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All the awards and nominations of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Le scaphandre et le papillon (Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
2007 France
Julian Schnabel
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny ...
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Drama
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At 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the rakishly successful and charismatic editor in chief of French Elle was a man defined by his passion for life. On December 1995, he suffered a massive stroke and his brain stem was rendered inactive. In these few bewildering moments, his life was forever changed. After lapsing into a coma, he awoke 20 days later to find himself the victim of a rare locked-in syndrome - mentally alert but permanently ... [+]
80th Academy Awards (2008) - Movies from 2007
nom.
Best Director (Julian Schnabel)
nom.
Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
nom.
Best Film Editing (Juliette Welfling)
nom.
Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
65th Golden Globes Awards (2008) - Movies from 2007
winner
Best Director (Julian Schnabel)
nom.
Best Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
winner
Best Foreign Language Film
BAFTA 2008: British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Movies and Series from 2007)
winner
Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
nom.
Best Film Not in the English Language
33th Cesar Awards (French Academy) (2008) - Films from 2007
nom.
Best Film (Meilleur film)
nom.
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) (Julian Schnabel)
winner
Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) (Mathieu Amalric)
nom.
Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleure adaptation) (Ronald Harwood)
nom.
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie) (Janusz Kaminski)
winner
Best Editing (Meilleur montage) (Juliette Welfling)
nom.
Best Sound (Meilleur son) (Jean-Paul Mugel , Francis Wargnier, Dominique Gaborieau)
Cannes Film Festival 2007
nom.
Golden Palm: Best Picture
winner
Award for Best Director (Julian Schnabel)
winner
Technical Prize
Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Movies from 2007
nom.
Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
23 Independent Spirit Awards
nom.
Best Feature
winner
Best Director (Julian Schnabel)
nom.
Best Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
winner
Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
Producers Guild Awards (PGA) 2008 - Movies from 2007
nom.
Best Film (Outstanding Production)
NSFC - National Society of Film Critics Awards 2007
nom.
Best Picture
nom.
Best Director (Julian Schnabel)
nom.
Best Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
nom.
Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
nom.
Best Foreign Language Film
NBR (National Board of Review) - Awards for 2007
winner
Best Foreign Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2007
nom.
Best Picture (Runner Up)
nom.
Best Director (Julian Schnabel)
winner
Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
nom.
Best Foreign Film
David di Donatello Awards 2008
nom.
Best European Union Film
Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 2007 Productions
nom.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (Julian Schnabel)
13th Critics' Choice Awards
nom.
Best Picture
nom.
Best Direction (Julian Schnabel)
winner
Best Foreign Language Film
Chicago Film Critics Awards 2007
nom.
Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
nom.
Best Foreign Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2007
nom.
Best Film
winner
Best Direction (Julian Schnabel)
nom.
Best Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
winner
Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
winner
Best Non-English Language Film
11th British Independent Film Awards (2008)
nom.
Best International Independent Film
American Film Institute (AFI) - Top 10 Film & TV (2007)
nom.
Top 10 - Movies of the Year (in alphabetical order)
8 Grand Prize of Brazilian Cinema
nom.
Best International Film
12th Satellite Awards
winner
Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
winner
Auteur Award (Julian Schnabel)
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