List of awards for the feature film Zero Dark Thirty
This list provides an overview of the awards and nominations that the American feature film Zero Dark Thirty has received.
From the United States
| price | year | category | Award winners | result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar | 2013 | Best sound editing | Paul NJ Ottosson | Won |
| Best movie | Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Megan Ellison | Nominated | ||
| Best main actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated | ||
| Best original script | Mark Boal | Nominated | ||
| Best cut | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Nominated | ||
| Golden Globe Award | 2013 | Best Actress - Drama | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Best film - drama | Nominated | |||
| Best film director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated | ||
| Best film script | Mark Boal | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Award | 2013 | Best main actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| AFI Award | 2013 | Film of the year | Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Megan Ellison | Won |
| Saturn Award | 2013 | Best horror film / thriller | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated | ||
| Eddie Award | 2013 | Best edited dramatic film | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Nominated |
| Excellence in Production Design Award | 2013 | Contemporary film | Nominated | |
| Austin Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best movie | Won | |
| BMI Film Music Award | 2013 | Film music | Alexandre Desplat | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Award | 2012 | Best movie | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Award | 2012 | Best film editing | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2013 | Best cut | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2013 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2013 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2013 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Nominated |
| Artios Award | 2013 | Best casting, high budget drama | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best movie | Won | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best cut | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best supporting actor | Jason Clarke | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best camera | Greig Fraser | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best original score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominated |
| Cinema Audio Society Award | 2013 | Best sound mix for real-life films | Nominated | |
| Costume Designers Guild Award | 2013 | Excellence in contemporary film | George L. Little | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best script | Mark Boal | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best movie | 3rd place | |
| Denver Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| Denver Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America Award | 2013 | Best film director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 2013 | Best drama | Columbia Pictures | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 2013 | Best cover art | Columbia Pictures | Nominated |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 2013 | Best action TV commercial | Columbia Pictures | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2014 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Alexandre Desplat | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | 2nd place |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Award | 2012 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 2012 | Best cut | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | 2nd place |
| MTV Movie Awards | 2013 | Best Scared-As-S ** t Performance | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| National Board of Review Award | 2012 | Best movie | Won | |
| National Board of Review Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| National Board of Review Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Award | 2013 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | 2nd place |
| National Society of Film Critics Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | 3rd place |
| National Society of Film Critics Award | 2013 | Best movie | 3rd place | |
| National Society of Film Critics Award | 2013 | Best camera | Greig Fraser | 3rd place |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best movie | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best camera | Greig Fraser | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best script | Mark Boal | 3rd place |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Online Award | 2012 | Best movie | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online Award | 2012 | Best script | Mark Boal | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online Award | 2012 | Top movies of the year | Won | |
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards | 2012 | Best movie | 2nd place | |
| Online Film Critics Society Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society Award | 2013 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society Award | 2013 | Best cut | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society Award | 2013 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society Award | 2013 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Award | 2013 | Best producer of motion pictures | Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Megan Ellison | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Special Award | Greig Fraser | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Award | 2012 | Best cut | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award | 2012 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Won |
| Satellite Award | 2012 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Won |
| Satellite Award | 2012 | Best film editing | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Nominated |
| Satellite Award | 2012 | Best film actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| Satellite Award | 2012 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| Satellite Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Won |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| VES Award | 2013 | Best supporting visual effects in a motion picture | Nominated | |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best movie | Won | |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best ensemble | Nominated | |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Nominated |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award | 2012 | Best camera | Greig Fraser | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Award | 2013 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Won |
From other countries
| country | price | year | category | Award winners | result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | AACTA Award | 2013 | Best movie | Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Megan Ellison | Nominated |
| Australia | AACTA Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| Australia | AACTA Award | 2013 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| Australia | AACTA Award | 2013 | Best script | Mark Boal | Nominated |
| Canada | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award | 2013 | Best movie | Won | |
| Canada | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award | 2013 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| Canada | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Won |
| Canada | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award | 2013 | Best script | Mark Boal | Won |
| Canada | Toronto Film Critics Association Award | 2013 | Best movie | Nominated | |
| Canada | Toronto Film Critics Association Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| Canada | Toronto Film Critics Association Award | 2013 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| Canada | Toronto Film Critics Association Award | 2013 | Best script | Mark Boal | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | British Academy Film Award | 2013 | Best movie | Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Megan Ellison | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | British Academy Film Award | 2013 | Best main actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | British Academy Film Award | 2013 | Best original script | Mark Boal | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | British Academy Film Award | 2013 | Best cut | Dylan Tichenor , William Goldenberg | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | British Academy Film Award | 2013 | Best director | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | Britannia Award | 2013 | John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing | Kathryn Bigelow | Won |
| United Kingdom | Empire Award | 2013 | Best thriller | Nominated | |
| United Kingdom | Empire Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | London Critics' Circle Film Awards | 2013 | Actress of the year | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | London Critics' Circle Film Awards | 2013 | Director of the year | Kathryn Bigelow | Nominated |
| United Kingdom | London Critics' Circle Film Awards | 2013 | Screenwriter of the Year | Mark Boal | Nominated |
Further awards and nominations
In addition to the most well-known prizes, the film was nominated at the following prizes and institutions and some were awarded a prize:
Web links
- Awards for the film, in the Internet Movie Database