List of accolades received by Up in the Air explained

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Vera Farmiga, Best Actress in a Supporting Role nominee for Up in the Air at the
82nd Academy Awards
Total number of wins and nominations
References
Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and co-written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner. The film is an adaptation of the eponymous 2001 novel by Walter Kirn. Up in the Air was screened as a "sneak preview" at the Telluride Film Festival on September 6, 2009, before its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2009.[1] [2] Up in the Air was released in the United States on December 4, 2009; playing on 15 screens in its first weekend, it grossed over $1.1 million.[3] [4] The film opened nationwide on December 23, 2009, earning over $11 million its first weekend in wide release. The film earned $79 million over 18 weeks in the United States and Canada, with an additional $83 million in overseas markets.[5]

Up in the Air garnered various awards and nominations, with the nominations in categories ranging from recognition of the film itself to its screenplay, direction and editing, to the performance of the three primary actors – George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick. The film received six Academy Award nominations with Farmiga and Kendrick both receiving nominations for Best Supporting Actress, though the film failed to win any of the awards. At the 63rd British Academy Film Awards, Up in the Air won one award – Best Adapted Screenplay, awarded to Reitman and Turner – out of the five for which it was nominated. The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association named Up in the Air Best Picture and awarded Reitman Best Director and Best Screenplay with Turner. Clooney was given the award for Best Actor. The film also received five nominations at the 67th Golden Globe Awards, with Reitman and Turner taking the award for Best Screenplay. Reitman and Turner also received recognition for the film's screenplay from the Writers Guild of America, where they won the Best Adapted Screenplay award. They received a subsequent twenty more awards and twenty-four nominations overall.

The film garnered five nominations from the Satellite Awards, with Rolfe Kent, the film's score composer, winning the Best Original Score award. Clooney, Farmiga and Kendrick were each nominated for an award at the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards, but ultimately lost out. Kendrick earned an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Rising Star Award from Palm Springs International Film Festival for her role in the film. Up in the Air won Best Film from eleven awards ceremonies, including the Florida Film Critics Circle, and Vancouver Film Critics Circle. The film earned four nominations for Best Cast from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, respectively. Costume designer Danny Glicker was nominated for his work by the Costume Designers Guild in the Contemporary Film category. In addition, the film was included on lists of the ten best films of 2009 by Roger Ebert, the American Film Institute, and The New York Times.[6] [7] [8]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResult
Academy Award[9] [10] March 7, 2010Best PictureDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
American Cinema Editors[11] February 14, 2010 Best Edited Feature FilmDana E. Glauberman
Art Directors Guild[12] [13] February 13, 2010Best Production Design For A Contemporary FilmSteve Saklad
Austin Film Critics Association[14] December 15, 2009Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Supporting ActressAnna Kendrick
Austin Film Festival[15] October 29, 2009Out of Competition Audience AwardUp in the Air
British Academy Film Awards[16] February 21, 2010Best FilmDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman
Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Best EditingDana E. Glauberman
Broadcast Film Critics[17] January 15, 2010Best PictureUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Best Acting EnsembleUp in the Air
Best EditorDana E. Glauberman
Chicago Film Critics Association[18] [19] December 21, 2009Best PictureUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Costume Designers Guild[20] February 25, 2010Best Costume Design – Contemporary FilmDanny Glicker
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[21] [22] December 16, 2009Best PictureUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Detroit Film Critics Society[23] December 11, 2009Best FilmUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Breakthrough PerformanceAnna Kendrick
Directors Guild of America Awards[24] January 30, 2010Jason Reitman
Empire Awards[25] March 28, 2010Best ComedyUp in the Air
Best NewcomerAnna Kendrick
Florida Film Critics Circle[26] December 21, 2009Best FilmUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Golden Globe Awards[27] [28] January 17, 2010Up in the Air
Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Houston Film Critics Society[29] December 19, 2009Best PictureUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Irish Film and Television Awards[30] February 20, 2010Best International ActressAnna Kendrick
London Film Critics' Circle[31] February 18, 2010Film of the YearUp in the Air
Director of the YearJason Reitman
Actor of the YearGeorge Clooney
Actress of the YearVera Farmiga
Los Angeles Film Critics Association[32] December 14, 2009Best FilmUp in the Air
Best ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Anna Kendrick
MTV Movie Awards[33] June 6, 2010Best Breakthrough PerformanceAnna Kendrick
National Board of Review[34] January 12, 2010Best FilmUp in the Air
Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressAnna Kendrick
New York Film Critics[35] December 14, 2009Best FilmUp in the Air
Best ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Palm Springs International Film Festival[36] January 7, 2010Director of the YearJason Reitman
Rising Star AwardAnna Kendrick
Producers Guild of America Awards[37] January 24, 2010Theatrical Motion PictureDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman
Satellite Awards[38] [39] December 20, 2009Best Musical or Comedy FilmUp in the Air
Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Original ScoreRolfe Kent
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressAnna Kendrick
Screen Actors Guild Awards[40] [41] January 23, 2010Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleGeorge Clooney
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[42] December 21, 2009Best FilmUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Toronto Film Critics Association[43] [44] December 16, 2009Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
USC Scripter Award[45] February 6, 2010Best ScriptJason Reitman, Sheldon Turner and Walter Kirn
Vancouver Film Critics Circle[46] January 13, 2010Best FilmUp in the Air
Best DirectorJason Reitman
Best ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics[47] December 7, 2009Up in the Air
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Jason Reitman
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
Best Supporting ActressVera Farmiga
Anna Kendrick
Best Breakthrough PerformanceAnna Kendrick
Best EnsembleUp in the Air
Writers Guild of America Award[48] February 20, 2010Best Adapted ScreenplayJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

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  34. Web site: 2009 National Board of Review Awards . . December 3, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612165922/http://nbrmp.org/awards/ . June 12, 2010 .
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