Whiplash

Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection: Directors' Fortnight

Academy Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Academy Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Academy Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Achievement in Film Editing

Academy Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Academy Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Motion Picture of the Year

Sundance Film Festival

2014 | Winner: Grand Jury Prize (U.S. Dramatic Competition)

Sundance Film Festival

2014 | Winner: Audience Award (U.S. Dramatic Competition)

Independent Spirit Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Feature

Independent Spirit Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Director

Independent Spirit Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Editing

Independent Spirit Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Supporting Male

Toronto International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Toronto International Film Festival

2024 | Official Selection

International Film Festival Rotterdam

2015 | Official Selection

Village Voice Film Poll

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Village Voice Film Poll

2014 | Nominee: Best Film

Village Voice Film Poll

2014 | Nominee: Best Screenplay

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2014 | Nominee: Best Director

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2014 | Nominee: Best Screenplay

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2014 | Nominee: Best Original Score or Soundtrack

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2014 | Nominee: Best Editing

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2014 | Nominee: Best Film

BFI London Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

BAFTA Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Editing

BAFTA Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Sound

BAFTA Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Original Screenplay

BAFTA Awards

2015 | Nominee: David Lean Award for Direction

BAFTA Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

New York Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Writers Guild of America

2015 | Nominee: Best Original Screenplay

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2015 | Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Golden Globes (USA)

2015 | Winner: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

AFI Fest

2015 | Winner: Movie of the Year

Vancouver International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Stockholm International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

2014 | Nominee: Best Picture

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

2014 | Nominee: Best Supporting Actor

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

2014 | Nominee: Best Screenplay, Original

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

2014 | Nominee: Best Editing

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2015 | Nominee: Screenwriter of the Year

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2015 | Nominee: Technical Achievement of the Year

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2015 | Winner: Supporting Actor of the Year

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2015 | Nominee: Film of the Year

Golden Horse Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

National Society of Film Critics Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2014 | Winner: Most Promising Filmmaker

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2014 | Nominee: Best Picture

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2014 | Nominee: Best Original Screenplay

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2014 | Winner: Best Editing

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2015 | Nominee: Best Film

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2015 | Nominee: Best Supporting Actor

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Bodil Awards

2016 | Nominee: Best American Film

Mill Valley Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Ghent Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

New York Film Critics

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

New York Film Critics

2014 | Winner: Top Films of the Year

Austin Film Critics Association

2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Austin Film Critics Association

2014 | Nominee: Best Film

Busan International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2015 | Winner: Virtuoso Award

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2015 | Winner: Outstanding Director of the Year Award

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Kinema Junpo Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Foreign Film

Amanda Awards (Norway)

2015 | Nominee: Best Foreign Feature Film

Valladolid International Film Festival

2014 | Winner: Best New Director

Deauville Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Hamburg Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy

2014 | Official Selection

Bangkok International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Zurich Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Athens International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Seattle Film Critics Awards

2015 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor

Seattle Film Critics Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Picture

Seattle Film Critics Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Director

Seattle Film Critics Awards

2015 | Nominee: Best Film Editing

Bergen International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Viennale

2014 | Official Selection

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Torino Film Festival

2014 | Official Selection

Camerimage

2014 | Official Selection

Gotham Awards

2014 | Nominee: Best Actor

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2015 | Winner: Spotlight Award

Awards of the Japanese Academy

2016 | Nominee: Best Foreign Film

Calgary International Film Festival

2019 | Official Selection

Calgary International Film Festival

2014 | Winner: Best Narrative Feature