# List of awards and nominations received by George C. Wolfe

George C. Wolfe is an American director, and producer of film and television.
Over his career he has been nominated for fifteen Tony Awards, ten of those nominations being for Director of a Play or Musical. He has received three Tony Awards for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in 1993, Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk in 1996 and Elaine Stritch at Liberty in 2002. For his work in theatre he has also received three Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, a Drama League Award, and a Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award. For his work in film and television he received a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film for Lackawanna Blues in 2005. He also has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Writers Guild of America Award and an Independent Spirit Award.

## Major associations
### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1992 | Best Book of a Musical | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Direction of a Musical | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Direction of a Play | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Won |
| 1994 | Best Direction of a Play | Angels in America: Perestroika | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Direction of a Musical | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Won |
| 1996 | Best Original Score | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Book of a Musical | The Wild Party | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Special Theatrical Event | Elaine Stritch At Liberty | Won |
| 2004 | Best Direction of a Musical | Caroline, Or Change | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Direction of a Play | The Normal Heart | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Direction of a Play | Lucky Guy | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Book of a Musical | Shuffle Along | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Direction of a Musical | Shuffle Along | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Direction of a Play | The Iceman Cometh | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Direction of a Play | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | Nominated |
| 2024 | Special Tony Award | Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre | Honored |

### Emmy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2005 | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series | Lackawanna Blues | Nominated | |

## Industry awards
### Directors Guild of America Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film | Lackawanna Blues | Won | |
| 2018 | Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Nominated | |

### Writers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Television: Long Form – Adapted | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best First Feature | Lackawanna Blues | Nominated | |

## Theatre awards
### Drama Desk Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1992 | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jelly's Last Jam | Won |
| 1992 | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated |
| 1993 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Nominated |
| 1996 | Outstanding Director of a Play | The Tempest | Nominated |
| 2002 | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Elaine Stritch At Liberty | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Caroline, Or Change | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Director of a Play | The Normal Heart | Won |

### Drama League Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1996 | Distinguished Achievement | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Won | |

### Lucille Lortel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2002 | Unique Theatrical Experience | Elaine Stritch at Liberty | Won | |

### Obie Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1990 | Direction | Spunk | Won | |
| 2002 | Direction | Topdog/Underdog | Won | |

### Outer Critics Circle Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1994 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 | Won |
| 2002 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Topdog/Underdog | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Caroline or Change | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards
### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Outstanding Director, TV Movie or Limited Series | Lackawanna Blues | Won | |

### NAACP Image Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated | |