# List of awards and nominations received by Deadliest Catch

The documentary and reality television series Deadliest Catch showcases the lives and tribulations of the men and women who work aboard crabbing and fishing vessels in the Bering Sea. As Original Productions produces the show, more than 30,000 hours of footage are captured by various boats and edited into between 10 and 21 episodes per season. Since its debut on the Discovery Channel in 2005, the show has amassed an extensive list of award nominations and wins. To date, the only fishing vessel that has appeared in all 15 seasons is the F/V Northwestern, captained by Sig and Edgar Hansen. The ship, its captains, and workers have also been featured in the pilot episode, spin-off mini-series, and several specials.
As of season 16, Deadliest Catch has received 52 Primetime Creative Arts (PCA) Emmy Award nominations, 16 of which have resulted in wins. Other award ceremonies at which the show has received nominations include the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Awards, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Film & Television Awards, Critics' Choice Television Awards, and Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards. Deadliest Catch has also received award nominations from international ceremonies, such as the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards.
For his work as sound mixer on Deadliest Catch, Bob Bronow received 33 nominations, 9 of which have resulted in wins. Series producer Thom Beers has received six nominations, one win. Bruce Hanifan has collected three wins as Deadliest Catch's composer, music producer, and sound designer.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) / Work | Result |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2009 | Best Edited Reality Series | Kelly Coskran & Ed Greene (for "Fresh Blood") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2010 | Best Edited Reality Series | Kelly Coskran & Josh Earl (for "Stay Focused or Die") | Won |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2011 | Best Edited Reality Series | Kelly Coskran & Josh Earl (for "Redemption Day") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2013 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Josh Earl & Alex Durham (for "I Don't Want to Die") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2014 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Josh Earl, Alex Durham; Rob Butler (for "Mutiny on the Bering Sea") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2015 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Josh Earl & Johnny Bishop (for "Lost at Sea") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2016 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Josh Earl & Ben Bulatao (for "Zero Hour") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2017 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Josh Earl & Alexander Rubinow (for "Fire at Sea: Part 2") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2018 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Ben Bulatao & Rob Butler, ACE (for "Lost at Sea") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2019 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Ben Bulatao, Rob Butler, Greg Cornejo; Alexandra Moore; Ian Olsen (for "Storm Surge") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2020 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Ben Bulatao, Rob Butler, Isaiah Camp; Greg Cornejo; Joe Mikan (for "Triple Jeopardy") | Nominated |
| American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards | 2021 | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Rob Butler, Isaiah Camp, Joe Mikan, Art O’Leary; Ian Olsen; Josh Stockero (for "Mayday Mayday") | Nominated |
| American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Film and Television Music Awards | 2009 | Top Television Series | Paul Hepker | Won |
| American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Film and Television Music Awards | 2017 | TV Composer of the Year | Didier Lean Rachou | Nominated |
| American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Film and Television Music Awards | 2019 | TV Composer of the Year | Didier Lean Rachou | Nominated |
| Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards | 2006 | Most Outstanding International Program (Non Drama) | Deadliest Catch | Won |
| Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards | 2008 | Favourite International Program | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards | 2010 | Favourite Program | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards | 2011 | Favourite Program – International | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards | 2012 | Favourite Program – International | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards | 2014 | Favourite Program – International | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) Awards | 2015 | Most Outstanding Reality Program | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards | 2015 | Reality | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards | 2016 | Reality | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards | 2017 | Reality | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Film & Television Awards | 2007 | BMI Cable Awards | Bruce Hanifan | Won |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Film & Television Awards | 2008 | BMI Cable Awards | Bruce Hanifan | Won |
| Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Film & Television Awards | 2011 | BMI Cable Awards | Bruce Hanifan | Won |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2007 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "Cashing In") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "The Unforgiving Sea") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "No Mercy") | Won |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "Stay Focused or Die") | Won |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "Redemption Day") | Won |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "New Blood") | Won |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "I Don't Wanna Die") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "The Final Battle") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "Lost at Sea") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "Lunatic Fringe") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "The Widowmaker (Part 1)") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | John Warrin (for "Last Damn Arctic Storm") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | 'Bob Bronow (for "Blood and Water") | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials | Bob Bronow (for "Sixty Foot Monster") | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | 2019 | Unstructured Series | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | Best Reality Series | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2015 | Best Reality Series | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2016 | Best Unstructured Reality Show | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Television Awards | 2011 | Reality Program | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards | 2005 | Best Continuing Series | Deadliest Catch | Nominated |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards | 2014 | Best Sound Editing: Long Form Documentary in Television | Bob Bronow, Kevin Skaggs, Jason Tuttle (for "The Final Battle") | Won |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards | 2015 | TV Documentary Long Form – Effects/Foley/Dialogue/ADR | Bob Bronow, Doug Kern, Eddie Rodriguez, Selina Zakaria (for "You'll Know My Name is the Lord") | Nominated |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards | 2016 | Best Sound Editing: Short Form Documentary in Television | Bob Bronow, Noelle DiMarco, Laurence A. Ellis (for "5-Year Storm Part 2") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2006 | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | David McKillop, Thom Beers, Tracy Green, Jeff Conroy, Nathanial Havholm, Doug Stanley, Todd Stanley, Patrick Costello, Monica Martino, Chris Nee, Johnny Petillo, Ethan Prochnik, Brian Lovett and Larry Law | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2006 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | Doug Stanley, Marc Carter, Patrick Cummings, Zac McFarlane, Bryan Miller, Scott Simper (for "The Clock's Ticking") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2006 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "The Clock's Ticking") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2007 | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Thom Beers, Paul Gasek, Jeff Conroy, Lisa Tanzer, Ethan Prochnik, Tim Pastore, Matt Renner, Kyle Wheeler, Christian Skovly, Todd Stanley, Cameron Glendenning, Zac McFarlane, Doug Stanley and Kelly Coskran, | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2007 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Programming | Doug Stanley, Zac McFarlane, Don Bland, Cameron Glendenning, Todd Stanley and Eric Lange (for "The Unforgiving Sea") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2007 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Kelly Coskran and Ed Greene (for "The Unforgiving Sea") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2007 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "The Unforgiving Sea") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Thom Beer, Paul Gasek, Jeff Conroy, Tracy Rudolph, Matt Renner, Lisa Tanzer, Ethan Prochnik | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Programming | Cinematography Team (for "No Mercy") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Kelly Coskran and Rob Butler (for "No Mercy") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "No Mercy") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Paul Gasek, Tracy Rudolph, Matt Renner, Ethan Prochnik | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Programming | Cinematography Team (for "Stay Focused or Die") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Kelly Coskran and Josh Earl (for "Stay Focused or Die") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2009 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "Stay Focused or Die") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Nonfiction Series | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Paul Gasek, Tracy Rudolph, Matt Renner, Ethan Prochnik, Eric Lange | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Programming | Cinematography Team (for "No Second Chances") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Kelly Coskran and Josh Earl (for "No Second Chances") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2010 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "No Second Chances") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Reality Program | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Paul Gasek, Tracy Rudolph, Matt Renner, Sheila McCormack, Ethan Prochnik, Steven Robillard, Todd Stanley | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | Cinematography Team (for "Redemption Day") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program | Josh Earl, Kelly Coskran, Alex Durham (for "Redemption Day") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "Redemption Day") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | Cinematography Team (for "I Don't Wanna Die") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program | Josh Earl, Alex Durham (for "I Don't Wanna Die") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "I Don't Wanna Die") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Reality Program | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, David Pritikin, John Gray, Sheila McCormack, Decker Watson and Sean Dash | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | Cinematography Team (for "Mutiny On The Bering Sea") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program | Josh Earl, Alex Durham, Rob Butler (for "Mutiny On The Bering Sea") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "Mutiny On The Bering Sea") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, John Gray, David Pritikin, Decker Watson, Johnny Beechler and Geoff Miller | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | Cinematography Team (for "Careful What You Wish For") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program | Josh Earl, Rob Butler, Art O'Leary (for "Careful What You Wish For") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "Careful What You Wish For") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, John Gray, David Pritikin, Joseph Boyle, Decker Watson, Johnny Beechler and Geoff Miller | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | David Reichert, Todd Stanley, Steven Wright, Breck Warwick, Matt Fahey (for "A Brotherhood Tested") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program | Josh Earl, Alexander B. Rubinow, Alex Durham (for "A Brotherhood Tested") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "Lost at Sea") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, John Gray, Philip David Segal, Sarah Whalen, Joseph Boyle, Decker Watson, Geoff Miller, Arom Starr-Paul and Josh Earl | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Cinematography for A Reality Program | David Reichert, Todd Stanley, Steve Wright, Josh Thomas, Shane Moore (for "Carpe Diem") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program | Josh Earl, Ben Bulatao (for "Carpe Diem") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Bob Bronow (for "Carpe Diem") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | Thom Beers, Philip David Segal, Sarah Whalen, Joseph Boyle, Decker Watson, Geoff Miller, Arom Starr-Paul and Josh Earl | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | David Reichert, Dave Arnold, Kelvon Agee, Todd Stanley, Josh Thomas (for "Uncharted Territory") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program | Josh Earl, Rob Butler, Nathen Araiza, Ben Bulatao (for "Uncharted Territory") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | Thom Beers, Philip David Segal, Sarah Whalen, Joseph Boyle, Decker Watson, Arom Starr-Paul, Ernie Avila, Geoff Miller | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | David Reichert, Charlie Beck, Kelvon Agee, Ben Staley, Josh Thomas (for "Battle Lines") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program | Rob Butler, Alexandra Moore, Ben Bulatao, Josh Earl, Greg Cornejo (for "Battle Lines") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program | Jeff Hasler, Brian Lovett, Ernest Avila, R. Decker Watson Jr., Arom Starr-Paul, Thom Beers, Joseph Boyle, Bill Howard, Geoff Miller, Rob Butler, Will Gatlin, Adam Flacks | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | Cinematography Team | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program | Rob Butler, Isaiah Camp, Nathen Araiza, Ben Bulatao and Greg Cornejo (for "Battle of Kings") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program | Rob Butler, Isaiah Camp, Ben Bulatao, Joe Mikan, Ralf Melville and Alexandra Moore (for "Cold War Rivals") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program | Rob Butler, Isaiah Camp, Joe Mikan, Art O'Leary, Alexander Rubinow, Ben Bulatao, Alexandra Moore, Nico Natale, Alberto Perez and Chris Courtner | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program | David Reichert, Jacob Tawney, Shane Moore, Dave Arnold, Nathan Garofalos, Todd Stanley, Bryan Miller, Kelvon Agee, Carson Doyle, Scott Messier, Charlie Beck, Josh Thomas, Tom Trainor, Nate Chambers and Randy Lee | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards | 2008 | Producer of the Year in Live Non-Fiction Television | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Lisa Tanzer | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards | 2009 | Producer of the Year in Live Non-Fiction Television | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Ethan Prochnik, Lisa Tanzer | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards | 2010 | Producer of the Year in Non-Fiction Television | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Ethan Prochnik, Matt Renner | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Sheila McCormack, Ethan Prochnik, Matt Renner | Won |
| Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, John Gray, Sheila McCormack, Ethan Prochnik, Bill Pruitt, Matt Renner | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television | Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Sean Dash, John Gray, Sheila McCormack, Bill Pruitt, Decker Watson | Nominated |