# List of accolades received by Life of Pi

Life of Pi is a 2012 American 3D adventure drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film is based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee, and stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, and Adil Hussain.
The film premiered on September 28, 2012 as the opening film of the 50th New York Film Festival at the Lincoln Center in New York City, and had its wide-release on November 21, 2012.

## Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations :
| Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | Ang Lee, Gil Netter and David Womark | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Ang Lee | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Original Song | Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri for "Pi's Lullaby" | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Production Design | Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Sound Editing | Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Sound Mixing | Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott | Won |
| Annie Awards | Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Orangutan – Erik-Jan de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey | Nominated |
| Annie Awards | Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Tiger – Erik-Jan de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl | Won |
| AACTA International Awards | Best Film | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark | Nominated |
| AACTA International Awards | Best Direction | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) | Tim Squyres | Nominated |
| Art Directors Guild | Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film | David Gropman | Won |
| AFI Awards | Movies of the Year | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, and David Womark | Won |
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | Best Picture | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | Production Design | David Gropman, Anna Pinnock | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | Sound | Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | Special Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, Donald R. Elliott | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | Original Music | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Picture | | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Young Actor | Suraj Sharma | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Art Direction | David Gropman/Production Designer; Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Visual Effects | | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Best Score | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Top Ten Films | | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | Visually Striking Film of the Year | | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Motion Picture – Drama | | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna | Won |
| Golden Reel Awards | Filmmaker Award | Ang Lee | Won |
| Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film | Music Editor: Erich Stratmann Additional Music Editor: Mitch Bederman | Won |
| Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Supervising Sound Editors: Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton Supervising ADR Editor: Kenton Jakub | Won |
| Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Supervising Sound Editor: Philip Stockton Sound Designer: Eugene Gearty Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Kern Foley Artist: Marko Constanzo Editors: Kam Chan, Jamie Baker | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | Technical Achievement | | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | Film Score of the Year | Mychael Danna | Won |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | Film Composer of the Year | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | Film Music Composition of the Year – Pi's Lullaby | Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri | Nominated |
| International 3D Society | Live Action 3D Feature | | Won |
| International 3D Society | Stereography – Live Action | | Won |
| International 3D Society | 3D Moment of the Year | "Fish Flying Over Boat" | Won |
| International 3D Society | Harold Lloyd Award | Ang Lee | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | International Film | | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Ang Lee | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Director of the Year | Ang Lee | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Technical Achievement | Bill Westenhofer | Won |
| MTV Movie Awards | Breakthrough Performance | Suraj Sharma | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | Best Scared-As-S**T Performance | Suraj Sharma | Won |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| 12th New York Film Critics Online Awards | Top 10 Films of 2012 | | Won |
| 12th New York Film Critics Online Awards | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | Frederick Loewe Award | Mychael Danna | Won |
| Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, and David Womark | Nominated |
| 17th Satellite Awards | Best Picture | | Nominated |
| 17th Satellite Awards | Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Won |
| 17th Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| 17th Satellite Awards | Best Sound Mixing & Editing | Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton | Nominated |
| 17th Satellite Awards | Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Film | | Won |
| Saturn Awards | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Writing | David Magee | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Production Design | David Gropman | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Music | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Suraj Sharma | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Score | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics | Best Film | | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics | Best Visual Effects | | Won |
| USC Libraries Scripter Award | Scripter Award | David Magee | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | VES Visionary Award | Ang Lee | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects – Driven Feature Motion Picture | Thomas Fisher, Susan Macleod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Richard Parker – Erik-Jan de Boer, Sean Comer, Betsy Asher Hall, Kai-Hua Lan | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Open Ocean – Jason Bayever, Sho Hasegawa, Jimmy Jewell, Walt Jones | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Storm of God – Harry Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Ocean – Jason Bayever, David Horsley, Scott Townsend, Miles Vignol | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Storm of God – Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher | Won |
| Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
| Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| Women Film Critics Circle | Best Family Film | Life of Pi – Tied with Rise of the Guardians | Won |
| Writers Guild of America Award | Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |