Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Nominated |
Best Adapted Screenplay Some Like It Hot |
1959 |
| Won |
Best Director The Apartment |
1960 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Some Like It Hot |
1959 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Witness for the Prosecution |
1957 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Sabrina |
1954 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Stalag 17 |
1953 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Sunset Boulevard |
1950 |
| Won |
Best Director The Lost Weekend |
1945 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Double Indemnity |
1944 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Screenplay The Fortune Cookie |
1966 |
| Won |
Best Original Screenplay The Apartment |
1960 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Story Ball of Fire |
1941 |
| Won |
Best Picture The Apartment |
1960 |
| Nominated |
Best Screenplay Sabrina |
1954 |
| Nominated |
Best Screenplay A Foreign Affair |
1948 |
| Won |
Best Screenplay The Lost Weekend |
1945 |
| Nominated |
Best Screenplay Double Indemnity |
1944 |
| Nominated |
Best Screenplay Hold Back the Dawn |
1941 |
| Nominated |
Best Screenplay Ninotchka |
1939 |
| Won |
Best Story and Screenplay Sunset Boulevard |
1950 |
| Won |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
1987 |
American Film Institute
| Won |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
1986 |
Berlin International Film Festival
| Won |
Honorary Golden Bear |
1993 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Nominated |
Best British Film Some Like It Hot |
1959 |
| Won |
Best Film - Any Source The Apartment |
1960 |
Directors Guild of America
| Won |
Best Director The Apartment |
1960 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Some Like It Hot |
1959 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Love in the Afternoon |
1957 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Witness for the Prosecution |
1957 |
| Nominated |
Best Director The Seven Year Itch |
1955 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Sabrina |
1954 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Stalag 17 |
1953 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Sunset Boulevard |
1950 |
European Film Academy
| Won |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
1992 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Director Avanti! |
1972 |
| Nominated |
Best Director The Apartment |
1960 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Witness for the Prosecution |
1957 |
| Won |
Best Director Sunset Boulevard |
1950 |
| Won |
Best Director The Lost Weekend |
1945 |
| Nominated |
Best Screenplay Avanti! |
1972 |
| Won |
Best Screenplay Sabrina |
1954 |
| Nominated |
Best Screenplay Sunset Boulevard |
1950 |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
| Won |
Career Achievement Award |
1993 |
New York Film Critics Circle
| Won |
Best Director The Apartment |
1960 |
| Won |
Best Director The Lost Weekend |
1945 |
| Won |
Best Screenplay The Apartment |
1960 |
Venice International Film Festival
| Won |
Golden Lion |
1972 |
| Won |
International Prize Ace in the Hole |
1951 |
