Wayne Blair at an event for Les Saphirs (2012)

Awards

Wayne Blair

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17 wins & 23 nominations

Aspen Filmfest

2012 Winner Audience Award
- Audience Favorite Feature
- Les Saphirs

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2024 Nominee FCCA Award
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The New Boy
2013 Nominee FCCA Award
- Best Director
- Les Saphirs

Australian Film Institute

2005 Nominee AFI Award
- Best Screenplay in a Short Film
- The Djarn Djarns

Australian Writers' Guild

2021 Nominee Awgie Award
- Documentary - Public Broadcast
- Firestarter
Shared with: Nel Minchin

Berlin International Film Festival

2005 Winner Crystal Bear
- Best Short Film
- The Djarn Djarns

Cannes Film Festival

2012 Nominee Golden Camera
- Les Saphirs

Chicago International Film Festival

2012 Nominee Gold Hugo
- Best International Feature
- Les Saphirs

Denver Film Festival

2012 Winner People's Choice Award
- Best Narrative Film
- Les Saphirs

Hamburg Film Festival

2012 Nominee Art Cinema Award
- Les Saphirs

Haifa International Film Festival

2015 Nominee Tobias Spencer Award
- Insurrection

Logie Awards

2019 Nominee Silver Logie
- Most Outstanding Supporting Actor
- Mystery Road

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2013 Winner Directors to Watch
- Les Saphirs
2013 Winner Audience Award
- Best Narrative Feature
- Les Saphirs

Portland International Film Festival

2013 Winner Audience Award
- Best Narrative Feature
- Les Saphirs
2013 Winner Audience Award
- Best New Director
- Les Saphirs

Sydney Film Festival

2003 Winner Award for Australian Short Film
- Fiction Under 15 Minutes
- Black Talk

Bombay International Film Festival

2012 Nominee Golden Gateway
- Les Saphirs

Australian Directors Guild

2013 Nominee ADG Award
- Best Direction in a Feature Film
- Les Saphirs

Key West Film Festival

2012 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Film
- Les Saphirs

Australian Directors Guild Awards

2022 Nominee ADG Award
- Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Episode
- Total Control
2021 Nominee ADG Award
- Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Episode
- Mystery Road
2021 Winner ADG Award
- Best Direction in a Documentary Feature
- Firestarter
Shared with: Nel Minchin
2020 Nominee ADG Award
- Best Direction in a Feature Film
- Top End Wedding

Adelaide Film Festival

2020 Nominee International Documentary Award
- Best Documentary
- Firestarter
Shared with: Nel Minchin
2020 Winner International Documentary Award
- Best Documentary
- Firestarter
Shared with: Nel Minchin

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

2023 Nominee AFCA Award
- Best Supporting Actor
- The New Boy
2013 Nominee AFCA Award
- Best Director
- Les Saphirs

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

2025 Nominee AACTA Award
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
- Total Control
2024 Nominee AACTA Award
- Best Supporting Actor in Film
- The New Boy
2022 Nominee AACTA Award
- Best Comedy Performer
- Aftertaste
2020 Nominee AACTA Award
- Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy
- Mystery Road
Episode 4: "Broken (2020)"
2020 Winner AACTA Award
- Best Documentary
- Firestarter
Shared with: Nel Minchin · Ivan O'Mahoney

The Equity Ensemble Awards

2019 Winner The Equity Award
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series
- Mystery Road
Shared with: Aaron Pedersen · Judy Davis · Deborah Mailman · Colin Friels · Anthony Hayes · John Waters · Tasma Walton · Tasia Zalar · Madeleine Madden · Ernie Dingo · Aaron L. McGrath · Rohan Mirchandaney · Meyne Wyatt · Connor Van Vuuren · Eddie Baroo · Ningali Lawford · Jessica Falkholt · Benjamin Hoetjes · Kris McQuade
2014 Winner The Equity Award
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series
- Redfern Now
Shared with: Tammy Clarkson · Ernie Dingo · Lisa Flanagan · Noni Hazlehurst · Miah Madden · Kirk Page · Caren Pistorius · Saskia Williscroft · Meyne Wyatt · Ursula Yovich
2013 Winner The Equity Award
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Series in a Drama Series
- Redfern Now
Shared with: Lisa Flanagan · Deborah Mailman · Aaron L. McGrath · Kelton Pell · Leah Purcell · Tessa Rose · Shari Sebbens · Ursula Yovich

Asian Academy Creative Awards

2019 Nominee Asian Academy Creative Award
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Mystery Road

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