List of awards and nominations received by Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski is a Polish and French film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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He has received five Academy Award nominations winning for Best Director for The Pianist (2002). He was previously nominated for Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974), and Tess (1979). He received two British Academy Film Awards for Best Direction for Chinatown and The Pianist. He also earned four Golden Globe Award nominations winning twice for Chinatown and Tess. He earned the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for The Pianist.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1969	Best Adapted Screenplay	Rosemary's Baby	Nominated
1975	Best Director	Chinatown	Nominated
1981		Tess	Nominated
2003		The Pianist	Won	^[1]
2003	Best Picture	The Pianist	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1975	Best Direction	Chinatown	Won	^[2]
2003	Best Direction	The Pianist	Won	^[3]
2003	Best Film	The Pianist	Won	^[3]

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1979	Best Film	Tess	Won	^[4]
1979	Best Director	Tess	Won
2002	Best Film	The Pianist	Won
2002	Best Director	The Pianist	Won
2010	Best Director	The Ghost Writer	Won
2010	Best Adaptation	The Ghost Writer	Won
2011	Best Adaptation	Carnage	Won
2013	Best Film	Venus in Fur	Nominated
	Best Director		Won
	Best Adaptation		Nominated
2019	Best Film	An Officer and a Spy	Nominated
	Best Director		Won
	Best Adaptation		Won

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1975	Best Director	Chinatown	Won	^[5]
1981	Best Director	Tess	Nominated	^[6]
1981	Best Foreign Film	Tess	Won
2003	Best Motion Picture - Drama	The Pianist	Nominated

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1976	Palme d'Or	The Tenant	Nominated	^[7]
2002		The Pianist	Won	^[8]
2013		Venus in Fur	Nominated	^[9]

Industry awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1965	Silver Berlin Bear-Extraordinary Jury Prize	Repulsion	Won	^[10]
1965	FIPRESCI Prize	Repulsion	Won	^[11]
1966	Golden Bear	Cul-de-sac	Won	^[12]
2010	Silver Bear for Best Director	The Ghost Writer	Won	^[13]

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1962	FIPRESCI Prize	Knife in the Water	Won
1966	National Syndication of Italian Film Journalists	Cul De Sac	Nominated
1993	Career Golden Lion	Himself	Won
2019	Grand Jury Prize	An Officer and a Spy	Won
2019	FIPRESCI Prize	An Officer and a Spy	Won	^[11]

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1975	Bodil Awards	Best American Film	Chinatown	Won
2021	Bodil Awards	Best Non-American Film	An Officer and a Spy	Nominated	^[14]
2004	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Crystal Globe	The Pianist	Won
2004	Argentine Film Critics Association	Best Foreign Film	The Pianist	Nominated
2006	Warsaw Jewish Film Festival	David's Camera Award		Won ^[15]
2006	European Film Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award	Himself	Won
2009	Zürich Film Festival Golden Icon Award	Lifetime achievement		Won	^[16]^[17]^[18]
2010	European Film Awards	Best Film	The Ghost Writer	Won	^[19]
2010		Best Director		Won
2010		Best Screenwriter		Won
2010	Lumière Awards	Best Director		Won	^[20]
2010	Lumière Awards	Best Screenwriter		Won	^[20]
2010	San Sebastián Film Festival	FIPRESCI Grand Prix	The Ghost Writer	Won	^[11]
2003	David di Donatello Awards	Best Foreign film	The Pianist	Won
2020		Best Foreign film	An Officer and a Spy	Won
1969		Best Foreign Director	Rosemary's Baby	Won
1999	Stockholm Film Festival	Lifetime Achievement Award	Himself	Won
2017	Stockholm Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize	Based on a True Story	Won	^[11]