List of awards and nominations received by Sam Shepard

This is a list of awards and nominations received by Sam Shepard. Overall, Sam Shepard, an American playwright and actor, has received 24 awards and 45 nominations.

Sam Shepard awards
Totals Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 1 AAAL Awards 1 1 American Theater Hall of Fame 1 1 BAFTA Awards 0 1 Capri/Hollywood Awards 1 1 Cinema Writers Circle Awards 0 1 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 0 1 DFCS Awards 0 1 Drama Desk Awards 1 3 Emmy Awards 0 1 FIS Awards 1 1 Golden Globes 0 1 Gradiva Awards 1 1 Guggenheim Fellowship 1 1 HFF Awards 1 1 Lone Star Film & TV Awards 1 1 Lortel Awards 0 1 NYDCC Awards 1 1 Obie Awards 10 10 Olivier Awards 0 1 OCC Awards 1 1 PEN American Center Awards 1 1 PFCS Awards 0 2 Pulitzer Prizes 1 3 SAG Awards 0 2 TIFF Awards 0 1 Tony Awards 0 2 WAFCA Awards 0 1 Western Heritage Awards 1 1
Awards won	24
Nominations	45

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1983	The Right Stuff	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1992	Himself	Gold Medal for Drama	Won

American Theater Hall of Fame

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1994	Himself	Theater Hall of Fame	Won

British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1984	Paris, Texas	Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated

Capri Hollywood Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2013	August: Osage County	Ensemble Cast	Won

Cinema Writers Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Blackthorn	Best Actor	Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2013	August: Osage County	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2013	August: Osage County	Best Ensemble	Nominated

Drama Desk Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1983	True West	Outstanding Play	Nominated
1986	A Lie of the Mind		Won
2000	True West	Outstanding Revival of a Play	Nominated

Emmy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
Primetime Emmy Awards
1999	Dash and Lilly	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated

Film Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2013	Mud	Robert Altman Award	Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1999	Dash and Lilly	Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV	Nominated

Gradiva Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	When the World Was Green	Best Play	Won

Guggenheim Fellowship Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1968	Himself	Creative Arts - Drama & Performance Art	Won
1971	Himself	Creative Arts - Drama & Performance Art	Won

Hollywood Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2013	August: Osage County	Ensemble of the Year	Won

Lone Star Film & Television Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	Lily Dale	Best TV Supporting Actor	Won

Lucille Lortel Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2010	A Lie of the Mind	Outstanding Revival	Nominated

New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1986	A Lie of the Mind	Best Play	Won

Obie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1966	Chicago	Best Distinguished Play(s)	Won
	Icarus's Mother
	Red Cross
1967	La Turista		Won
1968	Forensic and the Navigator		Won
	Melodrama Play
1973	The Tooth of Crime		Won
1975	Action	Best Playwriting	Won
1977	Curse of the Starving Class	Best New American Play	Won
1979	Buried Child	Best Playwriting	Won
1980	Himself	Sustained Achievement Award	Won
1984	Fool for Love	Best New American Play	Won
		Best Direction	Won

Olivier Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1987	A Lie of the Mind	Play of the Year	Nominated

Outer Critics Circle Award Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1986	A Lie of the Mind	Best Off-Broadway Play	Won

PEN American Center Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2009	Himself	PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award	Won

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	Black Hawk Down	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated
2013	August: Osage County		Nominated

Pulitzer Prizes

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1979	Buried Child	Drama	Won
1983	True West		Nominated
1984	Fool for Love		Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2007	Ruffian	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries	Nominated
2013	August: Osage County	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated

Tokyo International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1993	Silent Tongue	Grand Prix	Nominated

Tony Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Buried Child	Best Play	Nominated
2000	True West		Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2013	August: Osage County	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated

Western Heritage Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2000	Purgatory	Bronze Wrangler for TV Feature Film	Won

See also

• Sam Shepard filmography

References

• "Sam Shepard - Awards and nominations". Internet Movie Database. IMDb. imdb.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
• "Sam Shepard - Awards and nominations". Internet Broadway Database. IBDB. ibdb.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
• "Sam Shepard - Awards and nominations". Playbill Vault. Playbill. playbillvault.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.