# List of accolades received by Avatar

Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. Produced by Lightstorm Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, and Ingenious Film Partners, and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. Avatar premiered in London on December 10, and was released in the United States on December 18. Made on a production budget of $237 million, Avatar grossed $2.923 billion, breaking numerous box office records, including becoming the highest-grossing film of all time and the first film to gross $2 billion. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 337 reviews.
Avatar won the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for a total of nine, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film garnered four nominations at the 67th Golden Globe Awards ceremony, and received two awards for Best Film – Drama and Best Director. Avatar was nominated for eight British Academy Film Awards, winning Best Production Design and Best Special Visual Effects. The film's achievement in visual effects were praised by the Visual Effects Society, who honored it with six accolades during their annual awards ceremony. Avatar was also nominated for the Directors Guild of America Awards, the Producers Guild of America Awards, and the Writers Guild of America Awards. The film was nominated for ten Saturn Awards and it went on to win all ten at the 36th Saturn Awards ceremony. Zoe Saldana's win for the Saturn Award for Best Actress marked a rare occurrence for an all-CG character.
Avatar received recognition from numerous North American critics' associations. The film garnered nine nominations for the Critics' Choice Awards of the Broadcast Film Critics Association where it won Best Action Film and several technical categories. The Austin Film Critics Association and the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association placed the film on their lists of the year's top ten films. Phoenix Film Critics Society honored the film with Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design and Best Visual Effect awards and also included it on its top ten films of the year list. It won two of the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association awards for Best Visual Effects and Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film, and the New York Film Critics Online honored the film with its Best Picture award.
In December 2009, the American Film Institute recognized the film and Cameron's advances in CGI effects with their yearly "AFI Moments of Significance" award claiming it "will have profound effects on the future of the art form". In January 2010, it was announced that the Southern Sky Column, a 3,544-foot (1,080 m) quartz-sandstone mountain in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, had been renamed "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" (阿凡达-哈利路亚山) by the city government in honor of the film.

## Accolades

Accolades received by Avatar (2009 film) :
| Award / Film festival | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| 3D Creative Arts Awards | February 23, 2010 | Live Action 3D Feature | Avatar | Won |
| 3D Creative Arts Awards | February 23, 2010 | Best 3D Character | Neytiri | Won |
| 3D Creative Arts Awards | February 23, 2010 | Best 3D Scene | Jake Sully's first flight | Won |
| 3D Creative Arts Awards | February 23, 2010 | Best 3D Stereography / Live Action | Avatar | Won |
| 3D Creative Arts Awards | February 23, 2010 | Outstanding Achievement in 3D Visual Effects | Avatar | Won |
| 3D Creative Arts Awards | February 23, 2010 | Outstanding Achievement for Marketing 3D Content / Live Action | Avatar | Won |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Picture | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Director | James Cameron | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair | Won |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Cinematography | Mauro Fiore | Won |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Film Editing | Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, and James Cameron | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Sound Editing | Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Sound Mixing | Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Tony Johnson | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | March 7, 2010 | Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones | Won |
| American Society of Cinematographers | February 27, 2010 | Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases | Mauro Fiore | Nominated |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | February 13, 2010 | Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film | Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg | Won |
| Artios Awards | November 1, 2010 | Big Budget Feature – Drama | Margery Simkin and Mali Finn | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | December 15, 2009 | Top 10 Films | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Director | James Cameron | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Music | James Horner | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Cinematography | Mauro Fiore | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Editing | Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, and James Cameron | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Production Design | Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Sound | Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, and Addison Teague | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 21, 2010 | Best Special Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew Jones | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | February 12, 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | Zoe Saldana | Nominated |
| Brazilian Film Academy | June 8, 2010 | Best Foreign Film | Avatar | Won |
| César Awards | February 27, 2010 | Best Foreign Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 21, 2009 | Best Cinematography | Mauro Fiore | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 21, 2009 | Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | February 27, 2010 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing | Tony Johnson, Chris Boyes, Gary Summers, and Andy Nelson | Nominated |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | February 25, 2010 | Excellence in Fantasy Film | Mayes Rubeo and Deborah Lynn Scott | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Action Movie | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Art Direction | Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Cinematography | Mauro Fiore | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Directing | James Cameron | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Editing | James Cameron, John Refoua, and Stephen Rivkin | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Picture | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Makeup | Avatar | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Sound | Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, and Addison Teague | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 15, 2010 | Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andy Jones | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 16, 2009 | Top 10 Films | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | January 30, 2010 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | James Cameron | Nominated |
| Eddie Awards | February 14, 2010 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | James Cameron, John Refua, and Stephen Rivkin | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | March 28, 2010 | Best Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| Empire Awards | March 28, 2010 | Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | March 28, 2010 | Best Actor | Sam Worthington | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | March 28, 2010 | Best Actress | Zoe Saldana | Won |
| Empire Awards | March 28, 2010 | Best Director | James Cameron | Won |
| Environmental Media Awards | October 17, 2010 | Feature Film | Avatar | Won |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 21, 2009 | Best Cinematography | Mauro Fiore | Won |
| Golden Eagle Award | January 21, 2011 | Best Foreign Language Film | Avatar | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 17, 2010 | Best Director | James Cameron | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 17, 2010 | Best Film – Drama | Avatar | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 17, 2010 | Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 17, 2010 | Best Original Song | James Horner, Simon Franglen, and Kuk Harrell for "I See You (Theme from Avatar)" | Nominated |
| Golden Reel Awards | February 20, 2010 | Best Sound Editing – Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film | Jim Henrikson, Dick Bernstein, and Michael Bauer | Won |
| Golden Reel Awards | February 20, 2010 | Best Sound Editing – Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Kim Foscato, Cheryl Nardi, Marshall Winn, Petra Bach, Richard Hymns, Stuart McCowan, and Steve Slanec | Nominated |
| Golden Reel Awards | February 20, 2010 | Best Sound Editing – Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Addison Teague, Chris Boyes, Luke Dunn Glelmuda, Jim Likowski, Ken Fischer, Shannon Mills, Tim Nielsen, Chris Scarabosio, Dennie Thorpe, and Jana Vance | Won |
| Grammy Awards | February 13, 2011 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | James Horner | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | February 13, 2011 | Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | "I See You" by Leona Lewis | Nominated |
| Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | November 11, 2010 | Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film | Erik Winquist, Robin Hollander, Erich Eder and Giuseppe Tagliavini - Weta Digital | Won |
| Houston Film Critics Society | December 19, 2009 | Best Picture | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | December 19, 2009 | Best Director of a Motion Picture | James Cameron | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | December 19, 2009 | Best Cinematography | Mauro Fiore and Vince Pace | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | December 19, 2009 | Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominated |
| Hugo Awards | September 2, 2010 | Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | James Cameron | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | February 26, 2010 | Film Score of the Year | James Horner | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | February 26, 2010 | Film Composer of the Year | James Horner | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | February 26, 2010 | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film | James Horner | Nominated |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | February 26, 2010 | Film Music Composition of the Year, for "War" | James Horner | Nominated |
| Irish Film and Television Awards | February 20, 2010 | Best International Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | June 19, 2010 | Best 3D Film Director | James Cameron | Won |
| Japan Academy Prize | February 18, 2011 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | February 18, 2010 | Director of the Year | James Cameron | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | February 18, 2010 | Film of the Year | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | June 6, 2010 | Best Movie | Avatar | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | June 6, 2010 | Best Female Performance | Zoe Saldana | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | June 6, 2010 | Best Villain | Stephen Lang | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | June 6, 2010 | Best Fight | Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | June 6, 2010 | Best Kiss | Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | February 26, 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Zoe Saldana | Nominated |
| National Movie Awards | May 26, 2010 | Fantasy Film | Avatar | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics | January 3, 2010 | Best Production Design | Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg | Nominated |
| New York Online Film Critics | December 13, 2009 | Best Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| New York Online Film Critics | December 13, 2009 | Top 11 Films | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | March 27, 2010 | Cutest Couple | Neytiri and Jake (Zoe Saldana & Sam Worthington) | Nominated |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | March 27, 2010 | Favorite Movie Actress | Zoe Saldana | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 5, 2010 | Best Cinematography | Mauro Fiore | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | January 5, 2010 | Best Director | James Cameron | Nominated |
| People's Choice Awards | January 6, 2010 | Favorite 3D Live Action Movie | Avatar | Won |
| People's Choice Awards | January 6, 2010 | Favorite 3D Animated Movie | Avatar | Won |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | January 24, 2010 | Theatrical Motion Picture – Producer of the Year | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Nominated |
| PETA's Proggy award | January 20, 2010 | Outstanding Feature Film | James Cameron | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 15, 2009 | Best Director | James Cameron | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 15, 2009 | Best Production Design | Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg | Nominated |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | February 6, 2010 | Lucky Brand Modern Master Award | James Cameron | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Visionary Award for Avatar | James Cameron | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Science Fiction Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Actor | Sam Worthington | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Actress | Zoe Saldana | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Stephen Lang | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Director | James Cameron | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Writing | James Cameron | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Music | James Horner | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Production Design | Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg | Won |
| Saturn Awards | June 24, 2010 | Best Special Effects | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew Jones | Won |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | Best Director | James Cameron | Won |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | Best F/X | Avatar | Won |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | The Ultimate Scream | Avatar | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | Best Science Fiction Movie | Avatar | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | Best Science Fiction Actress | Zoe Saldana | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | Best Villain | Stephen Lang | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | Fight Scene of the Year | "Final Battle: Na'vi vs Military" | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | October 16, 2010 | 3-D Top Three Award | Avatar | Won |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | December 21, 2009 | Best Visual/Special Effects | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andy Jones | Won |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | December 21, 2009 | Most Original/Innovative or Creative Film | James Cameron and Jon Landau | Won |
| Teen Choice Awards | August 8, 2010 | Sci-Fi Movie | Avatar | Won |
| Teen Choice Awards | August 8, 2010 | Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress | Zoe Saldana | Won |
| Teen Choice Awards | August 8, 2010 | Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor | Sam Worthington | Won |
| Teen Choice Awards | August 8, 2010 | Choice Movie Villain | Stephen Lang | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | August 8, 2010 | Choice Movie Fight | Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | August 8, 2010 | Choice Movie Hissy Fit | Giovanni Ribisi | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Lifetime Achievement, for Making of | James Cameron | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture | Richard Baneham, Joyce Cox, Joe Letteri, and Eileen Moran | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Best Single Visual Effect of the Year, for Quarich's Escape | Jill Brooks, John Knoll, Frank Losasso Petterson, and Tory Mercer | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Best Single Visual Effect of the Year, for Neytiri Drinking | Thelvin Cabezas, Joyce Cox, Joe Letteri, and Eileen Moran | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture, for Neytiri | Andrew Jones, Joe Letteri, Zoe Saldana, and Jeff Unay | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture, for Pandora | Jean-Luc Azzis, Peter Baustaedter, Brenton Cottman, and Yvonne Muinde | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture, for Samson, Home Tree, Floating Mountains, & Ampsuit | Simon Cheung, Paul Jenness, John Stevenson-Galvin, and Rainer Zoettl | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture, for Floating Mountains | Dan Lemmon, Keith F. Miller, Jessica Cowley, and Cameron Smith | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture, for Jungle / Biolume | Shadi Almassizadeh, Dan Cox, Ula Rademeyer, and Eric Saindon | Won |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture, for Willow Glade | Thelvin Cabezas, Miae Kang, Daniel Macarin, and Guy Williams | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Erich Eder, Robin Hollander, Giuseppe Tagliavini, and Erik Winquist | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 28, 2010 | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture, for End Battle | Jay Cooper, Beth D'Amato, Eddie Pasquarello, and Todd Vaziri | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | October 23, 2010 | Best Original Song | "I See You" by Leona Lewis | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | October 23, 2010 | Best Original Soundtrack | James Horner | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 20, 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | James Cameron | Nominated |