List of accolades received by Life of Pi explained

Life of Pi is a 2012 American 3D adventure drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film is based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee, and stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, and Adil Hussain.

The film premiered on September 28, 2012 as the opening film of the 50th New York Film Festival at the Lincoln Center in New York City, and had its wide-release on November 21, 2012.

List of accolades received by Life of Pi

Accolades Award Won Nominated Academy Awards Annie Awards AACTA Awards American Cinema Editors Awards Art Directors Guild AFI Awards American Society of Cinematographers Awards Alliance of Women Film Journalists British Academy Film Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012 Chicago Film Critics Association Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Directors Guild of America Awards Dorian Awards Golden Globe Awards Golden Reel Awards Grammy Awards Houston Film Critics Society International Film Music Critics Association Awards International 3D Society Irish Film & Television Awards Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards London Film Critics' Circle Awards MTV Movie Awards North Texas Film Critics Association 12th New York Film Critics Online Awards Online Film Critics Society Palm Springs International Film Festival Producers Guild of America Award 17th Satellite Awards Saturn Awards San Diego Film Critics Society San Francisco Film Critics Circle St. Louis Film Critics USC Libraries Scripter Award Visual Effects Society Awards Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association Women Film Critics Circle Writers Guild of America Awards
Total number of awards and nominations
References

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations! Award !! Category !! Recipient(s) !! Result

Academy Awards^[1]	Best Picture	Ang Lee, Gil Netter and David Womark
	Best Director	Ang Lee
	Best Adapted Screenplay	David Magee
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
	Best Film Editing	Tim Squyres
	Best Original Score	Mychael Danna
	Best Original Song	Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri for "Pi's Lullaby"
	Best Production Design	Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
	Best Sound Editing	Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
	Best Sound Mixing	Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
	Best Visual Effects	Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott
Annie Awards^[2]	Character Animation in a Live Action Production	Orangutan – Erik-Jan de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey
		Tiger – Erik-Jan de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl
AACTA International Awards^[3]	Best Film	Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
	Best Direction	Ang Lee
American Cinema Editors Awards^[4]	Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)	Tim Squyres
Art Directors Guild^[5]	Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film	David Gropman
AFI Awards^[6]	Movies of the Year	Ang Lee, Gil Netter, and David Womark
American Society of Cinematographers Awards^[7]	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
Alliance of Women Film Journalists^[8]	Best Cinematography
British Academy Film Awards^[9]	Best Picture	Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
	Director	Ang Lee
	Adapted Screenplay	David Magee
	Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
	Production Design	David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
	Editing	Tim Squyres
	Sound	Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill
	Special Visual Effects	Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, Donald R. Elliott
	Original Music	Mychael Danna
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012^[10]	Best Picture
	Best Director	Ang Lee
	Young Actor	Suraj Sharma
	Best Adapted Screenplay	David Magee
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
	Best Art Direction	David Gropman/Production Designer; Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
	Best Editing	Tim Squyres
	Best Visual Effects
	Best Score	Mychael Danna
Chicago Film Critics Association^[11]	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association^[12]	Top Ten Films
	Best Director	Ang Lee
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
Directors Guild of America Awards^[13]	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Ang Lee
Dorian Awards^[14] ^[15]	Visually Striking Film of the Year
Golden Globe Awards^[16]	Best Motion Picture – Drama
	Best Director	Ang Lee
	Best Original Score	Mychael Danna
Golden Reel Awards^[17] ^[18]	Filmmaker Award	Ang Lee
	Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film	Music Editor: Erich Stratmann Additional Music Editor: Mitch Bederman
	Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film	Supervising Sound Editors: Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton Supervising ADR Editor: Kenton Jakub
	Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film	Supervising Sound Editor: Philip Stockton Sound Designer: Eugene Gearty Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Kern Foley Artist: Marko Constanzo Editors: Kam Chan, Jamie Baker
Grammy Awards^[19]	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Mychael Danna
Houston Film Critics Society^[20]	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
	Best Original Score	Mychael Danna
	Technical Achievement
International Film Music Critics Association Awards^[21]	Film Score of the Year	Mychael Danna
	Film Composer of the Year
	Best Original Score for a Drama Film
	Film Music Composition of the Year – Pi's Lullaby	Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
International 3D Society^[22] ^[23]	Live Action 3D Feature
	Stereography – Live Action
	3D Moment of the Year	"Fish Flying Over Boat"
	Harold Lloyd Award	Ang Lee
Irish Film & Television Awards^[24]	International Film
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards^[25]	Best Director	Ang Lee
London Film Critics' Circle Awards^[26]	Director Of The Year
	Technical Achievement	Bill Westenhofer
MTV Movie Awards^[27]	Breakthrough Performance	Suraj Sharma
	Best Scared-As-S**T Performance
North Texas Film Critics Association^[28]	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
12th New York Film Critics Online Awards^[29]	Top 10 Films of 2012
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
Online Film Critics Society^[30]	Best Cinematography
Palm Springs International Film Festival^[31]	Frederick Loewe Award	Mychael Danna
Producers Guild of America Award^[32]	Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures	Ang Lee, Gil Netter, and David Womark
17th Satellite Awards^[33]	Best Picture
	Adapted Screenplay	David Magee
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
	Best Sound Mixing & Editing	Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
	Best Visual Effects	Bill Westenhofer
Saturn Awards^[34]	Best Fantasy Film
	Best Director	Ang Lee
	Best Writing	David Magee
	Best Production Design	David Gropman
	Best Editing	Tim Squyres
	Best Visual Effects	Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott
	Best Music	Mychael Danna
	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Suraj Sharma
San Diego Film Critics Society^[35]	Best Director	Ang Lee
	Best Adapted Screenplay	David Magee
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
	Best Editing	Tim Squyres
	Best Score	Mychael Danna
San Francisco Film Critics Circle^[36]	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
St. Louis Film Critics^[37]	Best Film
	Best Director	Ang Lee
	Best Adapted Screenplay	David Magee
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
	Best Visual Effects
USC Libraries Scripter Award^[38]	Scripter Award	David Magee
Visual Effects Society Awards^[39]	VES Visionary Award	Ang Lee
	Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects – Driven Feature Motion Picture	Thomas Fisher, Susan Macleod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer
	Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture	Richard Parker – Erik-Jan de Boer, Sean Comer, Betsy Asher Hall, Kai-Hua Lan
	Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture	Open Ocean – Jason Bayever, Sho Hasegawa, Jimmy Jewell, Walt Jones
	Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture	Storm of God – Harry Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe
		Ocean – Jason Bayever, David Horsley, Scott Townsend, Miles Vignol
	Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture	Storm of God – Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher
Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association^[40]	Best Adapted Screenplay	David Magee
	Best Cinematography	Claudio Miranda
Women Film Critics Circle	Best Family Film	Life of Pi – Tied with Rise of the Guardians
Writers Guild of America Award^[41]	Adapted Screenplay	David Magee

Notes and References

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6. News: AFI AWARDS 2012. December 6, 2012.
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32. News: 2013 PRODUCERS GUILD AWARD WINNERS. January 28, 2013. producersguild.org. January 28, 2013.
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34. News: The Hobbit, Life of Pi and Skyfall Top Saturn Awards Nominations. February 20, 2013. ign.com. February 20, 2013.
35. News: 2012 Awards. December 11, 2012. sdfcs.org. December 11, 2012.
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39. News: ES Awards 2013: 'Life of Pi' Wins Top Prize. Feb 5, 2013. visualeffectssociety.com. Feb 5, 2013.
40. News: The 2012 WAFCA Awards. December 14, 2012. December 10, 2012.
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