Ron Howard awards
American Film Institute
- Best Picture (nominee)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Best Picture (nominee)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
- Best Director (nominee)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
- Best Director (nominee)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008
Broadcast Film Critics Association
- Best Director (winner)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
- Best Director (nominee)
- Cinderella Man
- 2005
- Best Director (nominee)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008
Directors Guild of America
- Best Director (winner)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
- Best Director (winner)
- Apollo 13
- 1995
- Best Director (nominee)
- Cocoon
- 1985
- Best Director (nominee)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Director (nominee)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - TV (nominee)
- Happy Days [TV Series]
- 1977
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion (nominee)
- The Shootist
- 1976
- Best Director (nominee)
- Apollo 13
- 1995
- Best Director (nominee)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Best Director (winner)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
- Best Picture (winner)
- A Beautiful Mind
- 2001
- Best Director (nominee)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008
- Best Picture (nominee)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008
Detroit Film Critics Society
- Best Director (nominee)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008
Las Vegas Film Critics Association
- Best Director (winner)
- Frost/Nixon
- 2008



