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Boots awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Austin Film Critics Association | Winner AFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Black Reel Awards | Winner Black Reel | Outstanding Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Black Reel Awards | Winner Black Reel | Outstanding Emerging Director (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Black Reel Awards | Winner Black Reel | Outstanding First Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Film Independent Spirit Awards | Winner Independent Spirit Award | Best First Feature (Boots Riley, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Music City Film Critics' Association Awards | Winner MCFCA Award | Best Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Black Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner BFCC Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | CPH PIX | Winner Politiken's Audience Award | (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner FFCC Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards | Winner GWNYFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards | Winner GWNYFCA Award | Best Debut Director (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Helsinki International Film Festival | Winner Audience Award | Best Feature Film (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Winner ICP Award | Best First Feature (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner PFCC Award | Best Directorial Debut (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Winner TFCA Award | Best First Feature (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2012 | Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | Winner GMS Award | Best Music Supervision for a Trailer (Jordan Silverberg, Beautiful Boy, Happy Feet Two, Puss in Boots) | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gotham Awards | Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award | Breakthrough Series – Under 40 minutes (Michael Ellenberg, Tze Chun, Lindsey Springer, Boots Riley, Jharrel Jerome, Marcus Gardley, Rebecca Rivo, Carver Karaszewski) | I’m a Virgo |
| 2020 | Americana Film Fest | Nominee Audience Award | Tops (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Legion M Breakout Director (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Legion M Breakout Director (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Austin Film Critics Association | Nominee AFCA Award | Best First Film (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Austin Film Critics Association | Nominee Breakthrough Artist Award | (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Black Reel Awards | Nominee Black Reel | Outstanding Director (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee Trailblazer Award | (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Columbus Film Critics Association | Nominee COFCA Award | Breakthrough Film Artist (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Directors Guild of America, USA | Nominee DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Faro Island Film Festival | Nominee Golden Carp Film Award - International | Best New Director (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Film Independent Spirit Awards | Nominee Independent Spirit Award | Best Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Hawaii Film Critics Society | Nominee HFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Hawaii Film Critics Society | Nominee HFCS Award | Best New Filmmaker (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Humanitas Prize | Nominee Humanitas Prize | Independent Feature Film (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Image Awards (NAACP) | Nominee Image Award | Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film) (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Music City Film Critics' Association Awards | Nominee MCFCA Award | Best Song (Boots Riley, Ryan Christopher Parks, Damion Gallegos) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | North Carolina Film Critics Association | Nominee NCFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Feature Debut (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee OFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee OFCS Award | Best Debut (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nominee Bradbury Award | Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee CFCA Award | Most Promising Filmmaker (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Cork International Film Festival | Nominee Gradam Spiorad na Féile (Spirit of the Festival Award) | (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee DFCS Award | Breakthrough Artist (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee DFCC | Best Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee FFCC Award | Best First Film (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Gotham Awards | Nominee Audience Award | (Boots Riley, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Charles D. King, George Rush, Jonathan Duffy, Kelly Williams) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Gotham Awards | Nominee Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Nominee IGN Award | Best Director (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee LAOFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Online Association of Female Film Critics | Nominee OAFFC Award | Best Original Screenplay (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Online Association of Female Film Critics | Nominee OAFFC Award | Breakthrough Filmmaker (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2018 | Sundance Film Festival | Nominee Grand Jury Prize | Dramatic (Boots Riley) | Sorry to Bother You |
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