David Byrne is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist, and filmmaker.
He has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award, and he was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as part of Talking Heads).
In 2020, an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award named by Carnegie Corporation of New York [1]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1987 | Best Original Score | The Last Emperor | Won | [2] |
2022 | Best Original Song | "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once ) | Nominated | [3] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1988 | Best Score for a Film | The Last Emperor | Nominated | [4] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1987 | Best Original Score | The Last Emperor | Won | [5] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1983 | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "Burning Down the House" | Nominated | [6] |
1988 | Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | The Last Emperor | Won | |
Best Concept Music Video | Storytelling Giant | Nominated | ||
2009 | Best Alternative Music Album | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Nominated | |
2018 | American Utopia | Nominated | ||
2020 | Best Musical Theater Album | American Utopia on Broadway | Nominated | |
2021 | Best Music Film | David Byrne's American Utopia | Nominated |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) | David Byrne's American Utopia | Nominated | [7] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Special Tony Award | David Byrne's American Utopia | Won | [8] |
2024 | Best Original Score | Here Lies Love | Nominated | [9] |
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2007 | BMI Cable Award | Big Love | Won | [10] |
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2016 | Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score | Contemporary Color | Won | [11] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Best Musician | This Must Be the Place | Won | [12] |
Best Original Song | "If It Falls, It Falls" (from This Must Be the Place) | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Best Original Song | "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once ) | Nominated | [13] |
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2013 | Outstanding Music | Here Lies Love | Won | [14] [15] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film | "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once ) | Won | [16] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Best Song | "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once ) | Nominated | [17] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Best Original Song – Independent Film | "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once ) | Nominated | [18] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Best First Feature | True Stories | Nominated | [19] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1987 | Best Music Score | The Last Emperor | Won | [20] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1984 | Best Special Effects in a Video | "Burning Down the House" | Nominated | |
1985 | Video Vanguard Award | — | Won | |
1992 | Breakthrough Video | "She's Mad" | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Best Original Song | "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once ) | Nominated | [21] |
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2020 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | [22] |
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2008 | Webby Lifetime Achievement | Won | [23] |
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2002 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Inducted [a] | [24] |