+ List of accolades received by Memoirs of a GeishaZhang Ziyi received several Best Actress nominations for her portrayal of the titular geisha. Awards and nominations Award Won NominatedAcademy AwardsAmerican Society of CinematographersArt Directors GuildAustralian Cinematographers SocietyAustralian Film InstituteBritish Academy Film AwardsBritish Society of CinematographersCalifornia on Location AwardsCasting Society of AmericaChicago Film Critics AssociationCinema Audio Society AwardsCostume Designers GuildCritics' Choice Movie AwardGold Derby Film AwardsGolden Globe AwardsGolden Reel AwardsGoldSpirit AwardsGrammy AwardsHollywood Film Festival IFMCA AwardsMTV Movie AwardsNAACP Image AwardsNastro d'ArgentoNational Board of ReviewNew York Film Critics CircleSatellite AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsVisual Effects SocietyYoung Artist AwardTotal number of wins and nominations References
Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 drama film directed by Rob Marshall and written by Robin Swicord. The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden, which follows the fictional story of Chiyo Sakamoto (Suzuka Ohgo and Zhang Ziyi), who, as a young girl, leaves behind her fishing village and becomes Sayuri Nitta, a celebrated geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II. The film also stars Ken Watanabe as Sayuri's love interest, Gong Li as her rival, and Michelle Yeoh as her mentor. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States from December 9, 2005, before it went on a wide release on December 23, 2005. Memoirs of a Geisha grossed a worldwide box office total of over $162 million, against an estimated budget of $85 million.
Memoirs of a Geisha garnered various awards and nominations following its release, with nominations ranging from recognition of the cast's acting performances, particularly those of Zhang and Li, to its costume design, cinematography, and John Williams' score. The film received six nominations at the 78th Academy Awards and won three at the ceremony. Production designer John Myhre won the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film for his work on the film, while cinematographer Dion Beebe won three awards from the American Society of Cinematographers, Australian Cinematographers Society, and the Australian Film Institute. At the 59th British Academy Film Awards, Memoirs of a Geisha won two awards from six nominations. The location crew were recognised at the California on Location Awards, where they won two awards. Memoirs of a Geisha received three nominations at the 11th Critics' Choice Awards; Williams won Best Composer.
The film earned five nominations from the Gold Derby Film Awards, with costume designer Colleen Atwood going on to win Best Costume Design. She also received the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film. The sound and dialogue artists won one award out of three nominations from the Golden Reel Awards. At the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, Zhang earned a nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture, while Williams won Best Original Score. Williams would go on to win two awards from a total of six nominations for his score at the GoldSpirit Awards, as well as the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media and two IFMCA Awards. Producers Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick were honored at the 2005 Hollywood Film Festival, along with Atwood, who was named Costume Designer of the Year.
Film editor Pietro Scalia was awarded the Special Silver Ribbon from the Nastro d'Argento. Memoirs of a Geisha was named as one of the Top Ten Films at the 2005 National Board of Review Awards. Gong also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress accolade. The film received a total of nine nominations at the 10th Satellite Awards, including Best Film. Swicord went on to win Best Adapted Screenplay. Zhang's performance earned her nominations for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. She was also nominated for Sexiest Performance at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. At the 27th Young Artist Awards, Suzuka Ohgo won Best Supporting Young Actress.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Academy Awards March 5, 2006 Best Art Direction , Gretchen Rau Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Original Score Best Sound , Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett Best Sound Editing American Society of Cinematographers February 26, 2006 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Art Directors Guild February 11, 2006 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Australian Cinematographers Society 2006 International Award Australian Film Institute December 6–7, 2006 Excellence in Filmmaking British Academy Film Awards February 19, 2006 Best Actress Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Film Music Best Makeup and Hair , Lyndell Quiyou, Kelvin R. Trahan, Noriko Watanabe Best Production Design British Society of Cinematographers July 15, 2007 Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film California on Location Awards 2005 Location Professional of the Year Production Company/Location Team of the Year Casting Society of America November 1, 2006 Best Casting for a Drama Feature Film Chicago Film Critics Association January 9, 2005 Best Original Score Cinema Audio Society Awards February 25, 2006 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture , Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett Costume Designers Guild February 25, 2006 Excellence in Period Film Critics' Choice Movie Award January 9, 2006 Best Composer Best Picture Best Soundtrack Gold Derby Film Awards 2005 Best Art Direction , Gretchen Rau Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Makeup/Hair Best Original Score Golden Globe Awards January 16, 2006 Best Original Score Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture Golden Reel Awards March 4, 2006 Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Dialogue & ADR Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Music , Kenneth Karman, Kenneth Wannberg Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Sound Effects & Foley GoldSpirit Awards 2005 Best Drama Score Best Drama Theme "Sayuri's Theme and End Credits" "Becoming a Geisha" Best Romantic Theme "The Chairman's Waltz" Best Score Best Theme "Becoming a Geisha" Grammy Award February 11, 2007 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Hollywood Film Festival October 18–24, 2005 Costume Designer of the Year Producer of the Year and Douglas Wick IFMCA Awards 2005 Film Score of the Year – John Williams Best Original Score for a Drama Film – John Williams MTV Movie Awards June 3, 2006 Sexiest Performance NAACP Image Awards February 26, 2006 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nastro d'Argento February 7, 2006 Special Silver Ribbon National Board of Review January 10, 2006 Best Supporting Actress Top Ten Films New York Film Critics Circle December 12, 2005 Best Actress (also for 2046) Satellite Awards December 17, 2005 Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Art Direction and Production Design Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Director Best Film Best Original Score Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Award January 29, 2006 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Visual Effects Society February 15, 2006 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture , Julia Frey, Paul Graff, Adam Watkins Young Artist Award March 25, 2006 Best Supporting Young Actress Best Family Drama Feature Film
Notes for "Best Production Company or Location Team of the Year": Mike Fantasia, Madeline Bell, Peter Costelli, Linda Emmons-Cunningham, Saisie M. Jang, Dan Kemp, Donny Martino Jr., Lori A. Balton, Kenneth Hunter, Peter Moody, Matthew Riutta
for "Best Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film": Wylie Stateman (supervising sound editor); Renée Tondelli (supervising adr/dialogue editor); Linda Folk (adr editor); Laura Harris Atkinson, Julie Feiner, Michael Hertlein, Michelle Pazer (dialogue editors)
for "Best Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film": Harry Cohen, Wylie Stateman (supervising sound editors); Dino Dimuro, Hector C. Gika, Ann Scibelli, Branden Spencer (sound editors); Michael Broomberg, Gary A. Hecker (Foley artists)
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