A Quiet Place
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A Quiet Place is a 2018 American post-apocalyptic horror film directed by John Krasinski. The screenplay was written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods from a story they conceived. The movie tells the story of a mother (Emily Blunt) and father (Krasinski) who struggle to survive and raise their children (Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe) in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. Beck and Woods developed the concept for the story while in college, and began writing the screenplay in January 2016. They told Platinum Dunes producers that they wanted Blunt for the role of the mother. In July 2016, Krasinski read their script for the role of the father. He spoke with Blunt about his ideas for the story, and she suggested he direct the film. Blunt initially did not take the role, but later felt connected to the story after reading the script. The two collaborated on ideas for the film during pre-production. Krasinski was announced as director, co-writer, and co-star with Blunt in March 2017. Filming took place in upstate New York from May to November 2017. A Quiet Place premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures. It grossed more than $340 million worldwide and received critical acclaim. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review and American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2018, and received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Blunt won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. It is the first film in the A Quiet Place universe. Its sequel, A Quiet Place Part II, was released in 2020.
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| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s). |
| Academy Awards | February 24, 2019 | Best Sound Editing | Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn | Nominated | |
| American Film Institute Awards | January 4, 2019 | Top 10 Films of the Year | A Quiet Place | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 10, 2019 | Best Sound | Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Procter, Ethan Van der Ryn | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 13, 2019 | Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | A Quiet Place | Won | |
| Best Original Screenplay | John Krasinski, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | Nominated | |||
| Best Young Performer | Millicent Simmonds | Nominated | |||
| Golden Globe Awards | January 6, 2019 | Best Original Score | Marco Beltrami | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Film Awards | November 4, 2018 | Hollywood Sound Award | Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn and Brandon Proctor | Won | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | November 14, 2018 | Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film | Marco Beltrami | Nominated | |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 17, 2019 | Feature Film – Music Underscore | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |
| Feature Film – Dialogue/ADR | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |||
| Feature Film – Effects/Foley | A Quiet Place | Won | |||
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | June 16, 2018 | Most Frightened Performance | Emily Blunt | Nominated | |
| National Board of Review | January 8, 2019 | Top Ten Films | A Quiet Place | Won | |
| People's Choice Awards | November 11, 2018 | Movie of the Year | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |
| Drama Movie of the Year | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |||
| Drama Movie Star of the Year | Emily Blunt | Nominated | |||
| John Krasinski | Nominated | ||||
| Producers Guild Awards | January 19, 2019 | Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 9, 2018 | Best Film | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |
| Best Director | John Krasinski | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Christopher Tellefsen | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | John Krasinski, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | Nominated | |||
| Satellite Awards | February 17, 2019 | Best Original Screenplay | John Krasinski, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | Nominated | |
| Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) | A Quiet Place | Won | |||
| Saturn Award | September 13, 2019 | Best Horror Film | A Quiet Place | Won | |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Millicent Simmonds | Nominated | |||
| Best Writing | Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski | Won | |||
| Best Editing | Christopher Tellefsen | Nominated | |||
| Best Special Effects | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 27, 2019 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Emily Blunt | Won | |
| Teen Choice Awards | August 12, 2018 | Choice Drama Movie | A Quiet Place | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | February 17, 2019 | Best Original Screenplay | John Krasinski, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | Nominated |
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