List of awards and nominations received by Jordan Peele facts for kids
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Peele at the 2014 Peabody Awards
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Jordan Peele is a famous American actor, writer, and director. He has won many important awards for his creative work in movies and TV shows.
Jordan Peele was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Seven of these were for his popular Comedy Central show, Key and Peele, which was a sketch comedy series that ran from 2012 to 2015. In 2016, he and Keegan-Michael Key won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
Peele also got a lot of praise for his first movie as a director, a scary but funny film called Get Out (2017). For Get Out, he was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. He won the award for Best Original Screenplay! He was also nominated for awards from the British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Major Awards
Jordan Peele has been honored by many big award groups in the entertainment world.
Academy Awards (The Oscars)
The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are some of the most famous film awards in the world.
- 2018: For his movie Get Out
- Won: Best Original Screenplay (This means he wrote the best original story for a movie!)
- Nominated: Best Picture (for the movie itself)
- Nominated: Best Director (for his directing)
- 2019: For the movie BlacKkKlansman
- Nominated: Best Picture (He was a producer for this film)
British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs)
The British Academy Film Awards are very important film awards given out in the United Kingdom.
- 2018: For Get Out
- Nominated: Best Original Screenplay
- 2019: For BlacKkKlansman
- Nominated: Best Film
Britannia Awards
The Britannia Awards celebrate excellence in film and television.
- 2019:
- Won: John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing (This award recognized his great directing skills!)
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards honor the best in American television.
- 2008: For MADtv ("Sad Fitty Cent")
- Nominated: Original Music and Lyrics
- 2014: For Key & Peele
- Nominated: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- 2015: For Key & Peele and related specials
- Nominated: Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Nominated: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Nominated: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special (for Key and Peele Super Bowl Special)
- Nominated: Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program (for Key and Peele Presents: The Ascension)
- 2016: For Key & Peele
- Won: Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Nominated: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards recognize excellence in both American and international film and television.
- 2018: For Get Out
- Nominated: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 2019: For BlacKkKlansman
- Nominated: Best Motion Picture – Drama
Guild Awards
Guild awards are given by groups of people who work in the same part of the film or TV industry, like writers or directors.
Writers Guild Award
The Writers Guild of America Awards celebrate great writing in film, television, and radio.
- 2013: For Key & Peele
- Nominated: Best Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series
- 2016: For Key & Peele
- Nominated: Best Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series
- 2018: For Get Out
- Won: Best Original Screenplay
- 2023: For Nope
- Nominated: Best Original Screenplay
Directors Guild Award
The Directors Guild of America Awards honor outstanding directing.
- 2018: For Get Out
- Won: Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film (This was a special award for directors making their first movie!)
- Nominated: Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Producers Guild Award
The Producers Guild of America Awards recognize excellent producing in film and television.
- 2018: For Get Out
- Nominated: Best Theatrical Motion Picture
- 2019: For BlacKkKlansman
- Nominated: Best Theatrical Motion Picture
Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrate great performances by actors.
- 2016: For Key & Peele
- Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (This means the whole cast was nominated for their acting together!)
Other Awards
Jordan Peele has also won or been nominated for many other awards from different groups.
- 2013: For Key & Peele
- Won: Peabody Award (This award recognizes powerful and enlightening stories in media.)
- 2014: For Key & Peele
- Nominated: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety–Series or Special
- Won: American Comedy Award for Best Alternative Comedy Series
- Nominated: American Comedy Award for Comedy Actor – TV
- Nominated: American Comedy Award for Best Comedy Writing – TV
- 2015: For Key & Peele
- Nominated: People's Choice Award for Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show
- Nominated: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
- 2016: For Key & Peele
- Nominated: NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series
- Nominated: NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
- 2017: For Get Out
- Nominated: MTV Movie & TV Awards for Movie of the Year
- Nominated: MTV Movie & TV Awards for Best Fight Against the System
- Won: Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for Best Picture
- Won: Imagine Film Festival for Silver Scream Award
- Nominated: BET Awards for Best Movie
- Won: Gotham Independent Film Awards for Best Feature
- Nominated: Gotham Independent Film Awards for Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
- Won: Gotham Independent Film Awards for Best Screenplay
- Won: Gotham Independent Film Awards for Audience Awards
- Nominated: Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Film
- Nominated: Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Director
- Nominated: Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Screenplay
- Won: Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Breakthrough
- Won: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Film
- Nominated: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Director
- Won: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Original Screenplay
- Won: Boston Society of Film Critics for Best New Filmmaker
- Won: British Independent Film Awards for Best International Independent Film
- Won: New York Film Critics Online for Top Ten Films
- Won: New York Film Critics Online for Best Debut as Director
- Won: New York Film Critics Online for Best Screenplay
- Nominated: San Francisco Film Critics Circle for Best Film
- Nominated: Best Director
- Won: San Francisco Film Critics Circle for Best Original Screenplay
- Won: Toronto Film Critics Association for Best First Feature
- Won: Best Screenplay
- Won: San Diego Film Critics Society for Best Film
- Nominated: San Diego Film Critics Society for Best Director
- Won: San Diego Film Critics Society for Best Original Screenplay
- Won: African-American Film Critics Association for Best Picture
- Won: African-American Film Critics Association for Top Ten Films
- Won: African-American Film Critics Association for Best Director
- Won: African-American Film Critics Association for Best Screenplay
- Nominated: Chicago Film Critics Association for Best Director
- Won: Chicago Film Critics Association for Best Original Screenplay
- Nominated: Chicago Film Critics Association for Most Promising Filmmaker
- Won: Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association for Best Film (5th Place)
- Won: Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association for Best Director (5th Place)
- Won: Dublin Film Critics' Circle for Best Film (2nd Place)
- Won: Dublin Film Critics' Circle for Best Director (3rd Place)
- Won: Dublin Film Critics' Circle for Best Screenplay
- Nominated: Dublin Film Critics' Circle for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
- Nominated: St. Louis Film Critics Association for Best Picture
- Nominated: St. Louis Film Critics Association for Best Director
- Nominated: St. Louis Film Critics Association for Best Original Screenplay
- Won: Seattle Film Critics Society for Best Picture of the Year
- Nominated: Seattle Film Critics Society for Best Director
- Nominated: Seattle Film Critics Society for Best Screenplay
- Nominated: Florida Film Critics Circle for Best Film
- Nominated: Florida Film Critics Circle for Best Director
- Won: Florida Film Critics Circle for Best Original Screenplay
- Won: Florida Film Critics Circle for Best First Film
- Won: Online Film Critics Society for Best Picture
- Won: Online Film Critics Society for Best Director (Runner-up)
- Won: Online Film Critics Society for Best Original Screenplay
- 2018: For Get Out
- Nominated: AACTA International Awards for Best Screenplay
- Won: National Board of Review for Best Directorial Debut
- Won: Critics' Choice Awards for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
- Nominated: Critics' Choice Awards for Best Director
- Won: Critics' Choice Awards for Best Original Screenplay
- Won: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for Best Screenplay
- Nominated: London Film Critics' Circle Awards for Screenwriter of the Year
- Won: Satellite Awards for Best Director
- Nominated: Satellite Awards for Best Original Screenplay
- Won: Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature
- Won: Independent Spirit Awards for Best Director
- Nominated: Independent Spirit Awards for Best Screenplay
- Nominated: Saturn Awards for Best Director
- Nominated: Saturn Awards for Best Writing
- 2019: For Us
- Won: Saturn Awards for Best Director
- Nominated: Saturn Awards for Best Writing
- 2022: For Nope
- Nominated: Saturn Awards for Best Director
- Nominated: Saturn Awards for Best Writing
In 2020, Jordan Peele was also named the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid of the Year.
