List of awards and nominations received by Justin Hurwitz

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List of Justin Hurwitz awards
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Hurwitz in 2016
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Academy Awards
24
BAFTA Awards
12
Golden Globe Awards
44
Grammy Awards
25

This is a list of awards and nominations received by American composer and screenwriter Justin Hurwitz. He is best known for scoring the 2016 film La La Land . [1] [2] [3] [4] He also scored Damien Chazelle's four other features, Babylon , First Man , Whiplash, and Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench . He's won four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and a BAFTA Award for his work on La La Land, First Man, and Babylon.

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Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2017 Best Original Score La La Land Won [5]
Best Original Song "City of Stars" from La La Land Won
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land Nominated
2023 Best Original Score Babylon Nominated [6]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2017 Best Film Music La La Land Won
2023 Babylon Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2017 Best Original Score La La Land Won
Best Original Song ("City of Stars")Won
2019 Best Original Score First Man Won
2023 Babylon Won

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Whiplash Nominated
2018 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media La La Land Won
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Won
Best Song Written for Visual Media "City of Stars"Nominated
Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals "Another Day of Sun"Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018 Outstanding Comedy Series Curb Your Enthusiasm Nominated

Other awards and nominations

Atlanta Film Critics Circle

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Won [7]

Austin Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Score La La Land Won
2018 Best Score First Man Nominated [8]

Boston Society of Film Critics

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018 Best Original Score First Man Runner-up

Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Won [9]

Chicago Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Original Score La La Land Nominated
2018 Best Original Score First Man Nominated [10]

Columbus Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Score First Man Nominated [11]

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Song ("Audition (The Fools Who Dream)") La La Land Nominated
Best Song ("City of Stars")Won
Best Score
2019 Best Score First Man Won
2023 Best Score Babylon Nominated

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Musical Score La La Land Won
2018 Best Musical Score First Man Runner-up [12]

Denver Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Score First Man Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Score La La Land Won

Georgia Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Won [13]

Hawaii Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Won [14]

Hollywood Film Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018 Hollywood Composer Award First Man Won [15]

Houston Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Nominated

Las Vegas Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016Best Score La La Land Won
Best Song ("City of Stars")

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Music La La Land Won [16]
2018 Best Music First Man Runner-up [17]

Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Score First Man Nominated [18]

New Mexico Film Critics

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Music/Score First Man Runner-up

New York Film Critics Online

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Use of Music La La Land Won

North Carolina Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Music First Man Nominated [19]

Online Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Nominated [20]

Phoenix Critics Circle

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Score First Man Won [21]

Phoenix Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Won [22]

Producers Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018 Outstanding Production of Episodic Television, Comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm Nominated

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Original Score La La Land Nominated
2018 Best Original Score First Man Nominated [23]

Satellite Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2017 Best Original Song ("Audition (The Fools Who Dream)") La La Land Nominated
Best Original Song ("City of Stars")Won
Best Original Score
2018 Best Original Score First Man Won

Seattle Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Original Score First Man Nominated [24]

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Score La La Land Won
Best Song ("Audition (The Fools Who Dream)")
2018 Best Score First Man Nominated [25]

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Best Score La La Land Won
2018 Best Score First Man Nominated [26]

Writers Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018 Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Curb Your Enthusiasm Nominated
2021 Nominated

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