Lee Daniels in Precious (2009)

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Lee Daniels

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32 wins & 31 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2010 Nominee Oscar
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Precious
Shared with: Sarah Siegel-Magness · Gary Magness
2010 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Precious

Acapulco Black Film Festival

2014 Winner Hollywood Award
- Movie of the Year
- Le majordome
Shared with: Pamela Oas Williams · Cassian Elwes · Buddy Patrick · Laura Ziskin
2014 Nominee Hollywood Award
- Best Director
- Le majordome

BAFTA Awards

2010 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Film
- Precious
Shared with: Sarah Siegel-Magness · Gary Magness

Critics Choice Awards

2010 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Director
- Precious

Cannes Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Winner Russell Smith Award
- Precious
2009 Nominee DFWFCA Award
- Best Director
- Precious

Deauville Film Festival

Directors Guild of America, USA

2010 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Precious

GLAAD Media Awards

2010 Winner Davidson/Valentini Award

Satellite Awards

2009 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Director
- Precious

Hawaii International Film Festival

2009 Winner Audience Award
- Best Narrative Feature
- Precious
Tied with Princess Ka'iulani (2009).

Hollywood Film Awards

2013 Winner Hollywood Film Award
- Director of the Year
- Le majordome

Image Awards (NAACP)

2016 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
- Empire
Episode: "Pilot (2015)"
Shared with: Danny Strong
2016 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
- Empire
Episode: "Pilot (2015)"
2014 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
- Le majordome
2010 Winner Image Award
- Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
- Precious

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2010 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best Feature
- Precious
Shared with: Sarah Siegel-Magness · Gary Magness
2010 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Precious
2005 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best First Feature
- The Woodsman
Shared with: Nicole Kassell

PGA Awards

2010 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Precious
Shared with: Sarah Siegel-Magness · Gary Magness
2010 Winner Stanley Kramer Award
- Precious
Shared with: Sarah Siegel-Magness · Gary Magness

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

2013 Nominee Best of Puchon
- Paperboy

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

2011 Nominee Robert
- Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
- Precious

San Sebastián International Film Festival

St. Louis International Film Festival

2009 Winner Audience Choice Award
- Best Feature Film
- Precious

Stockholm Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

2009 Winner Grand Jury Prize
- Dramatic
- Precious
2009 Winner Audience Award
- Dramatic
- Precious

Toronto International Film Festival

Urbanworld Film Festival

2002 Winner MECCA Movie Award
- Visionary Award

Walk of Fame

2016 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
- Television
On December 2, 2016. At 6533 Hollywood Blvd.

American Black Film Festival

2010 Winner Career Achievement Award

Amanda Awards, Norway

2010 Nominee Amanda
- Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
- Precious

Black Reel Awards

2014 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding Motion Picture
- Le majordome
Shared with: Pamela Oas Williams · Laura Ziskin
2014 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding Director, Motion Picture
- Le majordome
2010 Winner Black Reel
- Best Director
- Precious
2010 Winner Black Reel
- Best Film
- Precious
Shared with: Gary Magness · Sarah Siegel-Magness
2005 Winner Black Reel
- Best Independent Film
- The Woodsman
Shared with: Marvet Britto

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

2010 Winner Audience Award
- PZC Award
- Precious

Capri, Hollywood

2011 Winner Capri Social Award

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Nominee WAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Precious

Cinema for Peace Awards

2014 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
- Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
- Le majordome

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2009 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Picture
- Precious
Shared with: Gary Magness · Sarah Siegel-Magness · Oprah Winfrey · Tom Heller · Tyler Perry

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

2016 Winner Cinema Vanguard Award
2009 Winner AAFCA Award
- Best Director
- Precious

CinEuphoria Awards

2011 Winner CinEuphoria
- Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
- Precious
2011 Winner CinEuphoria
- Top Ten of the Year - International Competition
- Precious

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Nominee HFCS Award
- Best Director
- Precious

Awards Circuit Community Awards

2009 Nominee ACCA
- Best Motion Picture
- Precious
Shared with: Greg Maness · Sarah Siegel-Magness

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

2021 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
- Best Director
- Billie Holiday, une affaire d'État
2010 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
- Best Director
- Precious

The Queerties

2013 Nominee Queerty
- Fab Gay Dad

Seoul International Drama Awards

2015 Nominee Individual Award
- Best Screenwriter
- Empire

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