List of accolades received by the Alien film series
Sigourney Weaver has been critically lauded for her portrayal of Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and has been nominated for both Academy and Golden Globe Awards for her performance in Aliens. Her success is considered as a milestone of the recognition to the science fiction and horror genres. | |||||
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Footnotes |
Alien is an action/horror film series created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. The series began with the four films Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien³ (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997). A prequel series directed by Ridley Scott began with Prometheus (2012) and continued with Alien: Covenant (2017). Set between the 21st and 24th centuries, the plot focuses on humanity's violent encounters with a vicious alien life form, with the lead protagonist being Ellen Ripley, a woman determined to stop the creature and prevent the corrupt Weyland-Yutani Corporation from obtaining it for biological weaponry.
The first two installments in the film series were met with universal praise for the technical attributes, as well as Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of the lead, Ellen Ripley, for which she earned nine nominations and two wins (Saturn Award for Best Actress and Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award).[1] Though the subsequent installments were met with generally mixed reviews, all five films in the Alien film series have been critically lauded for their technical attributes, ranging from recognition of the visual and sound effects, to the design of the recurring alien creature. The Alien Quadrilogy and Alien Anthology DVD and Blu-ray Disc collections have both won medium-specific awards.
Alien[]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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Academy Awards[2] | Best Art Direction | Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian, and Ian Whittaker | Nominated |
Best Visual Effects | H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling | Won | |
British Academy Film Awards | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominated |
Best Costume Design | John Mollo | Nominated | |
Best Editing | Terry Rawlings | Nominated | |
Best Production Design | Michael Seymour | Won | |
Best Supporting Actor | John Hurt | Nominated | |
Best Sound | Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe | Won | |
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated | |
British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography Award | Derek Vanlint | Nominated |
Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Score | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominated |
Grammy Awards | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special | Jerry Goldsmith | Nominated |
Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won | |
San Sebastián International Film Festival | Best Cinematography and Special Effects | Won | |
Saturn Awards | Best Science Fiction Film | Won | |
Best Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated | |
Best Director | Ridley Scott | Won | |
Best Writing | Dan O'Bannon | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Veronica Cartwright | Won | |
Best Make-up | Pat Hay | Nominated | |
Best Special Effects | Brian Johnson and Nick Allder | Nominated |
Aliens[]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards | Top Box Office Film | James Horner | Won |
Academy Awards[1] | Best Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated |
Best Art Direction | Peter Lamont and Crispian Sallis | Nominated | |
Best Film Editing | Ray Lovejoy | Nominated | |
Best Original Score | James Horner | Nominated | |
Best Sound | Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman | Nominated | |
Best Sound Effects Editing | Don Sharpe | Won | |
Best Visual Effects | Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. Benson | Won | |
British Academy Film Awards[3] | Best Sound | Don Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone | Nominated |
Best Production Design | Peter Lamont | Nominated | |
Best Special Visual Effects | Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, John Richardson, Suzanne M. Benson and Stan Winston[4] | Won | |
Best Makeup | Peter Robb-King | Nominated | |
Artios Awards | Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama | Mike Fenton, Jane Feindberg and Judy Taylor | Nominated |
Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated |
Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing | Don Sharpe | Won |
Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won | |
Japanese Academy Awards | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominated | |
Kinema Junpo Awards | Readers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film | James Cameron | Won |
Saturn Awards[5] | Best Science Fiction Film | Won | |
Best Actor | Michael Biehn | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Won | |
Best Supporting Actor | Bill Paxton | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Jenette Goldstein | Won | |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Carrie Henn | Won | |
Best Director | James Cameron | Won | |
Best Writing | Won | ||
Best Costume | Emma Porteus | Nominated | |
Best Make-Up | Peter Robb-King | Nominated | |
Best Special Effects | Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak | Won | |
Young Artist Awards | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Supporting Role in a Feature Film - Comedy, Fantasy or Drama | Carrie Henn | Nominated |
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes (2005)
- "Get away from her, you bitch!" – Nominated.
Alien 3[]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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Academy Awards | Best Visual Effects | Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs | Nominated |
British Academy Film Awards | Best Special Effects | Nominated | |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Studio/Big-Budget Film | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Charles S. Dutton | Nominated | |
Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominated | |
Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing | Won | |
MTV Movie Awards[6] | Best Action Sequence | Aliens chase through a tunnel | Nominated |
Saturn Awards | Best Science Fiction Film | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Charles S. Dutton | Nominated | |
Best Director | David Fincher | Nominated | |
Best Writing | David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson | Nominated | |
Best Costume | Rob Ringwood and David Perry | Nominated | |
Best Special Effects | Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs | Nominated |
Alien Resurrection[]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated |
Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi | Winona Ryder | Won | |
Bogey Awards | Bogey Award | 20th Century Fox | Won |
Golden Satellite Awards | Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | Bill Badalato, Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill | Nominated |
Hasty Pudding Theatricals | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year | Sigourney Weaver (also for The Ice Storm and Snow White: A Tale of Terror) | Won |
Saturn Awards | Best Science Fiction Film | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Winona Ryder | Nominated | |
Best Director | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Nominated | |
Best Costume | Rob Ringwood | Nominated | |
Best Special Effects | Pitof, Eric Henry, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. | Nominated | |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards[7] | |||
Worst Actress | Sigourney Weaver | Nominated | |
Worst Supporting Actress | Winona Ryder | Nominated | |
Worst Sequel | Nominated | ||
The Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For | Nominated |
Prometheus[]
Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Golden Trailer Awards | Summer 2012 Blockbuster Trailer | Prometheus / "Not Alone", 20th Century Fox, Wild Card | Nominated | [8] |
Best Sound Editing | Prometheus, 20th Century Fox, Skip Film | Nominated | |||
Key Art Awards | Digital | "Weyland Industries" website | Won | [9] | |
Innovative Media | Prometheus | Won | |||
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Art Direction | Alex Cameron | Won | ||
Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Visual Effects | Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill | Nominated | ||
Satellite Awards | Visual Effects | Richard Stammers, Charley Henley and Martin Hill | Nominated | [10] | |
Sound (Editing and Mixing) | Victor Ray Ennis, Ann Scibelli, John Cucci and Mark P. Stoeckinger | Nominated | |||
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Breakout | Noomi Rapace | Nominated | [11] | |
Choice Summer Movie – Action | Prometheus | Nominated | |||
Choice Summer Movie Star – Female | Charlize Theron (also for Snow White & the Huntsman) | Nominated | |||
2013 | Academy Awards | Best Visual Effects | Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill | Nominated | [12] |
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award | Fantasy Film | Arthur Max | Nominated | [13] | |
BAFTA Awards | Special Visual Effects | Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth | Nominated | [14] | |
Critic's Choice Award | Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | Prometheus | Nominated | [15] | |
Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing — Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Prometheus | Nominated | [16] | |
Visual Effects Society | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginelli, Denis Scolan for "Engineers & the Orrery" | Nominated | [17] | |
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Julien Bolbach, Marco Genovesi, Martin Riedel, Marco Rolandi for "LV-233" | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers for Prometheus | Nominated | |||
London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Supporting Actor of the Year | Michael Fassbender | Nominated | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Science Fiction Film | Prometheus | Nominated | [18] | |
Best Supporting Actor | Michael Fassbender | Nominated |
Alien: Covenant[]
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Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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Saturn Awards | Best Science Fiction Film | Nominated |
DVD and Blu-ray Disc re-issues[]
Alien Quadrilogy[]
Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
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DVD Exclusive Awards | DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) |
Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (only for Alien) |
Won |
James Cameron, Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, Christopher Henn, Lance Henriksen, Gale Anne Hurd, Pat McClung, Bill Paxton, , Robert Skotak and Stan Winston (only for Aliens) |
Nominated | ||
Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (Including All Extra Features) | Charles de Lauzirika | Won | |
Best New Movie Scenes (Finished-Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone) | Charles de Lauzirika and David Crowther (only for Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection) |
Nominated | |
Sierra Awards | Best DVD | Won | |
Satellite Awards | Best DVD Extra | Nominated | |
Best Overall DVD | Nominated | ||
Saturn Awards | Best DVD Collection | Nominated |
Alien Anthology[]
Award | Category | Result |
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IGN Movie Awards[19] | Best Blu-ray | Won |
Sierra Awards | Best DVD | Won |
Saturn Awards | Best DVD Collection | Won |
See also[]
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