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Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)

Awards

Charles Burnett

20 wins & 8 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
    2018 Winner Honorary Award

American Film Institute, USA

  • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
    1991 Winner Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award

Arizona International Film Festival

  • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
    2000 Winner Arizona Independent Film Award

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Killer of Sheep (1978)
    1981 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Forum of New Cinema
    • Killer of Sheep

Cannes Film Festival

  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1990 Nominee SACD Prize
    • Directors' Fortnight
    • To Sleep with Anger

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1991 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • To Sleep with Anger
  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1991 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • To Sleep with Anger

Locarno Film Festival

  • Ice Cube, Lori Petty, and Michael Boatman in The Glass Shield (1994)
    1994 Nominee Golden Leopard
    • The Glass Shield

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
    1990 Winner Special Award
    For the body of work.
  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1990 2nd Place LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • To Sleep with Anger

Nantes Three Continents Festival

  • Everett Silas in My Brother's Wedding (1983)
    1983 Nominee Golden Montgolfiere
    • My Brother's Wedding

Nashville Film Festival

  • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
    1999 Winner Freedom in Film Award
    For his lifetime achievement.

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Beau Bridges, Allison Jones, and Carl Lumbly in Nightjohn (1996)
    1998 Winner Special Citation
    • Nightjohn
    For a film whose exceptional quality and origin challenge strictures of the movie marketplace.
  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1991 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • To Sleep with Anger

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Killer of Sheep (1978)
    2007 Winner Special Award
    • Killer of Sheep
  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1990 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • To Sleep with Anger
    Tied with Metropolitan (1990).

Sundance Film Festival

  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1990 Winner Special Jury Recognition
    • Dramatic
    • To Sleep with Anger
  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    1990 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • To Sleep with Anger

WorldFest Houston

  • James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave in The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
    2000 Winner Silver Award
    • Independent Theatrical Feature Films - Comedy
    • The Annihilation of Fish
  • Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
    2000 Winner Silver Award
    • Independent Theatrical Feature Films - Family/Children
    • Finding Buck McHenry

Sarasota Film Festival

  • James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave in The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Annihilation of Fish

Black Reel Awards

  • Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
    2000 Nominee Black Reel
    • Network/Cable - Best Director
    • Selma, Lord, Selma

New Media Film Festival

  • After the LockDown: Black in LA (2021)
    2021 Winner New Media Film Festival Award
    • Best Music Video
    • After the LockDown: Black in LA
    Shared with: Jonathan Burnett · Joy Shannon

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

  • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
    2007 Winner Special Achievement Award

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Killer of Sheep (1978)
    2007 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Film
    • Killer of Sheep
    8th place.

Pan African Film Festival

  • Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018)
    2019 Winner Board of Directors Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

City of Angels Film Festival

  • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
    2022 Winner Angel Award
    • ANGEL AWARD Extraordinary Work as a Director

Ogeechee International History Film Festival

  • Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018)
    2019 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

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