Life of Pi is a 2012 American 3D adventure drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film is based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee, and stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, and Adil Hussain.
The film premiered on September 28, 2012 as the opening film of the 50th New York Film Festival at the Lincoln Center in New York City, and had its wide-release on November 21, 2012.
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Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards[1] | Best Picture | Ang Lee, Gil Netter and David Womark | Nominated |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Won | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated | |
| Best Original Score | Mychael Danna | Won | |
| Best Original Song | Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri for "Pi's Lullaby" | Nominated | |
| Best Production Design | Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock | Nominated | |
| Best Sound Editing | Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton | Nominated | |
| Best Sound Mixing | Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott | Won | |
| Annie Awards[2] | Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Orangutan – Erik-Jan de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey | Nominated |
| Tiger – Erik-Jan de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl | Won | ||
| AACTA International Awards[3] | Best Film | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark | Nominated |
| Best Direction | Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| American Cinema Editors Awards[4] | Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) | Tim Squyres | Nominated |
| Art Directors Guild[5] | Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film | David Gropman | Won |
| AFI Awards[6] | Movies of the Year | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, and David Womark | Won |
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards[7] | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists[8] | Best Cinematography | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards[9] | Best Picture | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark | Nominated |
| Director | Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated | |
| Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Production Design | David Gropman, Anna Pinnock | Nominated | |
| Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated | |
| Sound | Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill | Nominated | |
| Special Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, Donald R. Elliott | Won | |
| Original Music | Mychael Danna | Nominated | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2012[10] | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| Young Actor | Suraj Sharma | Nominated | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Best Art Direction | David Gropman/Production Designer; Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Won | ||
| Best Score | Mychael Danna | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association[11] | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[12] | Top Ten Films | Won | |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Directors Guild of America Awards[13] | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards[14][15] | Visually Striking Film of the Year | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards[16] | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| Best Original Score | Mychael Danna | Won | |
| Golden Reel Awards[17][18] | Filmmaker Award | Ang Lee | Won |
| Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film | Music Editor: Erich Stratmann Additional Music Editor: Mitch Bederman |
Won | |
| Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Supervising Sound Editors: Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton Supervising ADR Editor: Kenton Jakub |
Won | |
| Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Supervising Sound Editor: Philip Stockton Sound Designer: Eugene Gearty Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Kern Foley Artist: Marko Constanzo Editors: Kam Chan, Jamie Baker |
Nominated | |
| Grammy Awards[19] | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Mychael Danna | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society[20] | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | Mychael Danna | Nominated | |
| Technical Achievement | Nominated | ||
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards[21] | Film Score of the Year | Mychael Danna | Won |
| Film Composer of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Nominated | ||
| Film Music Composition of the Year – Pi's Lullaby | Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri | Nominated | |
| International 3D Society[22][23] | Live Action 3D Feature | Won | |
| Stereography – Live Action | Won | ||
| 3D Moment of the Year | "Fish Flying Over Boat" | Won | |
| Harold Lloyd Award | Ang Lee | Won | |
| Irish Film & Television Awards[24] | International Film | Nominated | |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards[25] | Best Director | Ang Lee | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards[26] | Director Of The Year | Won | |
| Technical Achievement | Bill Westenhofer | Won | |
| MTV Movie Awards[27] | Breakthrough Performance | Suraj Sharma | Nominated |
| Best Scared-As-S**T Performance | Won | ||
| North Texas Film Critics Association[28] | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| 12th New York Film Critics Online Awards[29] | Top 10 Films of 2012 | Won | |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society[30] | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival[31] | Frederick Loewe Award | Mychael Danna | Won |
| Producers Guild of America Award[32] | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, and David Womark | Nominated |
| 17th Satellite Awards[33] | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Won | |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Best Sound Mixing & Editing | Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards[34] | Best Fantasy Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| Best Writing | David Magee | Nominated | |
| Best Production Design | David Gropman | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott | Nominated | |
| Best Music | Mychael Danna | Nominated | |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Suraj Sharma | Won | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society[35] | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Best Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominated | |
| Best Score | Mychael Danna | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle[36] | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics[37] | Best Film | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominated | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Won | ||
| USC Libraries Scripter Award[38] | Scripter Award | David Magee | Nominated |
| Visual Effects Society Awards[39] | VES Visionary Award | Ang Lee | Won |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects – Driven Feature Motion Picture | Thomas Fisher, Susan Macleod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer | Won | |
| Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Richard Parker – Erik-Jan de Boer, Sean Comer, Betsy Asher Hall, Kai-Hua Lan | Won | |
| Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Open Ocean – Jason Bayever, Sho Hasegawa, Jimmy Jewell, Walt Jones | Nominated | |
| Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Storm of God – Harry Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe | Won | |
| Ocean – Jason Bayever, David Horsley, Scott Townsend, Miles Vignol | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Storm of God – Ryan Clarke, Jose Fernandez, Sean Oharas, Hamish Schumacher | Won | |
| Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association[40] | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda | Won | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | Best Family Film | Life of Pi – Tied with Rise of the Guardians | Won |
| Writers Guild of America Award[41] | Adapted Screenplay | David Magee | Nominated |
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