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List of accolades received by E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg garnered widespread acclaim for his direction, as well as John Williams for his score.
Totals[a]
Wins44
Nominations76
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (or simply E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial he names E.T. who has been stranded on Earth. Along with his friends and family, Elliott must find a way to help E.T. find his way home. The film stars Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore.

The film's concept was based on an imaginary friend that Spielberg created after his parents' divorce. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the unrealized project Night Skies. In less than two months, Mathison wrote the first draft of the script, titled E.T. and Me, which went through two rewrites. The project was rejected by Columbia Pictures, who doubted its commercial potential. Universal Pictures eventually purchased the script for $1 million. Filming took place from September to December 1981 on a budget of $10.5 million. Unlike most films, E.T. was shot in rough chronological order to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast. The animatronics for the film were designed by Carlo Rambaldi.

E.T. premiered as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 1982, and was released in the United States on June 11. The film was a smash hit at the box office, surpassing Star Wars (1977) to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for eleven years until Spielberg's own Jurassic Park surpassed it in 1993. E.T. would receive universal acclaim from critics, and is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.

The film was nominated for nine Oscars at the 55th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Gandhi won that award, but its director, Richard Attenborough, said, "I was certain that not only would E.T. win, but that it should win. It was inventive, powerful, wonderful. I make more mundane movies."[1] E.T. won four Academy Awards: Best Original Score, Best Sound (Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, and Gene Cantamessa), Best Sound Effects Editing (Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt), and Best Visual Effects (Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith).[2] At the 40th Golden Globe Awards, the film won Best Picture in the Drama category and Best Original Score; it was also nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best New Male Star for Henry Thomas. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded the film Best Picture, Best Director, and a "New Generation Award" for Melissa Mathison.[3] The film won Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Writing, Best Special Effects, Best Music, and Best Poster Art, while Henry Thomas, Robert McNaughton, and Drew Barrymore won Young Artist Awards. In addition to his Academy, Golden Globe and Saturn, composer John Williams won two Grammy Awards and a BAFTA for the score. The film's audiobook album also won the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984.[n 1][5]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Results Ref.
Academy Awards April 11, 1983 Best Picture Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy Nominated [6][7]
Best Director Steven Spielberg Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Melissa Mathison Nominated
Best Original Score John Williams Won
Best Cinematography Allen Daviau Nominated
Best Film Editing Carol Littleton Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt Won
Best Sound Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo and Gene Cantamessa Won
Best Visual Effects Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith Won
British Academy Film Awards March 20, 1983 Best Film Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy Nominated [8]
Best Direction Steven Spielberg Nominated
Best Screenplay Melissa Mathison Nominated
Best Cinematography Allen Daviau Nominated
Best Editing Carol Littleton Nominated
Best Makeup and Hair Robert Sidell Nominated
Best Original Music John Williams Won
Best Production Design James D. Bissell Nominated
Best Sound Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson and Gary Rydstrom Nominated
Best Special Visual Effects Dennis Muren and Carlo Rambaldi Nominated
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Drew Barrymore Nominated
Henry Thomas Nominated
Golden Globe Awards January 29, 1983 Best Picture – Drama E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [9]
Best Director – Motion Picture Steven Spielberg Nominated
Best Screenplay Melissa Mathison Nominated
Best Original Score John Williams Won
New Star of the Year – Actor Henry Thomas Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards March 12, 1983 Outstanding Directing - Feature Film Steven Spielberg Nominated [10]
Writers Guild of America Awards 1983 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay Melissa Mathison Won [11]
National Board of Review February 14, 1983 Top Ten Films E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [12]
New York Film Critics Circle January 30, 1983 Best Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Runner-up [13]
Best Director Steven Spielberg Runner-up
Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 11, 1982 Best Picture E.T. the Extra Terrestrial Won [14][15]
Best Director Steven Spielberg Won
Best Music John Williams Nominated
New Generation Award Melissa Mathison Won
Turkish Film Critics Association 1984 Best Foreign Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Nominated [16]
Grammy Awards February 23, 1983 Best Instrumental Composition "Flying - Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" Won [17]
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Music from the Original Soundtrack – John Williams Won
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording "Flying - Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" Won
February 28, 1984 Best Recording for Children E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Quincy Jones (producer) and Michael Jackson Won [18]
People's Choice Awards March 17, 1983 Favorite Motion Picture E.T. the Extra Terrestrial Won [19]
Saturn Awards July 30, 1983 Best Science Fiction Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [20]
Best Actor Henry Thomas Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Dee Wallace Nominated
Best Director Steven Spielberg Nominated
Best Writing Melissa Mathison Won
Best Music John Williams Won
Best Special Effects Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren Won
Best Poster Art John Alvin Won
May 18, 2003 Best DVD Classic Film Release E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Ultimate Gift Set) Won [21]
Young Artist Awards November 21, 1982 Best Young Motion Picture Actor Henry Thomas Won [22]
Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Robert MacNaughton Won
Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drew Barrymore Won
Best Family Motion Picture: Animated, Music or Fantasy E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won
American Cinema Editors 1983 Best Edited Feature Film Carol Littleton Nominated [23]
Golden Reel Awards 1982 Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [24]
Awards of the Japanese Academy 1983 Best Foreign Language Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [25]
Most Popular Performer E.T. Won
Blue Ribbon Awards 1982 Best Foreign Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [26][27]
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards February 6, 1983 Best Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [28]
Best Director Steven Spielberg Won
Best Cinematography Allen Daviau Won
Cinema Writers Circle Awards 1983 Best Foreign Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [29]
César Awards February 26, 1983 Best Foreign Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Nominated [30]
David di Donatello Awards 1983 Best Foreign Director Steven Spielberg Won [31]
Best Foreign Producer Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy Nominated
Fotogramas de Plata 1983 Best Foreign Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Won [32]
Heartland Film Festival 1982 Truly Moving Picture Award Steven Spielberg Won [33]
Hugo Awards 1982 Best Dramatic Presentation Melissa Mathison, Steven Spielberg Nominated [34]
Jupiter Award 1982 Best International Film Steven Spielberg Won [35]
Kinema Junpo Awards 1983 Best Foreign Language Film Steven Spielberg Won [36]
Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film Steven Spielberg Won
Golden Trailer Awards 2002 Best Animation/Family The Ant Farm Nominated [37]
GoldSpirit Awards 2002 Best Edition of a Classic Soundtrack John Williams Won [38][39]
2017 Best Edition of an Existing Score John Williams Won
International Film Music Critics Association 2017 Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score John Williams, Michael Matessino, Bruce Botnick and Jim Titus Nominated [40]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In order to be eligible for a Grammy Award at the 1984 ceremony, nominated records had to be released between October 1, 1982, and September 30, 1983.[4]

References

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  4. ^ "Michael Jackson big Grammy winner". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. February 29, 1984. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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  9. ^ "Winners & Nominees 1983". Goldenglobes.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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  11. ^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  12. ^ "National Board Of Review Announces 1982 Award Winners". Nationalboardofreview.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  13. ^ "'Gandhi' and 'Tootsie' top Film Critics Circle awards". Reading Eagle. December 21, 1982. Retrieved June 20, 2022 – via Google News Archive.
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  20. ^ McDonnell, David; Lewis, Denise (November 1983). "Saturn Winners Coast to Coast". Starlog (76): 10–11.
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  29. ^ "Cinema Writers Circle Awards 1983". IMDb. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  30. ^ "César Awards 1983". FilmAffinity. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  31. ^ "David di Donatello Awards 1983". FilmAffinity. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  32. ^ "Fotogramas de Plata 1983". IMDb. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  33. ^ "Heartland Film Festival 1982". IMDb. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  34. ^ "1983 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. July 26, 2007. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  35. ^ "Germany's biggest film & TV audience award". Hubert Burda Media. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  36. ^ "Kinema Junpo Awards 1983". IMDb. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  37. ^ "Golden Trailer Awards (2002)". IMDb. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  38. ^ "GoldSpirit Awards 2002". IMDb. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  39. ^ "Goldspirit Awards 17th Edition – Winners". SoundTrackFest. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  40. ^ "IFMCA Award Winners 2017". International Film Music Critics Association. February 6, 2020.
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