A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

Awards

A Lesson Before Dying

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12 wins & 19 nominations

Banff Television Festival

2000 Winner Banff Rockie Award
- Best Made for TV Movie

Cinema Audio Society, USA

2000 Nominee C.A.S. Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - MOW's and Mini-Series
- Rick Ash (re-recording mixer)
- Gary Alexander (re-recording mixer)
- Shirley Libby (production mixer)

Costume Designers Guild Awards

2000 Nominee CDG Award
- Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series
- Hope Hanafin

Directors Guild of America, USA

2000 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television
- Joseph Sargent

Primetime Emmy Awards

1999 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Made for Television Movie
- Robi Reed (casting executive)
- Shay Griffin (location casting executive)
1999 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie
- Joseph Sargent
1999 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Don Cheadle
For playing: "Grant Wiggins".
1999 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Cicely Tyson
For playing: "Tante Lou".
1999 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Made for Television Movie
- Ellen M. Krass (executive producer)
- Joel Stillerman (executive producer)
- Ted Demme (executive producer)
- Robert Benedetti

Satellite Awards

2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture Made for Television
2000 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Don Cheadle

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards

2000 Winner Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award
- Best Character Makeup - Television (for a Mini-Series or Movie of the Week)
- Douglas Noe

Humanitas Prize

2000 Winner Humanitas Prize
- PBS/Cable Category
- Ann Peacock

Image Awards (NAACP)

2000 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special
2000 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special
- Don Cheadle
2000 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special
- Mekhi Phifer
2000 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special
- Cicely Tyson

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2000 Nominee Golden Reel Award
- Best Sound Editing - Television Movies and Specials (including Mini-Series) - Music
- Chris Ledesma (music editor)

National Board of Review, USA

1999 Winner NBR Award
- Best Film Made for Cable TV

Peabody Awards

2000 Winner Peabody Award

San Francisco International Film Festival

2000 Winner Silver Spire
- Television - Drama-Television Feature
- Joseph Sargent
- Robert Benedetti

Young Artist Awards

2000 Nominee Young Artist Award
- Best Family TV Movie or Pilot - Cable

Black Reel Awards

2000 Winner Black Reel
- Network/Cable - Best Actor
- Don Cheadle
2000 Winner Black Reel
- Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actor
- Mekhi Phifer
2000 Winner Black Reel
- Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actress
- Cicely Tyson
2000 Nominee Black Reel
- Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actress
- Lisa Arrindell
2000 Winner Black Reel
- Network/Cable - Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
- Ernest J. Gaines

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