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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 2009 | Won | Oscar |
Best Achievement in Sound Editing Richard King |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Heath Ledger Posthumously. The award was accepted by his father, mother and sister. |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Achievement in Art Direction Nathan Crowley (art director) Peter Lando (set decorator) |
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Best Achievement in Cinematography Wally Pfister |
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Best Achievement in Editing Lee Smith |
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Best Achievement in Makeup John Caglione Jr. Conor O'Sullivan |
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Best Achievement in Sound Lora Hirschberg Gary Rizzo Ed Novick |
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nick Davis Chris Corbould Timothy Webber Paul J. Franklin |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Saturn Award |
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film |
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Best Music James Newton Howard Hans Zimmer |
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Best Special Effects Nick Davis Chris Corbould Timothy Webber Paul J. Franklin |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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Best Writing Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan |
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| Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor Christian Bale |
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Best Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal |
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Best Costume Lindy Hemming |
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Best DVD Special Edition Release Two-Disc Special Edition. |
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Best Director Christopher Nolan |
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Best Make-Up John Caglione Jr. Conor O'Sullivan |
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Best Supporting Actor Aaron Eckhart |
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| American Cinema Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Eddie |
Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) Lee Smith |
| American Society of Cinematographers, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | ASC Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Wally Pfister |
| Art Directors Guild | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Excellence in Production Design Award |
Fantasy Films Nathan Crowley (production designer) Kevin Kavanaugh (supervising art director) Simon Lamont (supervising art director) Naaman Marshall (art director) Craig Jackson (art director) Mark Bartholomew (art director) Steven Lawrence (art director) James Hambidge (art directors) Toby Britton (assistant art director) Peter Dorme (assistant art director) Phillis Lehmer (assistant art director) Neal Callow (stand by art director) Ashley Winter (stand by art director) Stephanie Gilliam (set designer) J. André Chaintreuil (computer set designer) Robert Woodruff (computer set designer) Jamie Rama (concept artist) Dan Walker (concept artist) Jim Cornish (storyboard artist) Joanna Pratt (graphic artist) Peter Lando (set decorator) |
| Austin Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Austin Film Critics Award |
Best Director Christopher Nolan |
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Best Film |
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Best Original Score James Newton Howard Hans Zimmer |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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| Australian Film Institute | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | International Award |
Best Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| Awards of the Japanese Academy | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Award of the Japanese Academy |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister |
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Best Costume Design Lindy Hemming |
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Best Editing Lee Smith |
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Best Make Up & Hair Peter Robb-King |
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Best Music Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard |
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Best Production Design Nathan Crowley Peter Lando |
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Best Sound Lora Hirschberg Richard King Ed Novick Gary Rizzo |
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Best Special Visual Effects Chris Corbould Nick Davis Paul J. Franklin Tim Webber |
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| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Film |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) Christopher Nolan |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Action Movie |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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| Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Acting Ensemble Heath Ledger Morgan Freeman Maggie Gyllenhaal Aaron Eckhart Christian Bale Michael Caine Gary Oldman |
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Best Composer Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard |
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Best Director Christopher Nolan |
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Best Picture |
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| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | COFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister |
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Best Ensemble |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | CFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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| Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Director Christopher Nolan |
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Best Original Score Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard |
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Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Jonathan Nolan Christopher Nolan |
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| Cinema Audio Society, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | C.A.S. Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Ed Novick (production mixer) Lora Hirschberg (re-recording mixer) Gary Rizzo (re-recording mixer) |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | CEC Award |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Christopher Nolan |
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | CDG Award |
Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Fantasy Lindy Hemming |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | DFWFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger |
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| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Christopher Nolan |
| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Empire Award |
Best Actor Christian Bale |
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Best Director Christopher Nolan |
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Best Film |
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| Nominated | Empire Award |
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero |
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| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | FFCC Award |
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Heath Ledger Awarded posthumously. The award was accepted by Christopher Nolan on Heath Ledger's behalf. |
| Golden Trailer Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Golden Trailer |
Best Action |
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Best Summer 2008 Blockbuster Poster For the teaser. |
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| Nominated | Golden Trailer |
Best Motion/Title Graphics |
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Best Summer 2008 Blockbuster Poster For the Batman teaser. |
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| Goya Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) Christopher Nolan |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Grammy |
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media James Newton Howard Hans Zimmer |
| Hochi Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Hochi Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| Hollywood Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Hollywood Movie of the Year |
Christopher Nolan |
| Hugo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Hugo |
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Dubbing (Migliore Doppiaggio) Adriano Giannini For the voice of Heath Ledger. |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| Vincent Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film | |||
| Kids' Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Blimp Award |
Favorite Movie |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Sierra Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
Actor of the Year Heath Ledger |
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British Director of the Year Christopher Nolan |
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | MTV Movie Award |
Best Villain Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Fight Christian Bale Heath Ledger |
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Best Male Performance Christian Bale |
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Best Movie |
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| Mainichi Film Concours | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Mainichi Film Concours |
Best Foreign Film |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film Alex Gibson (supervising music editor) Daniel Pinder (music editor) |
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Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Richard King (supervising sound editor/sound designer) Christopher Flick (supervising foley editor) Michael W. Mitchell (sound effects editor) Hamilton Sterling (sound effects editor) Michael Babcock (sound effects editor) John Roesch (foley artist) Alyson Dee Moore (foley artist) |
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| Nominated | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film Richard King (supervising sound editor) Hugo Weng (supervising dialogue editor) Linda Folk (supervising adr editor) Michael Magill (dialogue editor) |
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| National Movie Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | National Movie Award |
Best Superhero |
| Nominated | National Movie Award |
Best Performance - Male Christian Bale |
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| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | OFCS Award |
Best Director Christopher Nolan |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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| Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Picture |
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Best Screenplay, Adapted Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan |
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| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Theatrical Motion Pictures Christopher Nolan Charles Roven Emma Thomas |
| People's Choice Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | People's Choice Award |
Favorite Action Movie |
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Favorite Cast Christian Bale Heath Ledger Michael Caine Aaron Eckhart Morgan Freeman Maggie Gyllenhaal Gary Oldman |
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Favorite Movie |
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Favorite On-Screen Match-Up Christian Bale Heath Ledger |
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Favorite Superhero Christian Bale As Bruce Wayne/Batman. |
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| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | PFCS Award |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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Best Production Design Nathan Crowley |
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Best Stunts |
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Best Visual Effects |
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| Rembrandt Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Rembrandt Award |
Best International Actor (Beste Buitenlandse Acteur) Heath Ledger |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) Christopher Nolan |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | SDFCS Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | SFFCC Award |
Best Cinematography Wally Pfister |
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Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
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| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Satellite Award |
Best Sound (Mixing & Editing) Richard King Lora Hirschberg Gary Rizzo |
| Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Heath Ledger |
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Best Director Christopher Nolan |
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Best Film Editing Lee Smith |
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Best Visual Effects Nick Davis Chris Corbould Tim Webber Paul J. Franklin |
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| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Actor |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Heath Ledger Posthumously. The award was accepted by Gary Oldman. |
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Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Wade Allen Rick Avery Dean Bailey Richard Burden Frank P. Calzavara Mark Chadwick Brian Christensen George Cottle Tobiasz Daszkiewicz Justo Dieguez Eddie J. Fernandez James Fierro Marie Fink Jean-Pierre Goy Mark Harper Adam Hart James Heisner Sy Hollands Terry Jackson Paul Jennings Luke Kearney Matthew LeFevour Rick Le Fevour Tom Lowell Tony Lucken Daniel Maldonado Jon Maldonado James R. Mammoser Kevin Mathews Tom McComas Tim C. McHenry Natalie M. Meyer Rick Miller Mark Mottram Chris Nolte Andy Norman Carl Paoli Linda Perlin Brian Peters Scott Philyaw Buster Reeves Ken Remer Richard Ryan Dennis Saldana Jeff Shannon Alicia Skirball Kevin Sorenson Jodi Starnes Tom Struthers Todd Rogers Terry John Turk Jim Wilkey Rich Wilkie |
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| Society of Camera Operators | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Camera Operator of the Year Award |
Bob Gorelick |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | SEFCA Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger |
| Teen Choice Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | Teen Choice Award |
Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure |
| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | TFCA Award |
Best Supporting Performance, Male Heath Ledger |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | VFCC Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger Posthumously. |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | VES Award |
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture Pete Bebb David Vickery Philippe Leprince Andrew Lockley For the IMAX Gotham City scapes. |
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Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture Ian Hunter Forest Fischer Scott Beverly Adam Gelbart For the garbage truck crash models and miniatures. |
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Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture Chris Corbould Peter Notley Ian Lowe For the overall effects. |
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| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | WAFCA Award |
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger |
| World Stunt Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Won | Taurus Award |
Best High Work Mark Harper Luke Kearney Tom Lowell Mark Mottram Brian Peters Five stunt men are thrown out of a building by Batman. The stunt men use a slide to eject themselves from the 420' building while all attached to one common line as well as separate cables attached to individual deceleration devices. |
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Best Speciality Stunt Jim Wilkey Stunt man drives a semi and does a large forward cannon flipping the tractor and trailer end over end. |
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Best Work With a Vehicle Rick Avery Richard Burden George Cottle Tobiasz Daszkiewicz James Fierro Terry Jackson Tom Lowell Rick Miller Jean-Pierre Goy Jim Wilkey Batman and Joker chase a police van through the streets of Gotham. Chase features police cars, SWAT vans, a tractor-trailer, Batmobile and Batman's motorcycle. Driving in narrow lanes on the streets below a raised freeway, the vehicles crash and explode. The chase ends with the tractor-trailer doing a forward end over end cannon turnover. |
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| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2009 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Adapted Screenplay Jonathan Nolan (screenplay) Christopher Nolan (screenplay/story) David S. Goyer (story) |
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