List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Mel_Brooks
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, writer, director, producer, comedian, and composer Mel Brooks.
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Over his 70 year career in film, theatre, and television Brooks has won an Academy Award, four Emmys, three Tony Awards, three Grammys, and has been nominated for six Golden Globes and one BAFTA Award. With his Tony wins for The Producers in 2001, he became one of only eighteen people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.[1] Additionally, he has received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, and a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017.
Academy Awards
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| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1969 | Best Original Screenplay | The Producers | Won | [2] |
| 1975 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Young Frankenstein | Nominated | [3] |
| Best Original Song | "Blazing Saddles", Blazing Saddles | Nominated |
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Emmy Awards
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| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2005 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | Nominated | [4] |
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| 1956 | Best Comedy Writing | Caesar's Hour | Nominated | [5] |
| 1957 | Nominated | |||
| 1958 | Nominated | |||
| 1966 | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy | Get Smart | Nominated | |
| 1967 | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety | The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special | Won | |
| 1997 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Mad About You | Won | |
| 1998 | Won | |||
| 1999 | Won | |||
| 2012 | Outstanding Variety Special | Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks Strikes Back: With Mel Brooks and Alan Yentob | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | The Comedians | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | History of the World, Part II | Nominated | |
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Grammy Awards
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| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1961 | Best Comedy Album | 2000 Year Old Man | Nominated | [6] |
| 1962 | 2000 and One Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks | Nominated | ||
| 1964 | Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival | Nominated | ||
| 1982 | The Inquisition (Mel Brooks' History Of The World, Part I) | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 | Won | ||
| 2002 | Best Musical Theater Album | The Producers | Won | |
| Best Long Form Music Video | Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks | Won | ||
| 2007 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "There's Nothing Like A Show On Broadway", The Producers | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Best Musical Theater Album | Young Frankenstein | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording | All About Me! | Nominated | [7] |
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Tony Awards
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| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | Best Musical | The Producers | Won | [8] |
| Best Book of a Musical | Won | |||
| Best Original Score | Won |
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British Academy Film Awards
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| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1975 | Best Screenplay | Blazing Saddles | Nominated | [9] |
| 2016 | BAFTA Fellowship | Won |
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Golden Globe Awards
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| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1969 | Best Screenplay | The Producers | Nominated | [10] |
| 1977 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Silent Movie | Nominated | [11] |
| 1978 | High Anxiety | Nominated | [12] | |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [13] | ||
| 2006 | The Producers | Nominated | [14] | |
| Best Original Song | "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway", The Producers | Nominated | [15] |
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Writers Guild of America Awards
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 1969 | The Producers | Best Written Comedy | Nominated | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Won | |||
| 1971 | The Twelve Chairs | Best Adapted Screenplay – Comedy | Nominated | |
| 1975 | Young Frankenstein | Nominated | ||
| Blazing Saddles | Best Original Screenplay – Comedy | Won | ||
| 1977 | Silent Movie | Nominated |
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Drama Desk Awards
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | The Producers | Outstanding Musical | Won | [16] |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Won | [17] | ||
| Outstanding Lyrics | Won | [18] | ||
| 2008 | Young Frankenstein | Nominated | [19] |
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Drama League Awards
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | The Producers | Outstanding Production of a Musical | Won | |
| 2008 | Young Frankenstein | Nominated | [20] |
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Laurence Olivier Awards
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2005 | The Producers | Best New Musical | Won | [21][22] |
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New York Drama Critics' Circles
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2001 | The Producers | Best Musical | Won | [23] |
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Outer Critics Circle Awards
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| Year | Awards | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 1987 | American Comedy Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy | Won | |
| 1997 | Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Lifetime Non-Achievement Award – The Hall of Shame | Nominated | [26] |
| 2003 | Writers Guild of America Awards | Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement | Won | [27] |
| 2009 | Ernst Lubitsch Award | Honorary Award | Won | [28][29] |
| Kennedy Center Honor | Won | [30] | ||
| 2010 | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Motion Pictures | Won | [31][32] |
| 2013 | American Film Institute | Life Achievement Award | Won | [33][34] |
| 2015 | British Film Institute Fellowship | Won | [35][36] | |
| 2016 | National Medal of Arts | Won | [37][38] | |
| 2017 | BAFTA Award | Academy Fellowship | Won | [39] |
| 2023 | Academy Awards | Honorary Award | Won | [40] |
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More information Year, Award ...
| Year | Award | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1963 | CINE Golden Eagle Award | The Critic | Won | [41] |
| 1975 | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation | Young Frankenstein | Won | [42] |
| 1976 | Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Writing | Won | [43] | |
| Saturn Award for Best Director | Won | |||
| 1981 | 1981 Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst Picture | History of the World, Part 1 | Nominated | [44] |
| 1984 | Nastro d'Argento for Best Foreign Actor | To Be or Not to Be | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst Picture | Spaceballs | Won | [45] |
| 1997 | American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series | Mad About You | Won | |
| 2000 | Won | |||
| 2007 | 1981 Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy | History of the World, Part I | Won | |
| 1981 Stinkers Bad Movie Award for Worst Song | "The Inquisition" from History of the World, Part I | Nominated | ||
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- Note: the Stinkers are listed twice, as the same ballot done in 1981 was revised in 2007.
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- "2001 Tony Award Winners". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "BAFTA Film Awards 1975: Screenplay". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Best Screenplay – Motion Pictures: 1969". The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- "Best Actor – Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): 1977". The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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- "Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: 1978". The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- "Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: 2006". The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- "Best Original Song – Motion Picture: 2006". The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- "Nominees and Recipients: 2001: Outstanding Musical". Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Nominees and Recipients: 2001: Outstanding Book of a Musical". Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Nominees and Recipients: 2001: Outstanding Lyrics". Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Nominees and Recipients: 2008: Outstanding Lyrics". Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "2007–08 Drama League Award Nominations Announced". Broadway World. April 22, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Olivier Winners 2005". olivierawards.com. The Society of London Theatre. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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- "Past Awards". dramacritics.org. New York Drama Critics’ Circle. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- "Awards For 2000–2001". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Awards For 2007–2008". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
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- "Mel Brooks to Receive Screen Laurel Award". Writers Guild of America. February 3, 2003. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- "Preisträger" (in German). Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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- "2013 Mel Brooks Tribute". afi.com. American Film Institute. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- Kilday, Gregg (June 7, 2013). "Mel Brooks Honored With AFI Life Achievement Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- "Mel Brooks Receives BFI Fellowship" (PDF). British Film Institute. March 20, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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- "National Medal of Arts: Mel Brooks". arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- Johnson, Ted (September 14, 2016). "Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman to Receive National Medal of Arts". Variety. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- Pulver, Andrew (February 8, 2017). "Mel Brooks to receive the 2017 Bafta fellowship". The Guardian. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- Davis, Clayton (June 26, 2023). "Angela Bassett Finally Gets Her Oscar as Academy Announces 2023 Honorary Winners, Including Mel Brooks". Variety. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- "Distinguished Alumni". cine.org. Council on International Non-Theatrical Events. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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