Atonement
Awards
Nominations
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Original Score (Dario Marianelli)
- Best Cinematography (Seamus McGarvey)
- Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer)
- Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran)
Nominated for 14 BAFTA Awards
- Best Film
- Best British Film
- Best Director (Joe Wright)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Leading Actor (James McAvoy)
- Best Leading Actress (Keira Knightley)
- Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Music (Dario Marianelli )
- Best Cinematography (Seamus McGarvey)
- Best Editing (Paul Tothill)
- Best Production Design (Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer)
- Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran)
- Best Sound (Danny Hambrook/Paul Hamblin/Catherine Hodgson)
- Best Make Up & Hair (Ivana Primorac)
Nominated for 7 Golden Globe Awards
- Best Picture [Drama]
- Best Director (Joe Wright)
- Best Actress [Drama] (Keira Knightley)
- Best Actor [Drama] (James McAvoy)
- Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Original Score (Dario Marianelli)
Nominated for 5 [Broadcast Film Critics Association] Critics' Choice Awards
- Best Picture, Best Director (Joe Wright)
- Best Supporting Actress (Vanessa Redgrave)
- Best Young Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Composer (Dario Marianelli)
Nominated for 8 London Film Critics Circle Awards (the Attenborough Award for)
- British Film of the Year
- British Director of the Year (Joe Wright)
- British Actor of the Year (James McAvoy)
- British Actress of the Year (Keira Knightley)
- British Supporting Actress (Vanessa Redgrave; Saoirse Ronan)
- Screenwriter of the Year (Christopher Hampton)
- British Breakthrough Acting of the Year (Saoirse Ronan)
Nominated for 6 Online Film Critics Society Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Cinematography (Seamus McGarvey)
- Best Editing (Paul Tothill)
- Best Score (Dario Marianelli)
Nominated for 5 Golden Satellite Awards
- Best Actress [Drama] (Keira Knightley)
- Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Original Score (Dario Marianelli)
- Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran)
Nominated for 4 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association awards
- Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Script (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Cinematography (Seamus McGarvey)
- Best Score (Dario Marianelli)
Nominated for 3 Chicago Film Critics Association awards
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Cinematography (Seamus McGarvey)
- Best Original Score (Dario Marianelli)
Nominated for 6 Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Film
- Best Director (Joe Wright)
- Best Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
- Best Art Direction (Sarah Greenwood)
- Best Breakthrough Performance (Saoirse Ronan)
Nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Award (Seamus McGarvey) [for Outstanding Achievement in a Theatrical Release]
Nominated for the Scripter Award [for Best Adapted Screenplay] (Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton)
Nominated for the Art Directors Guild (ADG) Award for Achievement in [Period] Feature Film (Sarah Greenwood)
Awards
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Score (Dario Marianelli)
Winner of 2 BAFTA Awards: Best Film and Best Production Design (Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer)
Winner of 2 Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture [Drama] and Best Original Score (Dario Marianelli)
Winner of the Evening Standard British Film Award for Technical Achievement (Seamus McGarvey, Sarah Greenwood, and Jacqueline Durran)
Honored with 2 Elle Style Awards: (Keira Knightley, James McAvoy)
Winner of the Screenwriter of the Year Award (Christopher Hampton) from the [U.K. Regional Film Critics'] Richard Attenborough Film Awards
Winner of the Golden Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton)
Winner of the Best Young Actress (Saoirse Ronan) award from the Women Film Critics Circle
National Board of Review
Named one of the year's Best Films
Hollywood Awards
Screenwriter of the Year Award to Christopher Hampton
2007 Hamptons International Film Festival
Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement in Acting to Vanessa Redgrave
Savannah Film Festival
Lifetime Achievement Award to Vanessa Redgrave [tandemed with her siblings Corin and Lynn]
New York Film Critics Online
Named one of the year's [11] Best Films
Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association
Named one of the year's [5] Best Films
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Named one of the year's [10] Best Films
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Named one of the year's [10] Best Films
Houston Film Critics Society
Named one of the year's [10] Best Films
San Diego Film Critics Society
Named one of the year's [7] Best Films
San Diego Film Critics Society
Winner of the Best Editor (Paul Tothill) award
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Winner of the Best Newcomer (Saoirse Ronan) award
Houston Film Critics Society
Winner of the Best Original Score (Dario Marianelli) award
Published on: November 26, 2007