# List of awards and nominations received by Martin McDonagh

This is a list of awards and nominations received by British-Irish playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh.
For his work in film he has received seven Academy Award nominations. His first win was for Best Live Action Short Film for his short Six Shooter (2004). McDonagh has been nominated for three other Academy Awards. He directed the dark comedy films In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), the latter of which won three British Academy Film Awards from four nominations and two Golden Globe Awards from three nominations. He has also received a DGA Award nomination, and two Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Also known for his theatre work as a playwright with productions on both Broadway and the West End. In 1999 he was one of the recipients of the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities awarded to the Royal Court Theatre (with Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Jez Butterworth, Conor McPherson). He has been nominated for four Tony Awards for Best Play for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 1998, The Lonesome West in 1999, The Pillowman in 2005, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore in 2006. He has also received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations winning three times for The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman and Hangmen. He has also received a Drama Desk Award win out of three nominations.

## Major associations
### Film
#### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2006 | Best Live Action Short Film | Six Shooter | Won |
| 2009 | Best Original Screenplay | In Bruges | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Picture | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Original Screenplay | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Picture | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Director | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated |

#### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2005 | Best Short Film | Six Shooter | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Original Screenplay | In Bruges | Won |
| 2009 | Best British Film | In Bruges | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best British Film | Seven Psychopaths | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best British Film | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Won |
| 2018 | Best Film | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Won |
| 2018 | Best Original Screenplay | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Won |
| 2018 | Best Direction | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best British Film | The Banshees of Inisherin | Won |
| 2023 | Best Film | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | The Banshees of Inisherin | Won |
| 2023 | Best Direction | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated |

#### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2018 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Won |
| 2018 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Won |
| 2023 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | The Banshees of Inisherin | Won |
| 2023 | Best Director – Motion Picture | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | The Banshees of Inisherin | Won |

### Theatre
#### Laurence Olivier Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1997 | Best New Play | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best New Comedy | A Skull in Connemara | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best New Comedy | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Won |
| 2004 | Best New Play | The Pillowman | Won |
| 2016 | Best New Play | Hangmen | Won |

#### Tony Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1998 | Best Play | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Play | The Lonesome West | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Play | The Pillowman | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Play | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Play | Hangmen | Nominated |

## Industry awards
### British Independent Film Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Douglas Hickox Award | Nominated |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Best Screenplay | Nominated |

### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Nominated | |
| 2023 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Nominated | |

### Evening Standard British Film Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Best Screenplay | Won | |
| 2013 | Seven Psychopaths | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Seven Psychopaths | Best Screenplay | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Best Screenplay | Nominated | |

### Producers Guild of America Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Nominated | |
| 2023 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Nominated | |

## Critics awards
### Boston Society of Film Critics

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Best New Filmmaker | Won | |

### Chicago Film Critics Association

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Most Promising Filmmaker | Nominated | |

### Film Critics Circle of Australia

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Best Foreign Film – English Language | Nominated | |

### Florida Film Critics Circle

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Pauline Kael Breakout Award | Won | |

### Irish Film & Television Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2005 | Six Shooter | Best Short Fiction | Won |
| 2005 | Six Shooter | Best Breakthrough Talent | Nominated |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Best Script – Film | Won |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2013 | Seven Psychopaths | Best Director – Film | Nominated |
| 2013 | Seven Psychopaths | Best Script – Film | Nominated |

### London Film Critics' Circle

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Breakthrough British Filmmaker | Nominated | |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Screenwriter of the Year | Nominated | |

### Online Film Critics Society

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Best Breakthrough Filmmaker | Nominated | |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |

### Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Won | |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Breakout Behind the Camera | Won | |

## Festival awards
### BFI London Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Best Film | Nominated | |

### Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Best Original Screenplay | Won | |

### Cork Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2004 | Six Shooter | Best First Short by an Irish Director | Won | |

### Flanders Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Best Film | Nominated | |

### Filmfest Hamburg

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Sichtwechsel Film Award | Nominated | |

### Foyle Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2004 | Six Shooter | Best Irish Short | Won | |

### Leuven Short Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2004 | Six Shooter | Audience Award | Won | |

### San Sebastián Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Audience Award | Won | |

### Stockholm International Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Bronze Horse | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Audience Award | Won | |

### Toronto International Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | People's Choice Best Midnight Madness Film | Won | |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | People's Choice Award | Won | |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Golden Lion | Nominated |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Golden Osella for Best Screenplay | Won |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Golden Lion | Nominated |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Golden Osella for Best Screenplay | Won |

### Zurich Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Best International Feature Film | Nominated | |

## Theatre Awards
### Critics' Circle Theatre Award

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 1996 | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Most Promising Playwright | Won | |
| 2015 | Hangmen | Best New Play | Won | |

### New York Drama Critics' Circle Award

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1998 | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Best Play | Runner-up |
| 2005 | The Pillowman | Best Foreign Play | Won |
| 2018 | Hangmen | Best Foreign Play | Won |

### Drama Desk Award

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1998 | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Outstanding Play | Won |
| 2005 | The Pillowman | Outstanding Play | Nominated |
| 2006 | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Outstanding Play | Nominated |

### Europe Theatre Prize

| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 1999 | Europe Theatre Prize | Europe Prize Theatrical Realities | Won | |

## Miscellaneous awards
### Edgar Award

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | In Bruges | Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Won | |

### Saturn Award

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Seven Psychopaths | Best Writing | Nominated | |