# List of accolades received by Whiplash

Whiplash is a 2014 American drama film directed by Damien Chazelle. The screenplay, also written by Chazelle, was partly based on his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio Band. The film stars Miles Teller as an ambitious jazz drummer selected to join a school studio band taught by a cruel music instructor played by J. K. Simmons. Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist, and Austin Stowell feature in supporting roles.
The film premiered at the opening night of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2014, where it went on to win the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Dramatic Feature. Sony Picture Classics provided a limited release in United States and Canada on October 10, 2014. The film grossed more than $48 million at the worldwide box office on a production budget of $3.3 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 290 reviews and judged 93% to be positive.
Whiplash garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for Chazelle's screenplay and direction, Teller and Simmons' performance, and Tom Cross' editing. At the 87th Academy Awards, the film received five nominations with Simmons winning for Best Supporting Actor, Cross for Best Film Editing, and the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing. Whiplash garnered five nominations at the British Academy Film Awards with Simmons winning for Best Supporting Actor, Cross for Best Editing, and the BAFTA Award for Best Sound. Simmons also received awards in the "Best Supporting Actor" category at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the 20th Critics' Choice Awards. The American Film Institute included the film in their list of top ten films of the year.

## Accolades

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
| AACTA Awards | January 31, 2015 | Best International Film | Whiplash | Nominated | [7] [8] |
| AACTA Awards | January 31, 2015 | Best International Direction | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [7] [8] |
| AACTA Awards | January 31, 2015 | Best International Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [7] [8] |
| AACTA Awards | January 31, 2015 | Best International Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | [7] [8] |
| Academy Awards | February 22, 2015 | Best Picture | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 22, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Academy Awards | February 22, 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 22, 2015 | Best Film Editing | Tom Cross | Won | |
| Academy Awards | February 22, 2015 | Best Sound Mixing | Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley | Won | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | December 8, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons (Tied with Tyler Perry for Gone Girl) | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 12, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | [11] [12] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 12, 2015 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Nominated | [11] [12] |
| American Cinema Editors | January 30, 2015 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Tom Cross | Nominated | |
| American Film Institute | December 9, 2014 | Top Ten Movies of the Year | Whiplash | Won | |
| Austin Film Critics Association | December 17, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Belgian Film Critics Association | January 9, 2016 | Grand Prix | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Bodil Awards | March 5, 2016 | Best US Film | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | December 7, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 8, 2015 | Best Direction | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 8, 2015 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 8, 2015 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 8, 2015 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 8, 2015 | Best Sound | Craig Mann Ben Wilkins Thomas Curley | Won | |
| Calgary International Film Festival | October 1, 2014 | Audience Choice Narrative Award | Damien Chazelle | Won | |
| Camerimage | November 22, 2014 | Best Directorial Debut | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Cannes Film Festival | May 24, 2014 | Queer Palm | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Casting Society of America | January 22, 2015 | Feature Film Studio or Independent Drama | Terri Taylor | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Picture | Whiplash | Nominated | [24] [25] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | [24] [25] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Won | [24] [25] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [24] [25] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Most Promising Filmmaker | Damien Chazelle | Won | [24] [25] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2015 | Best Picture | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2015 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2015 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Nominated | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Deauville American Film Festival | September 13, 2014 | Audience Award | Whiplash | Won | |
| Deauville American Film Festival | September 13, 2014 | Grand Special Prize | Whiplash | Won | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Film | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Director | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Breakthrough Artist | Damien Chazelle | Won | |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | February 21, 2015 | Best Film | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | February 21, 2015 | Best Director | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | February 21, 2015 | Best Supporting Male | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Film Independent Spirit Awards | February 21, 2015 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Won | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2014 | Pauline Kael Breakout Award | Damien Chazelle | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 11, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Gotham Awards | December 1, 2014 | Best Actor | Miles Teller | Nominated | |
| Grammy Awards | February 15, 2016 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Justin Hurwitz | Nominated | |
| Houston Film Critics Society | January 10, 2015 | Best Picture | Whiplash | Nominated | [35] [36] |
| Houston Film Critics Society | January 10, 2015 | Best Director | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [35] [36] |
| Houston Film Critics Society | January 10, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | [35] [36] |
| Houston Film Critics Society | January 10, 2015 | Best Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [35] [36] |
| London Film Critics Circle | January 18, 2015 | Film of the Year | Whiplash | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| London Film Critics Circle | January 18, 2015 | Screenwriter of the Year | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| London Film Critics Circle | January 18, 2015 | Supporting Actor of the Year | J. K. Simmons | Won | [37] [38] |
| London Film Critics Circle | January 18, 2015 | Technical Achievement | Tom Cross | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | December 7, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Mill Valley Film Festival | October 12, 2014 | Audience Award (Best U.S. Feature Film) | Damien Chazelle | Won | |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 15, 2015 | Feature English Language – Dialogue/ADR | Craig Mann Ben Wilkins Joe Schiff Lauren Hadaway | Nominated | |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 15, 2015 | Feature Musical | Craig Mann Ben Wilkins Richard Henderson | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 12, 2015 | Movie of the Year | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 12, 2015 | Best Male Performance | Miles Teller | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 12, 2015 | Best Musical Moment | Miles Teller | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 12, 2015 | Best WTF Moment | Miles Teller | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | April 12, 2015 | Best Villain | J. K. Simmons | Nominated | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | December 1, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | December 7, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Nikkan Sports Film Award | December 28, 2015 | Best Foreign Film | Whiplash | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Picture | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Nominated | |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | January 3, 2015 | Spotlight Award | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | January 24, 2015 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Jason Blum David Lancaster Helen Estabrook | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 15, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 14, 2014 | Best Picture | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 14, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 14, 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | December 14, 2014 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Nominated | |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | February 1, 2015 | Virtuoso Award | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | February 16, 2015 | Best Film | Whiplash | Nominated | [52] [53] |
| Satellite Awards | February 16, 2015 | Best Director | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [52] [53] |
| Satellite Awards | February 16, 2015 | Best Actor – Motion Picture | Miles Teller | Nominated | [52] [53] |
| Satellite Awards | February 16, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | J. K. Simmons | Won | [52] [53] |
| Satellite Awards | February 16, 2015 | Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) | Craig Mann Ben Wilkins Thomas Curley | Won | [52] [53] |
| Saturn Awards | June 25, 2015 | Best Independent Film | Whiplash | Won | [54] [55] |
| Saturn Awards | June 25, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Nominated | [54] [55] |
| Saturn Awards | June 25, 2015 | Best Writing | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [54] [55] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 25, 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Arthouse Film | Whiplash | Won | [57] [58] |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | [57] [58] |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | [57] [58] |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Music Soundtrack | Whiplash | Nominated | [57] [58] |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2014 | Best Scene | "Finale drum solo" | Nominated | [57] [58] |
| Sundance Film Festival | January 25, 2014 | Audience Award (Dramatic) | Damien Chazelle | Won | |
| Sundance Film Festival | January 25, 2014 | Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) | Damien Chazelle | Won | |
| Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | November 29, 2014 | Best North American Independent Film | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | January 6, 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | October 25, 2014 | Pilar Miró Award (Best New Director) | Damien Chazelle | Won | |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | October 25, 2014 | Golden Spike (Best Film) | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 17, 2014 | Best Film | Whiplash | Nominated | [63] [64] |
| Village Voice Film Poll | December 17, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | [63] [64] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2014 | Best Film | Whiplash | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2014 | Best Director | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | J. K. Simmons | Won | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2014 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2014 | Best Editing | Tom Cross | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 14, 2015 | Best Original Screenplay | Damien Chazelle | Nominated | |