Mel Brooks awards and nominations
Brooks receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 23, 2010
Totals
Awards won
27
Nominations
62
The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Mel Brooks .
Mel Brooks is an American actor, writer, director, producer, comedian, and composer. Over his 70 year career in film, theatre, and television Brooks has won an Academy Award , four Emmys , three Tony Awards , three Grammys , and has been nominated for six Golden Globes and one BAFTA Award . With his Tony wins for The Producers in 2001, he became one of only eighteen people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award .[ 1] Additionally, he has received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, and a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017.
Brooks won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his satirical black comedy film The Producers (1967) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the satirical western comedy Blazing Saddles (1974) and Best Original Song for its title theme. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for Blazing Saddles . Brooks has received six competitive Golden Globe Award nominations without a win. He won two Writers Guild of America Awards for Best Original Screenplay for The Producers and Blazing Saddles .
He adapted The Producers into a commercially and critically successful 2001 musical on Broadway starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick . At the 55th Tony Awards he received three Tony Awards for Best Musical , Best Book of a Musical , and Best Original Score . Brooks also received three Drama Desk Awards , a Drama League Award , a New York Film Critics Circle Award , and two Outer Critics Circle Awards . The production transferred to the West End in London where Brooks won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2005.
For his work on television he received the Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for the CBS variety special The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967) and as well as three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for the NBC sitcom Mad About You in 1997, 1998, and 1999. Brooks earned three Grammy Awards ; for Best Comedy Album for The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 , Best Musical Theater Album for The Producers , and Best Music Film for Recording The Producers .
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2001
Outstanding Production of a Musical
The Producers
Won
2008
Young Frankenstein
Nominated
[ 39]
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2001
Best Musical
The Producers
Won
[ 42]
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2001
The Producers
Outstanding Broadway Musical
Won
[ 43]
2008
Young Frankenstein
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Won
[ 44]
Outstanding New Score
Nominated
Miscellaneous awards [ edit ]
Note: the Stinkers are listed twice, as the same ballot done in 1981 was revised in 2007.
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^ "The 41st Academy Awards" . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 4, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "The 47th Academy Awards" . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "The National Television Academy announces 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" . The National Television Academy. March 2, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1956 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1957 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1958 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1966 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1967 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1997 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1998 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 1999 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 2012 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 2013 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 2015 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Nominees / Winners 2023 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "3rd Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "4th Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "6th Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "24th Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "41st Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "44th Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "49th Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "51st Annual Grammy Awards" . Grammy Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ Willman, Chris (November 15, 2022). "Grammy Awards Nominations 2023: The Complete List, Led by Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Adele, Brandi Carlile" . Variety . Retrieved November 15, 2022 .
^ "2001 Tony Award Winners" . Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "BAFTA Film Awards 1975: Screenplay" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Mel Brooks is awarded the BAFTA Fellowship" . BBC News . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Best Screenplay – Motion Pictures: 1969" . The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^ "Best Actor – Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): 1977" . The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^ "Best Actor – Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): 1978" . The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^ "Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: 1978" . The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^ "Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: 2006" . The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^ "Best Original Song – Motion Picture: 2006" . The Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^ "Nominees and Recipients: 2001: Outstanding Musical" . Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Nominees and Recipients: 2001: Outstanding Book of a Musical" . Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Nominees and Recipients: 2001: Outstanding Lyrics" . Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Nominees and Recipients: 2008: Outstanding Lyrics" . Drama Desk. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "2007–08 Drama League Award Nominations Announced" . Broadway World . April 22, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Olivier Winners 2005" . olivierawards.com . The Society of London Theatre. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ Reynolds, Nigel (February 21, 2005). "Olivier for the funny guy who saved the show" . The Telegraph . Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "Past Awards" . dramacritics.org . New York Drama Critics’ Circle. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "Awards For 2000–2001" . Outer Critics Circle. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Awards For 2007–2008" . Outer Critics Circle. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ "Awards" . Archived from the original on January 3, 2007.
^ "Mel Brooks to Receive Screen Laurel Award" . Writers Guild of America. February 3, 2003. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "Preisträger" (in German). Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis an Mel Brooks" . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). March 6, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ Becker, Bernie (December 6, 2009). "Kennedy Center Honors 5 With Awards" . The New York Times . Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "Mel Brooks" . Walk of Fame. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ Gans, Andrew (April 26, 2010). "Mel Brooks Honored with Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame" . playbill.com . Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "2013 Mel Brooks Tribute" . afi.com . American Film Institute. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ Kilday, Gregg (June 7, 2013). "Mel Brooks Honored With AFI Life Achievement Award" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "Mel Brooks Receives BFI Fellowship" (PDF) . British Film Institute. March 20, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ Barraclough, Leo (March 22, 2013). "Mel Brooks Receives British Film Institute's Fellowship" . Variety . Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "National Medal of Arts: Mel Brooks" . arts.gov . National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ Johnson, Ted (September 14, 2016). "Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman to Receive National Medal of Arts" . Variety . Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ Pulver, Andrew (February 8, 2017). "Mel Brooks to receive the 2017 Bafta fellowship" . The Guardian . Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
^ Davis, Clayton (June 26, 2023). "Angela Bassett Finally Gets Her Oscar as Academy Announces 2023 Honorary Winners, Including Mel Brooks" . Variety . Retrieved June 29, 2023 .
^ "Mel Brooks - The Peabody Awards" . Peabody Awards . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Distinguished Alumni" . cine.org . Council on International Non-Theatrical Events. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "1975 Hugo Awards" . World Science Fiction Society. July 26, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "1975 Nebula Awards" . Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
^ "Awards" . Archived from the original on August 15, 2007.
^ "Awards" . Archived from the original on August 15, 2007.
Films directed Films written only Films produced only TV series created Musicals written Comedy sketches Other
listed by duration and year of completion
Competitive EGOTs Honorary recipients
Awards for Mel Brooks
1940–1975
Preston Sturges (1940)
Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles (1941)
Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr. (1942)
Norman Krasna (1943)
Lamar Trotti (1944)
Richard Schweizer (1945)
Muriel Box and Sydney Box (1946)
Sidney Sheldon (1947)
No award (1948)
Robert Pirosh (1949)
Charles Brackett , D. M. Marshman Jr. , and Billy Wilder (1950)
Alan Jay Lerner (1951)
T. E. B. Clarke (1952)
Charles Brackett , Richard L. Breen , and Walter Reisch (1953)
Budd Schulberg (1954)
Sonya Levien and William Ludwig (1955)
Albert Lamorisse (1956)
George Wells (1957)
Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith (1958)
Clarence Greene , Maurice Richlin , Russell Rouse , and Stanley Shapiro (1959)
I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder (1960)
William Inge (1961)
Ennio de Concini , Pietro Germi , and Alfredo Giannetti (1962)
James Webb (1963)
S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff (1964)
Frederic Raphael (1965)
Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven (1966)
William Rose (1967)
Mel Brooks (1968)
William Goldman (1969)
Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Jeremy Larner (1972)
David S. Ward (1973)
Robert Towne (1974)
Frank Pierson (1975)
1976–2000 2001–present
Billy Friedberg , Nat Hiken , Coleman Jacoby , Arnold Rosen, Leonard Stern and Tony Webster (1957)
No award (1958–1963)
Sam Denoff , Bill Persky and Carl Reiner (1964)
No award (1965)
Hal Goldman , Al Gordon and Sheldon Keller (1966)
Mel Brooks , Sam Denoff , Bill Persky , Carl Reiner and Mel Tolkin (1967)
Chris Bearde , Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan , Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings , David Panich, Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Digby Wolfe (1968)
Allan Blye, Bob Einstein , Carl Gottlieb , Cy Howard , Steve Martin , Jerry Music, Murray Roman , Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne and Mason Williams (1969)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Nebula Award for Best Script
Soylent Green – Stanley R. Greenberg (1973)
Sleeper – Woody Allen (1974)
Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)
Star Wars – George Lucas (1977)
The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
Galaxy Quest – David Howard and Robert Gordon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – James Schamus , Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Stephen Sinclair , and Peter Jackson (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson (2004)
Serenity – Joss Whedon (2005)
Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki , Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro (2007)
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton , Jim Reardon , and Pete Docter (2008)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
1947–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
1950–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
Original Drama (1969–1983) Original Comedy (1969–1983) Original Screenplay (1984–present)