# List of accolades received by Skyfall

Skyfall is a 2012 spy film based on the Ian Fleming character James Bond, produced by Eon Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the twenty-third Eon-produced James Bond film. Directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan, it stars Daniel Craig as Bond, alongside Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, and Judi Dench. In the film, Bond investigates a series of targeted data leaks and co-ordinated attacks on MI6 led by cyberterrorist Raoul Silva (Bardem).
Skyfall debuted at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October 2012, and was released on 26 October in the United Kingdom and on 9 November in the United States. Produced on a budget of $150–200 million, Skyfall grossed $1.109 billion worldwide, finishing its theatrical run as the second-highest-grossing film of 2012 and the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time; it ranked as Sony Pictures' highest-grossing film from December 2012 to August 2019. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 388 reviews.
Skyfall garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for Craig, Bardem, and Dench's performances as well as its cinematography, sound effects, and musical score. It received five nominations at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography. The film won Best Sound Editing and Best Original Song ("Skyfall"). At the 66th British Academy Film Awards, Skyfall was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Bardem), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Dench), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, and Best Sound; and won Best British Film and Best Film Music. It received seven nominations at the 18th Critics' Choice Awards and won Best Supporting Actress (Dench), Best Song ("Skyfall"), Best Action Movie, and Best Actor in an Action Movie (Craig). Adele and Paul Epworth won Best Original Song at the 70th Golden Globe Awards for the title song.

## Accolades

Accolades received by Skyfall :
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2013 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2013 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2013 | Best Original Song | Adele and Paul Epworth for "Skyfall" | Won | |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2013 | Best Sound Editing | Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers | Won | |
| Academy Awards | 24 February 2013 | Best Sound Mixing | Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, and Greg P. Russell | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | 7 January 2013 | Best Cinematography | Thomas Newman | Nominated | [14] [15] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | 7 January 2013 | Actress Defying Age and Ageism | Judi Dench | Won | [14] [15] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | 7 January 2013 | Award for Humanitarian Activism – Female Icon Award | Judi Dench | Nominated | [14] [15] |
| American Cinema Editors Awards | 16 February 2013 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Stuart Baird | Nominated | [16] [17] |
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards | 10 February 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Roger Deakins | Won | |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | 2 February 2013 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Dennis Gassner | Won | |
| Black Reel Awards | 7 February 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Naomie Harris | Won | [20] [21] |
| BMI Film & TV Awards | 15 May 2013 | BMI Film Music Awards | Thomas Newman | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best British Film | Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Javier Bardem | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Judi Dench | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Editing | Stuart Baird | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Production Design | Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Film Music | Thomas Newman | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Sound | Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 17 December 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 17 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 17 December 2012 | Best Editing | Stuart Baird | Nominated | |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | 17 February 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action | Stuart Baird, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Simon Rhodes, Peter Gleaves, James Ashwill | Nominated | [25] [26] |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 19 February 2013 | Excellence in Contemporary Film | Jany Temime | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 10 January 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem | Nominated | [28] [29] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 10 January 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Won | [28] [29] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 10 January 2013 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | [28] [29] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 10 January 2013 | Best Song | Adele and Paul Epworth for "Skyfall" | Won | [28] [29] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 10 January 2013 | Best Action Movie | Skyfall | Won | [28] [29] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 10 January 2013 | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Daniel Craig | Won | [28] [29] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 10 January 2013 | Best Actress in an Action Movie | Judi Dench | Nominated | [28] [29] |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 18 December 2012 | Best Film | Skyfall | Nominated | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 18 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | |
| Empire Awards | 24 March 2013 | Best Film | Skyfall | Won | [31] [32] |
| Empire Awards | 24 March 2013 | Best British Film | Skyfall | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Empire Awards | 24 March 2013 | Best Director | Sam Mendes | Won | [31] [32] |
| Empire Awards | 24 March 2013 | Best Actor | Daniel Craig | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Empire Awards | 24 March 2013 | Best Actress | Judi Dench | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Empire Awards | 24 March 2013 | Best Thriller | Skyfall | Nominated | [31] [32] |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 4 February 2013 | Best Film | Skyfall | Won | |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 4 February 2013 | Blockbuster of the Year | Skyfall | Won | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | 18 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 13 January 2013 | Best Original Song | Adele and Paul Epworth for "Skyfall" | Won | [35] [36] |
| Golden Reel Awards | 17 February 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film | Skyfall | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| Golden Reel Awards | 17 February 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film | Skyfall | Won | [37] [38] |
| Golden Reel Awards | 17 February 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore | Skyfall | Nominated | [37] [38] |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 3 May 2013 | Best Action | "Domestic" (Picture Production Company) | Won | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 3 May 2013 | Best Thriller | "Domestic" (Picture Production Company) | Nominated | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 3 May 2013 | Best Original Score | "Teaser Trailer" (Picture Production Company) | Won | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 3 May 2013 | Most Action TV Spot | "Bond is Back – Men" (Create Advertising Group) | Nominated | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 3 May 2013 | Best Music TV Spot | "Adele" (Create Advertising Group) | Nominated | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 3 May 2013 | Best International Poster | Skyfall (Empire Design) | Won | |
| Grammy Awards | 26 January 2014 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Thomas Newman for Skyfall | Won | |
| Grammy Awards | 26 January 2014 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | Adele for "Skyfall" | Won | |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 5 January 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem | Nominated | [41] [42] [43] |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 5 January 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominated | [41] [42] [43] |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 5 January 2013 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Won | [41] [42] [43] |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 5 January 2013 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominated | [41] [42] [43] |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 5 January 2013 | Best Original Song | Adele and Paul Epworth for "Skyfall" | Won | [41] [42] [43] |
| ICG Publicists Awards | 22 February 2013 | Maxwell Weinberg Publicists Showmanship Motion Picture Award | Skyfall | Nominated | [44] [45] |
| International Cinephile Society Awards | 11 January 2013 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | [46] [47] |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 21 February 2013 | Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | Thomas Newman | Won | [48] [49] |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 8 March 2013 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Skyfall | Nominated | |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 20 January 2013 | Supporting Actor of the Year | Javier Bardem | Nominated | [51] [52] |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 20 January 2013 | Supporting Actress of the Year | Judi Dench | Nominated | [51] [52] |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 20 January 2013 | British Film of the Year | Skyfall | Nominated | [51] [52] |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 20 January 2013 | British Actor of the Year | Daniel Craig | Nominated | [51] [52] |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 20 January 2013 | British Actress of the Year | Judi Dench | Nominated | [51] [52] |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 9 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Won | |
| Movieguide Awards | 15 February 2013 | Best Movie for Mature Audiences | Skyfall | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | 14 April 2013 | Best Villain | Javier Bardem | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | 14 April 2013 | Best Shirtless Performance | Daniel Craig | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | 14 April 2013 | Best Fight | Daniel Craig vs. Ola Rapace | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie Awards | 14 April 2013 | Best Gut-Wrenching Performance | Javier Bardem | Nominated | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 5 January 2013 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | 2nd place | |
| NME Awards | 27 February 2013 | Best Film | Skyfall | Nominated | [57] [58] |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | 31 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Won | [59] [60] |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | 31 December 2012 | Best Editing | Stuart Baird | Nominated | [59] [60] |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 26 January 2013 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson | Nominated | [61] [62] |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2012 | Best Film | Skyfall | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2012 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2012 | Best Original Song | Adele and Paul Epworth for "Skyfall" | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 16 December 2012 | Best Visual Effects | Steve Begg, Arundi Asregadoo, and Andrew Whitehurst | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 26 June 2013 | Best Action or Adventure Film | Skyfall | Won | [64] [65] [66] |
| Saturn Awards | 26 June 2013 | Best Actor | Daniel Craig | Nominated | [64] [65] [66] |
| Saturn Awards | 26 June 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem | Nominated | [64] [65] [66] |
| Saturn Awards | 26 June 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominated | [64] [65] [66] |
| Saturn Awards | 26 June 2013 | Best Editing | Stuart Baird and Kate Baird | Nominated | [64] [65] [66] |
| Saturn Awards | 26 June 2013 | Best Music | Thomas Newman | Nominated | [64] [65] [66] |
| Saturn Awards | 26 June 2013 | Best Make-up | Naomi Donne, Donald Mowat, and Love Larson | Nominated | [64] [65] [66] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 27 January 2013 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Javier Bardem | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 27 January 2013 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Skyfall | Won | |
| Screen Nation Film and Television Awards | 23 February 2014 | Female Performance in Film | Naomie Harris | Won | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards | 11 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Won | |
| Teen Choice Awards | 11 August 2013 | Choice Movie: Action | Skyfall | Nominated | [70] [71] [72] |
| Teen Choice Awards | 11 August 2013 | Choice Movie Actor: Action | Daniel Craig | Nominated | [70] [71] [72] |
| Teen Choice Awards | 11 August 2013 | Choice Movie: Villain | Javier Bardem | Nominated | [70] [71] [72] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 10 December 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem | Nominated | [73] [74] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 10 December 2012 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominated | [73] [74] |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 19 October 2013 | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Thomas Newman | Nominated | [75] [76] |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 19 October 2013 | Best Original Score of the Year | Thomas Newman | Nominated | [75] [76] |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 19 October 2013 | Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film | Adele and Paul Epworth for "Skyfall" | Won | [75] [76] |