# List of awards and nominations received by Ron Howard

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Ron Howard.
Ron Howard is American actor and filmmaker. Over his decades-spanning career as an actor, director and producer, Howard has won two Academy Awards, five Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards as well as nominations for seven BAFTA Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He additionally received the National Medal of Arts in 2003 as well as two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to television and motion pictures in 1981 and 2015, respectively.
Howard won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001). He was Oscar-nominated for the same two awards for the political drama Frost/Nixon (2008). He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for both the docudrama Apollo 13 (1995) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). For his work in film he received nominations for five BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards. He received the Grammy Award for Best Music Film for The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (2017).
For his work on television, Howard won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film for the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998). He also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the first season of the Fox sitcom Arrested Development (2004). He won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program twice for producing the PBS Kids series Curious George in 2008 and 2010.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Picture | A Beautiful Mind | Won |
| 2001 | Best Director | A Beautiful Mind | Won |
| 2008 | Best Picture | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Director | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2001 | Best Film | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Direction | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Film | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Direction | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best British Film | Rush | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Documentary | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | Nominated |
| British Academy Children's Awards |||||
| 2001 | Best Feature Film | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1982 | Outstanding Children's Program | Through the Magic Pyramid | Nominated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Miniseries | From the Earth to the Moon | Won |
| 1999 | Outstanding Animated Program | The PJs: He's Gotta Have It | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Arrested Development | Won |
| 2005 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Limited Series | Genius | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Genius | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Limited Series | Genius: Picasso | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | We Feed People | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Jim Henson Idea Man | Won |
| 2024 | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Jim Henson Idea Man | Nominated |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2007 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Curious George | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Curious George | Won |
| 2009 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Curious George | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Curious George | Won |
| 2011 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Curious George | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Children's Animated Program | Curious George | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program | Curious George | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Special Class - Short Format Daytime Program | Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 | Nominated |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards |||||
| 2022 | Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series | The Astronauts | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Non-Fiction Program | Who Are You, Charlie Brown? | Won |
| 2023 | Outstanding Preschool Animated Series | The Tiny Chef Show | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Preschool Animated Series | The Tiny Chef Show | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1976 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Shootist | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Happy Days | Won |
| 1995 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Apollo 13 | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Limited Series | From the Earth to the Moon | Won |
| 2001 | Best Director - Motion Picture | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Best Music Film | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | Won | |

## Guild awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Directors Guild of America | 1986 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Cocoon | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America | 1996 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Apollo 13 | Won |
| Directors Guild of America | 2002 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | A Beautiful Mind | Won |
| Directors Guild of America | 2009 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America | 1999 | Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television | From the Earth to the Moon | Won |
| Producers Guild of America | 2000 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television | Sports Night | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America | 2002 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America | 2005 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America | 2006 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America | 2007 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America | 2009 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America | 2009 | Milestone Award | Milestone Award | Won |
| Producers Guild of America | 2014 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy | Arrested Development | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Arrested Development | Nominated |

## Critics associations

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 1995 | Best Director | Apollo 13 | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2001 | Best Director | A Beautiful Mind | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2005 | Best Director | Cinderella Man | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2008 | Best Director | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2015 | Louis XIII Genius Award | — | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1995 | Best Director | Apollo 13 | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Director | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Director | A Beautiful Mind | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Director | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Director | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Director | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | 2005 | Best Foreign Director | Cinderella Man | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Director | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2005 | Best Director | Cinderella Man | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| AACTA Award | 2014 | Best Film | Rush | Nominated |
| Amanda Award | 2002 | Best Foreign Feature Film | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| Australian Film Institute | 2002 | Best Foreign Film | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 2004 | Golden Bear | The Missing | Nominated |
| Black Reel Award | 2014 | Outstanding Television Documentary | Made in America | Nominated |
| CableACE Award | 1985 | Dramatic Series | Maximum Security | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival | 2024 | L'Œil d'or | Jim Henson Idea Man | Nominated |
| Christopher Award | 2001 | Film | A Beautiful Mind | Won |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | 2016 | Best Director | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | Nominated |
| Czech Lion | 2003 | Best Foreign Language Film | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| DVD Exclusive Award | 2003 | Best Audio Commentary (New Release) | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| Empire Award | 2006 | Best Director | Cinderella Man | Nominated |
| Golden Eagle Award | 1972 | CINE Golden Eagle Award | Deed of Daring-Do | Won |
| Golden Eagle Award | 2003 | Best Foreign Film | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Award | 2006 | Worst Director | The Da Vinci Code | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Award | 2021 | Worst Director | Hillbilly Elegy | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 1986 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Cocoon | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 1989 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Willow | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | 1996 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Apollo 13 | Nominated |
| Hollywood Film Award | 2003 | Outstanding Achievement in Directing | — | Won |
| Hochi Film Award | 2005 | Best Foreign Language Film | Cinderella Man | Won |
| IDA Documentary Award | 2017 | Best Episodic Series | Mars | Nominated |
| Jupiter Award | 1995 | Best International Film | Apollo 13 | Won |
| Monte-Carlo Television Festival | 2005 | Best TV Series - Comedy | Arrested Development | Won |
| ShoWest | 2002 | Director of the Year | — | Won |
| Robert Award | 2014 | Best Non-American Film | Rush | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Director | Frost/Nixon | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Director | Rush | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1985 | Best Director | Splash | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1986 | Best Director | Cocoon | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2001 | Best Director | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Nominated |
| Tokyo International Film Festival | 1989 | Grand Prix | Parenthood | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival | 1985 | Young Venice Award | Cocoon | Won |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Award | Result |
| Hollywood Walk of Fame | 1981 | Television Star | Honored |
| American Cinematheque Award | 1990 | Statue | Honored |
| American Academy of Achievement | 1997 | Golden Plate Award | Honored |
| Society of Camera Operators' | 1998 | Governor's Award | Honored |
| National Medal of Arts | 2003 | Medal | Honored |
| American Cinema Editors | 2006 | Filmmaker of the Year Award | Honored |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2007 | Board of Governors Award | Honored |
| Austin Film Festival | 2009 | Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking | Honored |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2009 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 2010 | Career Achievement Award | Honored |
| Television Hall of Fame | 2013 | Inducteee | Honored |
| Hollywood Walk of Fame | 2015 | Motion Picture Star | Honored |
| Newport Beach Film Festival | 2022 | Groundbreaker Award | Honored |