List of accolades received by the Alien film series

Sigourney Weaver has been critically lauded for her portrayal of Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and has been nominated for both Academy and Golden Globe Awards for her performance in Aliens. Her success is considered as a milestone of the recognition to the science fiction and horror genres.

Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 37 78
Footnotes

Alien is an action/horror film series created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. The series began with the four films Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). A prequel series directed by Ridley Scott began with Prometheus (2012) and continued with Alien: Covenant (2017). Set between the 21st and 24th centuries, the plot focuses on humanity's violent encounters with a vicious alien life form, with the lead protagonist being Ellen Ripley, a woman determined to stop the creature and prevent the corrupt Weyland-Yutani Corporation from obtaining it for biological weaponry.

The first two installments in the film series were met with universal praise for the technical attributes, as well as Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of the lead, Ellen Ripley, for which she earned nine nominations and two wins (Saturn Award for Best Actress and Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award). Though the subsequent installments were met with generally mixed reviews, all five films in the Alien film series have been critically lauded for their technical attributes, ranging from recognition of the visual and sound effects, to the design of the recurring alien creature. The Alien Quadrilogy and Alien Anthology DVD and Blu-ray Disc collections have both won medium-specific awards.

Alien

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
Academy Awards Best Art Direction Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, and Ian Whittaker Nominated [1]
Best Visual Effects H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling Won
British Academy Film Awards Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music Jerry Goldsmith Nominated [2]
Best Costume Design John Mollo Nominated
Best Editing Terry Rawlings Nominated
Best Production Design Michael Seymour Won
Best Supporting Actor John Hurt Nominated
Best Sound Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe Won
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role Sigourney Weaver Nominated
British Society of Cinematographers Best Cinematography Award Derek Vanlint Nominated [3]
Golden Globe Awards Best Original Score Jerry Goldsmith Nominated [4]
Grammy Awards Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Jerry Goldsmith Nominated [5]
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Alien Won [6]
San Sebastián International Film Festival Best Cinematography and Special Effects Alien Won [7]
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Alien Won [8]
Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Nominated
Best Director Ridley Scott Won
Best Writing Dan O'Bannon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Veronica Cartwright Won
Best Make-up Pat Hay Nominated
Best Special Effects Brian Johnson and Nick Allder Nominated

Aliens

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards Top Box Office Film James Horner Won
Academy Awards Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Nominated [9]
Best Art Direction Peter Lamont and Crispian Sallis Nominated
Best Film Editing Ray Lovejoy Nominated
Best Original Score James Horner Nominated
Best Sound Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing Don Sharpe Won
Best Visual Effects Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. Benson Won
British Academy Film Awards Best Sound Don Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone Nominated [10]
Best Production Design Peter Lamont Nominated
Best Special Visual Effects Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, Suzanne M. Benson and Stan Winston Won
Best Makeup Peter Robb-King Nominated
Artios Awards Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Mike Fenton, Jane Feindberg and Judy Taylor Nominated [11]
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Sigourney Weaver Nominated [12]
Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing Don Sharpe Won
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Aliens Won [13]
Japanese Academy Awards Outstanding Foreign Language Film Aliens Nominated [14]
Kinema Junpo Awards Readers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film James Cameron Won
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Aliens Won [15]
Best Actor Michael Biehn Nominated
Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Won
Best Supporting Actor Bill Paxton Won
Best Supporting Actress Jenette Goldstein Won
Best Performance by a Younger Actor Carrie Henn Won
Best Director James Cameron Won
Best Writing Won
Best Costume Emma Porteus Nominated
Best Make-Up Peter Robb-King Nominated
Best Special Effects Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak Won
Young Artist Awards Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Supporting Role in a Feature Film - Comedy, Fantasy or Drama Carrie Henn Nominated [16]

Alien 3

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs Nominated [18]
British Academy Film Awards Best Special Effects Nominated [19]
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Studio/Big-Budget Film Alien 3 Nominated
Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Charles S. Dutton Nominated
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Alien 3 Nominated [20]
Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing Alien 3 Won
MTV Movie Awards Best Action Sequence Aliens chase through a tunnel Nominated [21]
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Alien 3 Nominated [22]
Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Charles S. Dutton Nominated
Best Director David Fincher Nominated
Best Writing David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson Nominated
Best Costume Rob Ringwood and David Perry Nominated
Best Special Effects Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs Nominated

Alien Resurrection

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi Sigourney Weaver Nominated [23]
Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi Winona Ryder Won [24]
Bogey Awards Bogey Award 20th Century Fox Won
Golden Satellite Awards Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature Bill Badalato, Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill Nominated [25]
Hasty Pudding Theatricals Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Sigourney Weaver (also for The Ice Storm and Snow White: A Tale of Terror) Won [26]
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Alien Resurrection Nominated [27]
Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Winona Ryder Nominated
Best Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet Nominated
Best Costume Rob Ringwood Nominated
Best Special Effects Pitof, Eric Henry, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. Nominated
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Actress Sigourney Weaver Nominated [28]
Worst Supporting Actress Winona Ryder Nominated
Worst Sequel Alien Resurrection Nominated
The Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For Alien Resurrection Nominated

Prometheus

Year Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
2012 Golden Trailer Awards Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer Prometheus / "Not Alone", 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Nominated [29]
Best Sound Editing Prometheus, 20th Century Fox, Skip Film Nominated
Key Art Awards Digital "Weyland Industries" website Won [30]
Innovative Media Prometheus Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Nominated [31]
Satellite Awards Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Nominated [32]
Sound (Editing and Mixing) Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci and Mark P. Stoeckinger Nominated
Sierra Awards Best Art Direction Alex Cameron Won [33]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Breakout Noomi Rapace Nominated [34]
Choice Summer Movie – Action Prometheus Nominated
Choice Summer Movie Star – Female Charlize Theron (also for Snow White & the Huntsman) Nominated
2013 Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Nominated [35]
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Film Arthur Max Nominated [36]
BAFTA Awards Special Visual Effects Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth Nominated [37]
Critic's Choice Award Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Prometheus Nominated [38]
Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing — Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Prometheus Nominated [39]
Visual Effects Society Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan for "Engineers & the Orrery" Nominated [40]
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel, Marco Rolandi for "LV-233" Nominated
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers for Prometheus Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Awards Supporting Actor of the Year Michael Fassbender Nominated [41]
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Prometheus Nominated [42]
Best Supporting Actor Michael Fassbender Nominated

Alien: Covenant

Year Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
2016 IndieWire Critics Poll Most Anticipated of 2017 Alien: Covenant Nominated [43]
2017 Golden Schmoes Awards Biggest Disappointment of the Year Alien: Covenant Nominated [44]
Golden Trailer Awards Best Horror Poster Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus Won [45]
Best Sound Editing Theirs, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Nominated
Best Summer 2017 Blockbuster TV Spot Run / Madness, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Nominated
Best Summer Blockbuster Poster Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus Nominated
Best Teaser Poster Domestic Teaser, 20th Century Fox, InSync Plus Nominated
Hawaii Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Michael Fassbender Nominated [46]
Satellite Awards Best Visual Effects Alien: Covenant Nominated [47]
Sierra Awards Best Supporting Actor Michael Fassbender Nominated
2018 Australian Production Design Guild Awards Docklands Studios Melbourne Award for Excellence in Screen - Acknowledging Excellence in Design and Practice or Artisan Excellence on Australian or International Productions Ian Gracie (Supervising Art Director)
Damien Drew (Senior Art Director)
Michelle McGahey (Senior Art Director)
Charlie Revai (Art Director)
Jacinta Leong (Art Director) 		Won [48]
Golden Trailer Awards Best Horror TV Spot Born Neo, 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Nominated [49]
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Alien: Covenant Nominated [50]

DVD and Blu-ray Disc re-issues

Alien Quadrilogy

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
DVD Exclusive Awards DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)
 Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
(only for Alien) 		Won [51]
James Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Christopher Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and Stan Winston
(only for Aliens) 		Nominated
Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (Including All Extra Features) Charles de Lauzirika Won
Best New Movie Scenes (Finished-Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone) Charles de Lauzirika and David Crowther
(only for Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection) 		Nominated
Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (New for DVD) The Beast Within: The Making of Alien, Charles de Lauzirika Nominated
Best Menu Design Matt Kennedy Nominated
Sierra Awards Best DVD Alien Quadrilogy Won [33]
Satellite Awards Best DVD Extra Alien Quadrilogy Nominated
Best Overall DVD Alien Quadrilogy Nominated
Saturn Awards Best DVD Collection Alien Quadrilogy Nominated [52]

Alien Anthology

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
IGN Movie Awards Best Blu-ray Alien Anthology Won [53]
Sierra Awards Best DVD Alien Anthology Won [33]
Saturn Awards Best DVD Collection Alien Anthology Won [54]

See also

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