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Lee Daniels
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Acapulco Black Film Festival (2)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (1)
Cannes Film Festival (2)
Chicago International Film Festival (2)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Deauville Film Festival (2)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
GLAAD Media Awards (1)
Satellite Awards (1)
Hawaii International Film Festival (1)
Hollywood Film Awards (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (4)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
PGA Awards (2)
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (1)
Danish Film Awards (Robert) (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (2)
St. Louis International Film Festival (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (2)
Sundance Film Festival (2)
Toronto International Film Festival (1)
Urbanworld Film Festival (1)
Walk of Fame (1)
American Black Film Festival (1)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Black Reel Awards (5)
Film by the Sea International Film Festival (1)
Capri, Hollywood (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (1)
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) (1)
CinEuphoria Awards (2)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2)
The Queerties (1)
Seoul International Drama Awards (1)
30 wins & 31 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2010 Nominee
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Precious
Shared with:
Sarah Siegel-Magness
·
Gary Magness
2010 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Directing
Precious
Acapulco Black Film Festival
2014 Winner
Hollywood Award
Movie of the Year
The Butler
Shared with:
Pamela Oas Williams
·
Cassian Elwes
·
Buddy Patrick
·
Laura Ziskin
2014 Nominee
Hollywood Award
Best Director
The Butler
BAFTA Awards
2010 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
Precious
Shared with:
Sarah Siegel-Magness
·
Gary Magness
Critics Choice Awards
2010 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
Precious
Cannes Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Paperboy
2009 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
Precious
Chicago International Film Festival
2009 Winner
Artistic Achievement Award
2009 Winner
Audience Choice Award
Precious
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Winner
Russell Smith Award
Precious
2009 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
Precious
Deauville Film Festival
2009 Winner
Jury Special Prize
Precious
2009 Nominee
Grand Special Prize
Precious
Directors Guild of America, USA
2010 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Precious
GLAAD Media Awards
2010 Winner
Davidson/Valentini Award
Satellite Awards
2009 Nominee
Satellite Award
Best Director
Precious
Hawaii International Film Festival
2009 Winner
Audience Award
Best Narrative Feature
Precious
Tied with
Princess Kaiulani (2009)
.
Hollywood Film Awards
2013 Winner
Hollywood Film Award
Director of the Year
The Butler
Image Awards (NAACP)
2016 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Empire
Episode: "
Pilot (2015)
"
Shared with:
Danny Strong
2016 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Empire
Episode: "
Pilot (2015)
"
2014 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
The Butler
2010 Winner
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Precious
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2010 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Feature
Precious
Shared with:
Sarah Siegel-Magness
·
Gary Magness
2010 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Precious
2005 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best First Feature
The Woodsman
Shared with:
Nicole Kassell
PGA Awards
2010 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Precious
Shared with:
Sarah Siegel-Magness
·
Gary Magness
2010 Winner
Stanley Kramer Award
Precious
Shared with:
Sarah Siegel-Magness
·
Gary Magness
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
2013 Nominee
Best of Puchon
The Paperboy
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2011 Nominee
Robert
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
Precious
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2009 Winner
Audience Award
Precious
2009 Winner
TVE Otra Mirada Award
Precious
St. Louis International Film Festival
2009 Winner
Audience Choice Award
Best Feature Film
Precious
Stockholm Film Festival
2009 Nominee
Bronze Horse
Precious
2009 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention
Precious
Sundance Film Festival
2009 Winner
Grand Jury Prize
Dramatic
Precious
2009 Winner
Audience Award
Dramatic
Precious
Toronto International Film Festival
2009 Winner
People's Choice Award
Precious
Urbanworld Film Festival
2002 Winner
MECCA Movie Award
Visionary Award
Walk of Fame
2016 Winner
Star on the Walk of Fame
Television
On December 2, 2016. At 6533 Hollywood Blvd.
American Black Film Festival
2010 Winner
Career Achievement Award
Amanda Awards, Norway
2010 Nominee
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
Precious
Black Reel Awards
2014 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Motion Picture
The Butler
Shared with:
Pamela Oas Williams
·
Laura Ziskin
2014 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Director, Motion Picture
The Butler
2010 Winner
Black Reel
Best Director
Precious
2010 Winner
Black Reel
Best Film
Precious
Shared with:
Gary Magness
·
Sarah Siegel-Magness
2005 Winner
Black Reel
Best Independent Film
The Woodsman
Shared with:
Marvet Britto
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Audience Award
PZC Award
Precious
Capri, Hollywood
2011 Winner
Capri Social Award
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Director
Precious
Cinema for Peace Awards
2014 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
The Butler
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2009 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Picture
Precious
Shared with:
Gary Magness
·
Sarah Siegel-Magness
·
Oprah Winfrey
·
Tom Heller
·
Tyler Perry
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2009 Winner
AAFCA Award
Best Director
Precious
CinEuphoria Awards
2011 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
Precious
2011 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - International Competition
Precious
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2009 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Director
Precious
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2009 Nominee
ACCA
Best Motion Picture
Precious
Shared with:
Greg Maness
·
Sarah Siegel-Magness
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2021 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2010 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
Precious
The Queerties
2013 Nominee
Queerty
Fab Gay Dad
Seoul International Drama Awards
2015 Nominee
Individual Award
Best Screenwriter
Empire
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