Awards

2004
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie  /  Best Adapted Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Boston Society of Film Critics  /  Best Director [Runner-up]  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Boston Society of Film Critics  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
British Academy of Film and Television  /  Best Adapted Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Broadcast Film Critics Association  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Chicago Film Critics Association  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Hollywood Foreign Press Association  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Independent Spirit Awards  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Independent Spirit Awards  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
National Board of Review  /  Best Adapted Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
National Society of Film Critics  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
National Society of Film Critics  /  Best Director (Runner-up)  /  Won for  "Sideways"
New York Film Critics Circle  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
San Francisco Film Critics Circle  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Sideways"
Writers Guild of America  /  Best Adapted Screenplay  /  Won for  "Sideways"
2002
Hollywood Foreign Press Association  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "About Schmidt"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "About Schmidt"
1999
Independent Spirit Awards  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Election"
Independent Spirit Awards  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Election"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association  /  New Generation Award  /  Won for  "Citizen Ruth"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association  /  New Generation Award  /  Won for  "Election"
National Society of Film Critics  /  Best Screenplay (Runner-up)  /  Won for  "Election"
New York Film Critics Circle  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Election"
Writers Guild of America  /  Best Adapted Screenplay  /  Won for  "Election"

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