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Awards

David M. Thompson

17 wins & 20 nominations

Acapulco Black Film Festival

  • Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
    2014 Nominee Hollywood Award
    • Movie of the Year
    • Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
    Shared with: Anant Singh

Australian Film Institute

  • Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot (2000)
    2001 Nominee Best Foreign Film Award
    • Billy Elliot
    Shared with: Tessa Ross · Natascha Wharton

Banff Television Festival

  • Romola Garai in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
    2012 Nominee Banff Rockie Award
    • Best Mini-Series
    • The Crimson Petal and the White
    United Kingdom
    Shared with: Marc Munden · Lucinda Coxon · Steve Lightfoot
  • Aidan Gillen in Freefall (2009)
    2010 Nominee Banff Rockie Award
    • Best Made-for-TV Movie
    • Freefall
    UK
    Shared with: Dominic Savage · Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo

BAFTA Awards

  • Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
    2014 Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
    • Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
    Shared with: Justin Chadwick · Anant Singh · William Nicholson
  • Romola Garai in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
    2012 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Mini-Series
    • The Crimson Petal and the White
    Shared with: Steve Lightfoot · Marc Munden · Lucinda Coxon
  • Screenplay (1986)
    1994 Winner BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Single Drama
    • Screenplay
    For episode "Safe (#8.4)".
    Shared with: Antonia Bird · Al Ashton
  • Joss Ackland and Claire Bloom in Shadowlands (1985)
    1986 Winner BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Single Drama
    • Shadowlands
    Shared with: Norman Stone

BAFTA Awards, Scotland

  • Billy Connolly, Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Bobby Smalldridge, Emilia Jones, and Harriet Turnbull in What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
    2015 Nominee BAFTA Scotland Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • What We Did on Our Holiday
    Shared with: Andy Hamilton · Guy Jenkin · Dan Winch

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

  • Arena (1975)
    2013 Nominee Broadcasting Press Guild Award
    • Best Single Documentary
    • Arena
    For episode "Jonathan Miller"

Christopher Awards

  • Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in Iris (2001)
    2002 Winner Christopher Award
    • Film
    • Iris
    Shared with: Richard Eyre · Charles Wood · Robert Fox · Scott Rudin · Anthony Minghella · Sydney Pollack · Guy East · Thomas Hedley Jr. · Harvey Weinstein
  • Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot (2000)
    2001 Winner Christopher Award
    • Feature Films
    • Billy Elliot
    Shared with: Stephen Daldry · Lee Hall · Greg Brenman · Jon Finn · Natascha Wharton · Charles Brand · Tessa Ross

Emden International Film Festival

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Winner Emden Film Award
    • The Bernhard Wicki Award
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Justin Chadwick · Richard Harding · Sam Feuer
  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Winner Emden Film Award
    • The DGB Trade Union Award (Audience Choice)
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Justin Chadwick · Richard Harding · Sam Feuer

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Brendan Gleeson in Into the Storm (2009)
    2009 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Made for Television Movie
    • Into the Storm
    Shared with: Ridley Scott · Frank Doelger · Tracey Scoffield · Julie Payne · Ann Wingate
  • Daniel Williams in The Lost Prince (2003)
    2005 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Miniseries
    • The Lost Prince
    Shared with: Peter Fincham · Rebecca Eaton · Joanna Beresford · John Chapman
  • Charlize Theron, John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Watson in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Made for Television Movie
    • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
    Shared with: Freddy De Mann · George Faber · Charles Pattinson · Simon Bosanquet
  • Vanessa Redgrave and Albert Finney in The Gathering Storm (2002)
    2002 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Made for Television Movie
    • The Gathering Storm
    Shared with: Ridley Scott · Julie Payne · Tony Scott · Tracey Scoffield · Lisa Ellzey · Frank Doelger
  • Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci in Conspiracy (2001)
    2001 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Made for Television Movie
    • Conspiracy
    Shared with: Frank Doelger · Frank Pierson · Peter Zinner · Nick Gillott

Gemini Awards

  • Shot Through the Heart (1998)
    1999 Nominee Gemini
    • Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series
    • Shot Through the Heart
    Shared with: Robert Lantos · Su Armstrong · Francine Lefrak

Satellite Awards

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Educational Film
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding

Gotham Awards

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Nominee Audience Award
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Justin Chadwick · Sam Feuer · Richard Harding

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2012 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Motion Picture
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding
  • The First Grader (2010)
    2012 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding

Nashville Film Festival

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best Feature
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding · Justin Chadwick

Rochester International Film Festival

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Film
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding

Royal Television Society, UK

  • Romola Garai in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
    2012 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Drama Serial
    • The Crimson Petal and the White
    Shared with: Marc Munden · Lucinda Coxon · Lucy Richer · Steve Lightfoot

Sedona International Film Festival

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Justin Chadwick · Richard Harding · Sam Feuer
  • The First Grader (2010)
    2010 Winner Director's Choice Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Justin Chadwick · Richard Harding · Sam Feuer

Prix Europa

  • Screen Two (1984)
    1990 Winner Prix Europa
    • TV Fiction
    • Screen Two
    For episode The Firm (1989).
    Shared with: Al Ashton · Alan Clarke

Zanzibar International Film Festival

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2012 Winner Ingoma Trophy
    • Best Feature
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding

Black Reel Awards

  • Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
    2014 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Motion Picture
    • Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
    Shared with: Anant Singh

Durban International Film Festival

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding · Justin Chadwick

DVD Exclusive Awards

  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    2003 Nominee DVD Premiere Award
    • Original Retrospective Documentary, Library Release
    • Singin' in the Rain
    For _"Great Performances" (1972) For episode "Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM". For the 50th Anniversary Edition.
    Shared with: Margaret Smilow

Broadcast Awards, UK

  • Romola Garai in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
    2012 Nominee Broadcast Award
    • Best Drama Serial
    • The Crimson Petal and the White
    Shared with: Marc Munden · Lucinda Coxon · Steve Lightfoot

Pan African Film Festival

  • The First Grader (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Favorite Award
    • Narrative Feature Film
    • The First Grader
    Shared with: Sam Feuer · Richard Harding

Venice TV Award

  • Helen Mirren in Catherine the Great (2019)
    2020 Nominee Venice TV Award
    • Best TV Series
    • Catherine the Great
    Shared with: Charlie Pattinson · Philip Martin · Nigel Williams · Helen Mirren · Jules Hussey · Philip Martin

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