List of awards and nominations received by Twin Peaks explained

Twin Peaks
Wins:16
Nominations:60

Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, that aired on the ABC network from April 8, 1990 to June 10, 1991. The series centers on the investigation into the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer in the small rural town in Washington state after which the series is named.

Since the broadcast of the pilot episode, Twin Peaks earned widespread critical acclaim. The show earned a George Foster Peabody Award, a BRIT Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, three TCA Awards, and two Emmy Awards.

Kyle MacLachlan received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. Piper Laurie, who was nominated for two Emmy Awards—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1990 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1991—won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 1990.

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominee(s)Result
American Society of Cinematographers Awards1991Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or PilotRonald Víctor García (for "Northwest Passage")[1]
Artios Awards1990Best Casting for TV, Dramatic EpisodicJohanna Ray[2]
BPG TV and Radio Awards1991Best Imported TV ProgrammeTwin Peaks[3]
BRIT Awards1991Soundtrack/Cast RecordingSoundtrack from Twin Peaks[4]
Directors Guild of America Awards1991Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - NightLeslie Linka Glatter (for "Cooper's Dreams")[5]
George Foster Peabody Awards1991Honoree[6]
Golden Globe Awards1991Best Television Series – DramaTwin Peaks[7]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - DramaKyle MacLachlan
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionPiper Laurie
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionSherilynn Fenn
Grammy Awards1991Best Pop Instrumental PerformanceAngelo Badalamenti (for "Twin Peaks Theme")[8]
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionAngelo Badalamenti (for Soundtrack from Twin Peaks)
Los mejores de TP1991Best Foreign SeriesTwin Peaks[9]
Primetime Emmy Awards1990Outstanding Drama SeriesTwin Peaks[10]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesKyle MacLachlan
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesPiper Laurie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesSherilynn Fenn (for "Northwest Passage", "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer", and "Realization Time")
Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesDavid Lynch (for "Northwest Passage")
Outstanding Writing for a Drama SeriesDavid Lynch and Mark Frost (for "Northwest Passage")
Outstanding Writing for a Drama SeriesHarley Peyton (for "Rest in Pain")
1991Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesKyle MacLachlan (for "Arbitrary Law")
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesPiper Laurie (for "Demons" and "Masked Ball")
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards1990Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a SeriesPatricia Norris (for "Northwest Passage")
Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme MusicAngelo Badalamenti and David Lynch
Outstanding Achievement in Music and LyricsAngelo Badalamenti and David Lynch (for "Into the Night")
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)Angelo Badalamenti (for "Traces to Nowhere")
Outstanding Art Direction for a SeriesPatricia Norris and Leslie Morales (for "Northwest Passage")
Outstanding Editing for a Series (Single-Camera Production)Duwayne Dunham (for "Northwest Passage")
Outstanding Sound Editing for a SeriesJohn A. Larsen, Matt Sawelson, John Haeny, Pat McCormick, Albert Edmund Lord III, Fred Cipriano, Bruce P. Michaels, Lori L. Eschler (for "The Last Evening")
1991Outstanding Sound Editing for a SeriesRichard Taylor, Pat McCormick, Richard F.W. Davis, Thomas DeGorter, Albert Edmund Lord III, Lori L. Eschler (for "On the Wings of Love")
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama SeriesDon Summer, Gary Alexander, Adam Jenkins (for "On the Wings of Love")
Satellite Awards2007Best DVD Release of a TV ShowTwin Peaks (for Season 2)[11]
Saturn Awards2008Best Retro Television Series on DVDTwin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition[12]
2015Best DVD or Blu-ray TV SeriesTwin Peaks: The Entire Mystery[13]
Soap Opera Digest Awards1991Outstanding Prime Time ShowTwin Peaks[14]
Outstanding Lead Actor: Prime TimeKyle MacLachlan
Outstanding Supporting Actor: Prime TimeEverett McGill
Outstanding Supporting Actress: Prime TimeMädchen Amick
Outstanding Supporting Actress: Prime TimePeggy Lipton
Outstanding Hero: Prime TimeMichael Ontkean
Outstanding Heroine: Prime TimeLara Flynn Boyle
Outstanding Villain: Prime TimeRichard Beymer
Outstanding Villainess: Prime TimePiper Laurie
Outstanding Storyline: Prime TimeWho killed Laura Palmer?
1992Outstanding Prime Time ShowTwin Peaks[15]
Outstanding Actor: Prime TimeKyle MacLachlan
Outstanding Actress: Prime TimePiper Laurie
Best Death Scene: Prime TimeSheryl Lee as Maddy Ferguson
TCA Awards1990Program of the YearTwin Peaks[16]
Outstanding Achievement in DramaTwin Peaks
2010Heritage Award
2011Heritage Award
2012Heritage Award
2013Heritage Award
2014Heritage Award
2015Heritage Award
2016Heritage Award
2024Heritage Award
Telegatto1991Best Foreign TV SeriesTwin Peaks[17]
TV Land Awards2006Favorite Dream SequenceDream sequences featuring "The Man From Another Place"[18]
Viewers for Quality Television Awards1991Best Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesKyle MacLachlan[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past ASC Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20101112231205/http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php . . November 12, 2010.
  2. Web site: 1990 Artios Awards . Casting Society of America.
  3. Web site: 1991 . Broadcasting Press Guild.
  4. Web site: 1991 . BRIT Awards.
  5. Web site: Awards / History / 1990 . Directors Guild of America.
  6. Web site: “Twin Peaks” for the Premiere Episode . George Foster Peabody Awards.
  7. Web site: Twin Peaks . Golden Globe Awards.
  8. Web site: Angelo Badalamenti . Grammy Awards.
  9. . No. 1302 . . . March 18, 1991.
  10. Web site: Twin Peaks - Nominations and Wins . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
  11. Web site: 2007 12th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080122102236/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2007.shtml#topofpage . January 22, 2008 . International Press Academy.
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014012246/http://www.saturnawards.org/34_winners.doc 34 Winners
  13. News: S. Cohen . David . ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Interstellar’ Shine at Saturn Awards . June 26, 2015 . Variety.
  14. Web site: 1991 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110210205424/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1991/ . February 10, 2011 . Soap Opera Digest.
  15. Web site: 1992 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110210205429/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1992 . February 10, 2011 . Soap Opera Digest.
  16. Web site: TCA Awards . Television Critics Association.
  17. Web site: Correva l'anno 1991 quando "Twin Peaks" vinceva ai "Telegatti" . July 19, 2021 . . it.
  18. Web site: Awards . IMDb.
  19. Web site: A History of VQT Award Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20000311204001/http://www.vqt.org/q.htm#top . . March 11, 2000.

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