List of accolades received by The Lord of the Rings film series

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List of accolades received by The Lord of the Rings film series
Peter Jackson (pictured at the final film's world premiere in Wellington) directed all three films of the trilogy.
Totals[a]
Wins475
Nominations800
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

The Lord of the Rings is a film series of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. The films, subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, were released serially worldwide between December 2001 and December 2003. They are based on J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, adapted for the screen by Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens. Set in Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, the plot follows the hobbit Frodo Baggins and his fellow members of the Fellowship of the Ring as they embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, which will rid Middle-earth of the Dark Lord Sauron. A large ensemble cast was featured in the series, which included Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, John Noble, Bernard Hill, David Wenham, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, Craig Parker, Marton Csokas, and Brad Dourif.

All three films premiered to widespread critical acclaim.[1][2][3] The Toronto Film Critics Association awarded Jackson a "Special Citation" for his work on the series as a whole,[4] while the Austin Film Critics Association selected the entire series as the decade's third best film.[5] The films won seventeen out of thirty Academy Award nominations, and The Return of the King holds the record for most Oscars with eleven alongside Titanic and Ben-Hur.[6][7] The Return of the King also has the distinction of being the only fantasy film until The Shape of Water (2017) to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.[8][9]

In addition to receiving the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, many of the actors were also recognized for their individual work, including McKellen (12 nominations), Serkis (10 nominations), Astin (9 nominations), and Mortensen (5 nominations). Composer Howard Shore received recognition for his original score, as he was the recipient of three Academy Awards, two BAFTA nominations, and three Grammy Awards in addition to a number of other awards. The series also received accolades in various technical categories, including those in editing, sound mixing, and visual effects. Walsh, Boyens, and Jackson's screenwriting earned them 10 awards out of 23 total nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for The Return of the King). In total, the series received 475 awards out of 800 nominations, thus making the films the most awarded film series in cinematic history.

The Fellowship of the Ring[edit]

A photograph of Ian McKellen, a man wearing a white collared shirt and hat
For the first film, Ian McKellen received seven individual nominations for his role as the wizard Gandalf, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released in theatres worldwide on 19 December 2001.[10][11] Faced with a production budget of $93 million, the first film earned a worldwide gross of $871,530,324.[12] As in the rest of the series, The Fellowship of the Ring had a large ensemble cast, introducing Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, and Andy Serkis.[13] The first film's plot follows Frodo Baggins (Wood) and the rest of the Fellowship of the Ring as they begin their journey to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron once and for all.

According to film site aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 91 percent of critics were favourable about The Fellowship of the Ring.[1] Entertainment Weekly columnist Lisa Schwarzbaum called the film "thrilling – a great picture, a triumphant picture, a joyfully conceived work of cinema that (based on this first installment, with two more ready for release in the next two years) would appear to embrace Tolkien's classic with love and delight, and rewards both adepts and novices with the highest compliment of all: an intelligence and artistry as a movie independent of blind fidelity to the page."[14] Nev Pierce of BBC added, "Funny, scary and, totally involving, Peter Jackson's assured adaptation of J. R. R Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings turns the book's least screen-worthy volume into a gripping and powerful adventure movie."[15]

The Fellowship of the Ring received thirteen Academy Award nominations, winning in four categories. It also earned thirteen nominations at the 55th British Academy Film Awards, leading to wins in the categories for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Special Visual Effects, and the Orange Film of the Year Award. Other notable ceremonies where it received much recognition included the American Film Institute Awards, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, the Empire Awards, the Golden Globes, the MTV Movie Awards, the Satellite Awards, and Saturn Awards. Various critics groups, such as those in Chicago and Phoenix also awarded the film. In total, The Fellowship of the Ring received 98 awards out of 152 nominations.

Organization Award category Recipients Result
Academy Awards[16] Best Picture Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Art Direction Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Won
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Film Editing John Gilbert Nominated
Best Makeup Peter Owen and Richard Taylor Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Best Original Song Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
For the song "May It Be"
Nominated
Best Sound Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek Nominated
Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson Won
Amanda Awards[17] Best Foreign Feature Film Peter Jackson Nominated
American Cinema Editors[18] Best Edited Film – Drama John Gilbert Nominated
American Film Institute Awards[19][20] Movie of the Year Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne, Tim Sanders, and Fran Walsh Won
Composer of the Year Howard Shore Nominated
Digital Effects Artist of the Year Jim Rygiel Won
Production Designer of the Year Grant Major Won
American Society of Cinematographers[21] Outstanding Cinematography – Theatrical Releases Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Art Directors Guild[22] Excellence in Production Design – Fantasy or Period Film Nominated
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards[23] Top Box Office Films Howard Shore Won
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts[24] Best Foreign Film Barrie Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Tim Sanders Won
Bodil Awards[25] Best American Film Peter Jackson Won
Boston Society of Film Critics[26] Best Picture Runner-up
Best Director Peter Jackson Runner-up
Bram Stoker Awards[27] Best Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Frances Walsh (based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien) Nominated
British Academy Film Awards[28] Best Film Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne, Fran Walsh, and Tim Sanders Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Screenplay – Adapted Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh Nominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Editing John Gilbert Nominated
Film Music Howard Shore Nominated
Best Makeup and Hair Peter King, Peter Owen, and Richard Taylor Won
Best Production Design Grant Major Nominated
Best Sound Christopher Boyes, Gethin Creagh, David Farmer, Mike Hopkins, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, and Ethan Van der Ryn Nominated
Best Visual Effects Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, Jim Rygiel, Mark Stetson, and Richard Taylor Won
Orange Film of the Year Award Won
British Society of Cinematographers[29] Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics[30] Best Film Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Composer Howard Shore Won
Best Song Enya, for the song "May It Be"
Tied with "Vanilla Sky" by Paul McCartney
Won
Chicago Film Critics[31][32] Best Film Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Cinema Audio Society[33] Outstanding Sound Mixing – Motion Pictures Christopher Boyes, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek and Michael Semanick Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics[34] Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Won
Directors Guild of America[35] Outstanding Directing – Motion Picture Peter Jackson Nominated
Empire Awards[36][37] Best Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Actor Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Elijah Wood Won
Best British Actor Sean Bean Nominated
Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Debut Orlando Bloom Won
Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan Nominated
Florida Film Critics[38] Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett Won
Golden Globe Awards[39] Best Film – Drama Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
Best Original Song Enya
For the song "May It Be"
Nominated
Golden Tomatoes Awards[40] Best Film Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M.Osborne Won
Grammy Awards[41][42] Best Score Soundtrack Album – Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media John Kurlander and Howard Shore Won
Best Song – Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Enya, Nicky Ryan, and Roma Ryan
For the song "May It Be"
Nominated
Heartland Film Festival[43] Truly Moving Picture Award Won
Hugo Awards[44] Best Dramatic Presentation Won
Jupiter Awards[45] Best International Film Peter Jackson Won
Best International Director Peter Jackson Won
Locus Awards[46] Best Script Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Won
Los Angeles Film Critics[47] Best Music Score Howard Shore Won
Motion Picture Sound Editors[48] Best Sound Editing – Foreign Film Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryan, David Farmer, Brent Burge, John McKay, Timothy Nielsen, Craig Tomlinson, Dave Whitehead, Jason Canovas, Ray Beentjes, and Chris Todd Nominated
Best Sound Editing – Music – Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign Suzana Peric, Nancy Allen, Michael Price, and Andrew Dudman Won
MTV Movie Awards[49] Best Movie Won
Best Action Sequence "The Cave Tomb Battle" Nominated
Best Breakthrough Performance Orlando Bloom Won
Best Fight Christopher Lee vs. Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Male Performance Elijah Wood Nominated
Best Villain Christopher Lee Nominated
National Board of Review[50] Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett Won
Outstanding Production Design Grant Major Won
Special Filmmaking Award Peter Jackson Won
National Society of Film Critics[51][52] Best Film Runner-up
Best Director Peter Jackson Runner-up
Nebula Awards[46] Best Script Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Won
Online Film Critics[53] Best Picture Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Frances Walsh Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Cast Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
People's Choice Awards[54][55] Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture
Tied with Spider-Man
Won
Favorite Motion Picture Won
Producers Guild of America[56][57] Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh Nominated
Robert Awards[58] Best American Film Peter Jackson Won
Satellite Awards[59] Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Won
Best Screenplay, Adapted Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Art Director & Production Design Grant Major and Dan Hennah Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Film Editing John Gilbert Won
Best Sound (Mixing & Editing) Gethin Creagh, Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, and Hammond Peek Won
Best Supporting Actor, Drama Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, and Randall William Cook Won
Saturn Awards[60][61] Best Fantasy Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Screenplay Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Ian McKellen Won
Best Costumes Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Nominated
Face of the Future – Male Orlando Bloom Nominated
Best Makeup Peter Owen and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Score Howard Shore Nominated
Best Special Effects Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, and Mark Stetson Nominated
Screen Actors Guild[62][63] Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role Ian McKellen Won
Outstanding Cast – Motion Picture Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Marton Csokas, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Craig Parker, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, and Elijah Wood Nominated
Toronto Film Critics[64] Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Ian McKellen Nominated
USC Scripter Awards[65] USC Scripter Award Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards[66] Composer of the Year Howard Shore Nominated
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year – Orchestral Howard Shore Won
Public Choice Award Howard Shore Won
Writers Guild of America[67] Best Screenplay – Adapted Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh Nominated
Young Artist Awards[68] Best Family Feature Film – Drama Nominated

The Two Towers[edit]

A photograph of Andy Serkis, a dark-haired man wearing a blue shirt and a dark blazer.
Andy Serkis received three awards for his performance as Gollum, including the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.

The worldwide theatrical release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers occurred on 18 December 2002.[69] The series' second film earned a worldwide gross of $926,047,111 based on a production budget of $94 million.[70] The film introduced new characters played by Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, David Wenham, and Brad Dourif.[71]

The Two Towers received critical acclaim; film site aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 96 percent of critics were positive.[2] CNN film critic Paul Clinton called The Two Towers an "utter triumph",[72] and writer Philip French of The Guardian noted in a review of the second film that "these Tolkien films have a weight and seriousness that very few sword-and-sorcery pictures of the past 30-odd years have attained."[73] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman remarked "The Two Towers conjures an illusion of the gravity that you want from an emotionally charged storybook epic. Really, though, what it comes down to is superbly staged battle scenes and moral alliances forged in earnest yet purged of the wit and dynamic, bristly ego that define true on-screen personality."[74] The film was also listed on a number of critics' lists; Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics named The Two Towers 2002's third best film,[75] while Central Ohio Film Critics named The Two Towers that year's fifth best film[76] and Southeastern Film Critics ranked it the eighth.[77]

The Two Towers won two out of six Academy Award nominations and three accolades out of ten nominations at the 56th British Academy Film Awards. Like its predecessor, the second film also received recognition at the American Film Institute Awards, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, the Empire Awards, the Golden Globes, the MTV Movie Awards, the Satellite Awards, and the Saturn Awards. Various critics groups, such as Chicago, Phoenix, and Seattle also awarded the film. In total, The Two Towers received 136 awards out of 222 nominations.

Organization Award category Recipients Result
Academy Awards[78] Best Picture Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Art Direction Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee Nominated
Best Film Editing Michael Horton Nominated
Best Sound Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek Nominated
Best Sound Editing Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins Won
Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke Won
Amanda Awards[79] Best Foreign Feature Film Peter Jackson Nominated
American Cinema Editors[80] Best Edited Film – Drama Michael Horton Nominated
American Film Institute Awards[81] AFI Movies of the Year – Official Selections Won
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards[82] Top Box Office Films Howard Shore Won
Art Directors Guild[83] Excellence in Production Design – Fantasy or Period Film Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Joe Bleakley, Rob Otterside, Phil Ivey, Mark Robins, Jules Cook, Ross McGarva, Jacqui Allen Won
Austin Film Critics Association[84] Top 10 Films Of The Decade The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Won
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts[85] Best Foreign Film Peter Jackson, Barnie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh Won
Bogey Awards[86] Bogey Award In Titanium Won
British Academy Film Awards[87] Best Film Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne, and Fran Walsh Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Won
Best Editing Michael Horton Nominated
Best Make Up & Hair Peter King, Peter Owen, and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Production Design Grant Major Nominated
Best Sound Christopher Boyes, David Farmer, Michael Hedges, Michael Hopkins, Hammond Peek, Michael Semanick, and Ethan Van Der Ryn Nominated
Best Visual Effects Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, Joe Letteri, and Jim Rygiel Won
Orange Film of the Year Award Won
British Society of Cinematographers[29] Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics[88] Best Picture Nominated
Best Composer Howard Shore Won
Best Digital Acting Performance Andy Serkis as Gollum Won
Chicago Film Critics[89] Best Picture Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
Cinema Audio Society[33] Outstanding Sound Mixing – Motion Pictures Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek Nominated
Costume Designers Guild[90] Excellence in Costume Design – Fantasy or Period Film Ngila Dickson Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics[75] Best Picture Runner-up
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Directors Guild of America[91] Outstanding Directing – Motion Picture Peter Jackson Nominated
Empire Awards[92] Best Actor Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Best British Actor Andy Serkis Nominated
Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Actress Miranda Otto Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year "Gollum's debate" Nominated
Best Film Won
Golden Globe Awards[93][94] Best Picture – Drama Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Golden Tomatoes Awards[95] Best Film Won
Golden Trailer Awards[96] Best Action "The Ant Farm" Won
Grammy Awards[97] Best Score Soundtrack Album – Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Peter Cobbin, John Kurlander, and Howard Shore Won
Hugo Awards[98] Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form Won
London Film Critics[99] Director of the Year Peter Jackson Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors[100] Best Sound Editing – Foreign Film Mike Hopkins, Andrew Dudman, Steve Price, Mark Willsher, Malcolm Fife, Nigel Scott, Jonathan Schultz, Rebecca Gatrell, and Raphaël Mouterde Nominated
Best Sound Editing – Music – Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Brent Burge, Dave Whitehead, John McKay, Kyrsten Mate Comoglio, Craig Tomlinson, Hayden Collow, Jason Canovas, Ray Beentjes, Polly McKinnon, Nigel Stone, and Mark Franken Nominated
MTV Movie Awards[101][102] Best Movie Won
Best Action Sequence "The Battle for Helm's Deep" Won
Best Virtual Performance Gollum Won
Best Male Performance Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Best On-Screen Duo Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and Gollum Won
Nebula Awards[103] Best Script Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson Won
Online Film Critics[104][105] Best Picture Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Frances Walsh Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Andy Serkis Nominated
Best Art Direction Nominated
Best Cast Won
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Costume Design Nominated
Best Editing Michael Horton and Jabez Olssen Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
Best Sound Won
Best Visual Effects Won
People's Choice Awards[106] Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Won
Producers Guild of America[107][108] Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne, and Fran Walsh Nominated
Satellite Awards[109] Best Picture – Drama Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Editing Michael Horton Nominated
Best Screenplay, Adapted Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair, and Fran Walsh Nominated
Best Sound Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek, and Michael Semanick Nominated
Best Visual Effects Randall Cook, Alex Funke, Joe Letteri, and Jim Rygiel Won
Best Overall DVD (for the Special Extended Edition) Won
Best DVD Extras (for the Special Extended Edition) Nominated
Saturn Awards[61][110] Best Fantasy Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Actor Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Andy Serkis Won
Best Costumes Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Won
Best Makeup Peter Owen and Peter King Won
Best Music Howard Shore Nominated
Best Special Effects Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke Nominated
Best Writing Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Young Actor Elijah Wood Nominated
Screen Actors Guild[111] Outstanding Cast – Motion Picture Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, Craig Parker, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, and Elijah Wood Nominated
SFX Awards[112][unreliable source?] Best SF Or Fantasy Film Won
Best SF Or Fantasy Film Actor Viggo Mortensen Won
Ian McKellen Nominated
Elijah Wood Nominated
Best SF Or Fantasy Film Director Peter Jackson Won
Best SF Or Fantasy Film Music Howard Shore Won
USC Scripter Awards[113][better source needed] USC Scripter Award Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson Nominated
Spacey Awards Best Fantasy or Sci-fi Film Won
Best Action Sequence Won
Visual Effects Society[114] Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke Won
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, and Bay Raitt Won
Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rich Cordobes, and Scott Harens Won
Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture Yanick Dusseault, Max Dennison, Roger Kupelian, and Mathieu Raynault Nominated
Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, and Matt Aitken Won
Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture Alex Funke, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Bluck Won
Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture Alan Lee, Jeremy Bennett, Christian Rivers, and Gino Acevedo Won
Best Compositing in a Motion Picture Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, and Alfred Murrle Won
Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, and Sean Astin Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[115] Best Picture Runner-up
Best Director Peter Jackson Runner-up
World Soundtrack Awards[116] Best Original Song Written for a Film
(for "Gollum's Song")
Howard Shore (Composer) Emilíana Torrini (Performer) Fran Walsh, Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, Steve Roche, and David Long (Lyrics) Nominated
Young Artist Awards[117] Best Family Feature Film – Drama Won

The Return of the King[edit]

A profile photograph of Viggo Mortensen, a light-haired man wearing a striped collared shirt and a grey blazer.
Viggo Mortensen's performance as Aragorn received ten nominations throughout the series.

The worldwide theatrical release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King occurred on 17 December 2003.[118] The series' third film earned a worldwide gross of $1,119,929,521 off a production budget of $94 million and became the second highest worldwide grossing until James Cameron's Avatar released in 2009.[119] In addition to containing most of the cast from the previous two films, The Return of the King introduced Denethor, the Steward of Gondor, played by John Noble (though the character appeared in the extended edition of The Two Towers).[120][121]

The Return of the King continued the series' critical success, with Rotten Tomatoes reporting that 93% of critics had given the film a positive review.[3] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times believed the film to be the best of the three, as it "certifies the Ring trilogy as a work of bold ambition at a time of cinematic timidity."[122] Entertainment Weekly film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum was equally praiseworthy of the final chapter. She explained, "I can't think of another film trilogy that ends in such glory, or another monumental work of sustained storytelling that surges ahead with so much inventiveness and ardor. The conclusion of Peter Jackson's masterwork is passionate and literate, detailed and expansive, and it's conceived with a risk-taking flair for old-fashioned movie magic at its most precious, a rarity now that CGI prowess has fallen into the hands of run-of-the-mill studio ring-chasers."[123] The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw wrote, "With enormous energy and a passionately exacting eye for detail, Jackson has made the regressive-romantic legend live again. He has given the Tolkien myth a turbo-charged rush into the 21st century."[124]

The film won eleven Academy Awards (from eleven nominations), tying Titanic and Ben-Hur for the most Oscars won, as well as setting a new record for the highest clean sweep at the Oscars (which it still holds to this day).[6][125] The Return of the King also became the first fantasy film to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Return of the King won five BAFTAs, three Empire Awards, four Golden Globes, one Satellite Award, and eight Saturn Awards, among others. In total, the film received 258 awards out of 337 nominations.[citation needed]

Organization Award category Recipients Result
Academy Awards[126] Best Picture Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne and Fran Walsh Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson Won
Best Art Direction Art Direction: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Alan Lee and Grant Major Won
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Won
Best Film Editing Jamie Selkirk Won
Best Makeup Peter King and Richard Taylor Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Best Original Song Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
(for the song "Into the West")
Won
Best Sound Mixing Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek Won
Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke Won
African American Film Critics Association[127] Best Picture Won
Amanda Awards[128] Best Foreign Feature Film Peter Jackson Won
American Cinema Editors[129] Best Edited Film – Drama Jamie Selkirk Won
American Film Institute Awards[130] AFI Movies of the Year – Official Selections Won
American Society of Cinematographers[21][131] Outstanding Cinematography – Theatrical Releases Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Cinematography Of The Decade The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Nominated
Art Directors Guild[132] Excellence in Production Design – Fantasy or Period Film Jacqui Allen, Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, Jules Cook, Dan Hennah, Philip Ivey, Grant Major, and Ross McGarva Won
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards[133] Top Box Office Films Howard Shore Won
Austin Film Critics Association[134] Top 10 Films Of The Decade The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Won
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts[135] Best Foreign Film Peter Jackson, Barnie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh Won
Bodil Awards[136] Best American Film Peter Jackson Nominated
Bogey Awards[137] Bogey Award In Titanium Won
British Academy Film Awards[138] Best Film Barrie M Osborne, Fran Walsh, and Peter Jackson Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Screenplay – Adapted Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Won
Best Supporting Actor Ian McKellen Nominated
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Won
Best Editing Jamie Selkirk Nominated
Film Music Howard Shore Nominated
Best Make Up & Hair Richard Taylor, Peter King, and Peter Owen Nominated
Best Production Design Grant Major Nominated
Best Sound Ethan Van Der Ryn, Michael Hopkins, David Farmer, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Hammond Peek Nominated
Best Visual Effects Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke Won
Orange Film of the Year Award Won
British Society of Cinematographers[29] Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics[139] Best Picture Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Composer Howard Shore Won
Best Acting Ensemble Won
Favorite Film Franchise Peter Jackson for "The Lord Of The Rings" Won
Chicago Film Critics[31][140] Best Picture Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Frances Walsh Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Sean Astin Won
Andy Serkis Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Cinema Audio Society[141] Outstanding Sound Mixing – Motion Pictures Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek Nominated
Costume Designers Guild[142] Excellence in Costume Design – Fantasy or Period Film Ngila Dickson Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics[143][144] Best Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Won
Directors Guild of America[145] Outstanding Directing – Motion Picture Peter Jackson Won
Directors Guild of Great Britain[146] Outstanding Directing – International Film Peter Jackson Won
Empire Awards[147] Best Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Actor Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Sean Astin Nominated
Best British Actor Andy Serkis Won
Ian McKellen Nominated
Orlando Bloom Nominated
Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year "Ride Of The Rohirrim" Won
Film Critics Circle of Australia[148] Best Foreign Film – English Language Nominated
Florida Film Critics[38] Best Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Won
Golden Globe Awards[149][150][151] Best Picture – Drama Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Best Original Song Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh
(for "Into the West")
Won
GoldSpirit Awards[152] Best Score Howard Shore Won
Best Composer Howard Shore Won
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Score Howard Shore Won
best CD Release Won
Best Song Into The West Won
Best Theme "Minas Tirith" and "The White Tree" Won
Best Horror Theme "Shelob's Lair" Won
Best Epic Theme "Minas Tirith" and "The White Tree" Won
Golden Trailer Awards[153] Best Drama "The Ant Farm" Won
Grammy Awards[154] Best Score Soundtrack Album – Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media John Kurlander and Howard Shore Won
Best Song – Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh
(for "Into the West")
Won
Hugo Awards[155] Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form Won
International Online Film Critics' Poll[156] Best Film Of The Decade Won
Best Director Of The Decade Peter Jackson Won
Top 10 Films Of The Decade Won
Irish Film and Television Awards[157] Best International Film Peter Jackson Won
Italian Online Movie Awards[158] Best Picture Nominated
Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Best Cast Nominated
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Best Original Song Won
Best Art Direction Won
Best Costume Design Won
Best Make-up Won
Best Visual Effects Won
Best Sound Effects Won
Jupiter Award[159] Best International Film Peter Jackson Won
Best International Director Peter Jackson Won
London Film Critics[160][161] Film of the Year Nominated
Director of the Year Peter Jackson Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics[162][163] Films Of The Decade The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Production Design Grant Major Won
Motion Picture Sound Editors[164] Best Sound Editing – Foreign Film Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryan, David Farmer, Brent Burge, Dave Whitehead, Hayden Collow, Craig Tomlinson, Beau Borders, Timothy Nielsen, Addison Teague, Katy Wood, Peter Mills, Jason Canovas, Mark Franken, Ray Beentjes, Nick Breslin, Polly McKinnon, and Chris Ward Nominated
Best Sound Editing – Music – Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign Jonathan Schultz, Andrew Dudman, Steve Price, Michael Price, Malcolm Fife, Nigel Scott, and Rebecca Gatrell Nominated
MTV Movie Awards[165] Best Movie Won
Best Action Sequence "Battle Of Gondor" Won
National Board of Review[166][167] Best Cast Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, and Bernard Hill Won
National Society of Film Critics[168][169] Best Director Peter Jackson Nominated
Nebula Awards[46] Best Script Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Won
New York Film Critics[170] Best Picture Won
Online Film Critics[171] Best Picture Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Adapted Screenplay Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Frances Walsh Won
Best Supporting Actor Sean Astin Nominated
Andy Serkis Nominated
Best Art Direction Won
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Won
Best Costume Design Won
Best Original Score Howard Shore Won
Best Sound Won
Best Visual Effects Won
Producers Guild of America[172][173] Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne, and Fran Walsh Won
San Diego Film Critics[174] Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Production Design Grant Major Won
San Francisco Film Critics[175] Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Santa Barbara International Film Festival[176] Modern Master Award Peter Jackson Won
Satellite Awards[177][178] Best Picture - Drama Nominated
Best Art Direction & Production Design Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Alan Lee Won
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Nominated
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Film Editing Jamie Selkirk Nominated
Best Original Score Howard Shore Nominated
Best Sound (Mixing & Editing) David Farmer, Ethan Van der Ryn, and Michael Hopkins Nominated
Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke Nominated
Saturn Awards[61][179] Best Fantasy Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Screenplay Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Won
Best Actor Elijah Wood Won
Viggo Mortensen Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Sean Astin Won
Ian McKellen Nominated
Andy Serkis Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Miranda Otto Nominated
Best Costume Design Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor Nominated
Best Make-up Richard Taylor and Peter King Won
Best Score Howard Shore Won
Best Visual Effects Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke Won
Screen Actors Guild[180] Outstanding Cast – Motion Picture Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Marton Csokas, Brad Dourif, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, Craig Parker, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, and Elijah Wood Won
SFX Awards[181] Best Film Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Spacey Awards Best Fantasy or Sci-fi Film Won
Best Visual Effects Won
Special Achievement Peter Jackson Won
Toronto Film Critics[4] Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Special Citation Peter Jackson for the whole " Lord Of The Rings" Trilogy Won
USC Scripter Awards[182][183] USC Scripter Award Frances Walsh & Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle[184] Best Picture Runner-up
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Visual Effects Society[185] Outstanding Visual Effects – Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture Randall Cook, Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, and Dean Wright Won
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in Any Medium Randall Cook, Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, and Dean Wright Nominated
Outstanding Character Animation – Live Action Motion Picture Greg Butler, Steven Hornby, Matthias Menz, and Andy Serkis Won
Outstanding Compositing – Motion Picture Moritz Glaesle, Mark Lewis, and Kara Vandeleur Nominated
Outstanding Models and Miniatures – Motion Picture Eric Saindon, Richard Taylor, and Paul Van Ommen Won
Outstanding Male or Female Actor – Effects Film Sean Astin Won
Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects – Motion Picture Scott Harens, Sven Harens, and Chuck Shuman Nominated
Outstanding Visual Effects Photography – Motion Picture Alex Funke, Rob Kerr, and Henk Prins Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics[186][187] Best Picture Won
Best Director Peter Jackson Won
Best Screenplay – Adapted Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Frances Walsh Nominated
Best Ensemble Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards[188] Best Original Song Written for a Film Howard Shore (Composer) Annie Lennox (Performer) Fran Walsh (Lyrics) Nominated
Writers Guild of America[189] Best Screenplay – Adapted Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh Nominated
Young Artist Awards[190] Best Family Feature Film – Drama Won

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