List of accolades received by Atonement (film)
Awards and nominations

List of accolades received by Atonement (film)

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Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result

Academy Awards	24 February 2008	Best Adapted Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Best Art Direction	Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer	Nominated

Best Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey	Nominated

Best Costume Design	Jacqueline Durran	Nominated

Best Original Score	Dario Marianelli	Won

Best Picture	Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (producers)	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Alliance of Women Film Journalists	21 December 2007	Best Adapted Screenplay	Atonement	Nominated

Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality	Keira Knightley	Nominated

Best Editing	Atonement	Nominated

Best Film	Atonement	Nominated

Best Newcomer	Saoirse Ronan	Won

Best Seduction	Keira Knightley and James McAvoy	Won

American Society of Cinematographers	26 January 2008	Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases	Seamus McGarvey	Nominated

Art Directors Guild	18 February 2008	Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film	Sarah Greenwood	Nominated

British Academy Film Awards	10 February 2008	Best Actor	James McAvoy	Nominated

Best Actress	Keira Knightley	Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Best British Film	Atonement	Nominated

Best Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey	Nominated

Best Costume Design	Jacqueline Durran	Nominated

Best Director	Joe Wright	Nominated

Best Editing	Paul Tothill	Nominated

Best Film	Atonement	Won

Best Makeup and Hair	Ivana Primorac	Nominated

Best Music	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Best Production Design	Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer	Won

Best Sound	Danny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson, Becki Ponting	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

British Society of Cinematographers	7 December 2007	Best Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey	Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association	7 January 2008	Best Composer	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Best Director	Joe Wright	Nominated

Best Film	Atonement	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Vanessa Redgrave	Nominated

Best Young Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association	13 December 2007	Best Adapted Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Best Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey	Nominated

Best Original Score	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize	14 April 2009	Best Foreign Feature Film	Atonement	Nominated

Costume Designers Guild	19 February 2008	Excellence in Costume Design for Period Film	Jacqueline Durran	Nominated

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	17 December 2007	Best Picture	Atonement	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Empire Awards	9 March 2008	Best Actor	James McAvoy	Won

Best Actress	Keira Knightley	Won

Best British Film	Atonement	Won

Best Director	Joe Wright	Nominated

Best Newcomer	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Best Soundtrack	Atonement	Nominated

European Film Awards	6 December 2008	Best Actor	James McAvoy	Nominated

Best Composer	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Best Film	Atonement	Nominated

Evening Standard British Film Awards	3 February 2008	Best Actor	James McAvoy	Nominated

Best Actress	Romola Garai	Nominated

Keira Knightley	Nominated

Best Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Best Technical Achievement	Seamus McGarvey, Sarah Greenwood, Jacqueline Durran	Won

Film Critics Circle of Australia	1 February 2008	Best Foreign Film in the English Language	Atonement	Nominated

Golden Globe Award	13 January 2008	Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture	James McAvoy	Nominated

Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture	Keira Knightley	Nominated

Best Director	Joe Wright	Nominated

Best Drama Motion Picture	Atonement	Won

Best Original Score	Dario Marianelli	Won

Best Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Golden Tomato Awards	21 January 2008	Best Romance	Atonement	Won

Golden Trailer Awards	8 May 2008	Best Romance	Atonement – Intralink Film	Won

Best Romance TV Spot	Atonement "Love Story" – Intralink Film	Nominated

Houston Film Critics Society	3 January 2008	Best Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey	Nominated

Best Original Score	Dario Marianelli	Won

Best Picture	Atonement	Nominated

Best Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

International Film Music Critics Association	15 February 2008	Best Original Score for a Drama Film	Atonement – Dario Marianelli	Won

Film Composer of the Year	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Film Music Composition of the Year	"Elegy for Dunkirk" – Dario Marianelli	Won

Film Score of the Year	Atonement – Dario Marianelli	Won

Irish Film & Television Awards	17 February 2008	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Saoirse Ronan	Won

Best Director of Photography	Seamus McGarvey	Won

Best International Actor	James McAvoy	Nominated

Best International Actress	Keira Knightley	Nominated

Best International Film	Atonement	Nominated

Ivor Novello Awards	22 May 2008	Best Original Film Score	Dario Marianelli	Won

London Film Critics' Circle	8 February 2008	British Actor of the Year	James McAvoy	Won

British Actress of the Year	Keira Knightley	Nominated

British Breakthrough	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

British Director of the Year	Joe Wright	Nominated

British Film of the Year	Atonement	Nominated

British Supporting Actress of the Year	Vanessa Redgrave	Won

Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Screenwriter of the Year	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors	23 February 2008	Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film	Atonement	Nominated

Nastro d'Argento	14 June 2008	Best European Film Director	Joe Wright	Nominated

National Board of Review	5 December 2007	Top Ten Films	Atonement	Won

Online Film Critics Society	8 January 2008	Best Adapted Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Best Editing	Paul Tothill	Nominated

Best Original Score	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Best Picture	Atonement	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Pyongyang International Film Festival	26 September 2008	Shooting and Fine Arts Award	Atonement	Won

Rembrandt Award	10 March 2008	Best International Actress	Keira Knightley	Won

Richard Attenborough Film Awards	30 January 2008	Best Actor	James McAvoy	Won

Best Film-maker	Joe Wright	Won

Best Screenwriter	Christopher Hampton	Won

Film of the Year	Atonement	Won

San Diego Film Critics Society	18 December 2007	Best Editing	Paul Tothill	Won

Satellite Awards	16 December 2007	Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture	Keira Knightley	Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay	Christopher Hampton	Won

Best Costume Design	Jacqueline Durran	Nominated

Best Original Score	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	24 December 2007	Best Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey	Nominated

Best Picture	Atonement	Nominated

Best Score	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Best Screenplay	Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Best Supporting Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

Teen Choice Awards	26 August 2007	Choice Movie Drama Actress	Keira Knightley	Won

USC Scripter Award	2 February 2008	Best Screenplay	Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton	Nominated

Venice International Film Festival	8 September 2007	Golden Lion	Atonement	Nominated

Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature	Joe Wright	Won

Women Film Critics Circle	13 December 2007	Best Young Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Won

World Soundtrack Awards	18 October 2008	Best Original Score of the Year	Atonement – Dario Marianelli	Won

Soundtrack Composer of the Year	Dario Marianelli	Nominated

Young Artist Award	30 March 2008	Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress	Saoirse Ronan	Nominated

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