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Independence Day
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (11)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1)
BMI Film & TV Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (2)
Cinema Audio Society, USA (1)
Czech Lions (1)
Satellite Awards (2)
Golden Screen, Germany (3)
Grammy Awards (1)
Hugo Awards (1)
International Monitor Awards (1)
Awards of the Japanese Academy (1)
Kids' Choice Awards, USA (2)
ICG Publicists Awards (1)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (2)
MTV Movie + TV Awards (5)
People's Choice Awards, USA (1)
Razzie Awards (1)
Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA (8)
Young Artist Awards (1)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Mainichi Film Concours (1)
Jupiter Award (2)
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) (1)
Online Film & Television Association (8)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (3)
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (2)
Yoga Awards (1)
20/20 Awards (2)
35 wins & 35 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1997 Nominee
Oscar
Best Sound
Chris Carpenter
Bill W. Benton
Bob Beemer
Jeff Wexler
1997 Winner
Oscar
Best Effects, Visual Effects
Volker Engel
Douglas Smith
Clay Pinney
Joe Viskocil
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1997 Winner
Saturn Award
Best Science Fiction Film
1997 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Actor
Jeff Goldblum
1997 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Actor
Will Smith
1997 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Supporting Actor
Brent Spiner
1997 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Supporting Actress
Vivica A. Fox
6 more
All
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1997 Winner
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Favorite Actor - Science Fiction
Will Smith
BMI Film & TV Awards
1997 Winner
BMI Film Music Award
David Arnold
BAFTA Awards
1997 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Sound
Bob Beemer
Bill W. Benton
Chris Carpenter
Sandy Gendler
Val Kuklowsky
Jeff Wexler
1997 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Tricia Henry Ashford
Volker Engel
Clay Pinney
Douglas Smith
Joe Viskocil
Cinema Audio Society, USA
1997 Nominee
C.A.S. Award
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Feature Films
Chris Carpenter
(re-recording mixer)
Bob Beemer
(re-recording mixer)
Bill W. Benton
(re-recording mixer)
Jeff Wexler
(production mixer)
Czech Lions
1997 Winner
Box Office Award
Satellite Awards
1997 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Film Editing
David Brenner
1997 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Visual Effects
Volker Engel
Douglas Smith
Golden Screen, Germany
1996 Winner
Golden Screen with 2 Stars
1996 Winner
Golden Screen with 1 Star
1996 Winner
Golden Screen
Grammy Awards
1997 Winner
Grammy
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
David Arnold
For "Independence Day".
Hugo Awards
1997 Nominee
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation
Roland Emmerich
(written by/director)
Dean Devlin
(written by)
International Monitor Awards
1997 Winner
Monitor
Theatrical Releases - Electronic Visual Effects
Andrea D'Amico
(digital visual effcts producer)
Greg Kimble
(digital optical supervisor)
Lawrence Littleton
(digital effects compositor)
Kenneth Littleton
(digital effects compositor)
Jennifer German
(digital effects compositor)
Michael Peterson
(digital effects compositor)
Awards of the Japanese Academy
1997 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Foreign Language Film
Kids' Choice Awards, USA
1997 Winner
Blimp Award
Favorite Movie
1997 Nominee
Blimp Award
Favorite Movie Actor
Will Smith
ICG Publicists Awards
1997 Winner
Maxwell Weinberg Award
Motion Picture
20th Century Fox Publicity
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
1997 Nominee
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing - Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film
Mark R. La Pointe
(sound effects editor)
1997 Nominee
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Effects & Sound Design Editor
Jonathan Miller
MTV Movie + TV Awards
1997 Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Movie
1997 Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Male Performance
Will Smith
1997 Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Breakthrough Performance
Vivica A. Fox
1997 Winner
MTV Movie Award
Best Kiss
Will Smith
Vivica A. Fox
1997 Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Action Sequence
For the aliens blowing up New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C..
People's Choice Awards, USA
1997 Winner
People's Choice Award
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture
Razzie Awards
1997 Nominee
Razzie Award
Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million
Dean Devlin
Roland Emmerich
Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA
1996 Winner
Universe Reader's Choice Award
Best Science Fiction Film
1996 Winner
Universe Reader's Choice Award
Best Director for a Genre Motion Picture
Roland Emmerich
1996 Winner
Universe Reader's Choice Award
Best Writing for a Genre Motion Picture
Dean Devlin
Roland Emmerich
1996 Winner
Universe Reader's Choice Award
Best Actor in a Genre Motion Picture
Will Smith
1996 Winner
Universe Reader's Choice Award
Best Supporting Actress in a Genre Motion Picture
Vivica A. Fox
3 more
All
Young Artist Awards
1997 Nominee
Young Artist Award
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Actor Age Ten or Under
Ross Bagley
Amanda Awards, Norway
1997 Winner
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
Roland Emmerich
Mainichi Film Concours
1997 Winner
Readers' Choice Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Roland Emmerich
Jupiter Award
1997 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
Roland Emmerich
1997 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best International Director
Roland Emmerich
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
2011 Nominee
IFMCA Award
Best Archival Release of an Existing Score
David Arnold
(music)
Nick Redman
(album producer)
Michael Matessino
(album producer)
Didier Deutsch
(album producer)
M.V. Gerhard
(album producer)
Matt Verboys
(album producer)
Dan Goldwasser
(liner notes)
Mark Banning
(album art direction)
Online Film & Television Association
1997 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Picture
Dean Devlin
1997 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Actor
Jeff Goldblum
1997 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Actor
Bill Pullman
1997 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Actor
Will Smith
1997 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Film Editing
David Brenner
3 more
All
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1996 Nominee
ACCA
Best Film Editing
David Brenner
1996 Winner
ACCA
Best Sound
1996 Winner
ACCA
Best Visual Effects
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1996 Nominee
Stinker Award
Worst Picture
1996 Nominee
Stinker Award
Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math
Dean Devlin
Roland Emmerich
Yoga Awards
1997 Winner
Yoga Award
Worst Foreign Director
Roland Emmerich
20/20 Awards
2017 Winner
Felix
Best Visual Effects
2017 Winner
Felix
Best Sound Design
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