Award |
Category |
Nominee |
Result |
Academy Awards, 1972[20][21] |
Best Picture |
Phillip D'Antoni |
Won |
Best Director |
William Friedkin |
Won |
Best Actor |
Gene Hackman |
Won |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
Ernest Tidyman |
Won |
Film Editing |
Gerald B. Greenberg |
Won |
Best Supporting Actor |
Roy Scheider |
Nominated |
Best Cinematography |
Owen Roizman |
Nominated |
Best Sound |
Theodore Soderberg
Christopher Newman |
Nominated |
American Cinema Editors, 1972[21] |
Best Edited Feature Film |
Gerald B. Greenberg |
Nominated |
BAFTA, 1972[21] |
Best Actor |
Gene Hackman |
Won |
Best Film Editing |
Gerald B. Greenberg |
Won |
Best Direction |
William Friedkin |
Nominated |
Best Film |
Philip D'Antoni |
Nominated |
Best Sound Track |
Christopher Newman
Theodore Soderberg |
Nominated |
David di Donatello Award, 1972[21] |
Best Foreign Film |
Philip D'Antoni |
Won |
Directors Guild of America, 1972[21] |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement |
William Friedkin |
Won |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 1972[21] |
Best Motion Picture |
Ernest Tidyman |
Won |
Golden Globe Awards, 1972[22] |
Best Motion Picture |
Phillip D'Antoni |
Won |
Best Director |
William Friedkin |
Won |
Best Actor |
Gene Hackman |
Won |
Best Screenplay |
Ernest Tidyman |
Nominated |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle, 1972[21] |
Best Actor |
Gene Hackman |
Won |
Best Film |
Ernest Tidyman |
Won |
National Society of Film Critics, 1972[21] |
Best Actor |
Gene Hackman |
Nominated |
New York Film Critics Circle, 1971[21] |
Best Actor |
Gene Hackman |
Won |
Best Film |
Ernest Tidyman |
Nominated |
Writers Guild of America, 1972[21] |
Best Drama Adaptation |
Ernest Tidyman |
Nominated |