
2013		Phil Spector	Nominated	^[18]
2017		The Wizard of Lies	Nominated	^[19]
2018		Paterno	Nominated	^[20]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1976	Best Comedy – Written Directly for the Screen	Silent Movie	Nominated	^[21]
1982	Best Comedy – Written Directly for the Screen	Diner	Nominated
1990	Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen	Avalon	Won
2010	Screen Laurel Award		Received	^[22]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1982	Best Screenplay	Diner	Runner-up	^[27]
1991	Best Director	Bugsy	Won	^[28]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1997	Best Comedy/Musical Picture	Wag the Dog	Nominated	^[32]
2010	Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries	You Don't Know Jack	Nominated	^[33]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1989	Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"	Rain Man	Won	^[34]
1989	Golden Bear	Rain Man	Won	^[34]
1992		Bugsy	Nominated	^[35]
1993		Toys	Nominated	^[36]
1998		Wag the Dog	Nominated	^[37]
1998	Silver Bear Special Jury Prize	Wag the Dog	Won	^[37]

Year	Performer	Film	Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
1988	Robin Williams	Good Morning, Vietnam	Nominated
1989	Dustin Hoffman	Rain Man	Won
1992	Warren Beatty	Bugsy	Nominated
1998	Dustin Hoffman	Wag the Dog	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1992	Harvey Keitel	Bugsy	Nominated
1992	Ben Kingsley	Bugsy	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1985	Glenn Close	The Natural	Nominated

Films directed by Barry Levinson
Filmography Awards and nominations Unrealized projects
Feature films	Diner (1982) The Natural (1984) Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) Tin Men (1987) Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Rain Man (1988) Avalon (1990) Bugsy (1991) Toys (1992) Jimmy Hollywood (1994) Disclosure (1994) Sleepers (1996) Wag the Dog (1997) Sphere (1998) Liberty Heights (1999) An Everlasting Piece (2000) Bandits (2001) Envy (2004) Man of the Year (2006) What Just Happened (2008) The Bay (2012) The Humbling (2014) Rock the Kasbah (2015) The Survivor (2021) The Alto Knights (2025)
Documentary	PoliWood (2009)
Television	Peeping Times (1978) You Don't Know Jack (2010) The Wizard of Lies (2017) Paterno (2018)