| Academy Award Nominations: |
| Best Picture |
| Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón |
| Best Actress: Sandra Bullock |
| Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Best Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Rosie Goodwin & Joanne Woollard |
| Best Film Editing: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger |
| Best Original Score: Steven Price |
| Best Sound Mixing: Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro |
| Best Sound Editing: Glenn Freemantle |
| Best Visual Effects: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture (Drama) |
| ★ | Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón |
| Best Actress (Drama): Sandra Bullock |
| Best Original Score: Steven Price |
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| Other Awards: |
| Venice Film Festival: Future Film Festival Digital Award |
| Producers Guild Awards: Best Picture (tie) |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Picture (tie); Best Director; Best Cinematography; Best Film Editing |
| National Board of Review: Creative Innovation in Filmmaking |
| Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Cinematography |
| Chicago Film Critics Association: Best Cinematography; Best Art Direction (Mark Scruton & Andy Nicholson); Best Film Editing |
