List of awards and nominations received by Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett is an English playwright known for his work film, theatre and television.

Alan Bennett awards and nominations
Award
Wins
Nominations
Academy Awards
0 1
BAFTA Awards
2 12
Tony Awards
2 2
Olivier Awards
5 7

He has received various awards for his work in film, television and theatre. For film he earned an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for The Madness of King George (1994). He also received four British Academy Film Award nominations for A Private Function (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), and The Madness of King George (1994), winning Outstanding British Film for the latter. For his work on television he has received eight British Academy Television Awards for Talking Heads (1989), Screen Two (1992), and Talking Heads 2 winning for the latter.

For his work in theatre he has received four competitive Laurence Olivier Awards for his work on the West End. He won for Single Spies in 1990, Talking Heads in 1992, and The History Boys in 2005. That same year he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. He has also received two Tony Awards for his work on the Broadway stage. He won a Special Tony Award in 1963 for Beyond The Fringe alongside Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. He also won Best Play for The History Boys in 2005. He also won a Drama Desk Award, five Evening Standard Theatre Awards, three New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, two London Film Critics Circle Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award.

Major associations

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Adapted Screenplay The Madness of King George Nominated [1]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1984 Best Original Screenplay A Private Function Nominated [2]
1987 Best Adapted Screenplay Prick Up Your Ears Nominated [3]
1995 The Madness of King George Nominated [4]
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film Won
British Academy Television Awards
1989 Best Actor Talking Heads: A Chip in the Sugar Nominated [5]
Best Drama Series Talking Heads: A Cream Cracker under the Settee Nominated
Best Single Drama Talking Heads: A Bed Among the Lentils Nominated
Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters Nominated
1992 Screen Two: A Question of Attribution Won [6]
Screen Two: 102 Boulevard Haussmann Nominated
1999 Talking Heads 2: Waiting for the Telegram Nominated [7]
Talking Heads 2: Playing Sandwiches Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1990 Best New Comedy Single Spies Won [8]
1992 Best Entertainment Talking Heads Won [9]
Best Actor in a Musical Won
Best New Play The Madness of George III Nominated
2000 The Lady in the Van Nominated [10]
2005 The History Boys Won [11]
Society of London Theatre Special Award Received
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1963 Special Tony Award Beyond the Fringe
(shared with Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore)
Received [12]
2006 Best Play The History Boys Won [13]

Theatre awards

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Miscellaneous awards

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Bodley Medla

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Bollinger Prize

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British Book Award

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British Comedy Award

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GLAAD Award

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Hawthornden Prize

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JR Ackerley Prize

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London Film Critics Circle

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Samuel Johnson Prize

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References

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  1. ^ "67th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "38th British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "41st British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "49th British Academy Film Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "1989 British Academy Televisio Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "1992 British Academy Televisio Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  7. ^ "1999 British Academy Televisio Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  8. ^ "1990 Laurence Olivier Awards". Officiallondontheatre.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  9. ^ "1992 Laurence Olivier Awards". Officiallondontheatre.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "2000 Laurence Olivier Awards". Officiallondontheatre.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  11. ^ "2005 Laurence Olivier Awards". Officiallondontheatre.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "History Boys celebrates comprehensive Tony triumph". The Guardian. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  13. ^ "Triumph for Alan Bennett as 'History Boys' wins six Tonys and equals 50-year record". The Independent. Retrieved April 16, 2022.