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Awards

J. Michael Riva

2 wins & 9 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple (1985)
    1986 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
    • The Color Purple
    Shared with: Bo Welch · Linda DeScenna

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
    2007 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming
    • The 79th Annual Academy Awards
    Tied with John Myhre, Tomas Voth and Barbara Cassel for Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006).
    Shared with: Greg Richman · Tamlyn Wright
  • The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)
    2002 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program
    • The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    Shared with: Greg Richman · Keaton S. Walker · Tamlyn Wright

Art Directors Guild

  • 2014 Winner Hall of Fame
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)
    2013 Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award
    • Period Film
    • Django Unchained
    Shared with: David F. Klassen · Mara LePere-Schloop · Suzan Wexler · Page Buckner · Lauren Abiouness · Ernie Avila · Molly Mikula · Andrew Birdzell · Paul Sonski · Eric Sundahl · Josh Nizzi · Susan A. Burig · Leslie Pope · Adam Mull
  • Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)
    2009 Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award
    • Fantasy Film
    • Iron Man
    Shared with: David F. Klassen · Richard F. Mays · Suzan Wexler · Michael E. Goldman · Wendy Riva · Ryan Meinerding · Rodolfo Damaggio · Phil Saunders · Philip Keller · David Lowery · Stephen Platt · Eric Ramsey · William J. Law III · Ernie Avila · Noelle King · Kevin Cross · Anne Porter · Dianne Chadwick · Tony Bohorquez · Lauri Gaffin
  • The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)
    2003 Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award
    • Variety or Awards Show, Music Special or Documentary
    • The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    Shared with: Greg Richman · Tamlyn Wright

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Natalie Cole and Brian Bonsall in Lily in Winter (1994)
    1996 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Original Long Form
    • Lily in Winter
    Shared with: Robert Eisele · Julie Moskowitz · Gary Stephens
  • Natalie Cole and Brian Bonsall in Lily in Winter (1994)
    1995 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Original Long Form
    • Lily in Winter
    Shared with: Julie Moskowitz · Robert Eisele · Gary Stephens

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)
    2014 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Art Direction - International Competition
    • Django Unchained
    Shared with: David F. Klassen · Leslie Pope

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)
    2012 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Production Design
    • Django Unchained
    Shared with: Leslie Pope

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