Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Nominated |
Best Director The Greatest Show on Earth |
1952 |
| Nominated |
Best Picture The Ten Commandments |
1956 |
| Won |
Best Picture The Greatest Show on Earth |
1952 |
| Won |
Honorary and Other Awards |
1949 |
| Won |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
1952 |
Directors Guild of America
| Nominated |
Best Director The Greatest Show on Earth |
1952 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Won |
Best Director The Greatest Show on Earth |
1952 |
| Won |
Cecil B. DeMille Award |
1951 |