BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Awards and Nominations
by Andre Soares
Unless otherwise stated, all awards/nominations for Brokeback Mountain are for the year 2005.
Academy Awards: 3 wins (best director, Ang Lee; best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best original score, Gustavo Santaolalla);
- 5 additional nominations (best film; best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto)
American Cinema Editors: 1 nomination (best-edited dramatic feature, Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor)
American Society of Cinematographers: 1 nomination (best cinematography - feature film, Rodrigo Prieto)
Australian Film Institute (AFI) (2006): 1 win (best actor - foreign film, Heath Ledger)
Boston Society of Film Critics: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);
- also, runner-up for best actor (Heath Ledger)
British Academy Awards: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana);
- 5 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto; best editing, Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor; best music, Gustavo Santaolalla)
Broadcast Film Critics Association: 3 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; and best supporting actress, Michelle Williams, tied with Amy Adams in Junebug);
- 5 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best writing, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best composer, Gustavo Santaolalla; best song, "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association: 3 wins (best actor, Heath Ledger; actor of the year, Heath Ledger, also for Casanova, Lords of Dogtown, and The Brothers Grimm; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana);
- also runner-up for best film, best director (Ang Lee), and best formal design
César (French Academy) Awards (2006): 1 nomination (best foreign film)
Chicago Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto; best original score, Gustavo Santaolalla);
- 6 additional nominations (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto);
- also, runner-up for best actor (Heath Ledger) and best supporting actress (Michelle Williams), and third place for best supporting actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)
Danish Film Critics Association Bodil Awards: 1 nomination (best U.S. film)
David di Donatello (Italian Academy) Awards: 1 nomination (best foreign film)
Directors Guild of America: 1 win (best director, Ang Lee)
European Film Awards: 1 nomination (Prix Screen International for best foreign film)
Florida Film Critics Circle: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto)
Golden Globes: 4 wins (best film - drama; best director, Ang Lee; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best song, "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin);
- 3 additional nominations (best actor - drama, Heath Ledger; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best music, Gustavo Santaolalla)
Gotham Awards: 2 nominations (best film; best ensemble)
Independent Film Spirit: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);
- 2 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams)
Iowa Film Critics: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger; best score, Gustavo Santaolalla)
London Film Critics’ Circle: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);
- 2 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);
- also, runner-up for best actor (Heath Ledger)
National Board of Review: 2 wins (best director, Ang Lee; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal);
- also, one of the year’s top-ten films
National Society of Film Critics: Third place for best actor (Heath Ledger)
New York Film Critics Circle: 3 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger)
New York Film Critics Online: One of the year’s top-ten films
Norwegian Film Institute Amanda Awards: 1 nomination (best foreign film)
Online Film Critics Society: 2 wins (best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best score, Gustavo Santaolalla);
- 6 additional nominations (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto)
Phoenix Film Critics Society: 5 wins (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto);
- also, one of the year’s top-ten films
Producers Guild of America: 1 win (best production, Diana Ossana and James Schamus)
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
San Diego Film Critics Society: 1 win (body of work award, Jake Gyllenhaal — also for Jarhead and Proof)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle: 3 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger)
Screen Actors Guild: 4 nominations (best ensemble; best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams)
Sight & Sound: 1 win (best film)
Southeastern Film Critics Association: 3 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
USC Scripter Award: 1 nomination (best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, from E. Annie Proulx’s short story)
Utah Film Critics Society: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee); also, runner-up for best actor (Heath Ledger)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);
- 2 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams)
Venice Film Festival: 1 win (best film)
Writers Guild of America: 1 win (best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
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