Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Won |
Best Director The Sound of Music |
1965 |
| Won |
Best Director West Side Story |
1961 |
| Nominated |
Best Director I Want to Live! |
1958 |
| Nominated |
Best Editing Citizen Kane |
1941 |
| Nominated |
Best Picture The Sand Pebbles |
1966 |
| Won |
Best Picture The Sound of Music |
1965 |
| Won |
Best Picture West Side Story |
1961 |
| Won |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
1966 |
American Film Institute
| Won |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
1998 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Nominated |
Best British Film Executive Suite |
1954 |
| Nominated |
Best Film - Any Source West Side Story |
1962 |
| Nominated |
Best Film - Any Source The Set-Up |
1949 |
Broadcast Film Critics Association
| Won |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
1997 |
Directors Guild of America
| Nominated |
Best Director The Sand Pebbles |
1966 |
| Won |
Best Director The Sound of Music |
1965 |
| Won |
Best Director West Side Story |
1961 |
| Nominated |
Best Director I Want to Live! |
1958 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Somebody Up There Likes Me |
1956 |
| Nominated |
Best Director Executive Suite |
1954 |
| Won |
Robert Aldrich Award for Extraordinary Service to the Guild |
1984 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Director The Sand Pebbles |
1966 |
| Nominated |
Best Director The Sound of Music |
1965 |
| Nominated |
Best Director The Haunting |
1963 |
| Nominated |
Best Director West Side Story |
1961 |
| Nominated |
Best Director I Want to Live! |
1958 |
