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List of accolades received by Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle won several accolades for directing Slumdog Millionaire.
Accolades Award Wins Nominations AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards 1 1 Academy Awards 8 10 Alliance of Women Film Journalists 4 6 American Cinema Editors Awards 1 1 American Society of Cinematographers 1 1 Art Directors Guild Awards 0 1 Austin Film Critics Association 1 1 Austin Film Festival 1 1 Black Reel Awards 3 4 British Academy Film Awards 7 11 British Independent Film Awards 3 6 Camerimage 1 1 César Awards 0 1 Chicago Film Critics Association 4 6 Cinema Audio Society Awards 1 1 Costume Designers Guild Awards 1 1 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 5 6 Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2 3 David di Donatello 1 1 Detroit Film Critics Society 2 3 Directors Guild of America Awards 1 1 European Film Awards 2 6 Evening Standard British Film Awards 1 3 Florida Film Critics Circle 3 3 Golden Eagle Award 1 1 Golden Globe Awards 4 4 Golden Reel Awards 1 2 Golden Globe Awards 1 1 Grammy Awards 2 2 Hollywood Critics Association Awards 4 7 Houston Film Critics Society 2 5 Humanitas Prize 1 1 London Film Critics' Circle 3 6 Los Angeles Film Critics Association 3 3 MTV Movie Awards 0 6 NAACP Image Awards 1 2 National Board of Review 3 3 National Society of Film Critics 1 1 New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1 3 New York Film Critics Online 5 5 Online Film Critics Society 1 7 Palm Springs International Film Festival 1 1 Producers Guild of America Award 1 1 Rotterdam International Film Festival 2 2 San Diego Film Critics Society 6 6 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle 1 6 Santa Barbara International Film Festival 1 1 Satellite Awards 1 8 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 2 St. Louis Film Critics Association 2 6 St. Louis International Film Festival 1 1 Teen Choice Awards 0 6 Toronto International Film Festival 1 1 USC Scripter Award 1 1 Vancouver Film Critics Circle 0 1 Visual Effects Society 0 1 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 4 4 World Soundtrack Awards 1 3 Writers Guild of America Awards 0 1 Young Artist Award 1 1
Totals
Wins	118
Nominations	175
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge 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.

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British romantic drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Simon Beaufoy. It stars Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, and Irrfan Khan. Based on Vikas Swarup's 2005 novel Q & A, the film focuses on an 18-year old game show contestant named Jamal Malik (Patel). After being accused of cheating on Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, he recounts to the police how events in his life story enabled him to answer every question correctly. A. R. Rahman composed the film's musical score, while Anthony Dod Mantle and Chris Dickens were the cinematographer and film editor, respectively.

The film premiered on 30 August 2008 at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. It was then shown at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival where it won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award. Fox Searchlight gave the film a limited release in ten cinemas in the United States on 12 November 2008. The film was given a wide release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and the United States on 23 January. The film earned a worldwide box office total of more than $378 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 289 reviews and judged 91% to be positive.

The film garnered several awards and nominations with particular praise for Boyle's direction, Beaufoy's screenplay, Rahman's score, Mantle's cinematography, and Dicken's editing. The film garnered ten nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, and went on to win eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Boyle), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Beaufoy). At the 62nd British Academy Film Awards, the film earned eleven nominations and won eight awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film won all four categories it was nominated in at the 66th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director.

At the 20th Producers Guild of America Awards, Slumdog Millionaire won for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. Boyle won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 61st Directors Guild of America Awards, and Beaufoy won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 61st Writers Guild of America Awards. At the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the film's cast won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The film received six nominations at the 14th Critics' Choice Awards and won five awards including Best Picture. In addition, the National Board of Review named it the Best Film of 2008.

Accolades

See also

• 2008 in film

Notes

1. Tied with The Dark Knight for the Joker's first scene
2. Tied with WALL-E
3. Tied with Happy-Go-Lucky

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External links

• Awards for Slumdog Millionaire at IMDb

• Lists of accolades by film
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Lists of accolades by Indian film