Works by Stanley Donan

Award year organization award results 1952 Directors Guild of America Best Director ("Singin' in the Rain", tied with Jim Carrey) Nominated 1954 Directors Guild of America Best Director ("Seven Couples") Nominated 1957 American Director Guild of America Best Director ("Sweetheart") Nominated 1958 Directors Guild of America Best Director ("Episode", tied with George Abbott) Nominated 1967 Directors Guild of America Best Director ("Beauty") Nominated 1967 San Sebastian International Film Festival Golden Shell Award ("Beautiful Women") won 1986 Drama Desk Award for Best Choreography (original version): "Singin' in the Rain" Nominated 1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement Award won 1989 South Carolina Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University in 1995, National Board of Review Billy Wilder Award in 1995, San Francisco International Film Festival's Akira Kurosawa Award in 1996, Palm Springs International Film Festival's Director's Achievement Award in 1998, Academy Award for Honorary Oscar, 1999 Palm Beach International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award 1999 Joseph Prato Award Lifetime Achievement Award 1999 American Film Editor Eddie Prize Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award 2000 American Society of Composers, Authors and Distributors Film and Television Music Award Works Award 2001 Savannah Film Festival Johnny Messer Award 2002 American Society of Cinematographers Board of Directors Award 2004 Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion Award 2007 Boston Pops Tribute Performance 2009 Astaire Award Douglas Watt 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Won the 2010 Film Society of Lincoln Center week-long tribute and retrospective event. 2011 Won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Israel Film Festival