# List of awards and nominations received by Steve McQueen

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Steve McQueen.
Steve McQueen is a is British film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist. He has received several awards including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, and the Cannes Film Festival's Camera d'Or.
He is most known for the films, Hunger about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Shame a drama about sex addiction, 12 Years a Slave (2013) based on the 1853 memoir of the same name, the heist drama Widows (2018), and the World War II drama Blitz (2024). For his work on the 2008 film Hunger, he won a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, and he won an Academy Award for Best Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for his work on the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave.
Over the course of his career, McQueen has been honored with the Turner Prize in 1999, the Humanitas Prize in 2011, the BFI Fellowship in 2016 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2020 for services to art and film. In 2014, he was included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the "most influential people in the world". In 2021 he was honored by the Hollywood Critics Association for his Filmmaking Achievement.

## Major awards
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won | |
| 2013 | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2008 | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Outstanding British Film | Hunger | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding British Film | Shame | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Best Direction | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | 12 Years a Slave | Won | |
| 2013 | Best Director - Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated | |

## Industry awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| AACTA Award | 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| AACTA Award | 2013 | Best Direction | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2008 | Best Director | Hunger | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2008 | Best Screenplay | Hunger | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2008 | The Douglas Hickox Award | Hunger | Won |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Shame | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2011 | Best Screenplay | Shame | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America Award | 2013 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| European Film Award | 2008 | European Discovery of the Year | Hunger | Won |
| European Film Award | 2008 | Best Director | Hunger | Nominated |
| European Film Award | 2011 | Best Director | Shame | Nominated |
| European Film Award | 2011 | Best Film | Shame | Nominated |
| European Film Award | 2011 | People's Choice Award for Best European Film | Shame | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 2008 | Best Film | Hunger | Won |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 2011 | Best Film | Shame | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2008 | Best Foreign Film | Hunger | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2011 | Best International Film | Shame | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2013 | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2021 | Best New Scripted Series | Small Axe | Nominated |
| Bodil Awards | 2011 | Best Non-American Film | Shame | Nominated |
| Goya Award | 2011 | Best European Film | Shame | Nominated |
| Nastro d'Argento | 2011 | Best Director | Shame | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | 2013 | Top Ten Films | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Producers Guild of America | 2013 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture (tied with Gravity) | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain | 2008 | Best Screenplay (shared with Enda Walsh) | Hunger | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Black Reel Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Shame | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | 2011 | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original (shared with Abi Morgan) | Shame | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | 2013 | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Director | Shame | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | Shame | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |

## Film critic awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Belgian Film Critics Association | Grand Prix | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | London Film Critics Circle Awards | Breakthrough British Filmmaker | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | New Generation Award | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best First Film | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best First Feature | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Filmmaker | Hunger | Nominated |
| 2008 | London Film Critics Circle Awards | British Director of the Year | Hunger | Nominated |
| 2008 | Online Film Critics Society | Best Breakthrough Filmmaker | Hunger | Nominated |
| 2008 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Director | Hunger | Nominated |
| 2011 | African-American Film Critics Association | Best Director | Shame | Won |
| 2011 | Belgian Film Critics Association | Grand Prix | Shame | Nominated |
| 2013 | African-American Film Critics Association | Best Film of the Year | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | African-American Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Boston Online Film Critics Association | Top Ten Best Films of the Year | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Boston Online Film Critics Association | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Boston Online Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Florida Film Critics Circle Award | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Florida Film Critics Circle Award | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Houston Film Critics Society | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Indiana Film Critics Association | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Indiana Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Top Ten Films | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | London Film Critics Circle | Film of the Year | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Special Citation Award | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | New York Film Critics Online | Top Films | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | New York Film Critics Online | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Online Film Critics Society | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Top 10 Films | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Scene | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Houston Film Critics Society | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | London Film Critics Circle | Director of the Year | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Online Film Critics Society | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Utah Film Critics Association | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Utah Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Director | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |

## Film festival awards

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2008 | Cannes Film Festival | Caméra d'Or | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Cinemanila International Film Festival | Lino Brocka Award for International Cinema | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Flanders International Film Festival Ghent | Youth Jury Award for Best Film | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Jerusalem Film Festival | Spirit for Freedom Award for Best Feature | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Ljubljana International Film Festival | Kingfisher Award for Best Debut | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Stockholm International Film Festival | Best Directorial Debut | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Sydney Film Festival | Official Competition Award | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Grand Prize for Best Film | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Toronto International Film Festival | Discovery Award for Best Film | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Venice Film Festival | Gucci Award for Best Film | Hunger | Won |
| 2008 | Stockholm International Film Festival | Bronze Horse for Best Film | Hunger | Nominated |
| 2011 | Venice International Film Festival | CinemAvvenire Award for Best Film | Shame | Won |
| 2011 | Venice International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film | Shame | Won |
| 2011 | BFI London Film Festival | Best Film | Shame | Nominated |
| 2011 | Stockholm Film Festival | Bronze Horse Award for Best Film | Shame | Nominated |
| 2011 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | Shame | Nominated |
| 2013 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Director of the Year Award | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Stockholm International Film Festival | Bronze Horse Award for Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2013 | Toronto International Film Festival | People's Choice Award | 12 Years a Slave | Won |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Award | Result |
| Turner Prize | 1999 | For his video work | Honored |
| Humanitas Prize | 2011 | For his filmwork | Honored |
| British Film Institute | 2016 | BFI Fellowship | Honored |
| Knighthood | 2020 | Presented by Queen Elizabeth II | Honored |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2021 | Filmmaking Achievement | Honored |