Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director.
He has received the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for The Great Beauty (2013). He was nominated again for The Hand of God (2021). He has received numerous accolades including BAFTA Award two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Youth | Nominated | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best New Director | One Man Up | Won | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2005 | Best Director | The Consequences of Love | Nominated | |
| Best Original Story | Nominated | |||
| 2007 | The Family Friend | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Best Director | Il Divo | Won | |
| Best Screenplay | Won | |||
| 2012 | Best Director | This Must Be the Place | Won | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Best Director | The Great Beauty | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Best Director | Youth | Won | |
| Best Script | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Best Film | Loro | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Won | |||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Best Foreign Independent Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best New Director | One Man Up | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2005 | Best Director | The Consequences of Love | Won | |
| Best Screenplay | Won | |||
| Best Film | Won | |||
| 2009 | Best Director | Il Divo | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | Best Director | This Must Be the Place | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Won | |||
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | David of the Youth | The Great Beauty | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Best Director | Youth | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Best Director | The Consequences of Love | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Il Divo | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenwriter | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Best Film | The Great Beauty | Won | |
| Best Director | Won | |||
| Best Screenwriter | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Best Film | Youth | Won | |
| Best Director | Won | |||
| Best Screenwriter | Nominated | |||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Breakthrough Series - Longform | L'amica geniale | Nominated | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Best Foreign Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated | |
| Association | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaria Film Festival | 2002 [1] | Best Film | One Man Up | Won |
| Best Technical Contribution | Won | |||
| Bangkok International Film Festival | 2006 [2] | Best Film | The Consequences of Love | Nominated |
| Buenos Aires International Festival | 2002 | Best Film | One Man Up | Nominated |
| Youth Jury Award | Won | |||
| Cannes Film Festival | 2004 | Palme d'Or | The Consequences of Love | Nominated |
| 2006 | The Family Friend | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Il Divo | Nominated | ||
| Jury Prize | Won | |||
| 2011 | Palme d'Or | This Must Be the Place | Nominated | |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Won | |||
| 2013 | Palme d'Or | The Great Beauty | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Youth | Nominated | ||
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2013 | Capri Visionary Award | The Great Beauty | Won |
| 2021 | Best Director | The Hand of God | Won | |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 2006 | Best Feature | The Family Friend | Nominated |
| Cinemanila International Film Festival | 2014 | Best Foreign-Language Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
| Cinemanila International Film Festival | 2013 | Lino Brocka Award for Best Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
| Dresden Film Festival | 2010 | Best Short Fiction Film - International | La Partita Lenta | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 2015 | Audience Award | Youth | Won |
| Munich International Film Festival | 2013 | Best International Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Ostend Film Festival | 2015 | Look Prize | Youth | Nominated |
| Raindance Film Festival | 2009 | Film of the Festival | La Partita Lenta | Won |
| Salerno Shadowline Film Festival | 2014 | Best Film | One Man Up | Won |
| Seville European Film Festival | 2008 | Eurimages Award | Il Divo | Won |
| 2013 | Best Co-Production | The Great Beauty | Won | |
| Asecan Award (Special Mention) | Won | |||
| Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | 2006 | Grand Prize | The Family Friend | Nominated |
| 2008 | Il Divo | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | The Great Beauty | Won | ||
| Torino Film Festival | 1998 | Best Italian Fiction Film | L'amore non ha confini | Nominated |
| 2001 | Himself | Giuseppe De Santis Award | Won | |
| Tribeca Film Festival | 2002 | Best Narrative Feature | One Man Up | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival | 2008 | SIAE Award | Il Divo | Won |
| 2016 | The Young Pope | Won | ||
| Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award | Won | |||
| 2021 | Golden Lion | The Hand of God | Nominated | |
| Grand Jury Prize | Won | |||
| Zurich Film Festival | 2021 | Lifetime Achievement | Tribute to...Award [3] | Won |
| Association | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards | 2014 [4] | Best Foreign Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
| 2015 [5] | Youth | Won | ||
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2015 | Best Director | Youth | Nominated |
| Best Film | Nominated | |||
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign-Language Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2013 | Best International Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
| Best Independent Film | Won | |||
| Best New Screenplay | Won | |||
| International Cinephile Society Awards | 2014 | Best Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Film | Nominated | |||
| Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | 2014 | Best Foreign-Language Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | 2014 | Director of the Year | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | |||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Foreign Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Foreign-Language Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Association | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Awards | 2014 [6] | Best Film - International | The Great Beauty | Won |
| ASECAN Awards | 2017 [7] | Best Foreign Film | Youth | Nominated |
| Bodil Awards | 2010 | Best Non-American Film | Il Divo | Nominated |
| 2014 | The Great Beauty | Nominated | ||
| FICE Awards | 2005 | Best Italian Film | The Consequences of Love | Won |
| 2012 | This Must Be the Place | Won | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Won | |||
| Gold Derby Awards | 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Goya Awards | 2014 | Best European Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Kineo Awards | 2017 | Best Film | This Must Be the Place | Nominated |
| L'Association des Critiques de Séries | 2017 | Best Direction | The Young Pope | Nominated |
| Polish Film Awards | 2015 | Best European Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| 2016 | Youth | Won | ||
| Prêmio Guarani | 2014 | Best Foreign Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
| Robert Awards | 2014 | Best Non-American Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| 2017 | Youth | Nominated | ||
| Sant Jordi Awards | 2014 | Best Foreign Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Foreign Film | The Great Beauty | Nominated |
| Turia Awards | 2014 | Best Foreign Film | The Great Beauty | Won |
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