List of accolades received by Lincoln (film)

List of accolades received by *Lincoln*
	Daniel Day-Lewis received critical acclaim for his performance as Abraham Lincoln
Awards and nominations
	Total number of wins and nominations
	References

Lincoln is a 2012 American historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln.^[1] The film is based in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of Lincoln, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life, focusing on the President's efforts in January 1865 to have the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the United States House of Representatives.

Lincoln premiered on October 8, 2012, at the New York Film Festival. The film was released on November 9, 2012, in select cities and widely released on November 16, 2012, in the United States by DreamWorks through Disney's Touchstone distribution label in the U.S.^[2] The film was released on January 25, 2013, in the United Kingdom, with distribution in international territories, including the U.K., by 20th Century Fox.^[3] The film received universal acclaim by critics and was nominated for 12 Academy Awards at the 85th ceremony, the most of any film released in 2012.

Awards and nominations


Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients and nominees	Outcome
AFI Awards^[4]	January 11, 2013	Movies of the Year		Won
Academy Awards	February 24, 2013	Best Picture	Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy	Nominated
		Best Director	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Janusz Kamiński	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Joanna Johnston	Nominated
		Best Film Editing	Michael Kahn	Nominated
		Best Original Score	John Williams	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson	Won
		Best Sound Mixing	Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ron Judkins	Nominated
AACTA Awards^[5]	January 26, 2013	Best International Film	Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best International Direction	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best International Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
		Best International Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	January 7, 2013	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director (Female or Male)	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Screenplay, Adapted	Tony Kushner	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Ensemble Cast		Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards^[6]	December 9, 2012	Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Won
		Best Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Won
British Academy Film Awards^[7]	February 10, 2013	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Janusz Kamiński	Nominated
		Best Original Music	John Williams	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Rick Carter, Jim Erickson	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Joanna Johnston	Nominated
		Best Makeup and Hair	Leo Corey Castellano, Mia Kovero	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Awards^[8]	December 17, 2012	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Won
		Best Cinematography	Janusz Kamiński	Nominated
		Best Art Direction		Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards^[9]	January 10, 2013	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Acting Ensemble		Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Won
		Best Cinematography	Janusz Kamiński	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Rick Carter, Jim Erickson	Nominated
		Best Editing	Michael Kahn	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Joanna Johnston	Nominated
		Best Makeup	Leo Corey Castellano, Mia Kovero	Nominated
		Best Score	John Williams	Won
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards^[10]	December 14, 2012	Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Ensemble		Won
		Best Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards^[11]	February 2, 2012	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
Dorian Awards^[12]^[13]	January 16, 2013	Film of the Year		Nominated
Dorian Awards^[12]^[13]	January 16, 2013	Film Performance of the Year - Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
Golden Globe Awards^[14]	January 13, 2013	Best Motion Picture - Drama		Nominated
		Best Director	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
		Best Original Score	John Williams	Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards^[15]	May 5, 2013	Best Drama		Nominated
		Most Original TV Spot		Nominated
		Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over		Nominated
Grammy Awards	January 26, 2014	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	John Williams	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Awards	January 6, 2012	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Won
		Best Cinematography	Janusz Kamiński	Nominated
		Best Score	John Williams	Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Awards	February 21, 2013	Film Score of the Year		Nominated
		Film Composer of the Year		Nominated
		Best Original Score for a Drama Film		Won
		Film Music Composition of the Year - The Peterson House and Finale		Nominated
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures^[16]	December 5, 2012	Top 10 Films		Won
New York Film Critics Circle Awards^[17]	December 3, 2012	Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Won
		Best Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Won
New York Film Critics Online Awards^[18]	December 9, 2012	Top 10 Films of 2012		Won
		Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Won
Producers Guild of America Awards^[19]	January 26, 2013	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards^[20]	December 11, 2012	Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards^[20]	December 11, 2012	Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	December 16, 2012	Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Won
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	December 16, 2012	Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Won
Satellite Awards^[21]	December 16, 2012	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Actor - Motion Picture	Daniel Day-Lewis	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
		Best Original Score	John Williams	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Janusz Kamiński	Nominated
		Best Art Direction and Production Design	Curt Beech, Rick Carter, David Crank, and Leslie McDonald	Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards^[22]	January 27, 2013	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Tommy Lee Jones	Won
		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Sally Field	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	December 10, 2012	Best Picture		Nominated
		Best Director	Steven Spielberg	Nominated
		Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Sally Field	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
		Best Ensemble		Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Rick Carter and Jim Erickson	Nominated
		Best Score	John Williams	Nominated
Women Film Critics Awards	December 22, 2012	Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	Won
Women Film Critics Awards	December 22, 2012	Best Male Images		Won
Writers Guild of America Awards^[23]^[24]	February 17, 2013	Best Adapted Screenplay	Tony Kushner	Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards^[23]^[24]	February 17, 2013	Paul Selvin Award	Tony Kushner	Won

References

^ Breznican, Anthony (April 13, 2011). "Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' gets its Mary Todd: Sally Field". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
^ Fischer, Russ (November 19, 2010). "Daniel Day-Lewis to Star in Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'". /Film.
^ McClintock, Pamela (January 23, 2012). "Fox Partnering with DreamWorks on Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
^ "AFI Awards 2012". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
^ Garry, Maddox (9 January 2013). "Jackman, Kidman up for AACTA awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
^ "2012 Winners". Boston Society of Film Critics. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
^ "'Lincoln' dominates BAFTA nominations, earning 10". Los Angeles Times. 9 January 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
^ "2012 Chicago Film Critics Awards". Chicago Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
^ "'LINCOLN' LEADS THE 18TH ANNUAL CRITICS' CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS NOMINATIONS WITH A RECORD 13 NOMS". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
^ "The 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
^ "Affleck, Spielberg, Bigelow among Directors Guild film nominees". DGA. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
^ "Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Announce Dorian Award Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. January 9, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
^ "Gay Critics Name Hathaway, "Argo"…And "Liz & Dick" Winners Of 2013 Dorian Awards". Queerty. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
^ "2013 Golden Globe Nominations". HFPA. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
^ "Disney, 'Iron Man 3' Dominate 2013 Golden Trailer Awards". Deadline Hollywood. May 5, 2013. Archived from the original on May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ "2013 National Board Of Review Awards". MovieCityNews.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
^ NYFCC. "2012 Awards". NYFCC. NYFCC. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
^ "New York Film Critics Online Hail "Zero Dark Thirty"". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 December 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
^ "PGA Motion Picture Nominees Announced". PGA. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
^ "San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2012". SDFCS. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
^ "17th Satellite Awards Nominations". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
^ "Nominations Announced for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". 2012-12-11. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
^ "2013 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominations Announced". WGA. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
^ "The Paul Selvin Award". Writers Guild Awards. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

External links

Awards for Lincoln at IMDb

[1] Breznican, Anthony (April 13, 2011). "Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' gets its Mary Todd: Sally Field". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

[2] Fischer, Russ (November 19, 2010). "Daniel Day-Lewis to Star in Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'". /Film.

[3] McClintock, Pamela (January 23, 2012). "Fox Partnering with DreamWorks on Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2012.

[4] "AFI Awards 2012". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

[5] Garry, Maddox (9 January 2013). "Jackman, Kidman up for AACTA awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

[6] "2012 Winners". Boston Society of Film Critics. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

[7] "'Lincoln' dominates BAFTA nominations, earning 10". Los Angeles Times. 9 January 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2013.

[8] "2012 Chicago Film Critics Awards". Chicago Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2012.

[9] "'LINCOLN' LEADS THE 18TH ANNUAL CRITICS' CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS NOMINATIONS WITH A RECORD 13 NOMS". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

[10] "The 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

[11] "Affleck, Spielberg, Bigelow among Directors Guild film nominees". DGA. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2013.

[12] "Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Announce Dorian Award Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. January 9, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

[13] "Gay Critics Name Hathaway, "Argo"…And "Liz & Dick" Winners Of 2013 Dorian Awards". Queerty. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

[14] "2013 Golden Globe Nominations". HFPA. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.

[15] "Disney, 'Iron Man 3' Dominate 2013 Golden Trailer Awards". Deadline Hollywood. May 5, 2013. Archived from the original on May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

[16] "2013 National Board Of Review Awards". MovieCityNews.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2012.

[17] NYFCC. "2012 Awards". NYFCC. NYFCC. Retrieved December 3, 2012.

[18] "New York Film Critics Online Hail "Zero Dark Thirty"". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 December 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

[19] "PGA Motion Picture Nominees Announced". PGA. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

[20] "San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2012". SDFCS. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

[21] "17th Satellite Awards Nominations". International Press Academy. Retrieved December 5, 2012.

[22] "Nominations Announced for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". 2012-12-11. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

[23] "2013 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominations Announced". WGA. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.

[24] "The Paul Selvin Award". Writers Guild Awards. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

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Films written	Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) Poltergeist (1982) The Goonies (1985)
Films produced	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Super 8 (2011) The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) Maestro (2023) The Color Purple (2023) Music by John Williams (2024) Hamnet (TBA)
Television	"L.A. 2017" (1971) Amazing Stories (1985–1987) High Incident (1996–1997) Invasion America (1998)
Video games	The Dig (1995) Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996) Medal of Honor (1999) Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) Boom Blox (2008) Boom Blox Bash Party (2009)
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