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Luis Buñuel
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Ariel Awards, Mexico (13)
Academy Awards, USA (2)
Berlin International Film Festival (2)
Bodil Awards (3)
BAFTA Awards (3)
Cannes Film Festival (11)
César Awards, France (2)
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain (2)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (2)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (4)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Moscow International Film Festival (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (3)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (4)
Venice Film Festival (9)
Sant Jordi Awards (2)
Kinema Junpo Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (6)
38 wins & 36 nominations
Ariel Awards, Mexico
1978 Winner
Special Recognition
1956 Winner
Golden Ariel
Best Picture (Mejor Película)
Robinson Crusoe
1956 Nominee
Golden Ariel
Best Picture (Mejor Película)
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1956 Winner
Silver Ariel
Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
Robinson Crusoe
1956 Nominee
Silver Ariel
Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
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Academy Awards, USA
1978 Nominee
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
That Obscure Object of Desire
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Carrière
1973 Nominee
Oscar
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Berlin International Film Festival
1969 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention
For the body of his works.
1969 Winner
Interfilm Award
The Milky Way
The movie screened out-of-competition.
Bodil Awards
1968 Winner
Bodil
Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film)
Belle de Jour
1963 Winner
Bodil
Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film)
The Exterminating Angel
1961 Winner
Bodil
Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film)
Nazarin
BAFTA Awards
1974 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Direction
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1974 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Carrière
1974 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Sound Track
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Shared with:
Guy Villette
Cannes Film Festival
1962 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Exterminating Angel
1962 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Competition
The Exterminating Angel
1961 Winner
Palme d'Or
Viridiana
Tied with
The Long Absence (1961)
.
1960 Winner
Special Mention
The Young One
1960 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Young One
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César Awards, France
1978 Nominee
César
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
That Obscure Object of Desire
1978 Nominee
César
Best Sreenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, dialogue ou adaptation)
That Obscure Object of Desire
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
1979 Winner
CEC Award
Best Director (Mejor Director)
That Obscure Object of Desire
1971 Winner
CEC Award
Best Director (Mejor Director)
Tristana
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1973 Winner
Critics Award
Best Film
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1968 Winner
Critics Award
Best Film
Belle de Jour
Tied with
Mouchette (1967)
.
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1975 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1970 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
The Milky Way
1965 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Diary of a Chambermaid
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1964 Nominee
Crystal Globe
Best Film
Diary of a Chambermaid
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1977 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Foreign Film
That Obscure Object of Desire
Moscow International Film Festival
1979 Winner
Honorary Prize
For the contribution to the cinema.
National Board of Review, USA
1977 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
That Obscure Object of Desire
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1977 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Director
That Obscure Object of Desire
1973 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Director
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1973 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Screenplay
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
2nd place
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Carrière
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1977 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
That Obscure Object of Desire
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Carrière
1972 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Shared with:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Venice Film Festival
1982 Winner
Career Golden Lion
1969 Winner
Career Golden Lion
Homage for overall work
1967 Winner
Golden Lion
Belle de Jour
1967 Winner
Pasinetti Award
Competition
Belle de Jour
1965 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Simon of the Desert
Tied with
I Am Twenty (1965)
.
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Sant Jordi Awards
1973 Winner
Career Award
1970 Winner
Sant Jordi
Best Film (Mejor Película Española)
Tristana
Kinema Junpo Awards
1972 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Tristana
Seventh place
Online Film & Television Association
2007 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Creative
Cahiers du Cinéma
1967 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Belle de Jour
Second Place
1963 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
The Exterminating Angel
Third Place
1962 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Viridiana
Fourth Place
1960 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Nazarin
Sixth Place; tied with
The Good Time Girls (1960)
1957 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Fifth Place
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