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| Award | Wins | Nominations |
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| 3 | 13 | |
| 1 | 5 | |
Mike Leigh is an English filmmaker.
He has received seven Academy Award nominations, and thirteen British Academy Film Award nominations receiving three awards for Secrets & Lies (1996) and Vera Drake (2004). In 2014 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding British Contribution to Film. He has also received five Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best International Film winning for Secrets & Lies.
He has also received various award nominations from film festivals including eight nominations from the Cannes Film Festival winning four awards including the Palme d'Or for Secrets & Lies as well as awards for Naked, and Another Year. He also received three nominations from the Berlin International Film Festival winning twice for his Meantime and The Short & Curlies. At the Venice International Film Festival he received five nominations winning the prestigious Golden Lion award for Topsy-Turvy and Vera Drake.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Best Director | Secrets & Lies | Nominated | [1] |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 1999 | Topsy Turvy | Nominated | [2] | |
| 2004 | Best Director | Vera Drake | Nominated | [3] |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2010 | Another Year | Nominated | [5] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Best Short Film | The Short and Curlies | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Sense of History | Nominated | ||
| 1993 | Outstanding British Film | Naked | Nominated | |
| 1995 | Michael Balcon Award | Received | ||
| 1996 | Best Film | Secrets & Lies | Nominated | |
| Outstanding British Film | Won | |||
| Best Direction | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Won | |||
| 1999 | Outstanding British Film | Topsy-Turvy | Nominated | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2004 | Outstanding British Film | Vera Drake | Nominated | |
| Best Direction | Won | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Outstanding British Film | Another Year | Nominated | |
| 2014 | BAFTA Fellowship | Received | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Best International Film | High Hopes | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Life is Sweet | Nominated | ||
| 1993 | Naked | Nominated | ||
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Won | ||
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Reader Jury Award | Meantime | Won | |
| 1988 | Panorama Short Film Award | The Short & Curlies | Won | |
| 2008 | Golden Bear | Happy-Go-Lucky | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Palme d'Or | Naked | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Won | |||
| 1996 | Palme d'Or | Secrets & Lies | Won | |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Won | |||
| 2002 | Palme d'Or | All or Nothing | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Another Year | Nominated | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Won | |||
| 2014 | Palme d'Or | Mr. Turner | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | FIPRESCI Prize | High Hopes | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Golden Lion | Topsy-Turvy | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Won | ||
| 2018 | Peterloo | Nominated | ||
| Human Rights Award | Won |