Academy Awards archive
A Serious Man Oscar Nominations & Wins
A Serious Man has 2 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 0 wins.
Wins recorded in the archive
No winning records for A Serious Man are represented in this archive. Its recorded nominations are listed below.
All 2 award records
Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.
| Film year | Category / credited nominee | Recorded result |
|---|---|---|
| Film year2009 | Best Picture Credited nominee / recipientJoel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers | Nomination recorded Recorded winner in this categoryThe Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers |
| Film year2009 | Original Screenplay Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen | Nomination recorded |
Who else was nominated?
Compare A Serious Man with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.
Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.
Best Picture 2009 film year · Ceremony 82
- AvatarNomineeJames Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
- The Blind SideNomineeGil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
- District 9NomineePeter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
- An EducationNomineeFinola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
- The Hurt Locker★ WinnerKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
- Inglourious BasterdsNomineeLawrence Bender, Producer
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireNomineeLee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
- A Serious Man This filmNomineeJoel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
- UpNomineeJonas Rivera, Producer
- Up in the AirNomineeDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Original Screenplay 2009 film year · Ceremony 82
- The Hurt Locker★ WinnerWritten by Mark Boal
- Inglourious BasterdsNomineeWritten by Quentin Tarantino
- The MessengerNomineeWritten by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
- A Serious Man This filmNomineeWritten by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- UpNomineeScreenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
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