CRASH – Awards and Nominations

Jennifer Esposito, Don Cheadle in Crash
Unless otherwise noted, all Crash awards and nominations are for the year 2005.
Photos: Lorey Sebastian / © Lions Gate Films Inc.
Academy Awards: 3 wins (best film; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; best editing, Hughes Winborne);
- 3 additional nominations (best director, Paul Haggis; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best song, "In the Deep," music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker, lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York)
American Cinema Editors: 1 win (best edited feature – dramatic, Hughes Winborne)
Art Directors Guild: 1 nomination (best production design – contemporary film, Laurence Bennett)
British Academy Awards: 2 wins (best supporting actress, Thandie Newton; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);
- 7 additional nominations (best film; best director, Paul Haggis; best supporting actor, Don Cheadle; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best cinematography, J. Michael Muro; best editing, Hughes Winborne; best sound)
British Independent Film: 1 nomination (best foreign film)
Broadcast Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best acting ensemble; best writer, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);
- 4 additional nominations (best film; best director, Paul Haggis; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best supporting actor, Terrence Howard)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association: Seventh place for best film
Chicago Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best film; best screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);
- 3 additional nominations (best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best supporting actor, Terrence Howard; most promising newcomer, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges – also for Hustle & Flow)
Cinema Audio Society: 1 nomination (best sound mixing)
Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association: 1 win (best supporting actor, Matt Dillon);
- also, fourth place for best film and fifth place for best director (Paul Haggis)
David di Donatello (Italian Academy) Awards: 1 win (best foreign film)
Directors Guild of America: 1 nomination (best director, Paul Haggis)
European Film Awards: 1 nomination (Prix Screen International for best foreign film)
Florida Film Critics Circle: 1 win (breakthrough performance, Terrence Howard – also, for Hustle & Flow and Get Rich or Die Tryin’)
Golden Globes: 2 nominations (best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco)
Gotham Awards: 1 nomination (best ensemble)
Independent Film Spirit: 2 wins (best first feature; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon)
Irish Film & Television Academy: 1 nomination (People’s Choice Awards – best international film)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society: 2 wins (best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);
- also, runner-up for best film

Thandie Newton in Crash
London Film Critics’ Circle: 2 wins (best supporting actress, Thandie Newton; best screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);
- 3 additional nominations (best film; best director, Paul Haggis; best actor, Don Cheadle, also for Hotel Rwanda)
National Board of Review: 1 win (breakthrough performance – actor, Terrence Howard – also, for Hustle & Flow and Get Rich or Die Tryin’);
- also, one of the year’s top-ten films
New York Film Critics Online: 3 wins (best debut director, Paul Haggis; best screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; breakthrough performance, Terrence Howard – also, for Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers, and Get Rich or Die Tryin’);
- also, one of the year’s top-ten films
Online Film Critics Society: 1 win (breakthrough filmmaker, Paul Haggis);
- 3 additional nominations (best film; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco)
Phoenix Film Critics Society: 3 wins (best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; best ensemble; breakout performance – behind the camera, Paul Haggis);
- also, one of the year’s top-ten films
Producers Guild of America: 1 nomination (best production, Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman)
Screen Actors Guild: 1 win (best ensemble);
- 2 additional nominations (best supporting actor, Don Cheadle; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon)
Southeastern Film Critics Association: 1 win (best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);
- also, fourth place for best film
Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 1 win (best supporting actor, Terrence Howard);
- 1 additional nomination (best supporting actor, Matt Dillon)
Washington, D.C. (Area) Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; best ensemble)
Writers Guild of America: 1 win (best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco)
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