List of awards and nominations received by David Hare
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Sir David Hare is an English playwright, screenwriter, and director. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards, a BAFTA TV Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award , in addition to nominations for three Tony Awards, two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Film Awards, and two Golden Globes.
For his work in film, he wrote the British mystery film Wetherby (1985) for which he won the Golden Bear from the Berlin International Film Festival. He also wrote the drama films Plenty (1985), Damage (1992), and The Secret Rapture (1993). He wrote the screenplay for Stephen Daldry's psychological period drama The Hours (2002) for which he won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and earned nominations for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award. He reunited with Daldry directing the romantic drama The Reader (2008), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for his Screenplay.
He wrote the screenplay for the Mick Jackson legal drama Denial for which he earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. For television, he wrote Licking Hitler (1979) which won the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Play. He wrote the BBC Two political thriller Page Eight (2012) for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama.
For his theatrical works he has received eight Laurence Olivier Award nominations for his work on the West End. He won two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best New Play for Racing Demon in 1990 and Skylight in 1996. For his work on the Broadway stage he has received three Tony Award for Best Play nominations for Plenty in 1985, Racing Demon in 1996 and Skylight in 1997. He has also won numerous other theater accolades, including a Drama Desk Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award, a London Theater Critics' Award, and three New York Drama Critics' Circle.
Major associations
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Hours | Nominated | [1] |
| 2008 | The Reader | Nominated | [2] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Hours | Nominated | [3] |
| 2008 | The Reader | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2016 | Outstanding British Film | Denial | Nominated | [5] |
| British Academy Television Awards | ||||
| 1979 | Best Single Play | Play for Today (episode:"Licking Hitler") | Won | [6] |
| 2012 | Best Single Drama | Page Eight | Nominated | [7] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best Screenplay | The Hours | Nominated | [8] |
| 2008 | The Reader | Nominated | [9] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Best New Play | Plenty | Nominated | [10] |
| 1985 | Best Comedy Play | Pravda | Nominated | [11] |
| 1988 | Best New Play | The Secret Rapture | Nominated | [12] |
| 1990 | Racing Demon | Won | [13] | |
| 1996 | Skylight | Won | [14] | |
| 1998 | Amy's View | Nominated | [15] | |
| 1999 | The Blue Room | Nominated | [16] | |
| 2001 | My Zinc Bed | Nominated | [17] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Best Play | Plenty | Nominated | [18] |
| 1996 | Racing Demons | Nominated | [19] | |
| 1997 | Skylight | Nominated | [20] |
Miscellaneous awards
| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin International Film Festival | 1985 | Golden Bear | Wetherby | Won | [21] |
| Drama Desk Award | 1999 | Outstanding One-Person Show | Via Dolorosa | Won | |
| Evening Standard Award | 1995 | Best Play | Pravda | Won | |
| London Theatre Critics' Award | 1990 | Best Play | Racing Demon | Won | |
| New York Drama Critics' Circle | 1983 | Best Foreign Play | Plenty | Won | [22] |
| 1997 | Best Foreign Play | Skylight | Won | [22] | |
| 1999 | Special Citation | Amy's View / The Blue Room / Via Dolorosa | Won | [22] |
Honorary awards
| Organizations | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Society of Literature | 1985 | Elected Fellowship[a] | Honored | [23] |
| Queen Elizabeth II | 1998 | Made a Knight of the Order of the British Empire[b] | Honored | |
| Jesus College, Cambridge | 2001 | Awarded Honorary Fellowship | Honored | [24] |
| University of East Anglia | 2010 | Awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters | Honored | [25] |
| PEN/Pinter Prize | 2011 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
See also
- Works of David Hare
- List of British playwrights since 1950
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain
- List of European Academy Award winners and nominees
References
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- ^ "81st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "56th BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "62nd BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "70th BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "1979 BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "2012 BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "60th Golden Globe Awards". Golden Globe Awards. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "66th Golden Globe Awards". Golden Globe Awards. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 1978". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 1985". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 1988". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 1990". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 1996". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 1998". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 1999". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Laurence Olivier Awards 2001". OfficialLondonTheatre. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "1983 Tony Awards". American Theater Wing. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "1996 Tony Awards". American Theater Wing. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "1997 Tony Awards". American Theater Wing. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "New York Drama Critics Circle: Past Awards". Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Sir David Hare". The Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Honorary and St Radegund Fellows". Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates University of East Anglia". The University of East Anglia. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ This gave him the Post Nominal Letters "FRSL" for Life.
- ^ "For services to the Theatre". This allows him to use the title Sir.
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