List of awards and nominations received by M. Night Shyamalan
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This is a List of awards and nominations received by M. Night Shyamalan.
M. Night Shyamalan is Indian American film director, screenwriter, author, producer, and actor. Throughout his career he has received several awards including for four Razzie Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Awards.
Shyamalan gained acclaim and a career breakthrough for his third directorial feature, the psychological thriller The Sixth Sense (1999) and earned nominations for two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. He was also nominated for BAFTA Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay as well as nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and also received the Empire Award for Best Director
Since the release of The Sixth Sense (1999), he has received career fluctuations with his critical reception leaning towards mixed to negative. He won four Golden Raspberry Awards or also known as "Razzie Awards" for Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006), and Worst Director and Worst Screenplay the action adventure fantasy The Last Airbender (2010). He was Razzie-nominated for the supernatural thriller The Happening (2008), the post-apocalyptic action film After Earth (2013), and the horror thriller film The Visit (2015).
Major associations
[edit]| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1999 | Best Director | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | [1] |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1999 | Best Direction | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | [2] |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1999 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | [3] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1999 | Best Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | [4] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2006 | Worst Picture | Lady in the Water | Nominated | [5] |
| Worst Director | Won | |||
| Worst Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| Worst Supporting Actor | Won | |||
| 2008 | Worst Picture | The Happening | Nominated | [6] |
| Worst Director | Nominated | |||
| Worst Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Worst Picture | The Last Airbender | Won | [7] |
| Worst Director | Won | |||
| Worst Screenplay | Won | |||
| Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Worst Picture | After Earth | Nominated | [8] |
| Worst Director | Nominated | |||
| Worst Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Razzie Redeemer Award | The Visit | Nominated | [9] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Best Original Screenplay | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | [10] |
Miscellaneous awards
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References
[edit]- ^ "72nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "53rd BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "52nd Directors Guild of America Awards". Directors Guild of America Awards. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "M. Night Shyamalan". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Basic Instinct 2 snatches Razzie awards for worst film". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "The Love Guru leads Razzie nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "M Night Shyamalan's Last Airbender wins Razzie Awards". BBC. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Hollywood's worst honored with Razzie Award nominations". CNN. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Razzie Awards 2016: The Complete List of Nominations". ABC News. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved 3 August 2024.