List of accolades received by Sense and Sensibility (film)

+ List of accolades received by Sense and SensibilityEmma Thompson received more than ten awards for her adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, including the Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Awards & nominations Award Won NominatedAcademy AwardAmerican Film Institute AwardBerlin International Film FestivalBoston Society of Film CriticsBritish Academy Film AwardBritish Society of CinematographersBroadcast Film Critics Association AwardDeutscher FilmpreisDirectors Guild of AmericaEvening Standard British Film AwardGolden Globe AwardLondon Critics Circle Film AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardNational Board of Review of Motion PicturesNew York Film Critics Circle AwardSatellite AwardScreen Actors Guild AwardSociety of Texas Film Critics AwardUSC Scripter AwardWriters Guild of America AwardWriters' Guild of Great BritainTotal number of wins and nominations References

Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 British period drama film directed by Ang Lee. Actress Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1811 novel of the same name by English author Jane Austen. Thompson and Kate Winslet starred as the Dashwood sisters among a large ensemble cast. Columbia Pictures, a Sony Pictures Entertainment subsidiary, produced and released the film. Sense and Sensibility was released to cinemas on 15 December 1995, and earned a total worldwide gross of $134,582,776. Based on 67 reviews from film critics, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has calculated Sense and Sensibilitys approval rating to be 97%.

Sense and Sensibility received accolades for the main cast's performances and Thompson's screenwriting. The adaptation received seven Academy Award nominations including the Academy Award for Best Picture, though the sole win that night was for the Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), the only time a person has earned Oscars for both acting and writing. Thompson's screenwriting collected a further eleven accolades, including those given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Golden Globe Awards, and London Critics Circle. At the 49th British Academy Film Awards, Sense and Sensibility garnered twelve BAFTA nominations, ultimately coming away with three awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Film; Thompson and Winslet won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively.

The cast also received numerous acting accolades. In addition to her writing credit, Thompson was recognised for her performance, and earned seven nominations. Winslet was recognised in categories for both lead and supporting actress, for instance winning the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Other than the Academy Awards, the overall film garnered numerous nominations, ultimately winning the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, among other accolades. Sense and Sensibility received the most award recognition out of the many Austen adaptations of the 1990s. MaryAnn Johanson of Film.com named it the fifth best film of 1995.

Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Result Academy Awards 25 March 1996 Best Picture Lindsay Doran Best Actress Emma Thompson Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Emma Thompson Best Cinematography Michael Coulter Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan and John Bright Best Original Dramatic Score Patrick Doyle American Film Institute AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Sense and Sensibility AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Berlin International Film Festival 26 February 1996 Golden Bear Boston Society of Film Critics 17 December 1995 Best Film Best Director Ang Lee Best Screenplay Emma Thompson British Academy Film Awards23 April 1996 Best Film Sense and Sensibility Best Direction Ang Lee Best Actress in a Leading RoleEmma Thompson Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Rickman Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate Winslet Elizabeth Spriggs Best Adapted Screenplay Emma Thompson Best Cinematography Michael Coulter Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan and John Bright Best Film Music Patrick Doyle Best Makeup and Hair Morag Ross, Jan Archibald Best Production Design Luciana Arrighi British Society of Cinematographers 1995 Best Cinematography Award Michael Coulter Critics' Choice Movie Awards 22 January 1996 Best Film Sense and Sensibility Best Screenplay Emma Thompson Deutscher Filmpreis 6 June 1997 Best Foreign Film Ang Lee Directors Guild of America 2 March 1996 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Evening Standard British Film Awards 2 February 1997 Best Actress Kate Winslet (also for Jude) Best Screenplay Emma Thompson (tied with John Hodge for Trainspotting) Golden Globe Awards21 January 1996 Best Motion Picture – Drama Sense and Sensibility Best Director Ang Lee Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Emma Thompson Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Kate Winslet Best Screenplay Emma Thompson Best Original Score Patrick Doyle London Critics Circle Film Awards 2 March 1997 British Screenwriter of the Year Emma Thompson Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 16 December 1995 Best Screenplay National Board of Review of Motion Pictures26 February 1996 Best Director Ang Lee Best Actress Emma Thompson (also for Carrington) Top Ten Films Sense and Sensibility New York Film Critics Circle Awards 7 January 1996 Best Director Ang Lee Best Screenplay Emma Thompson Satellite Awards January 1996 Best Classic DVD Sense and Sensibility For the Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD set containing Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Little Women Screen Actors Guild Awards24 February 1996 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Emma Thompson Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Kate Winslet Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet Society of Texas Film Critics Awards 28 December 1995 Best Actress Emma Thompson (also for Carrington) Best Adapted Screenplay Emma Thompson USC Scripter Awards 1996 USC Scripter Award Writers Guild of America Awards 17 March 1996 Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Writers' Guild of Great Britain 1996 Film – Screenplay

Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year.

See also

1995 in film List of awards and nominations received by Emma Thompson

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