Ford v Ferrari
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Ford v Ferrari (titled Le Mans '66 in some European countries) is a 2019 American biographical sports drama film directed by James Mangold and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller. It stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, with Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon in supporting roles. The plot follows a determined team of American and English engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his English driver, Ken Miles, who are hired by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build a race car to defeat the perennially dominant Italian racing team Scuderia Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. Ford v Ferrari had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 15, 2019, by 20th Century Fox to critical and commercial success; critics praised the performances (particularly Bale and Damon), Mangold's direction, the editing, the sound design and the racing sequences, and it was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the ten best films of the year. At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film received four nominations, including Best Picture, and won Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing. Bale also received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
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| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
| AACTA Awards | November 30, 2020 | Best Visual Effects or Animation | Olivier Dumont, Kathy Siegel, Malte Sarnes, Mark Byers, and Matt Grieg | Nominated | |
| AACTA International Awards | January 3, 2020 | Best International Actor | Christian Bale | Nominated | |
| AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards | January 19, 2020 | Best Buddy Picture | Ford v Ferrari | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | February 9, 2020 | Best Picture | Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, James Mangold | Nominated | |
| Best Film Editing | Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland | Won | |||
| Best Sound Editing | Donald Sylvester | Won | |||
| Best Sound Mixing | Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow | Nominated | |||
| ACE Eddie Awards | January 17, 2019 | Best Edited Feature Film (Drama) | Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker | Nominated | |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | February 1, 2020 | Excellence in Production Design (Period Film) | François Audouy | Nominated | |
| American Society of Cinematographers | January 25, 2019 | Best Cinematography (Theatrical) | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | February 2, 2020 | Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland | Won | |||
| Best Sound | David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow and Donald Sylvester | Nominated | |||
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | January 25, 2020 | Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action | Ford v Ferrari | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | January 12, 2020 | Best Picture | Nominated | ||
| Best Action Movie | Nominated | ||||
| Best Visual Effects | Nominated | ||||
| Best Editing | Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated | |||
| Camerimage | November 16, 2019 | Golden Frog | Phedon Papamichael (cinematographer), James Mangold (director) | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 5, 2020 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Christian Bale | Nominated | |
| Golden Reel Awards | January 19, 2020 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR | Donald Sylvester and Polly McKinnon | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Effects and Foley | Donald Sylvester, Jay Wilkenson, David Giammarco, Eric Norris and Anna MacKenzie | Won | |||
| Golden Trailer Awards | July 22, 2021 | Best Drama TV Spot (for a Feature Film) | "Run Free" (Lindeman & Associates) | Nominated | |
| Best Home Ent Drama | "Awards :30" (Aspect Ratio) | Nominated | |||
| "Target Wall" (Aspect Ratio) | Nominated | ||||
| Best BTS/EPK for a Feature Film (Under 2 Minutes) | "Underdog" (Big Picture) | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Critics Association Awards | January 9, 2020 | Best Editing | Michael McCusker | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Film Awards | November 3, 2019 | Hollywood Director Award | James Mangold | Won | |
| Hollywood Editor Award | Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland | Won | |||
| Hollywood Sound Award | Donald Sylvester, Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow | Won | |||
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | November 19, 2019 | Original Score – Feature Film | Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders (tied with Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker) | Won | |
| Movieguide Awards | January 24, 2020 | Best Movie for Mature Audiences | Ford v Ferrari | Nominated | |
| Producers Guild of America Award | January 18, 2020 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 9, 2019 | Best Actor | Christian Bale | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated | |||
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | December 16, 2019 | Best Editing | Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | December 19, 2019 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Ford v Ferrari | Won | |
| Best Director | James Mangold | Won | |||
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Christian Bale | Won | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Score | Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael | Nominated | |||
| Best Visual Effects | Olivier Dumont, Mark Byers and Kathy Segal | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland | Won | |||
| Best Sound | Donald Sylvester, Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow | Won | |||
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | François Audouy and Peter Lando | Nominated | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Award | January 19, 2020 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Christian Bale | Nominated |
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