List of accolades received by The Lord of the Rings film series information

List of accolades received by The Lord of the Rings film series

Peter Jackson (pictured at the final film's world premiere in Wellington) directed all three films of the trilogy.
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Award 17 30 African-American Film Critics 1 1 Alexandria Awards 14 41 Amanda Award 1 3 American Cinema Editors 1 3 American Film Institute Award 5 6 American Society of Cinematographers 0 2 Art Directors Guild 2 3 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award 3 3 Angel Awards 1 1 AOL Moviegoer Awards 11 11 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts 3 3 Award Circuit Community 22 30 Award Of The Japanese Academy 0 3 Bodil Awards 1 2 Bogey Awards 3 3 Bram Stoker Awards 0 1 British Academy Film Award 13 35 British Society of Cinematographers 0 3 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award 8 11 Bubakar Awards 3 10 Central Ohio Film Critics 2 2 Chicago Film Critics 5 15 Cinema Audio Society Award 1 3 Cinemarati Awards 11 24 Cinema Writer Circle Spain 0 1 Costume Designers Guild 1 2 Chlotrudis Awards 2 2 Czech Lion 0 1 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics 5 5 Directors Guild of America Award 1 3 Directors Guild of Great Britain Award 1 1 DVD Exclusive Awards 9 21 Empire Award 7 23 Film Critics Circle of Australia 0 1 Florida Film Critics 5 5 Gabon National Honor Of Merit Awards 1 1 German Dubbing Awards 1 1 Golden Globe Award 4 10 Gold Spirit Awards 18 22 Golden Trailer Award 2 2 Golden Tommatoes Award 2 2 Grammy Award 4 5 Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award 5 6 Hugo Award 3 3 Iowa Film Critics 1 1 International Online 3-D Society Awards 1 1 International Online Cinephile Society 4 4 Internet Movie Awards 16 16 Irish Film and Television Award 1 1 Italian online movie Award 13 25 Italian Syndicate Of Film Journalists 1 1 jupiter movie Award 4 4 Joblo Awards 26 29 Kansas City Film Critics 5 5 Key Art Awards 1 1 Las Vegas Film Critics 18 22 locus Award 3 3 London Film Critics 0 3 Los Angeles Film Critics 3 3 Motion Picture Sound Editors 1 6 Movieguide Awards 1 1 MTV Movie Award 8 12 National Board of Review 4 4 National Society of Film Critics 0 3 Nebula Award 3 3 New York Film Critics 1 1 NRJ cine cine awards 2 2 Online Film Critics 15 30 Online Film And Television Association 37 61 People's Choice Award 3 3 Phoenix Film Critics 27 37 Producers Guild of America 1 3 Robert Award 1 1 Rondo Hotton Classic Horror Award 2 2 San Diego Film Critics 2 2 San Francisco Film Critics 1 1 Santa Barbara International Film Festival 1 1 Satellite Award 6 27 Saturn Award 15 32 Screen Actors Guild 2 4 Seattle Film Critics 2 12 SFX Awards 6 8 Southeastern Film Critics 4 4 Spacey Awards 5 5 Toronto Film Critics 2 3 Utah Film Critics 3 6 USC Scripter Award 0 3 Vancouver Film Critics 1 2 Visual Effects Society 12 17 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics 2 4 World Soundtrack Award 2 5 Writers Guild of America 0 2 Young Artist Award 2 3
Totals[a]
Wins	475
Nominations	800
Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

The Lord of the Rings is a film series of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. The films, subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, were released serially worldwide between December 2001 and December 2003. They are based on J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, adapted for the screen by Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens. Set in Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, the plot follows the hobbit Frodo Baggins and his fellow members of the Fellowship of the Ring as they embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, which will rid Middle-earth of the Dark Lord Sauron. A large ensemble cast was featured in the series, which included Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, John Noble, Bernard Hill, David Wenham, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, Craig Parker, Marton Csokas, and Brad Dourif.

All three films premiered to widespread critical acclaim.^[1][2][3] The Toronto Film Critics Association awarded Jackson a "Special Citation" for his work on the series as a whole,^[4] while the Austin Film Critics Association selected the entire series as the decade's third best film.^[5] The films won seventeen out of thirty Academy Award nominations, and The Return of the King holds the record for most Oscars with eleven alongside Titanic and Ben-Hur.^[6][7] The Return of the King also has the distinction of being the only fantasy film until The Shape of Water (2017) to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.^[8][9]

In addition to receiving the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, many of the actors were also recognized for their individual work, including McKellen (12 nominations), Serkis (10 nominations), Astin (9 nominations), and Mortensen (5 nominations). Composer Howard Shore received recognition for his original score, as he was the recipient of three Academy Awards, two BAFTA nominations, and three Grammy Awards in addition to a number of other awards. The series also received accolades in various technical categories, including those in editing, sound mixing, and visual effects. Walsh, Boyens, and Jackson's screenwriting earned them 10 awards out of 23 total nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for The Return of the King). In total, the series received 475 awards out of 800 nominations, thus making the films the most awarded film series in cinematic history.