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Alan Bennett is an English playwright known for his work film, theatre and television.
He has received various awards for his work in film, television and theatre. For film he earned an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for The Madness of King George (1994). He also received four British Academy Film Award nominations for A Private Function (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), and The Madness of King George (1994), winning Outstanding British Film for the latter. For his work on television he has received eight British Academy Television Awards for Talking Heads (1989), Screen Two (1992), and Talking Heads 2 winning for the latter.
For his work in theatre he has received four competitive Laurence Olivier Awards for his work on the West End. He won for Single Spies in 1990, Talking Heads in 1992, and The History Boys in 2005. That same year he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. He has also received two Tony Awards for his work on the Broadway stage. He won a Special Tony Award in 1963 for Beyond The Fringe alongside Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. He also won Best Play for The History Boys in 2005. He also won a Drama Desk Award, five Evening Standard Theatre Awards, three New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, two London Film Critics Circle Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| The Madness of King George | [1] | ||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| British Academy Film Awards | |||||
| A Private Function | [2] | ||||
| Prick Up Your Ears | [3] | ||||
| The Madness of King George | [4] | ||||
| 1989 | Talking Heads A Chip in the Sugar | [5] | |||
| Talking Heads A Cream Cracker under the Settee | |||||
| Talking Heads A Bed Among the Lentils | |||||
| Talking Heads A Lady of Letters | |||||
| 1992 | Screen Two A Question of Attribution | [6] | |||
| Screen Two 102 Boulevard Haussmann | |||||
| 1999 | Talking Heads 2 Waiting for the Telegram | [7] | |||
| Talking Heads 2 Playing Sandwiches | |||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| Single Spies | [8] | ||||
| Talking Heads | [9] | ||||
| The Madness of George III | |||||
| The Lady in the Van | [10] | ||||
| The History Boys | [11] | ||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| Beyond the Fringe (shared with Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore) | [12] | ||||
| The History Boys | [13] | ||||