Awards

Steven Soderbergh

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33 wins & 100 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2001 Winner Oscar
- Best Director
- Traffic
2001 Nominee Oscar
- Best Director
- Erin Brockovich
1990 Nominee Oscar
- Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

American Cinema Editors, USA

2016 Nominee Eddie
- Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television
- The Knick
Episode: "Wonderful Surprises (2015)"
2014 Winner Eddie
- Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television
- Behind the Candelabra

Berlin International Film Festival

Bodil Awards

2002 Nominee Bodil
- Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
- Traffic

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2000 3rd Place BSFC Award
- Best Director
- Traffic
- Erin Brockovich
Tied with Michael Winterbottom for Wonderland (1999) and The Claim (2000).
1998 2nd Place BSFC Award
- Best Director
- Out of Sight

BAFTA Awards

2001 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
- Erin Brockovich
2001 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
- Traffic
1990 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Screenplay - Original
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

British Society of Cinematographers

2001 Nominee Best Cinematography Award
- Traffic

International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers

2001 Nominee Golden Camera 300
- Traffic

Critics Choice Awards

2001 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Director
- Traffic
- Erin Brockovich

CableACE Awards

1995 Nominee CableACE
- Directing a Dramatic Special or Series
- Fallen Angels
For episode "Professional Man"
1994 Nominee CableACE
- Directing a Dramatic Series
- Fallen Angels
For episode "The Quiet Room"

Cannes Film Festival

César Awards, France

2003 Nominee César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- Ocean's Eleven
USA.
2002 Nominee César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- Traffic
1990 Nominee César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Director
- Traffic
2001 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Cinematography
- Traffic
1990 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Director
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Director
- Traffic

Directors Guild of America, USA

2016 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
- The Knick
Episode: "Williams and Walker (2015)"
2014 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
- Behind the Candelabra
Shared with: Michael Polaire · Gregory Jacobs · Jody Spilkoman · Lynn Struiksma
2014 Winner Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award
2001 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Erin Brockovich
2001 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Traffic

Primetime Emmy Awards

2021 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- The Oscars
Shared with: Stacey Sher · Jesse Collins · Rob Paine
2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Limited Series
- Godless
Shared with: Casey Silver · Scott Frank · Jessica Levin · Michael J. Malone
2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- The Knick
For This Is All We Are (2015)
2015 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- The Knick
For Method and Madness (2014)
2013 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
- Behind the Candelabra

European Film Awards

2000 Nominee Screen International Award
- Erin Brockovich
USA

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2001 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Director
- Erin Brockovich
- Traffic

Golden Globes, USA

2001 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Erin Brockovich
2001 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Traffic
1990 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Satellite Awards

2001 Winner Golden Satellite Award
- Best Director
- Traffic
2001 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Director
- Erin Brockovich
2001 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Cinematography
- Traffic
1999 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
- Pleasantville
Shared with: Bob Degus · Jon Kilik · Gary Ross

Gotham Awards

2025 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best Documentary Feature
- BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Shared with: Kahlil Joseph · Onye Anyanwu · David Linde · Anikah McLaren · James Shani
2016 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
- Breakthrough Series - Long Form
- The Girlfriend Experience
Shared with: Lodge Kerrigan · Amy Seimetz · Philip Fleishman · Jeff Cuban · Gary Marcus

Grammy Awards

1987 Nominee Grammy
- Best Music Video, Long Form
- Yes: 9012 Live
Shared with: Jon Anderson · Trevor Rabin · Chris Squire · Alan White · Yes · Tony Kaye

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2007 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Bubble
2000 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- The Limey
1990 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2001 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
- Traffic

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2000 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Director
- Traffic

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2000 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Director
- Erin Brockovich
- Traffic

Locarno Film Festival

2012 Nominee Variety Piazza Grande Award
- Magic Mike

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2001 Nominee ALFS Award
- Director of the Year
- Erin Brockovich

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2000 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Erin Brockovich
- Traffic
2000 2nd Place LAFCA Award
- Best Cinematography
- Traffic

Miami Film Festival

2026 Nominee Knight Marimbas Award
- The Christophers

National Board of Review, USA

2000 Winner NBR Award
- Best Director
- Erin Brockovich
- Traffic

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2001 Winner NSFC Award
- Best Director
- Traffic
- Erin Brockovich
2001 2nd Place NSFC Award
- Best Cinematography
- Traffic
Tied with Peter Pau for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) in 2nd place.
1999 Winner NSFC Award
- Best Director
- Out of Sight
1990 2nd Place NSFC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2000 Winner NYFCC Award
- Best Director
- Erin Brockovich
- Traffic
1989 2nd Place NYFCC Award
- Best Screenplay
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape
2nd place

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Cinematography
- Che: Part One
- Che: Part Two
2001 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Director
- Traffic
2001 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Cinematography
- Traffic

San Sebastián International Film Festival

2019 Nominee Audience Award
- City of Donostia Audience Award
- The Laundromat

Slamdance Film Festival

2019 Winner Founder's Award

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2001 Winner SEFCA Award
- Best Director
- Traffic

Sundance Film Festival

1989 Winner Audience Award
- Dramatic
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape
1989 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- Dramatic
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Sydney Film Festival

2009 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
- Best Film
- The Girlfriend Experience

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2000 Winner TFCA Award
- Best Director
- Traffic
1999 2nd Place TFCA Award
- Best Director
- The Limey
Tied with Sam Mendes for American Beauty (1999).
1998 Nominee TFCA Award
- Best Director
- Out of Sight

Valladolid International Film Festival

2009 Nominee Golden Spike
- Best Film
- The Girlfriend Experience

Venice Film Festival

2019 Nominee Golden Lion
- Best Film
- The Laundromat
2002 Nominee Upstream Prize
- Best Film
- Full Frontal

Writers Guild of America, USA

1990 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Empire Awards, UK

2003 Nominee Empire Award
- Best Director
- Ocean's Eleven
2002 Nominee Empire Award
- Best Director
- Traffic

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2001 Winner VFCC Award
- Best Director
- Traffic

Amanda Awards, Norway

2001 Nominee Amanda
- Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
- Traffic
2000 Nominee Amanda
- Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
- Erin Brockovich