IRWIN ALLEN AWARDS
You only need to look at all the awards and nominations garnered by Irwin Allen productions to appreciate the depth and breadth of skill in the Irwin Allen production team and of the performers employed in the movies and television shows.
In 1953, Irwin Allen was awarded the most prestigious of accolades, the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for The Sea Around Us. The Academy Award ceremony was held on Thursday 19th March 1953 (covering productions from the year 1952) at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The award was presented to Irwin by Danish actor Jean Hersholt. The other nominees were The Hoaxters and Navajo.
Below are just some of the many awards and recognitions for the Irwin Allen productions, their performers and crew.
MOVIE AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
THE SEA AROUND US
Academy Award Oscars Won 1953
Best Documentary Feature - Irwin Allen
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
Academy Award Oscars Won 1973
Best Music, Original Song "The Morning After" - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Academy Award Special Achievement Award 1973
Visual Effects - L.B. Abbott and A.D. Flowers
Academy Award Nominations 1973
Best Costume Design - Paul Zastupnevich
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Shelley Winters
Best Art Direction/Set Direction - William Creber and Raphael Bretton
Best Cinematography - Harold E. Stine
Best Film Editing - Harold F. Kress
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - John Williams
Best Sound - Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis
Golden Globes Won 1973
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Shelley Winters
Golden Globes Nominations 1973
Best Motion Picture Drama - Irwin Allen Producer
Best Original Score - John Williams
Best Original Song "The Morning After" - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
British Bafta Film Award Won 1973
Best Actor - Gene Hackman
British Bafta Film Award Nomination 1973
Best Supporting Actress - Shelley Winters
THE TOWERING INFERNO
1975 Academy Award Oscars Won
Best Cinematography - Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc
Best Film Editing - Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress
Best Music, Original Song "We May Never Like This Again" - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
1975 Academy Award Nominations
Best Picture - Irwin Allen
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Fred Astaire
Best Art Direction/Set Direction - William Creber, Ward Preston, and Raphael Bretton
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - John Williams
Best Sound - Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis
1975 Golden Globes Won
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Fred Astaire
Most Promising Newcomer, Female - Susan Flannery
1975 Golden Globes Nominations
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture - Stirling Silliphant
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Jennifer Jones
Best Original Song "We May Never Like This Again" - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
1976 British Bafta Film Awards Won
Best Supporting Actor - Fred Astaire
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - John Williams
1976 British Bafta Film Award Nominations
Best Art Direction - William Creber
Best Cinematography - Fred J. Koenekamp
THE SWARM
1979 Academy Award Nomination
Best Costume Design - Paul Zastupnevich
Jack Albertson, Red Buttons, Ronald Neame, Gene Hackman, Irwin Allen, Shelley Winters, and Ernest Borgnine on the set of The Poseidon Adventure with Oscar themed cake and their statuettes from past Academy Award wins
The statuettes shown here demonstrate the calibre of talent that Irwin Allen attracted to his productions.
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Jack Albertson won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the 1968 movie The Subject Was Roses.
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Red Buttons won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the 1957 movie Sayonara.
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Ronald Neame was nominated for an Academy Award three times for One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942), Brief Encounter (1945), and Great Expectations (1946).
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Gene Hackman won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the 1971 movie The French Connection and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the 1992 movie Unforgiven. He was also nominated an additional three times for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Best Actor in a Supporting Role in I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Best Actor in a Leading Role in Mississippi Burning (1988).
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Irwin Allen won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 1952 movie The Sea Around Us and was nominated for Best Picture for The Towering Inferno (1974).
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Shelley Winters won Best Actress in a Supporting Role in the 1959 movie The Diary of Anne Frank and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in the 1965 movie A Patch of Blue. Shelley was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role in A Place in the Sun (1951) and of course, Best Actress in a Supporting Role in The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
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Ernest Borgnine won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the 1955 movie Marty.
TELEVISION AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA EMMYS
1965 Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment Emmy
Winner
L.B. Abbott, Special Photographic Effects
1966 Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts Emmy Nominations
Nominee
Norman Rockett, Set Decorator
Nominee
Robert Tait, Mechanical Effects
1966 Individual Achievements in Cinematography Emmy
Winner
Winton C. Hoch, Cinematographer
1966 Individual Achievements in Cinematography Emmy
Winner
L.B. Abbott, Photographic Effects
Howard Lydecker, Photographic Effects
1966 Individual Achievements in Film Editing Emmy Nomination
Nominee
James Baiotto, Editor
Robert Belcher, Editor
Richard Wormell, Editor
1966 Individual Achievements in Sound Editing Emmy Nomination
Nominee
Robert Cornett, Sound Editor
Don Hall, Sound Editor
Donald Higgins, Sound Editor
Elwell Jackson, Sound Editor
1966 Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts Nominations
Nominee
William J. Creber, Art Director
Nominee
Robert Tait, Mechanical Special Effects
1967 Individual Achievements in Cinematography Emmy Nomination
Nominee
L.B. Abbott, Photographic Special Effects
1967 Individual Achievements in Film and Sound Editing Emmy
Winner
Don Hall, Sound Editor
Dick Legrand, Sound Editor
Daniel Mandell, Sound Editor
John Mills, Sound Editor
LOST IN SPACE EMMYS
1966 Individual Achievements in Cinematography Emmy Nomination
Nominee
L.B. Abbott, Photographic effects
Howard Lydecker, Photographic effects
1968 Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts Emmy Nomination
Nominee
Dan Striepeke, Makeup
THE time tunnel emmyS
1967 Individual Achievements In Cinematography Emmy
Winner
L.B. Abbott, Photographic Special Effects
LAND OF THE GIANTS EMMYS
1969 Outstanding Achievement In Cinematography Emmy Nomination
Nominee
Howard Schwartz, Cinematographer
1970 Outstanding Achievement In Film Sound Editing Emmy Nomination
Nominee
Robert Cornett, Sound Editor
Don Hall, Sound Editor
William Howard, Sound Editor
John Kline, Sound Editor
Larry Meek, Sound Editor
Frank R. White, Sound Editor
THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN NEMO EMMYS
1978 Emmy Nomination
L.B. Abbott, Special Photographic Effects
Frank Van Der Veer, Optical Effects
ALICE IN WONDERLAND EMMYS
1986 Emmy Nominations
Outstanding Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program - Paul Zastupnevich
Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program - Ross Bellah, Audrey Blasdel-Goddard, Hub Braden, Phillip M. Jefferies, Robert De Vestel
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special - Dino DiMuro, David R. Elliott, Mark Friedgen, Tony Ippolito, Larry Kemp, John Kline, Erma Levin, Joe Mayer, Joseph A. Melody, Gregory Schorer, Rusty Tinsley, Scot Tinsley
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special - Leo Lotito Jr., Terry Smith, Werner Keppler
Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special - Josee Normand, Jo Thomas
IRWIN ALLEN AWARDS GALLERY
This website is a tribute to Irwin Allen, the performers, the production crews, and the studios who made the television shows and movies a reality. It is also a tribute to all the people who help to keep these productions alive for future generations.
