District 9 is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. The National Board of Review named it one of the top 10 independent films of 2009. It received four Academy Awards nominations, seven British Academy Film Awards nominations, five Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations, and one Golden Globe nomination. It is the fourth film distributed by TriStar Pictures to ever be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Awards and nominations Organizations
Awards Ceremony Award Category Name Outcome82nd Academy AwardsOscarBest PicturePeter Jackson & Carolynne Cunninghamrowspan=4 Best Adapted ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp and Terri TatchellBest Film EditingJulian ClarkeBest Visual EffectsDan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt AitkenAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror FilmsSaturn AwardBest International FilmBest DirectorNeill Blomkamprowspan=5 Best WritingNeill Blomkamp, Terri TatchellBest Make-UpJoe Dunckley, Sarah Rubano, Frances RichardsonBest Production DesignPhilip IveyBest Special EffectsDan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt AitkenBritish Academy Film AwardsDavid Lean AwardBest DirectorNeill Blomkamprowspan=7 BaftaBest Adapted ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp, Terri TatchellBest CinematographyTrent OpalochBest EditingJulian ClarkeBest Production DesignPhilip Ivey, Guy PoltgieterBest SoundBrent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges, Ken SavilleBest Special Visual EffectsDan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt AitkenGolden Globe AwardsGolden GlobeBest ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp, Terri TatchellHugo AwardHugo AwardHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long FormNeill BlomkampIGN Movie AwardsIGN AwardBest Summer Movierowspan=5 Best Sci-Fi MovieBest MovieFavorite Summer HeroSharlto CopleyBest PerformanceSharlto CopleyPeople's Choice AwardsPeople's Choice AwardFavorite Independent MovieSatellite AwardsSatellite AwardBest DirectorNeill Blomkamprowspan=4 Best Film EditingJulian ClarkeBest Screenplay, AdaptedNeill Blomkamp, Terri TatchellBest Visual EffectsRobert Habros, Charlie Bradbury, Stephen Pepper, Winston Helgason Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of AmericaBradbury AwardThe Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic PresentationNeill Blomkamp, Terri TatchellUSC Scripter AwardUSC Scripter AwardNeill Blomkamp (screenwriter/author), Terri Tatchell (screenwriter)
Guild awards
Awards Ceremony Award Category Name OutcomeAmerican Cinema EditorsACE EddieBest Edited Feature Film - DramaticJulian ClarkeArt Directors GuildADG AwardExcellence in Production Design for a Fantasy FilmPhilip IveyCinema Audio SocietyC.A.S AwardOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion PicturesMichael Hedges, Gilbert Lake, Ken SavilleMotion Picture Sound EditorsGolden Reel AwardBest Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Foreign Feature FilmBrent Burge, Chris WardProducers Guild of America Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year AwardBest Theatrical Motion PicturesCarolynne Cunningham, Peter JacksonVisual Effects SocietyVES Award Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion PictureStefanie Boose, Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, James Stewartrowspan=2 Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion PictureSteve Nichols, Jeremy Mesana, Vera Zivny, Brett InesonOutstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion PictureShervin Shogian, Hamish Schumacher, Janeen Elliott, Simon Hughes
Critics groups
Awards Ceremony Award Category Name OutcomeAustin Film Critics AssociationAFCA AwardTop 10 filmBest First FilmNeill BlomkampBoston Society of Film CriticsBSFC AwardBest New FilmmakerNeill BlomkampBroadcast Film Critics Association AwardsCritics Choice AwardBest Action MovieBest MakeupSarah RubanoBest Adapted ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchellrowspan=3 Best SoundBest Visual EffectsCentral Ohio Film Critics AssociationCOFCA AwardBreakthrough Film ArtistNeill BlomkampChicago Film Critics AssociationCFCA AwardMost Promising FilmmakerNeill BlomkampMost Promising PerformerSharlto CopleyKansas City Film Critics CircleVincent Koehler AwardOutstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror FilmLos Angeles Film Critics AssociationLAFCA AwardBest Production DesignPhilip Iveyrowspan=2 New Generation AwardNeill BlomkampNational Board of Review AwardsNBR AwardTop 10 Independent FilmsOnline Film Critics SocietyOFCS AwardBest DirectorNeill Blomkamprowspan=5 Best ActorSharlto CopleyBest Adapted ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp, Terri TatchellBest CinematographyTrent OpalochBest EditingJulian ClarkePhoenix Film Critics SocietyPFCS AwardBreakout Behind the CameraNeill BlomkampSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics AssociationSLGFCA AwardMost Original, Innovative or Creative Filmrowspan=2 Best Visual Effects
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