List of awards and nominations received by Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 7 BAFTA Awards 6 12 Golden Globe Awards 4 6 Olivier Awards 3 5 Tony Awards 0 5

This is a list of awards and nominations received by British-Irish director and screenwriter Martin McDonagh.

For his work in film he has received four Academy Award nominations. His first win was for Best Live Action Short Film for his short Six Shooter (2004). McDonagh has been nominated for three other Academy Awards. He directed the dark comedy films In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), the latter of which won three British Academy Film Awards from four nominations and two Golden Globe Awards from three nominations. He has also received a DGA Award nomination, and two Independent Spirit Award nominations.

Also known for his theatre work as a playwright with productions on both Broadway and the West End. In 1999 he was one of the recipients of the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities awarded to the Royal Court Theatre ^[1] (with Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Jez Butterworth, Conor McPherson). ^[2] He has been nominated for four Tony Awards for Best Play for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 1998, The Lonesome West in 1999, The Pillowman in 2005, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore in 2006. He has also received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations winning three times for The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman and Hangmen . He has also received a Drama Desk Award win out of three nominations.

Major associations

Film

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Live Action Short Film	Six Shooter	Won	[3]
2009	Best Original Screenplay	In Bruges	Nominated	[4]
2018	Best Picture	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Nominated	[5]
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
2023	Best Picture	The Banshees of Inisherin	Nominated	[6]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Best Short Film	Six Shooter	Nominated
2009	Best Original Screenplay	In Bruges	Won
	Best British Film		Nominated
2013		Seven Psychopaths	Nominated
2018		Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Won
	Best Film		Won
	Best Original Screenplay		Won
	Best Direction		Nominated
2023	Best British Film	The Banshees of Inisherin	Won
	Best Film		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Won
	Best Direction		Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Best Motion Picture – Drama	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Won	[7]
	Best Director – Motion Picture		Nominated
	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture		Won
2023	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	The Banshees of Inisherin	Won	[8]
	Best Director – Motion Picture		Nominated
	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture		Won

Theatre

Laurence Olivier Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1997	Best New Play	The Beauty Queen of Leenane	Nominated	[9]
1998	Best New Comedy	A Skull in Connemara	Nominated	[10]
2003		The Lieutenant of Inishmore	Won	[11]
2004	Best New Play	The Pillowman	Won	[12]
2016		Hangmen	Won	[13]

Tony Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1998	Best Play	The Beauty Queen of Leenane	Nominated	[14]
1999		The Lonesome West	Nominated	[14]
2005		The Pillowman	Nominated	[14]
2006		The Lieutenant of Inishmore	Nominated	[14]
2022		Hangmen	Nominated	[14]

Industry awards

British Independent Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	In Bruges	Douglas Hickox Award	Nominated
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Nominated

Directors Guild of America Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Nominated	[15]
2023	The Banshees of Inisherin		Nominated	[16]

Evening Standard British Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	In Bruges	Best Screenplay	Won
2013	Seven Psychopaths	Peter Sellers Award for Comedy	Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2013	Seven Psychopaths	Best Screenplay	Nominated
2018	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Screenplay	Nominated

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Nominated	[17]
2023	The Banshees of Inisherin		Nominated	[18]

Critics awards

Boston Society of Film Critics

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	In Bruges	Best New Filmmaker	Won

Chicago Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	In Bruges	Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
		Most Promising Filmmaker	Nominated

Film Critics Circle of Australia

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	In Bruges	Best Foreign Film – English Language	Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	In Bruges	Pauline Kael Breakout Award	Won

Irish Film & Television Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Six Shooter	Best Short Fiction	Won
		Best Breakthrough Talent	Nominated
2009	In Bruges	Best Script – Film	Won
		Best Director	Nominated
2013	Seven Psychopaths	Best Director – Film	Nominated
		Best Script – Film	Nominated

London Film Critics' Circle

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	In Bruges	Breakthrough British Filmmaker	Nominated
		Screenwriter of the Year	Nominated

Online Film Critics Society

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	In Bruges	Best Breakthrough Filmmaker	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	In Bruges	Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Won
		Breakout Behind the Camera	Won

Festival awards

BFI London Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	Seven Psychopaths	Best Film	Nominated

Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Original Screenplay	Won	[19]

Cork Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2004	Six Shooter	Best First Short by an Irish Director	Won

Flanders Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best Film	Nominated

Filmfest Hamburg

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Sichtwechsel Film Award	Nominated

Foyle Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2004	Six Shooter	Best Irish Short	Won

Leuven Short Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2004	Six Shooter	Audience Award	Won

San Sebastián Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Audience Award	Won

Stockholm International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	In Bruges	Bronze Horse	Nominated
2018	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Audience Award	Won

Toronto International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	Seven Psychopaths	People's Choice Best Midnight Madness Film	Won
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	People's Choice Award	Won

Venice Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Golden Lion	Nominated
		Golden Osella for Best Screenplay	Won
2022	The Banshees of Inisherin	Golden Lion	Nominated
		Golden Osella for Best Screenplay	Won

Zurich Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Best International Feature Film	Nominated

Theatre Awards

Critics' Circle Theatre Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1996	The Beauty Queen of Leenane	Most Promising Playwright	Won	[20]
2015	Hangmen	Best New Play	Won	[21]

Drama Desk Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1998	The Beauty Queen of Leenane	Outstanding Play	Won	[14]
2005	The Pillowman		Nominated	[14]
2006	The Lieutenant of Inishmore		Nominated	[14]

Europe Theatre Prize

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
1999	Europe Theatre Prize	Europe Prize Theatrical Realities	Won	[22]

Miscellaneous awards

Edgar Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	In Bruges	Best Motion Picture Screenplay	Won

Saturn Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2013	Seven Psychopaths	Best Writing	Nominated

References

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8. "Golden Globe Awards 2023: See the full list of nominees". CNN. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
9. "Olivier Award 1997" olivierawards.com, Retrieved 4 April 2016
10. "Olivier Award 1998" olivierawards.com, Retrieved 4 April 2016
11. "Olivier Winners 2003". officiallondontheatre.com. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
12. "Olivier Award 2004" olivierawards.com, Retrieved 4 April 2016
13. "Olivier Awards 2016: The winners". BBC News. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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15. "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2017". Directors Guild of America. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
16. "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2022". Directors Guild of America. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
17. Dupre, Elyse (5 January 2018). "2018 Producers Guild Award Nominations: The Full List of Film and TV Nominees". E! News. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
18. "Producers Guild of America Awards Celebrates 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', 'White Lotus', 'The Bear', 'Navalny', & More with Top Honors". Producers Guild of America. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
19. Hipes, Patrick (2 January 2018). "Capri, Hollywood Festival Names 'Get Out' Its Best Picture". Deadline. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
20. "Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, 1996" albemarle-london.com, Retrieved 4 April 2016
21. "Denise Gough wins top theatre award after almost quitting acting" The Guardian, 26 January 2016
22. https://archivio.premioeuropa.org/open_page.php%EF%B9%96id=743.html

External links

• Awards for Martin McDonagh at IMDb