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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao

 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress
Ziyi Zhang

Best Costumes
Emi Wada

Best Director
Yimou Zhang

Best Fantasy Film

 
Australian Screen Sound Guild
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won ASSG Award Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design
Roger Savage
Jing Tao
Steve Burgess
Vic Kaspar
Ron Feruglio
Jo Mion
Paul Pirola
Andrew Neil
Chris Goodes
Blair Slater
Mario Vaccaro

Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year
Roger Savage

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Angie Lam
Andy Brown
Kirsty Millar
Luke Hetherington

Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao

Best Costume Design
Emi Wada

Best Editing
Long Cheng

Best Film not in the English Language
William Kong
Yimou Zhang

Best Make Up/Hair
Lee-na Kwan
Xiaohai Yang
Siu-Mui Chau

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Ziyi Zhang

Best Production Design
Tingxiao Huo

Best Sound
Jing Tao
Roger Savage

 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won BSFC Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao

Best Director
Yimou Zhang

Best Foreign-Language Film
China/Hong Kong.
 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Foreign-Language Film

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao

 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Screen International Award
Yimou Zhang
China.
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film
Hong Kong.
 
Golden Rooster Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Rooster Best Art Direction
Tingxiao Huo

Nominated Golden Rooster Best Director
Yimou Zhang

Best Film

Best Sound
Jing Tao

 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Golden Trailer Best Foreign

Best Foreign Independent

Nominated Golden Trailer Best Music

 
Hong Kong Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Hong Kong Film Award Best Asian Film
China.
 
Huabiao Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Huabiao Film Award Outstanding Actress
Ziyi Zhang
Tied with Wei Zhao for Qing ren jie (2005).
 
Image Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film

 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated ALFS Award Director of the Year
Yimou Zhang

Film of the Year

Foreign Language Film of the Year
China/Hong Kong.
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won LAFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
Yimou Zhang
China/Hong Kong.
 
MTV Movie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight
Ziyi Zhang
For Zhang Ziyi vs. The Emperor's guards.
 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
Roger Savage (supervising sound editor)
Jing Tao (supervising sound editor)
Jo Mion (supervising foley editor)
Yu Hong Wang (supervising adr editor)
Steve Burgess (sound editor)
Vic Kaspar (sound editor)
Ron Feruglio (sound editor)
Paul Pirola (sound editor)
Andrew Neil (sound editor)
Glenn Newnham (sound editor)
Mario Vaccaro (foley editor)
Blair Slater (foley editor)

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won NBR Award Outstanding Production Design
Tingxiao Huo

 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won NSFC Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao

Best Director
Yimou Zhang
Also for Ying xiong (2002).
 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao

Best Editing
Long Cheng

Best Foreign Language Film
China.
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao

Best Visual Effects
Andy Brown
Kirsty Millar
Tied with Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer for The Aviator (2004).
Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Art Direction/Production Design
Zhong Han

Best Costume Design
Emi Wada

Best Film Editing
Long Cheng

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Film
China.
Best Sound (Editing & Mixing)
Jing Tao

 
World Stunt Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Taurus Award Best Fight
Cai Li
Shi Feng
Li Lei
Xia Bin
Li Wei
Ou Chengwei
Xiang Gao
Fei Goa
Zhan Bo
Zhong Feng
Two men fight with swords in an autumn field. Their fight carries them into winter, as they begin to use their bodies in addition to swords to fight.
 

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