Cary Joji Fukunaga at an event for Jane Eyre (2011)

Awards

Cary Joji Fukunaga

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26 wins & 35 nominations

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

2016 Nominee Spotlight Award
- Beasts of No Nation

Aspen Shortsfest

Austin Film Festival

2004 Winner Audience Award
- Best Narrative Student Short
- Victoria para chino

Bram Stoker Awards

2017 Nominee Bram Stoker Award
- Screenplay
- It
Shared with: Chase Palmer · Gary Dauberman

BAFTA Awards

2022 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Outstanding British Film of the Year
- No Time to Die
Shared with: Barbara Broccoli · Michael G. Wilson · Neal Purvis · Robert Wade · Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Nominee CFCA Award
- Most Promising Filmmaker
- Sin Nombre

Deauville Film Festival

Directors Guild of America, USA

2019 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
- Maniac
2015 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
- True Detective
Episode: "Who Goes There (2014)"

Edinburgh International Film Festival

2009 Winner New Director's Award
- Sin Nombre

Primetime Emmy Awards

2024 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- True Detective
For season "Night Country"
Shared with: Issa López · Mari-Jo Winkler · Jodie Foster · Barry Jenkins · Adele Romanski · Mark Ceryak · Chris Mundy · Nic Pizzolatto · Matthew McConaughey · Woody Harrelson · Steve Golin · Richard Brown · Alan Page · Princess Daazhraii Johnson · Cathy Tagnak Rexford · Layla Blackman · Sam Breckman
2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Limited Series
- The Alienist
Shared with: Hossein Amini · E. Max Frye · Rosalie Swedlin · Steve Golin · Chris Symes · Jakob Verbruggen · Eric Roth · Jamie Payne · Marshall Persinger · Ben Rosenblatt · Seth Fisher
2014 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- True Detective
For Who Goes There (2014)
2014 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Drama Series
- True Detective
Shared with: Nic Pizzolatto · Scott Stephens · Steve Golin · Woody Harrelson · Matthew McConaughey · Richard Brown · Carol Cuddy

Gen Art Film Festival

Goya Awards

2012 Nominee Goya
- Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
- Jane Eyre

Image Awards (NAACP)

2015 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
- True Detective
- Who Goes There

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2016 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Feature
- Beasts of No Nation
Shared with: Daniel Crown · Idris Elba · Amy Kaufman · Daniela Taplin Lundberg · Riva Marker
2016 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Cinematography
- Beasts of No Nation
2016 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Beasts of No Nation
2010 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Director
- Sin Nombre

London Film Festival

2015 Nominee Best Film
- Official Competition
- Beasts of No Nation

Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)

2005 Winner Best Short
- Victoria para chino

Nashville Film Festival

2005 Winner Best College Short
- Victoria para chino

PGA Awards

2019 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
- Maniac
Shared with: Patrick Somerville · Michael Sugar · Doug Wald · Jonah Hill · Emma Stone · Pål Kruke Kristiansen · Anne Kolbjørnsen · Espen Huseby · Carol Cuddy · Mauricio Katz · Caroline Williams · Ashley Zalta · Jessica Levin · Jon Mallard
2015 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- True Detective
Shared with: Richard Brown · Carol Cuddy · Steve Golin · Woody Harrelson · Matthew McConaughey · Nic Pizzolatto · Scott Stephens

Stockholm Film Festival

Student Academy Awards, USA

2005 Winner Silver Medal
- Narrative
- Victoria para chino
New York University.

Sundance Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

Woodstock Film Festival

2004 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Student Short
- Victoria para chino

Writers Guild of America, USA

2019 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
- Long Form Adapted
- Maniac
Shared with: Nick Cuse · Amelia Gray · Danielle Henderson · Mauricio Katz · Patrick Somerville · Caroline Williams

Ashland Independent Film Festival

2006 Winner Ashland Independent Film Award
- Best Student Film
- Victoria para chino

Black Reel Awards

2016 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding Motion Picture
- Beasts of No Nation
Shared with: Amy Kaufman · Daniela Taplin Lundberg · Riva Marker · Daniel Crown · Idris Elba

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

2011 Nominee Film and Literature Award
- Jane Eyre

Premios ACE

2010 Winner Premio ACE
- Cinema - Best First Work
- Sin Nombre

Capri, Hollywood

2015 Winner Capri Director Award
- Beasts of No Nation

BendFilm Festival

2005 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Student Film
- Victoria para chino

Austin Film Critics Association

2009 Winner AFCA Award
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Sin Nombre

Zurich Film Festival

2009 Nominee Golden Eye Award
- Best International Feature Film
- Sin Nombre

Cinema for Peace Awards

2016 Winner Cinema for Peace Award
- Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
- Beasts of No Nation

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2017 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- It
Shared with: Chase Palmer · Gary Dauberman
2015 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Cinematography
- Beasts of No Nation

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2009 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Non-English Language Film
- Sin Nombre
Mexico

Fright Meter Awards

2017 Nominee Fright Meter Award
- Best Screenplay
- It
Shared with: Chase Palmer · Gary Dauberman

Online Film & Television Association

2014 Nominee OFTA Television Award
- Best Direction in a Drama Series
- True Detective

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

2014 Nominee INOCA TV
- Best Directing for a Drama Series
- True Detective
Episode: "Who Goes There"

Ghana Movie Awards

2015 Winner Ghana Movie Award
- Best Director
- Beasts of No Nation
2015 Winner Ghana Movie Award
- Best Cinematography
- Beasts of No Nation
2015 Nominee Ghana Movie Award
- Best Adapted or Original Screenplay
- Beasts of No Nation
Shared with: Uzodinma Iweala

Black Reel Awards for Television

2019 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series
- True Detective
Shared with: Richard Brown · Lee Caplin · Steve Golin · Woody Harrelson · Matthew McConaughey · Nic Pizzolatto · Scott Stephens · Bard Dorros · Lori Slomka · Daniel Sackheim · Jeremy Saulnier

Gold List

2022 Winner Honorable Mention
- Best Director
- No Time to Die

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