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Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)

Awards

Mike Mills

17 wins & 43 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2017 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Thumbsucker (2005)
    2005 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Thumbsucker

Bodil Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2023 Winner Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • C'mon C'mon

Camerimage

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Winner Golden Frog
    • Main Competition
    • C'mon C'mon
    Shared with: Robbie Ryan
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Camerimage Audience Award
    • C'mon C'mon
    Shared with: Robbie Ryan

Denver Film Festival

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Winner Rare Pearl Award
    • C'mon C'mon

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2016 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women

Gijón International Film Festival

  • Thumbsucker (2005)
    2005 Nominee Grand Prix Asturias
    • Best Film
    • Thumbsucker

Satellite Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • C'mon C'mon

Gotham Awards

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • Beginners
    Tied with The Tree of Life (2011).
    Shared with: Leslie Urdang · Dean Vanech · Miranda de Pencier · Jay Van Hoy · Lars Knudsen

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • C'mon C'mon
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon
  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2017 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women
  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Beginners
  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Beginners

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Beginners

Newport Beach Film Festival

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Winner Achievement Award
    • US Narrative
    • C'mon C'mon

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival

  • Architecture of Reassurance (2000)
    2000 Winner Prize of the Ministry for Development, Culture and Sports
    • Architecture of Reassurance

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Beginners

Santa Fe Film Festival

  • Paperboys (2001)
    2001 Winner Luminaria
    • Best Documentary
    • Paperboys

Sundance Film Festival

  • Thumbsucker (2005)
    2005 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • Thumbsucker

SXSW Film Festival

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Nominee Audience Award
    • Spotlight Premiere
    • Beginners

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Beginners

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 2nd Place COFCA Award
    • Best Overlooked Film
    • Beginners

Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Foreign Film
    • C'mon C'mon

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon
  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2016 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

Mill Valley Film Festival

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • U.S. Cinema
    • C'mon C'mon

Rome Film Fest

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Nominee BNL People's Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • C'mon C'mon

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 Winner Heterodox Award
    • Beginners

Canadian Screen Awards, CA

  • 2025 Nominee Canadian Screen Award
    • Best Sports Program or Series
    • NHL Draft from the Sphere
    Shared with: Joel Darling · Scott Lennox · Michelle Mathow · Jeremy Pearl

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2017 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women
  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    • Beginners

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Beginners

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 2nd Place IFJA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Director
    • C'mon C'mon

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2018 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Top Ten of the Year - International Competition
    • 20th Century Women
  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Film - International Competition
    • 20th Century Women
    Shared with: Anne Carey · Megan Ellison · Youree Henley
  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Director - International Competition
    • 20th Century Women
  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Screenplay - International Competition
    • 20th Century Women

Dorian Film Awards

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2017 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Screenplay of the Year
    • 20th Century Women

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 2nd Place UFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Beginners

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2017 Winner INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women
    Tied with Manchester by the Sea (2016).
  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Beginners

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon
  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2017 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

Gold Derby Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

Hawaii Film Critics Society

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2017 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • 20th Century Women

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Winner LEJA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2021 Nominee GWNYFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

DiscussingFilm Critic Awards

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee DFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

North Dakota Film Society

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee NDFS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

Columbus Film Critics Association

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Winner SFBAFCC Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards, Hollywood

  • Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women (2016)
    2016 Winner Behind the Camera Award
    • Screenwriter
    • 20th Century Women

Brazil Online Film Award

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman in C'mon C'mon (2021)
    2022 Nominee BOFA
    • Best Screenplay
    • C'mon C'mon

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