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Guillermo Arriaga in The Burning Plain (2008)

Awards

Guillermo Arriaga

14 wins & 35 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico

  • Upon Open Sky (2023)
    2024 Nominee Silver Ariel
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Mejor Guión Cinematográfico Original)
    • Upon Open Sky
  • Gael García Bernal in Amores Perros (2000)
    2001 Nominee Silver Ariel
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Mejor Guión Cinematográfico Original)
    • Amores Perros

Academy Awards, USA

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    • Babel

ALMA Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Winner ALMA Award
    • Outstanding Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Babel

Amiens International Film Festival

  • 2011 Winner Golden Unicorn
    • Best Short Film
    • El Pozo
  • 2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Short Film
    • El Pozo
  • 2011 Winner Award of the Amiens Jailhouse
    • Male Prisoners
    • El Pozo
  • Guillermo Arriaga in The Burning Plain (2008)
    2009 Winner Golden Unicorn for Career Achievement

BAFTA Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • 21 Grams

Critics Choice Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Writer
    • Babel

Cannes Film Festival

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
    2005 Winner Best Screenplay
    • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2006 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • 21 Grams

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Words with Gods (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • Audience Choice Award
    • Words with Gods
    Shared with: Hector Babenco · Álex de la Iglesia · Bahman Ghobadi · Amos Gitai · Emir Kusturica · Mira Nair · Hideo Nakata · Warwick Thornton

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2006 2nd Place DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Babel

Fantasporto

  • Gael García Bernal in Amores Perros (2000)
    2001 Winner International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Amores Perros

Golden Globes, USA

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Babel

Satellite Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2006 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Babel
    Shared with: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • 21 Grams

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
    2006 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Winner Special Distinction Award
    • 21 Grams
    21 Grams was ineligable for the regular awards because of its budget.
    Shared with: Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Robert Salerno · Sean Penn · Benicio Del Toro · Naomi Watts

Montréal Festival of New Cinema

  • Gael García Bernal in Amores Perros (2000)
    2000 Winner Screenplay Award
    • Amores Perros

Lleida Latin-American Film Festival

  • Gael García Bernal in Amores Perros (2000)
    2001 Winner Screenplay Award
    • Amores Perros

Mexican Cinema Journalists

  • Upon Open Sky (2023)
    2025 Winner Silver Goddess
    • Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original)
    • Upon Open Sky
  • Guillermo Arriaga in The Burning Plain (2008)
    2006 Winner Special Silver Goddess
    • Diosa de Plata Francisco Piña

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 21 Grams

Sundance Film Festival

  • Broken Night (2013)
    2013 Nominee Short Film Grand Jury Prize
    • Broken Night

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2006 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Babel

Venice Film Festival

  • The Burning Plain (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Lion
    • The Burning Plain

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Babel

Western Heritage Awards

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
    2006 Winner Bronze Wrangler
    • Theatrical Motion Picture
    • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
    Shared with: Tommy Lee Jones · Michael Fitzgerald · Luc Besson · Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • 21 Grams

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Gael García Bernal in Amores Perros (2000)
    2002 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Amores Perros

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • 21 Grams
    Shared with: Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2003 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • 21 Grams

Premios Canacine, MX

  • Upon Open Sky (2023)
    2024 Nominee Premio Canacine
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • Upon Open Sky
    Shared with: Leticia Cristi · Hugo Sigman · Matías Mosteirín
  • Guillermo Arriaga in The Burning Plain (2008)
    2013 Winner Premio Canacine
    • Lifetime Achievement Award (Premio a la Trayectoria)

Online Film & Television Association

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • 21 Grams
    Shared with: Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2006 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2003 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 21 Grams

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
    • 21 Grams

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 21 Grams

Gold Derby Awards

  • Babel (2006)
    2007 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Screenplay
    • Babel
  • 21 Grams (2003)
    2004 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Screenplay
    • 21 Grams

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