List of accolades received by Atonement (film)
Awards and nominations
Table:
Award

Date of ceremony

Category

Recipients and nominees

Result

Academy Awards[8]

24 February 2008

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Best Art Direction

Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Nominated

Best Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Nominated

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran

Nominated

Best Original Score

Dario Marianelli

Won

Best Picture

Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (producers)

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Alliance of Women Film Journalists[9][10]

21 December 2007

Best Adapted Screenplay

Atonement

Nominated

Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality

Keira Knightley

Nominated

Best Editing

Atonement

Nominated

Best Film

Atonement

Nominated

Best Newcomer

Saoirse Ronan

Won

Best Seduction

Keira Knightley and James McAvoy

Won

American Society of Cinematographers[11]

26 January 2008

Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases

Seamus McGarvey

Nominated

Art Directors Guild[12]

18 February 2008

Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film

Sarah Greenwood

Nominated

British Academy Film Awards[13]

10 February 2008

Best Actor

James McAvoy

Nominated

Best Actress

Keira Knightley

Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Best British Film

Atonement

Nominated

Best Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Nominated

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran

Nominated

Best Director

Joe Wright

Nominated

Best Editing

Paul Tothill

Nominated

Best Film

Atonement

Won

Best Makeup and Hair

Ivana Primorac

Nominated

Best Music

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Best Production Design

Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Won

Best Sound

Danny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson, Becki Ponting

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

British Society of Cinematographers[14]

7 December 2007

Best Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association[15]

7 January 2008

Best Composer

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Best Director

Joe Wright

Nominated

Best Film

Atonement

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Vanessa Redgrave

Nominated

Best Young Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association[16]

13 December 2007

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Best Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Nominated

Best Original Score

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize[17]

14 April 2009

Best Foreign Feature Film

Atonement

Nominated

Costume Designers Guild[18]

19 February 2008

Excellence in Costume Design for Period Film

Jacqueline Durran

Nominated

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[19]

17 December 2007

Best Picture

Atonement

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Empire Awards[20]

9 March 2008

Best Actor

James McAvoy

Won

Best Actress

Keira Knightley

Won

Best British Film

Atonement

Won

Best Director

Joe Wright

Nominated

Best Newcomer

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Best Soundtrack

Atonement

Nominated

European Film Awards[21]

6 December 2008

Best Actor

James McAvoy

Nominated

Best Composer

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Best Film

Atonement

Nominated

Evening Standard British Film Awards[22][23]

3 February 2008

Best Actor

James McAvoy

Nominated

Best Actress

Romola Garai

Nominated

Keira Knightley

Nominated

Best Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Best Technical Achievement

Seamus McGarvey, Sarah Greenwood, Jacqueline Durran

Won

Film Critics Circle of Australia[24]

1 February 2008

Best Foreign Film in the English Language

Atonement

Nominated

Golden Globe Award[25]

13 January 2008

Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture

James McAvoy

Nominated

Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture

Keira Knightley

Nominated

Best Director

Joe Wright

Nominated

Best Drama Motion Picture

Atonement

Won

Best Original Score

Dario Marianelli

Won

Best Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Golden Tomato Awards[26]

21 January 2008

Best Romance

Atonement

Won

Golden Trailer Awards[27]

8 May 2008

Best Romance

Atonement – Intralink Film

Won

Best Romance TV Spot

Atonement "Love Story" – Intralink Film

Nominated

Houston Film Critics Society[28]

3 January 2008

Best Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Nominated

Best Original Score

Dario Marianelli

Won

Best Picture

Atonement

Nominated

Best Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

International Film Music Critics Association[29]

15 February 2008

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

Atonement – Dario Marianelli

Won

Film Composer of the Year

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Film Music Composition of the Year

"Elegy for Dunkirk" – Dario Marianelli

Won

Film Score of the Year

Atonement – Dario Marianelli

Won

Irish Film & Television Awards[30]

17 February 2008

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Saoirse Ronan

Won

Best Director of Photography

Seamus McGarvey

Won

Best International Actor

James McAvoy

Nominated

Best International Actress

Keira Knightley

Nominated

Best International Film

Atonement

Nominated

Ivor Novello Awards[31][32]

22 May 2008

Best Original Film Score

Dario Marianelli

Won

London Film Critics' Circle[33][34]

8 February 2008

British Actor of the Year

James McAvoy

Won

British Actress of the Year

Keira Knightley

Nominated

British Breakthrough

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

British Director of the Year

Joe Wright

Nominated

British Film of the Year

Atonement

Nominated

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Vanessa Redgrave

Won

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Screenwriter of the Year

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors[35]

23 February 2008

Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film

Atonement

Nominated

Nastro d'Argento[36]

14 June 2008

Best European Film Director

Joe Wright

Nominated

National Board of Review[37]

5 December 2007

Top Ten Films

Atonement

Won

Online Film Critics Society[38]

8 January 2008

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Best Editing

Paul Tothill

Nominated

Best Original Score

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Best Picture

Atonement

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Pyongyang International Film Festival[39]

26 September 2008

Shooting and Fine Arts Award

Atonement

Won

Rembrandt Award[40]

10 March 2008

Best International Actress

Keira Knightley

Won

Richard Attenborough Film Awards[41]

30 January 2008

Best Actor

James McAvoy

Won

Best Film-maker

Joe Wright

Won

Best Screenwriter

Christopher Hampton

Won

Film of the Year

Atonement

Won

San Diego Film Critics Society[42]

18 December 2007

Best Editing

Paul Tothill

Won

Satellite Awards[43]

16 December 2007

Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture

Keira Knightley

Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton

Won

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran

Nominated

Best Original Score

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[44]

24 December 2007

Best Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Nominated

Best Picture

Atonement

Nominated

Best Score

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Best Screenplay

Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards[45]

26 August 2007

Choice Movie Drama Actress

Keira Knightley

Won

USC Scripter Award[46]

2 February 2008

Best Screenplay

Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton

Nominated

Venice International Film Festival[47][48]

8 September 2007

Golden Lion

Atonement

Nominated

Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature

Joe Wright

Won

Women Film Critics Circle[49]

13 December 2007

Best Young Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Won

World Soundtrack Awards[50]

18 October 2008

Best Original Score of the Year

Atonement – Dario Marianelli

Won

Soundtrack Composer of the Year

Dario Marianelli

Nominated

Young Artist Award[51]

30 March 2008

Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress

Saoirse Ronan

Nominated

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