# List of awards and nominations received by Costa-Gavras

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras.

## Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1970 | Best Director | Z | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Z | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Missing | Won |

## Amandaprisen

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Film DVD | The Ax | Nominated | |

## Athens International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Honorary Award | Himself | Won | |

## Berlin Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1990 | Golden Bear | Music Box | Won |
| 1990 | Jury Prize | Music Box | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Director | Music Box | Nominated |
| 1993 | Golden Bear | The Little Apocalypse | Nominated |
| 2002 | Golden Bear | Amen. | Nominated |
| 2002 | Berlinale Camera | Himself | Won |

## British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1970 | Best Film | Z | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Screenplay | Z | Nominated |
| 1970 | United Nations Award | Z | Nominated |
| 1971 | United Nations Award | The Confession | Nominated |
| 1974 | United Nations Award | State of Siege | Won |
| 1983 | Best Film | Missing | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Direction | Missing | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Screenplay | Missing | Won |

## Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1969 | Grand Prix | Z | Nominated |
| 1969 | Jury Prize | Z | Won |
| 1969 | Best Director | Z | Nominated |
| 1975 | Palme d'Or | Section spéciale | Nominated |
| 1975 | Grand Prix | Section spéciale | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Director | Section spéciale | Won |
| 1975 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Section spéciale | Nominated |
| 1982 | Palme d'Or | Missing | Won |
| 1982 | Grand Prix | Missing | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Director | Missing | Nominated |
| 1982 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Missing | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Artistic Contribution Prize | Missing | Nominated |
| 1982 | Award of the Youth | Missing | Nominated |

## Catalonia International Prize

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Catalonia International Prize | Himself | Won | |

## César Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1980 | Best Film | Womanlight | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Director | Womanlight | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Film | Amen. | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Director | Amen. | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Writing | Amen. | Won |
| 2006 | Best Adaptation | The Ax | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Adaptation | Adults in the Room | Nominated |

## CinEuphoria Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award | Adults in the Room | Won | |

## Cineuropa

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Premio Cineuropa | Himself | Won | |

## COLCOA

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Critics' Award | Eden Is West | Won | |

## Copenhagen International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2005 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Himself | Won | |

## David di Donatello Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1983 | Best Foreign Film | Missing | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Foreign Director | Missing | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Foreign Screenplay | Missing | Nominated |

## Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1969 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Z | Nominated | |

## Edgar Allan Poe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1967 | Best Motion Picture Screenplay | The Sleeping Car Murders | Nominated | |
| 1970 | Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Z | Won | |

## Efebo d'oro

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Life Achievement Award | Himself | Won | |

## European Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Honorary Award | Himself | Won | |
| 2020 | Best Screenwriter | Adults in the Room | Nominated | |

## Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Premio Luis Buñuel | Himself | Won | |

## Festival Internacional de Cine de San Cristóbal de las Casas

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Premio Ámbar | Himself | Won | |

## Film by the Sea

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2005 | Film and Literature Award | The Ax | Won | |

## FIPRESCI

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | FIPRESCI Platinum Award | Himself | Won | |

## Flaiano Prizes

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Career Award (Cinema) | Himself | Won | |

## Francophone Film Festival of Greece

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Prix d'honneur | Himself | Won | |

## Globo d'oro

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2002 | Best European Film | Amen. | Won | |

## Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1970 | Best Foreign Film | Z | Won |
| 1971 | Best Foreign Film | The Confession | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Foreign Film | State of Siege | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Foreign Film | Special Section | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Missing | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Director | Missing | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Screenplay | Missing | Nominated |

## Gopo Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best European Film | The Ax | Nominated | |

## Havana Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Premio Coral de Honor | Himself | Won | |

## Hellenic Film Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Honorary Award | Himself | Won | |

## Human Rights Watch Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1995 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Himself | Won | |

## IFG Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Arts and Letters | Himself | Won | |

## Istanbul Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Himself | Won | |

## Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1970 | Best Foreign Director | Z | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Foreign Director | The Confession | Won |
| 1983 | Best Foreign Director | Missing | Nominated |

## Kansas City Film Critics Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1971 | Best Foreign Film | Z | Won | |

## LiberPress

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2005 | LiberPress Cinema Award | Himself | Won | |

## Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Tribute Award | Himself | Won | |

## Locarno Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Leopard Career Award | Himself | Won | |

## London Film Critics' Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1983 | Film of the Year | Missing | Won |
| 1983 | Director of the Year | Missing | Won |
| 1983 | Screenwriter of the Year | Missing | Won |

## Louis Delluc Prize

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1972 | Best Film | State of Siege | Won | |

## Lumière Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Best Film | Amen. | Won | |
| 2020 | Lumière d'honneur | Himself | Won | |

## Magritte Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Magritte d'honneur | Himself | Won | |

## Monte-Carlo Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Career Award | Himself | Won | |

## Moscow International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1967 | Grand Prix | Shock Troops | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Special Prize for An Outstanding Contribution to Cinema | Special Prize for An Outstanding Contribution to Cinema | Won | |

## Mostra de València

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Critics' Award | Eden Is West | Won | |
| 2009 | Special Jury Award | Eden Is West | Won | |

## Mumbai International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Himself | Won | |

## Munich International Film festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best International Film | Capital | Nominated | |

## National Board of Review

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1966 | Best Foreign Film | The Sleeping Car Murders | Won |
| 1966 | Top Foreign Films | The Sleeping Car Murders | Won |
| 1970 | Top Foreign Films | The Confession | Won |
| 1975 | Top Foreign Films | Special Section | Won |
| 1982 | Top Ten Films | Missing | Won |

## National Society of Film Critics Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1969 | Best Film | Z | Won |
| 1969 | Best Director | Z | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Screenplay | Z | Nominated |

## New York Film Critics Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1969 | Best Film | Z | Won |
| 1969 | Best Director | Z | Won |
| 1972 | Best Film | State of Siege | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Director | State of Siege | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Screenplay | State of Siege | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Film | Missing | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Screenplay | Missing | Nominated |

## Online Film & Television Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | OFTA Film Hall of Fame | Z | Won | |

## Premios ASECAN

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1983 | Best Foreign Film | Missing | Won | |

## Prix France Culture Cinéma

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Prix France Culture Cinéma Consécration | Himself | Won | |

## Prix Jean-Zay

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Prix Jean-Zay | Himself | Won | |

## Pune International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best International Director | The Axe | Won | |
| 2020 | Best International Film | Himself | Nominated | |

## SACD Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2002 | Grand Prize | Himself | Won | |

## San Sebastián Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2012 | Golden Shell | Capital | Nominated |
| 2012 | Silver Shell for Best Director | Capital | Nominated |
| 2012 | Special Jury Prize | Capital | Nominated |
| 2012 | Solidarity Award | Capital | Won |
| 2019 | Donostia Award | Himself | Won |

## Sant Jordi Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1971 | Best Foreign Film | The Confession | Won | |

## Sofia International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Sofia Prize | Himself | Won | |

## Terenci Moix International Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2010 | Film Prize | Himself | Won | |

## Trophées du Film français

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2012 | Trophée d'honneur | Himself | Won | |

## Turkish Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Amen. | Nominated | |

## Valladolid International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1986 | Golden Spike (Best Film) | Family Business | Nominated | |

## Venice Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1983 | Golden Lion | Hanna K. | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Glory to the Filmmaker Award | Glory to the Filmmaker Award | Won | |

## Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1983 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Missing | Won | |

## Zurich Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | Tribute Award | Himself | Won | |