Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info
2010 Online Film & Television Association Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame Motion Picture
2007 National Film Preservation Board, USA Winner National Film Registry
1998 International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) Winner FMCJ Award Best Re-Release of a Previously Existing Score (Arista)
1983 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Winner Korean Association of Film Critics Award Best Foreign Film (Steven Spielberg)
1979 BAFTA Awards Winner BAFTA Film Award Best Production Design/Art Direction (Joe Alves)
1979 Golden Screen, Germany Winner Golden Screen
1979 Grammy Awards Winner Grammy Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (John Williams)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Winner Oscar Best Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Winner Special Achievement Award (Frank E. Warner)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Winner Saturn Award Best Director (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Winner Saturn Award Best Music (John Williams)
1978 David di Donatello Awards Winner David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA Winner Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects
1977 National Board of Review, USA Winner NBR Award Top Ten Films
1977 National Board of Review, USA Winner Special Citation
Year Category Subcategory Info
2018 International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) Nominee IFMCA Award Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score (John Williams, Michael Matessino, Jim Titus)
2008 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best DVD Special Edition Release
2002 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best DVD Classic Film Release
1986 Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards Nominee SIYAD Award Best Foreign Film
1979 Awards of the Japanese Academy Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music (John Williams)
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond)
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Direction (Steven Spielberg)
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Film
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Film Editing (Michael Kahn)
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay (Steven Spielberg)
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Sound (Gene S. Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Don MacDougall, Robert Glass, Stephen Katz, Frank E. Warner, Richard Oswald, David M. Horton, Sam Gemette, Gary S. Gerlich, Chester Slomka, Neil Burrow)
1979 BAFTA Awards Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor (François Truffaut)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Melinda Dillon)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Director (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Joe Alves, Daniel A. Lomino, Phil Abramson)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Sound (Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Film Editing (Michael Kahn)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Effects, Visual Effects (Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Gregory Jein, Richard Yuricich)
1978 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Music, Original Score (John Williams)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Science Fiction Film
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Actor (Richard Dreyfuss)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Actress (Melinda Dillon)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Writing (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress (Teri Garr)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Make-Up (Bob Westmoreland, Thomas R. Burman, Carlo Rambaldi)
1978 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Special Effects (Douglas Trumbull)
1978 American Cinema Editors, USA Nominee Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (Michael Kahn)
1978 Directors Guild of America, USA Nominee DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Golden Globes, USA Nominee Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama
1978 Golden Globes, USA Nominee Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Golden Globes, USA Nominee Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Golden Globes, USA Nominee Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture (John Williams)
1978 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation (Steven Spielberg)
1978 Writers Guild of America, USA Nominee WGA Award (Screen) Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen (Steven Spielberg)
1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA Nominee NSFC Award Best Director (Steven Spielberg)
1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA Nominee NSFC Award Best Film
1977 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Nominee NYFCC Award Best Film
1977 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Nominee NYFCC Award Best Director (Steven Spielberg)