The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese.
Chronicling his achievements in the film industry, the American filmmaker has received ten nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director, one more than Steven Spielberg, making him the most-nominated living director, second all-time only to William Wyler (12 nominations). He has won the Academy Award once, for The Departed (2006).[1] Ten of Scorsese's films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Hugo (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); he is third all-time in this category, behind William Wyler and Steven Spielberg (13 apiece).
Scorsese has earned top awards in film (Academy Award), music (Grammy Award), and television (Primetime Emmy Award). He also won the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for Taxi Driver and a Best Director Award for After Hours as well as the Venice International Film Festival's Silver Lion for Goodfellas. He has received numerous honorary awards including the BFI Fellowship in 1995, a Career Golden Lion in 1995, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Honorary César in 2000, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012, as well as the Honorary Golden Bear and the Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award both in 2024.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | Best Director | Raging Bull | Nominated | [2] |
1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Nominated | [3] | |
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | [4] | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Nominated | [5] | |
2002 | Best Director | Gangs of New York | Nominated | [6] |
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | [7] | |
2006 | The Departed | Won | [8] | |
2011 | Best Picture | Hugo | Nominated | [9] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2013 | Best Picture | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | [10] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2019 | Best Picture | The Irishman | Nominated | [11] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2023 | Best Picture | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | [12] |
Best Director | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
1975 | Best Film | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Won | [13] |
Best Direction | Nominated | |||
1976 | Taxi Driver | Nominated | [14] | |
1983 | The King of Comedy | Nominated | [15] | |
1990 | Best Film | Goodfellas | Won | [16] |
Best Direction | Won | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Won | |||
2002 | Best Direction | Gangs of New York | Nominated | [17] |
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | [18] | |
2006 | The Departed | Nominated | [19] | |
2011 | Best Documentary | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Nominated | [20] |
Best Direction | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | [21] | |
2019 | Best Film | The Irishman | Nominated | [22] |
Best Direction | Nominated | |||
2023 | Best Film | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | [23] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1995 | Outstanding Cultural Program | Eric Clapton: Nothing But the Blues | Nominated | [24] |
2004 | Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro | Nominated | [25] |
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | The Soul of a Man | Nominated | ||
2006 | American Masters | Nominated | [26] | |
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | No Direction Home | Nominated | ||
2011 | A Letter to Elia | Nominated | [27] | |
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") | Won | ||
Outstanding Drama Series | Boardwalk Empire | Nominated | ||
2012 | Nominated | [28] | ||
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Won | ||
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Won | |||
2021 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Pretend It's a City | Nominated | [29] |
News and Documentary Emmy Awards | ||||
2014 | Best Documentary | Life Itself | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Raging Bull | Nominated | [30] |
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | [31] | |
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
1993 | Best Director – Motion Picture | The Age of Innocence | Nominated | [32] |
1995 | Casino | Nominated | [33] | |
2002 | Gangs of New York | Won | [34] | |
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | [35] | |
2006 | The Departed | Won | [36] | |
2011 | Hugo | Won | [37] | |
2019 | The Irishman | Nominated | [38] | |
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | [39] | |
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Gangs of New York | Nominated | [40] |
2005 | Best Music Film | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey | Nominated | |
2006 | No Direction Home | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1991 | Golden Bear | Cape Fear | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1974 | Palme d'Or | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Nominated | |
1976 | Taxi Driver | Won | ||
1983 | The King of Comedy | Nominated | ||
1986 | After Hours | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Won | |||
2018 | Carosse d'Or | Recipient |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Best Foreign Film | After Hours | Nominated | |
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | ||
1999 | Honorary César | Recipient | ||
2002 | Best Foreign Film | Gangs of New York | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Best Director | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |
2004 | The Aviator | Won | ||
2006 | The Departed | Won | ||
2011 | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2012 | Best Documentary Feature | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Won | |
2013 | Best Director | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | |
2019 | The Irishman | Nominated | ||
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | ||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1976 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Taxi Driver | Nominated | |
1980 | Raging Bull | Nominated | ||
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | ||
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Nominated | ||
2002 | Gangs of New York | Nominated | ||
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | ||
2006 | The Departed | Won | ||
2010 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Boardwalk Empire (episode: "Boardwalk Empire") | Won | |
2011 | Outstanding Directing – Documentaries | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Nominated | |
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | ||
2019 | The Irishman | Nominated | ||
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Best Documentary | Public Speaking | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1985 | Best Director | After Hours | Won | |
1990 | Best Feature | The Grifters | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Best Documentary | My Voyage to Italy | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | William K. Everson Film History Award | My Voyage to Italy | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Special Award | My Voyage to Italy | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama | Boardwalk Empire | Won | |
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2019 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | The Irishman | Nominated | |
2023 | David O. Selznick Achievement Award | Recipient |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Outstanding Directors of the Year | Killers of the Flower Moon | Won | [41] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Best Documentary Film | My Voyage to Italy | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1988 | Bastone Bianco Award | The Last Temptation of Christ | Won | |
1990 | Golden Lion | Goodfellas | Nominated | |
Silver Lion | Won | |||
Audience Award | Won | |||
Bastone Bianco Award | Won | |||
1993 | Elvira Notari Award | The Age of Innocence | Won | |
1995 | Career Golden Lion | Recipient |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1973 | Best Drama Written for the Screen | Mean Streets | Nominated | |
1990 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Goodfellas | Nominated | |
2002 | Evelyn F. Burkey Award | Received | ||
2023 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated |
Year | Accolade | Ref |
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1993 | Britannia Award for Excellence in Film | [42] |
1995 | BFI Fellowship | [43] |
1995 | Venice International Film Festival Career Golden Lion | [44] |
1997 | AFI Life Achievement Award | [45] |
1998 | Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute | [46] |
2000 | Honorary César | [47] |
2003 | Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award | [48] |
2003 | Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | [49] |
2007 | Kennedy Center Honors | [50] |
2010 | Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award | [51] |
2012 | BAFTA Fellowship | [52] |
2020 | Visual Effects Society Lifetime Achievement Award | |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Kirk Douglas Award | [53] | |
2021 | International Film Festival of India Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award | [54] |
2024 | Berlin International Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear | [55] |
2024 | Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award | [56] |
Under Scorsese's direction, actors have continually received nominations from the major competitive acting awards (the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award).
Academy Award for Best Actress:
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor:
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role:
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role:
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture:
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture:
By actor:
By film: