awards for Dances With Wolves on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated	Best Actor Kevin Costner	1990
Won	Best Adapted Screenplay Michael Blake	1990
Nominated	Best Art Direction Lisa Dean, Jeffrey Beecroft	1990
Won	Best Cinematography Dean Semler	1990
Nominated	Best Costume Design Elsa Zamparelli	1990
Won	Best Director Kevin Costner	1990
Won	Best Editing Neil Travis	1990
Won	Best Picture Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner	1990
Won	Best Score John Barry	1990
Won	Best Sound Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins, Russell Williams II	1990
Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Graham Greene	1990
Nominated	Best Supporting Actress Mary McDonnell	1990

American Film Institute

Won

100 Greatest American Movies

1998

American Society of Cinematographers

Won

Best Cinematography Dean Semler

1990

Berlin International Film Festival

Won

Silver Bear for Outstanding Individual Performance Kevin Costner

1991

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Nominated	Best Actor Kevin Costner	1991
Nominated	Best Adapted Screenplay Michael Blake	1991
Nominated	Best Picture	1991
Nominated	David Lean Award Kevin Costner	1991

Directors Guild of America

Won

Best Director Kevin Costner

1990

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Nominated	Best Director Kevin Costner	1990
Nominated	Best Original Score John Barry	1990
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Kevin Costner	1990
Nominated	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Mary McDonnell	1990
Won	Best Picture - Drama	1990
Won	Best Screenplay Michael Blake	1990

National Board of Review

Won	Best Director Kevin Costner	1990
Won	Best Picture	1990