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Whiplash
Awards & Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
2014 | Directors' Fortnight
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
Academy Awards
2015 | Nominee: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards
2015 | Winner: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
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 | Winner: Best Editing
Independent Spirit Awards
2015 | Winner: Best Supporting Male
Independent Spirit Awards
2015 | Nominee: Best Feature
Independent Spirit Awards
2015 | Nominee: Best Director
Toronto International Film Festival
2014
International Film Festival Rotterdam
2015
Village Voice Film Poll
2014 | Nominee: Best Film
Village Voice Film Poll
2014 | Nominee: Best Screenplay
Village Voice Film Poll
2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor
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
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2014 | Nominee: Best Director
BFI London Film Festival
2014
BAFTA Awards
2015 | Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
BAFTA Awards
2015 | Nominee: David Lean Award for Direction
BAFTA Awards
2015 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor
BAFTA Awards
2015 | Winner: Best Editing
BAFTA Awards
2015 | Winner: Best Sound
New York Film Festival
2014
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
Stockholm International Film Festival
2014
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
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2014 | Nominee: Best Picture
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2015 | Winner: Supporting Actor of the Year
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2015 | Nominee: Film of the Year
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2015 | Nominee: Screenwriter of the Year
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2015 | Nominee: Technical Achievement of the Year
Golden Horse Film Festival
2014
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 | Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2014 | Winner: Best Editing
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2014 | Winner: Most Promising Filmmaker
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2014 | Nominee: Best Picture
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2015 | Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2015 | Nominee: Best Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2014 | Winner: Best Supporting Actor
Bodil Awards
2016 | Nominee: Best American Film
Mill Valley Film Festival
2014
Ghent Film Festival
2014
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
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2015 | Winner: Outstanding Director of the Year Award
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2015 | Winner: Virtuoso Award
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2014
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
Hamburg Film Festival
2014
Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
2014
Bangkok International Film Festival
2014
Zurich Film Festival
2014
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
2014
Athens International Film Festival
2014
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
Viennale
2014
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
2014
Torino Film Festival
2014
Camerimage
2014
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
2014 | Winner: Best Narrative Feature
Calgary International Film Festival
2019