# List of awards and nominations received by Adam McKay

This is a list of awards and nominations received by American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian and actor Adam McKay.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Director | The Big Short | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Big Short | Won |
| 2018 | Best Picture | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Director | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Original Screenplay | Vice | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Picture | Don't Look Up | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | Don't Look Up | Nominated |

### BAFTA Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Direction | The Big Short | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Big Short | Won |
| 2018 | Best Original Screenplay | Vice | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Film | Don't Look Up | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | Don't Look Up | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The Big Short | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Vice | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Don't Look Up | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Don't Look Up | Nominated |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Drunk History | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Drunk History | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Drunk History | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Drunk History | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Drunk History | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Won |
| 2019 | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Succession | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Drama Series | Succession | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Drama Series | Succession | Won |
| 2020 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Dead to Me | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Drunk History | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Drama Series | Succession | Won |
| 2023 | Outstanding Drama Series | Succession | Won |

## Guilds
### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | The Big Short | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Succession | Won |

### Producers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2018 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Vice | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Episodic Drama | Succession | Won |
| 2021 | Best Episodic Drama | Succession | Won |
| 2021 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Don't Look Up | Nominated |

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Best Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Saturday Night Live | Won |
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Big Short | Won |
| 2018 | Best Original Screenplay | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Paul Selvin Award | Vice | Won |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | Don't Look Up | Won |

## Other awards and nominations
### AACTA International Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Direction | The Big Short | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Best Film | Vice | Nominated | |

### Alliance of Women Film Journalists

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay, Adapted | The Big Short | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Director | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Screenplay, Original | Vice | Nominated |

### Austin Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Director | The Big Short | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Big Short | Nominated | |

### Chicago Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Original Screenplay | Vice | Nominated | |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Best Comedy | The Other Guys | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Big Short | Won |
| 2015 | Best Comedy | The Big Short | Won |
| 2018 | Best Picture | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Director | Vice | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Original Screenplay | Vice | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Picture | Don't Look Up | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | Don't Look Up | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Comedy | Don't Look Up | Nominated |

### Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Film | Vice | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Best Director | Vice | Nominated | |

### Detroit Film Critics Society

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2018 | Best Director | Vice | Won |
| 2018 | Best Screenplay | Vice | Won |
| 2021 | Best Director | Don't Look Up | Nominated |

### Empire Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay | The Big Short | Won | |

### Golden Raspberry Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Worst Picture | Holmes & Watson | Won | |

### National Board of Review

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Top 10 Films | Don't Look Up | Nominated | |

### USC Scripter Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Big Short | Won | |

### St. Louis Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Director | Vice | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Vice | Won | |

### Toronto Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay | The Big Short | Won | |