King Kong (2005)/Awards

	Subject	Nominee	Result
Academy Awards	Best Art Direction	Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Simon Bright	Nominated
	Best Sound Editing	Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn	Won
	Best Sound Mixing	Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek	Won
	Best Visual Effects	Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor	Won
American Film Institute	Top Ten Films	King Kong	Won
American Society of Cinematographers Award	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases	Andrew Lesnie	Nominated
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards	Top Box Office Films	James Newton Howard	Won
Art Directors Guild	Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film	Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, Simon Harper, David A. Cook, and Jacqui Allen	Nominated
British Academy Film Awards	Best Special Visual Effects	Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor	Won
	Best Production Design	Grant Major	Nominated
	Best Sound	Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins, and Ethan Van der Ryn	Nominated
Critics Choice Awards	Best Picture	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Nominated
	Best Actress	Naomi Watts	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie	Nominated
	Best Original Score	James Newton Howard	Nominated
Cinema Audio Society	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture	Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek	Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Picture	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Nominated
Empire Awards	Best Sci-Fi/Superhero	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Nominated
	Best Actor	Andy Serkis	Nominated
	Best Actress	Naomi Watts	Nominated
	Best Film	King Kong	Won
Georges Award	Best Blockbuster Movie		Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Nominated
	Best Original Score	James Newton Howard	Nominated
Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Foreign	Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, Brent Burge, David Farmer, Dave Whitehead, John Simpson, Hayden Collow, Melanie Graham, Matthew Lambourn, Justin Webster, Katy Wood, Peter Mills, Craig Tomlinson, Ray Beentjes, Jason Canovas, Martin Kwok, Polly McKinnon, Chris Ward, Jenny T. Ward, Robyn McFarlane, and Carolyn McLaughlin	Nominated
		Matt Stutter	Nominated
	Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Music	Jim Weidman and Peter Myles	Nominated
Golden Schmoes Awards	Best DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year	'Deluxe Edition'	Nominated
	Favorite Movie of the Year	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Director of the Year	Peter Jackson	Nominated
	Most Overrated Movie of the Year	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Special Effects of the Year		Won
	Best Actress of the Year	Naomi Watts	Nominated
	Coolest Character of the Year	'Kong'	Nominated
	Best Music in a Movie	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Trailer of the Year		Nominated
	Best Action Sequence of the Year	'Kong vs. T-Rexes'	Won
	Most Memorable Scene in a Movie		Nominated
		'Kong on top of the Empire State Building'	Nominated
Hollywood Professional Association	Outstanding Color Grading Feature Film in a DI Process	David Cole	Nominated
	Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film	Erik Winquist, Charles Tait, Johan Åberg, and G.G. Heitmann Demers	Nominated
International Cinephile Society	Best Actress	Naomi Watts	Nominated
	Best Production Design	Grant Major	2nd place
International Film Music Critics Association	Film Score of the Year	James Newton Howard	Nominated
	Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film		Nominated
Jupiter Awards	Best International Director	Peter Jackson	Won
	Best International Actress	Naomi Watts	Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie	Won
	Best Editing	Jamie Selkirk	Won
	Best Costume Design	Terry Ryan	Won
	Best Art Direction	Simon Bright and Dan Hennah	Won
	Best Visual Effects	King Kong	Won
	Best Picture		3rd place
London Critics Circle Film Awards	Film of the Year		Nominated
	Actress of the Year	Naomi Watts	Won
	Director of the Year	Peter Jackson	Won
MTV Russia Movie Awards	Best Foreign Movie	King Kong	Nominated
MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Movie		Nominated
	Best Fight	Kong vs the planes	Nominated
National Board of Review	Special Achievement Award		Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Nominated
	Best Actress	Naomi Watts	Nominated
	Best Original Score	James Newton Howard	Nominated
Online Film & Television Association	Best Actress	Naomi Watts	Nominated
	Best Music, Original Score	James Newton Howard	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie	Nominated
	Best Production Design	Grant Major, Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, and Dan Hennah	Won
	Best Costume Design	Terry Ryan	Nominated
	Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Gino Acevedo, Rick Findlater, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Dominie Till	Nominated
	Best Sound Mixing	Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek	Won
	Best Sound Effects Editing	Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn	Won
	Best Visual Effects	Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor	Won
	Best Titles Sequence	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Cinematic Moment	T-Rex Fight	Nominated
	Best Official Film Website	King Kong	Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Production Design	Grant Major	Won
	Best Visual Effects	King Kong	Won
Huabiao Award	Outstanding Translated Foreign Film		Nominated
Rondo Award	Best Film		Won
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Picture		Won
Saturn Award	Best DVD Special Edition Release	"Deluxe Extended Edition" release.	Nominated
	Best Fantasy Film	King Kong	Nominated
	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Won
	Best Writing	Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, and Peter Jackson	Nominated
	Best Actress	Naomi Watts	Won
	Best Costume	Terry Ryan	Nominated
	Best Make-Up	Richard Taylor, Gino Acevedo, Dominie Till, and Peter King	Nominated
	Best Special Effects	Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor	Won
Scream Awards	Best Remake	King Kong	Won
	Scream Queen	Naomi Watts	Nominated
	Best Fantasy Movie	King Kong	Nominated
	Best F/X	King Kong	Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association	Best Picture	King Kong	9th place
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Most Intrusive Musical Score	James Newton Howard	Nominated
	Most Overrated Film	King Kong	Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Director	Peter Jackson	Nominated
	Best Cinematography or Visual/Special Effects	Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor	Won
Teen Choice Awards	Choice Action Adventure	King Kong	Nominated
	Choice Rumble	King Kong vs. T-Rex	Nominated
	Choice Sleazebag	Jack Black	Nominated
	Choice Hissy Fit	King Kong	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association	Special Citation	Andy Serkis	Won
Visual Effects Society	Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture	Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Christian Rivers, and Eric Saindon	Won
	Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture	Andy Serkis, Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, and Guy Williams	Won
	Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture	Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Matt Aitken, and Charles Tait	Won
	Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture	Erik Winquist, Michaell Pangrazio, Steve Cronin, and Suzanne Jandu	Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	James Newton Howard	Nominated
	Best Original Soundtrack of the Year		Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Actress	Naomi Watts	Nominated