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Michael Arndt at an event for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Awards

Michael Arndt

17 wins & 38 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Oscar
    • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    2016 Winner Saturn Award
    • Best Writing
    • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    Shared with: Lawrence Kasdan · J.J. Abrams
  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Writing
    • Toy Story 3

Annie Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Annie
    • Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production
    • Toy Story 3

BAFTA Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay (Adapted)
    • Toy Story 3
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Critics Choice Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Writer
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Toy Story 3
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Satellite Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich · John Lasseter

Hugo Awards

  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    2016 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
    • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    Shared with: Lawrence Kasdan · J.J. Abrams
  • Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    2014 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
    • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    Shared with: Simon Beaufoy · Francis Lawrence
  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: Lee Unkrich · John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best First Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Little Miss Sunshine

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner New Generation Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Jonathan Dayton · Valerie Faris
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Chairman's Vanguard Award
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    Shared with: Jonathan Dayton · Valerie Faris

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Toy Story 3

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    2016 Nominee Bradbury Award
    • Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
    • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    Shared with: Lawrence Kasdan · J.J. Abrams
  • Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    2014 Nominee Bradbury Award
    • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    Shared with: Francis Lawrence · Simon Beaufoy
  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Bradbury Award
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Toy Story 3
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Screenwriters Choice Awards, Online

  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    2015 Nominee Screenplay Competition
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    Shared with: Lawrence Kasdan · J.J. Abrams

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Scream Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee Scream Award
    • Best Scream-Play
    • Toy Story 3

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Nick Nolte and Robert Redford in A Walk in the Woods (2015)
    2016 Nominee Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
    • A Walk in the Woods
    Shared with: Ken Kwapis · Bill Holderman
  • Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    2014 Nominee Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
    • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    Shared with: Francis Lawrence · Simon Beaufoy

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich

Online Film & Television Association

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best First Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee Davis Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Toy Story 3
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Winner ACCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner IOMA
    • Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Screenplay of the Year
    • Toy Story 3
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2006 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Screenplay of the Year
    • Little Miss Sunshine

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Gold Derby Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • Toy Story 3
    Shared with: John Lasseter · Andrew Stanton · Lee Unkrich
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Screenplay of the Decade
    • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2007 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Screenplay
    • Little Miss Sunshine

Dragon Awards

  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    2016 Nominee Dragon Award
    • Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
    • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    Shared with: J.J. Abrams · Lawrence Kasdan

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