Roman Polanski Awards

Academy Awards, USA

2003

Won Oscar
category Best Director for The Pianist (2002)

2003

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Picture for The Pianist (2002)
shared with Robert Benmussa; Alain Sarde

1981

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Director for Tess (1979)

1975

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Director for Chinatown (1974)

1969

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

2004

Got nomination for Silver Condor
category Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) - (France/Germany/Netherlands/Poland/UK) for The Pianist (2002)

BAFTA Awards

2003

Won BAFTA Film Award
category Best Film for The Pianist (2002)
shared with Robert Benmussa; Alain Sarde

2003

Won David Lean Award for Direction
for The Pianist (2002)

1975

Won BAFTA Film Award
category Best Direction for Chinatown (1974)

Bavarian Film Awards

2003

Won Bavarian Film Honorary Award

Berlin International Film Festival

1972

Won Berlin International Film Special Recognition
category Documentary for Afternoon of a Champion (1972)
shared with Frank Simon

1972

Got nomination for Golden Berlin Bear
for Afternoon of a Champion (1972)
shared with Frank Simon

1966

Won Golden Berlin Bear
for Cul-de-sac (1966)

1965

Won FIPRESCI Prize
for Repulsion (1965)

1965

Won Silver Berlin Bear
category Special Prize of the Jury for Repulsion (1965)

1965

Got nomination for Golden Berlin Bear
for Repulsion (1965)

Bermuda International Film Festival

2003

Won Bermuda International Film Audience Choice Award
for The Pianist (2002)

Bodil Awards

1975

Won Bodil Award
category Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film) for Chinatown (1974)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2002

Won BSFC Award
category Best Director for The Pianist (2002)

1981

Won BSFC Award
category Best Director for Tess (1979)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2003

Got nomination for BFCA Award
category Best Director for The Pianist (2002)

Cannes Film Festival

2002

Won Golden Palm
for The Pianist (2002)

1976

Got nomination for Golden Palm
for Locataire, Le (1976)

César Awards, France

2003

Won César Award
category Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for The Pianist (2002)

2003

Won César Award
category Best Film (Meilleur film) for The Pianist (2002)

1980

Won César Award
category Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) for Tess (1979)

1980

Won César Award
category Best Film (Meilleur film) for Tess (1979)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2002

Got nomination for CFCA Award
category Best Director for The Pianist (2002)

Czech Critics Awards

2003

Won Czech Critics World Cinematography Award

Czech Lions

2004

Won Czech Lion
category Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) for The Pianist (2002)

David di Donatello Awards

2003

Won David Award
category Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for The Pianist (2002)

Directors Guild of America, USA

2003

Got nomination for DGA Award
category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for The Pianist (2002)

1975

Got nomination for DGA Award
category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Chinatown (1974)

1969

Got nomination for DGA Award
category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

1969

Got nomination for Edgar Allan Poe Award
category Best Motion Picture for Rosemary's Baby (1968)

European Film Awards

2006

Won European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

2002

Got nomination for European Film Award
category Best Director for The Pianist (2002)

2002

Got nomination for European Film Award
category Best Film for The Pianist (2002)
shared with Robert Benmussa; Alain Sarde

1999

Won Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
for The Ninth Gate (1999)

Fantasporto

1995

Got nomination for Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award
category Best Film for Death and the Maiden (1994)

Fotogramas de Plata

2003

Won Fotogramas de Plata
category Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for The Pianist (2002)

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

1970

Won French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award
category Best Foreign Film for Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Golden Globes, USA

1981

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Director - Motion Picture for Tess (1979)

1975

Won Golden Globe
category Best Director - Motion Picture for Chinatown (1974)

1969

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Screenplay for Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Goya Awards

2003

Won Goya Award
category Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for The Pianist (2002)

Independent Spirit Awards

1995

Got nomination for Independent Spirit Award
category Best Director for Death and the Maiden (1994)

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2003

Won Silver Ribbon
category Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for The Pianist (2002)

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2004

Won Karlovy Vary Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

Kinema Junpo Awards

2004

Won Kinema Junpo Award
category Best Foreign Language Film for The Pianist (2002)

2004

Won Kinema Junpo Readers' Choice Award
category Best Foreign Language Film for The Pianist (2002)

Laurel Awards

1971

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Best Director (9th place)

1968

Got nomination for Golden Laurel
category Director (10th place)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1980

Won LAFCA Award
category Best Director for Tess (1979)

Mainichi Film Concours

2004

Won Mainichi Film Concours
category Best Foreign Language Film for The Pianist (2002)

2004

Won Mainichi Film Reader's Choice Award
category Best Foreign Language Film for The Pianist (2002)

Melbourne International Film Festival

1963

Won Melbourne International Best Short Film
category Under 30 minutes for Gros et le maigre, Le (1961)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2003

Won NSFC Award
category Best Director for The Pianist (2002)

Norwegian International Film Festival

2003

Won Ecumenical Film Award
for The Pianist (2002)

Polish Film Awards

2003

Won Eagle Award
category Best Director (Najlepsza Rezyseria) for The Pianist (2002)

2003

Won Eagle Award
category Best Film (Najlepszy Film) for The Pianist (2002)
shared with Robert Benmussa; Alain Sarde

2003

Won Polish Film Life Achievement Award

San Francisco International Film Festival

1958

Won Golden Gate Award
category Best Short Subject for Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958)

Sant Jordi Awards

2003

Won Sant Jordi Special Award
category (For his whole works)

Stockholm Film Festival

1999

Won Stockholm Film Lifetime Achievement Award

Venice Film Festival

1993

Won Career Golden Lion

1962

Won FIPRESCI Prize
for Nóz w wodzie (1962)

1962

Got nomination for Golden Lion
for Nóz w wodzie (1962)

Writers Guild of America, USA

1969

Got nomination for WGA Award (Screen)
category Best Written American Drama for Rosemary's Baby (1968)