Editing Blake Edwards (section)

== Awards and honors ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
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|1982 || rowspan=2|[[Academy Awards]] || [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] || ''[[Victor/Victoria]]'' || {{nom}} 
|-
|2003 || colspan=2|[[Academy Honorary Award]] || {{won}}
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|1962 || [[Golden Globe Awards]] || Best Director || ''[[The Days of Wine and Roses]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1959 || rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]] || rowspan=2|''[[Peter Gunn]]'' || {{nom}}
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|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]] || {{nom}}
|-
|}
In 2004, Edwards received an [[Honorary Academy Award]] for cumulative achievements over the course of his film career.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12013186|title=Blake Edwards, American director, dies aged 88|date=December 16, 2010|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref> As ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reported, "Honorary Oscar winner Blake Edwards made an entrance worthy of Peter Sellers in one of Edwards' ''[[Pink Panther]]'' films: A stuntman who looked just like Edwards rode a speeding wheelchair past a podium and crashed through a wall. When the octogenarian director entered and dusted himself off as if he had crashed, he told presenter [[Jim Carrey]], 'Don't touch my Oscar.'"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/03/01/blake-edwards-had-memorable-2004-oscars-moment/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=Blake Edwards had a memorable 2004 Oscars moment|author=EW Staff|date=March 1, 2004|access-date=December 10, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808152402/https://ew.com/article/2004/03/01/blake-edwards-had-memorable-2004-oscars-moment/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 2004, Edwards received [[The Life Career Award]] from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, during that year's [[Saturn Award]] ceremony.

In 1983, Edwards was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for ''[[Victor/Victoria]]'' as well as winning Best Foreign Film and Best Foreign Screenplay in France and Italy, respectively for ''[[Victor/Victoria]]''. In 1988, Edwards received the Creative Achievement Award from the American Comedy Awards. In 1991, Edwards received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1993, Edwards received the Preston Sturges Award jointly from the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild. In 2000, Edwards received the Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award from the Art Directors Guild. In 2002, Edwards received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild as well as the Special Edgar from The Mystery Writers of America for career achievement.

Between 1962 and 1968, Edwards was nominated six times for a Golden Laurel Award as Best Director by Motion Picture Exhibitors. In 1963, Edwards was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Director for ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]''. In 1962, Edwards was nominated for Outstanding Achievement by the Directors Guild for ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''. In 1960, Edwards was nominated for an Edgar for Best Teleplay by the Mystery Writers of America for ''[[Peter Gunn]]''. In 1959, Edwards was nominated for two Primetime Emmys as Best Director and Best Teleplay for ''[[Peter Gunn]]'' Between 1958 and 1983, Edwards was nominated eight times for Best Screenplay by the Writers Guild and won twice, for ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' and ''[[Victor/Victoria]]''.

{|class="wikitable"
|+Accolades for Edwards' features
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!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Title
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#AAAADE;"|Academy Award
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#AA0;"|BAFTAs
!colspan="2" style="background-color:#FE1;"|Golden Globes
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!Nominations
!Wins
!Nominations
!Wins
!Nominations
!Wins
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|rowspan="2"|1958
|''[[The Perfect Furlough]]''
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1
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|''[[This Happy Feeling]]
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1
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|1959
|''[[Operation Petticoat]]''
|align=center|1
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|align=center|2
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|1960
|[[High Time (film)|''High Time'']]
|align=center|1
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|1961
|[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|''Breakfast at Tiffany's'']]
|align=center|5
|align=center|2
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|align=center|2
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|-
|rowspan="2"|1962
|''[[Experiment in Terror]]''
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|align=center|1
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|-
|[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|''Days of Wine and Roses'']]
|align=center|5
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|4
|
|-
|1963
|[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|''The Pink Panther'']]
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
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|-
|1964
|[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|''A Shot in the Dark'']]
|
|
|align=center|1
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|-
|1965
|''[[The Great Race]]''
|align=center|5
|align=center|1
|
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|align=center|4
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|-
|1970
|''[[Darling Lili]]''
|align=center|3
|
|
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|-
|1974
|''[[The Tamarind Seed]]''
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|align=center|1
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|1975
|''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]''
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|align=center|3
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|1976
|''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]''
|align=center|1
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|align=center|2
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|1979
|[[10 (1979 film)|''10'']]
|align=center|2
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|align=center|5
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|1981
|[[S.O.B. (film)|''S.O.B.'']]
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|align=center|1
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|1982
|''[[Victor/Victoria]]''
|align=center|7
|align=center|1
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|align=center|5
|align=center|1
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|1984
|''[[Micki + Maude]]''
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1
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|1986
|[[That's Life! (film)|''That's Life!'']]
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|align=center|3
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|1988
|[[Sunset (1988 film)|''Sunset'']]
|align=center|1
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|1991
|[[Switch (1991 film)|''Switch'']]
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|align=center|1
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#B3B5C5;"|Total
!32
!5
!6
!
!42
!5
|-
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