List of accolades received by Tenet

Tenet is a 2020 science fiction spy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also co-produced the film with Emma Thomas, under Syncopy Inc.[1] A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.[2][3] The film follows a CIA agent who learns how to manipulate the flow of time to prevent an attack from the future that threatens to annihilate the present world.[4]

Tenet accolades
Photo of Christopher Nolan at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Christopher Nolan received several accolades for his direction and screenplay.
Totals[a]
Wins46
Nominations129
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Distributed by Warner Bros.,[5] Tenet was released in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020 and in the United States on September 3,[6] after being delayed three times because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] It was the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theaters after the pandemic shutdown, and grossed $363 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2020.[7] The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its ambition, direction, score, visual effects, action sequences, and Washington, Debicki and Pattinson's performances, but criticized its story, and sound mixing.[8][9]

Among its numerous awards and nominations, the film was nominated for Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects at the 93rd Academy Awards, winning the latter. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 74th British Academy Film Awards, and received nominations for five Critics' Choice Awards (winning one), a Golden Globe Award, five Satellite Awards (winning one), nine Saturn Awards (winning one), and one Hugo Award nomination.

Accolades

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Accolades received by Tenet
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards April 25, 2021 Best Production Design Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas Nominated [10]
Best Visual Effects Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott Fisher Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 4, 2021 Most Egregious Lovers' Age Difference Award Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh Won [11]
Art Directors Guild Awards April 10, 2021 Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film Nathan Crowley Won [12]
Austin Film Critics Association Awards March 19, 2021 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [13]
Best Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Best Film Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated
Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance Andrew Jackson Nominated
Best Stunts Tenet Nominated
Black Reel Awards April 11, 2021 Outstanding Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [14]
Outstanding Production Design Nathan Crowley Nominated
BMI Film & TV Awards July 12, 2021 Theatrical Film Award Ludwig Göransson Won [15]
British Academy Film Awards April 11, 2021 Best Special Visual Effects Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley Won [16]
British Film Designers Guild May 19, 2021 Best Production Design International Studio Feature Film – Fantasy Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas, Toby Britton, Eggert Ketilsson, Jenne Lee, Emmanuel Delis and Anna Pinnock Won [17]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 21, 2020 Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated [18]
Best Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated
Best Use of Visual Effects Tenet Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards March 7, 2021 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [19]
Best Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas Nominated
Best Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Best Visual Effects Tenet Won
Critics' Choice Super Awards January 10, 2021 Best Action Movie Tenet Nominated [20]
Best Actor in an Action Movie John David Washington Nominated
Chinese American Film Festival November 9, 2020 Golden Angel Award for Most Popular U.S. Film in China Tenet Won [21]
Detroit Film Critics Society February 28, 2021 Best Use of Music Tenet Nominated [22]
Dragon Awards September 7, 2021 Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie Tenet Nominated [23]
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 21, 2020 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [24]
Best Score Ludwig Göransson Runner-up
Best Visual Effects Andrew Jackson Runner-up
Golden Globe Awards February 28, 2021 Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated [25]
Golden Reel Awards April 16, 2021 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film Richard King, Michael W. Mitchell, Joseph Fraioli, Mark Larry, Bruce Tanis, Angela Ang, John Cucci, Catherine Harper, John Roesch, Katie Rose, Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana, Shelley Roden, Dan O'Connell, and John Cucci Nominated [26]
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Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore Alex Gibson and Nicholas Fitzgerald Won
Golden Trailer Awards July 22, 2021 Best Action Poster "IMAX Art" (Leroy & Rose) Nominated [28]
Best Action/Thriller TrailerByte for a Feature Film "Explosive Wait" (Trailer Park, Inc.) Nominated
Hochi Film Awards December 2, 2020 Best Foreign Language Film Tenet Won [29]
Hollywood Critics Association Awards March 5, 2021 Best Action Film Tenet Nominated [30]
Best Blockbuster Film Tenet Nominated
Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated
Best Visual Effects Andrew Jackson Nominated
Best Stunt Work Tenet Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Awards January 27, 2021 Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Ludwig Göransson Won [31]
Best Original Song in a Feature Film "The Plan" – Jacques Webster II, Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde, and Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society January 18, 2021 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [32]
Best Visual Effects Tenet Won
Best Stunt Coordination Team Won
Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Huading Awards January 10, 2021 Best Global Motion Picture Tenet Won [33]
Best Global Director for a Motion Picture Christopher Nolan Nominated
Hugo Awards January 19, 2021 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Christopher Nolan Nominated [34]
International Cinephile Society February 20, 2021 Best Sound Design Willie D. Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell and Gary A. Rizzo Nominated [35]
International Film Music Critics Association February 18, 2021 Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film Ludwig Göransson Nominated [36]
Japan Academy Film Prize March 19, 2021 Outstanding Foreign Language Film Tenet Nominated [37]
Location Managers Guild Awards October 23, 2021 Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film Janice Polley, Julie Hannum and Klaus Darrelman Won [38]
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London Film Critics' Circle Awards February 7, 2021 Technical Achievement Award Jennifer Lame (film editing) Nominated [40]
Nikkan Sports Film Awards December 28, 2020 Best Foreign Film Tenet Nominated
Online Film Critics Society January 25, 2021 Best Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated [41]
Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated
Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Technical Achievement Awards – Visual Effects Tenet Won
People's Choice Awards November 15, 2020 The Action Movie of 2020 Tenet Nominated [42]
The Action Movie Star of 2020 John David Washington Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards January 11, 2021 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [43]
Best Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley Nominated
Best Visual Effects Tenet Won
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards January 18, 2021 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [44]
Best Film Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas Nominated
Satellite Awards February 15, 2021 Best Motion Picture – Drama Tenet Nominated [45]
Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated
Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) Willie D. Burton, Richard King, Kevin O'Connell, and Gary A. Rizzo Nominated
Best Visual Effects Andrew Jackson and Scott R. Fisher Won
Saturn Awards October 26, 2021 Best Science Fiction Film Tenet Nominated [46]
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Best Director Christopher Nolan Nominated
Best Writing Nominated
Best Actor John David Washington Won
Best Supporting Actor Robert Pattinson Nominated
Best Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated
Best Music Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley Nominated
Best Special / Visual Effects Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, and Mike Chambers Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards February 15, 2021 Best Film Editing Jennifer Lame Nominated [48]
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas Nominated
Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Best Action Choreography Tenet Won
Best Visual Effects Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, and Mike Chambers Won
Set Decorators Society of America Awards April 1, 2021 Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Feature Film Kathy Lucas and Nathan Crowley Won [49]
Society of Composers & Lyricists March 1, 2021 Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film Ludwig Göransson Nominated [50]
St. Louis Film Critics Association January 19, 2021 Best Action Film Tenet Won [51]
Best Visual Effects Won
Best Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards April 6, 2021 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Andrew Jackson, Mike Chambers, Andrew Lockley, David Lee, and Scott Fisher Nominated [52]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association February 8, 2021 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated [53]
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Best Score Ludwig Göransson Nominated
Best Editing Jennifer Lame Won
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas Nominated
Webby Awards May 18, 2021 Social – Television/Film Tenet Nominated [55]

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Sources

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