List of awards and nominations received by John Huston

John Huston awards and nominations
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Golden Globe	3
Academy Awards	2
BAFTA Awards	0

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This article is a List of awards and nominations received by John Huston

John Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1980. During his 46-year career, Huston received 14 Academy Award nominations, winning twice.

Huston won two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). He earned nominations for The Maltese Falcon (1941), Sargeant York (1941), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), and Prizzi's Honor (1985).

Huston is also known for directing Key Largo (1948), The Misfits (1961), The Night of the Iguana (1964), Fat City (1972), and Annie (1981). Huston acted in numerous films receiving nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for The Cardinal (1963), and Chinatown (1975) respectively. He also acted in Casino Royale (1967), Myra Breckinridge (1970) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). He voiced Gandolf in The Hobbit (1977).

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1940	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Nominated	^[1]
1941	Best Writing, Screenplay	The Maltese Falcon	Nominated	^[2]
1941	Best Original Screenplay	Sergeant York	Nominated	^[2]
1948	Best Director	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Won	^[3]
1948	Best Writing, Screenplay	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Won	^[3]
1950	Best Director	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated	^[4]
1950	Best Writing, Screenplay	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated	^[4]
1951	Best Director	The African Queen	Nominated	^[5]
1951	Best Writing, Screenplay	The African Queen	Nominated	^[5]
1952	Best Director	Moulin Rouge	Nominated	^[6]
1957	Best Adapted Screenplay	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	Nominated	^[7]
1963	Best Supporting Actor	The Cardinal	Nominated	^[8]
1975	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Man Who Would Be King	Nominated	^[9]
1985	Best Director	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated	^[10]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1975	Best Supporting Actor	Chinatown	Nominated
1980	BAFTA Fellowship		Won

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1949	Best Director	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Won
1951	Best Director	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated
1951	Best Screenplay	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated
1963	Best Director	Freud	Nominated
1964	Best Supporting Actor	The Cardinal	Won
1965	Best Director	The Night of the Iguana	Nominated
1975	Best Supporting Actor	Chinatown	Nominated
1986	Best Director	Prizzi's Honor	Won

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1948	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Director	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Won
1948	National Board of Review	Best Screenplay	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Won
1950	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Director	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated
1950	National Board of Review	Best Director	The Asphalt Jungle	Won
1952	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Director	The African Queen	Nominated
1956		Best Director	Moby Dick	Won
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
	National Board of Review	Best Director		Won
1974	Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Chinatown	Best Supporting Actor	Won
1979	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Career Achievement Award		Won
1984	National Board of Review	Career Achievement Award		Won
1985	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Director	Prizzi's Honor	Won
1986	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Director		Won
1986	National Society of Film Critics	Best Director		Won
1987	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Director	The Dead	Nominated
1988	National Society of Film Critics	Best Director		Nominated
1989	French Syndicate of Cinema Critics	Best Foreign Film		Won
1989	London Film Critics' Circle	Director of the Year		Won

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1948	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Nominated
1950		Golden Lion	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated
1953		Golden Lion	Moulin Rouge	Nominated
1953		Silver Lion	Moulin Rouge	Won
1963	Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Bear	Freud	Nominated
1979	Chicago International Film Festival	Gold Hugo	Wise Blood	Nominated
1979	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Golden Shell	Wise Blood	Nominated
1981	Moscow International Film Festival	Golden Prize	Victory	Nominated
1984	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d’Or	Under the Volcano	Nominated
1985	Venice Film Festival	Golden Lion	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated
		Golden Ciak	Prizzi's Honor	Won
		Special Lion for the Overall Work		Won
1987	Tokyo International Film Festival	Tokyo Grand Prix	The Dead	Nominated
1987	Tokyo International Film Festival	Special Achievement Award	The Dead	Won

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Year	Guild	Category	Nominated work	Result
1949	Writers Guild of America	Best Written American Drama	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Nominated
		Best Written Western	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Won
		Best Written American Drama	Key Largo	Nominated
1951	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated
	Writers Guild of America	The Robert Meltzer Award		Nominated
		Best Written American Drama		Nominated
1953		Moulin Rouge	Best Written Drama	Nominated
1957	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Moby Dick	Nominated
1958	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	Nominated
1958	Writers Guild of America	Best Written Drama	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	Nominated
1962	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	The Misfits	Nominated
1963	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Freud	Nominated
1964	Writers Guild of America	Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement		Won
1965	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	The Night of the Iguana	Nominated
1965	Writers Guild of America	Best Written Drama	The Night of the Iguana	Nominated
1976	Writers Guild of America	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium	The Man Who Would Be King	Nominated
1983	Directors Guild of America	Lifetime Achievement Award – Feature Film		Won
1986	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1957	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists	Best Foreign Film	Moby Dick	Won
1966	Accademia del Cinema Italiano	Best Foreign Director	The Bible	Won
1979	The Recording Academy	Best Recording for Children	The Hobbit	Nominated
1981	Society of Camera Operators	Governors' Award		Won
1983	Golden Raspberry Award Foundation	Worst Director	Annie	Nominated
1983	American Film Institute	Life Achievement Award		Won
1986	Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists	Best Foreign Director	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated
1986	Accademia del Cinema Italiano	Best Foreign Director	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated
1988	Cahiers du Cinéma	Annual Top 10 Lists	The Dead	3rd Place
	Accademia del Cinema Italiano	Best Foreign Director		Nominated
	Accademia del Cinema Italiano	Best Foreign Film		Nominated
1989	Bodil Awards	Bodil Award for Best Non-European Film	The Dead	Won

Year	Performer	Feature	Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
1952	Humphrey Bogart	The African Queen	Won
1953	José Ferrer	Moulin Rouge	Nominated
1985	Albert Finney	Under the Volcano	Nominated
1986	Jack Nicholson	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Actress
1952	Katharine Hepburn	The African Queen	Nominated
1958	Deborah Kerr	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1942	Sydney Greenstreet	The Maltese Falcon	Nominated
1949	Walter Huston	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Won
1951	Sam Jaffe	The Asphalt Jungle	Nominated
1986	William Hickey	Prizzi's Honor	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1949	Claire Trevor	Key Largo	Won
1953	Colette Marchand	Moulin Rouge	Nominated
1965	Grayson Hall	The Night of the Iguana	Nominated
1973	Susan Tyrell	Fat City	Nominated
1986	Anjelica Huston	Prizzi's Honor	Won

v t e Films directed by John Huston
Films	The Maltese Falcon (1941) In This Our Life (1942) Across the Pacific (1942) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Key Largo (1948) We Were Strangers (1949) The Asphalt Jungle (1950) The Red Badge of Courage (1951) The African Queen (1951) Moulin Rouge (1952) Beat the Devil (1953) Moby Dick (1956) Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) The Roots of Heaven (1958) The Unforgiven (1960) The Misfits (1961) Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) The Night of the Iguana (1964) The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) Casino Royale (1967) Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) Sinful Davey (1969) A Walk with Love and Death (1969) The Kremlin Letter (1970) Fat City (1972) The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) The Mackintosh Man (1973) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Wise Blood (1979) Phobia (1980) Victory (1981) Annie (1982) Under the Volcano (1984) Prizzi's Honor (1985) The Dead (1987)
Short films	Winning Your Wings (1942) Report from the Aleutians (1943) The Battle of San Pietro (1945) Let There Be Light (1946) Independence (1976)
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