The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Steve McQueen.
Steve McQueen is a is British film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist. He has received several awards including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, and the Cannes Film Festival's Caméra d'Or.
He is most known for the films, Hunger about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Shame about sex addiction, 12 Years a Slave (2013) based on the 1853 memoir of the same name, the heist drama Widows (2018), and the World War II drama Blitz (2024). For his work on the 2008 film Hunger, he won a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, and he won an Academy Award for Best Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for his work on the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave.
Over the course of his career, McQueen has been honored with the Turner Prize in 1999, the Humanitas Prize in 2011, the BFI Fellowship in 2016 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2020 for services to art and film. In 2014, he was included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the "most influential people in the world". In 2021 he was honored by the African-American Film Critics Association. In 2026 he was awarded Erasmus Prize.Steve McQueen Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
Major awards
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Best Picture12 Years a Slave Best Director
Directed Academy Award performancesUnder McQueen's direction, these actors have received Academy Award nominations (and one win) for their performances in their respective roles. +YearPerformerFilmResultAcademy Award for Best Actor2013Chiwetel Ejiofor12 Years a SlaveAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor2013Michael Fassbender12 Years a SlaveAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress2013Lupita Nyong'o12 Years a Slave
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2008 Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or ProducerHunger Outstanding British Film 2011 Shame 2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave Best Direction
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Best Motion Picture – Drama12 Years a Slave Best Director - Motion Picture
Industry awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AACTA Award2013 Best Film12 Years a Slave Best Direction British Independent Film Awards2008 Best DirectorHunger Best Screenplay The Douglas Hickox Award 2011 Best DirectorShame Best Screenplay Directors Guild of America Award 2013 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film 12 Years a Slave European Film Award2008 European Discovery of the Year Hunger Best Director 2011 Shame Best Film People's Choice Award for Best European Film Evening Standard British Film Awards 2008 Best Film Hunger 2011 Shame Independent Spirit Awards 2008 Best Foreign Film Hunger 2011 Best International Film Shame 2013 Best Film12 Years a Slave Best Director 2021 Best New Scripted Series Small Axe Bodil Awards 2011 Best Non-American Film Shame Goya Award 2011 Best European Film Shame Nastro d'Argento 2011 Best Director Shame National Board of Review 2013 Top Ten Films 12 Years a Slave Producers Guild of America 2013 Best Theatrical Motion Picture 12 Years a Slave Writers' Guild of Great Britain 2008 Best Screenplay Hunger
Miscellaneous awards
Organizations Year Category Work Result Black Reel Awards 2011 Best Director Shame 2011 Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original 2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave 2013 Best Director NAACP Image Awards 2013 Outstanding Motion Picture 12 Years a Slave 2013 Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Satellite Awards 2011 Best Director Shame 2011 Best Original Screenplay 2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave 2013 Best Director
Film critic awards YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult 2008 Belgian Film Critics Association Grand Prix Hunger 2008 London Film Critics Circle Awards Breakthrough British Filmmaker 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards New Generation Award 2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best First Film 2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Best First Feature 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Most Promising Filmmaker 2008 London Film Critics Circle Awards British Director of the Year 2008 Online Film Critics Society Best Breakthrough Filmmaker 2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Best Director 2011 African-American Film Critics Association Best Director Shame 2011 Belgian Film Critics Association Grand Prix 2013 African-American Film Critics Association Best Film of the Year 12 Years a Slave 2013 Best Director 2013 Boston Online Film Critics Association Top Ten Best Films of the Year 2013 Best Picture 2013 Best Director 2013 Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Film 2013 Best Director 2013 Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Film 2013 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Picture 2013 Best Director 2013 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Picture 2013Florida Film Critics Circle AwardBest Film 2013Best Director 2013 Houston Film Critics Society Best Picture 2013 Indiana Film Critics Association Best Film 2013 Best Director 2013 Kansas City Film Critics Circle 2013 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Film 2013 Top Ten Films 2013 Best Director 2013 London Film Critics Circle Film of the Year 2013 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Special Citation Award 2013 New York Film Critics Circle Best Director 2013 New York Film Critics Online Top Films 2013 Best Picture 2013 Online Film Critics Society Best Picture 2013 Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Film 2013 Top 10 Films 2013 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Film 2013 Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Picture 2013 Best Director 2013 St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Film 2013 Best Director 2013 Best Scene 2013 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Film 2013 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Film 2013 Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Director 2013 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Director 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Best Film 2013 Houston Film Critics Society Best Director 2013 London Film Critics Circle Director of the Year 2013 New York Film Critics Circle Best Film 2013 Online Film Critics Society Best Director 2013 Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Director 2013 San Diego Film Critics Society Best Film 2013 Best Director 2013 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Director 2013 Toronto Film Critics Association Best Film 2013 Best Director 2013 Utah Film Critics Association Best Picture 2013 Best Director 2013 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Director 2013 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Director
Film festival awards YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult 2008 Cannes Film Festival Caméra d'Or Hunger 2008 Chicago International Film Festival Best Feature 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival Lino Brocka Award for International Cinema 2008 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Youth Jury Award for Best Film 2008 Jerusalem Film Festival Spirit for Freedom Award for Best Feature 2008 Ljubljana International Film Festival Kingfisher Award for Best Debut 2008 Stockholm International Film Festival Best Directorial Debut 2008 Sydney Film Festival Official Competition Award 2008 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Grand Prize for Best Film 2008 Toronto International Film Festival Discovery Award for Best Film 2008 Venice Film Festival Gucci Award for Best Film 2008 Stockholm International Film Festival Bronze Horse for Best Film 2011 Venice International Film Festival CinemAvvenire Award for Best Film Shame 2011 FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film 2011 BFI London Film Festival Best Film 2011 Stockholm Film Festival Bronze Horse Award for Best Film 2011 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion 2013 Palm Springs International Film Festival Director of the Year Award 12 Years a Slave 2013 Stockholm International Film Festival Bronze Horse Award for Best Film 2013 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Turner Prize 1999 For his video work Humanitas Prize 2011 For his filmwork British Film Institute 2016 BFI Fellowship Knighthood 2020 Presented by Queen Elizabeth II Hollywood Critics Association 2021 Filmmaking Achievement African-American Film Critics Association 2021 Special Achievement Game Changer Award for Small Axe
Honorary Doctorate In October 2024, McQueen was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam together with Bianca Stigter for bringing "major social issues and political and historical themes to the attention of a large audience".
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