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Jonathan Dayton
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Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
British Comedy Awards (1)
César Awards, France (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (1)
David di Donatello Awards (1)
Deauville Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Grammy Awards (4)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Locarno International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Tokyo International Film Festival (3)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (2)
New York Film Critics, Online (1)
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards (1)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (1)
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) (5)
Indiewire Critics' Poll (1)
Chéries-Chéris (1)
Billboard Music Awards (1)
21 wins & 26 nominations
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Winner
Silver Condor
Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Little Miss Sunshine
USA.
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2006 Nominee
BSFC Award
Best New Filmmaker
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
BAFTA Awards
2007 Nominee
David Lean Award for Direction
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
British Comedy Awards
2006 Nominee
British Comedy Award
Best Comedy Film
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
César Awards, France
2007 Winner
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Nominee
CFCA Award
Most Promising Director
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
2008 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
David di Donatello Awards
2007 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Deauville Film Festival
2006 Winner
Grand Special Prize
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Directors Guild of America, USA
2007 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Primetime Emmy Awards
2023 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Shared with:
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
·
Sarah Timberman
·
Carl Beverly
·
Susannah Grant
·
Valerie Faris
·
Diana Schmidt
·
Cindy Chupack
·
Katie DiMento
·
Anne M. Uemura
Hamburg Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Art Cinema Award
Ruby Sparks
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Grammy Awards
2000 Winner
Grammy
Best Short Form Music Video
Korn: Freak on a Leash
Shared with:
Korn
·
Todd McFarlane
·
Valerie Faris
·
Graham Morris
·
Bart Lipton
·
Terry Fitzgerald
1999 Nominee
Grammy
Best Short Form Music Video
Oasis: All Around the World
Shared with:
Oasis
·
Valerie Faris
·
Bart Lipton
·
Alan White
1997 Nominee
Grammy
Best Music Video, Short Form
The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight
Shared with:
The Smashing Pumpkins
·
Valerie Faris
·
Bart Lipton
1990 Winner
Grammy
Best Music Video, Long Form
Rhythm Nation 1814
Shared with:
Janet Jackson
·
Dominic Sena
·
Valerie Faris
·
Aristides McGarry
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2007 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2007 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Locarno International Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Variety Piazza Grande Award
Ruby Sparks
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Winner
New Generation Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Michael Arndt
·
Valerie Faris
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best First Film
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Winner
OFCS Award
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2007 Winner
Chairman's Vanguard Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
·
Michael Arndt
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Stockholm Film Festival
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Tokyo International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Best Director Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
2006 Nominee
Tokyo Grand Prix
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best First Feature
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Cinema for Peace Awards
2018 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
Battle of the Sexes
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
2007 Nominee
Award of the Argentinean Academy
Best Foreign Film
Little Miss Sunshine
USA.
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2006 Winner
EDA Award
Best Comedy by or About Women
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
2006 Nominee
EDA Female Focus Award
Hanging in There Award for Persistence
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
New York Film Critics, Online
2006 Winner
NYFCO Award
Best Debut as Director
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards
1980 Winner
College Emmy / College Television Award
Eric Sevareid Award
Make Me A Movie
Shared with:
Christopher Ridder
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Nominee
DFCC
Breakthrough Artist
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Black Pearl Award
New Horizons Competition
Ruby Sparks
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Winner
OFCC Award
Best First Film
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Online Film & Television Association
2007 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best First Feature
Little Miss Sunshine
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
2002 Nominee
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers: By the Way
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
2000 Winner
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
1999 Nominee
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
Korn: Freak on a Leash
Shared with:
Todd McFarlane
·
Graham Morris
·
Valerie Faris
1997 Nominee
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
The Smashing Pumpkins: The End Is the Beginning Is the End
Shared with:
Joel Schumacher
·
Valerie Faris
1996 Winner
VMA
Best Direction in a Video
The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2006 Nominee
ICP Award
Best First Feature
Little Miss Sunshine
3rd place.
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Chéries-Chéris
2017 Nominee
Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris
Feature Film
Battle of the Sexes
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
Billboard Music Awards
2000 Winner
Billboard Music Award
Director of the Year
Shared with:
Valerie Faris
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