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Clint Eastwood Biography

Birth Name:Clinton Eastwood

Birth Place:San Francisco, California, United States

Profession Actor, Producer, Director, Composer, Music department, Stunts, Camera department

Fast Facts

Was honored with a Kennedy Center Honor in 2000
Was made a commander of the Legion of Honor in France in 2009
An advocate for various charities, he has supported the American Stroke Association, Best Friends Animal Society and Make-A-Wish Foundation
While serving in the U․S․ Army at Fort Ord, he was discovered by a Universal Studios crew shooting on the base
Quote: "I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life․"
Quote: "My father used to say to me, 'Show'em what you can do, and don't worry about what your gonna get․ Say you'll work for free and make yourself invaluable․'"
Well known for his role in Western films
Was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif․, in 1986

Awards

1961Bronze Wrangler-Fictional Television Drama: winner
1962Bronze Wrangler-Fictional Television Drama: winner
1964Bronze Wrangler-Fictional Television Drama: winner
1968Golden Laurel-Action Performance: nominated
1970Golden Laurel-Action Performance: nominated
1971Golden Laurel-Best Action Performance: nominated
1978Stinker Award-Worst On-Screen Couple: nominated
1981Jupiter Award-Best International Actor: nominated
1985Palme d'Or-: nominated
1985Jupiter Award-Best International Film: nominated
1985Jupiter Award-Best International Actor: nominated
1986Jupiter Award-Best International Actor: nominated
1988Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
1988Palme d'Or-: nominated
1988NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1989César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1989Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: winner
1989Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
1990Palme d'Or-: nominated
1991CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
1992ACCA-Best Director: winner
1992ACCA-Best Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
1992ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
1992Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
1992Guinness World Record-Only actors to win Best Director Oscar: winner
1992KCFCC Award-Best Director: winner
1992LAFCA Award-Best Actor: winner
1992LAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
1992NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1993ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1993Oscar-Best Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
1993Oscar-Best Picture: winner
1993Oscar-Best Director: winner
1993BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1993BAFTA Film Award-Best Direction: nominated
1993Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
1993CFCA Award-Best Actor: nominated
1993CFCA Award-Best Picture: nominated
1993CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
1993DFWFCA Award-Best Director: winner
1993DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: winner
1993Empire Award-Best Film: winner
1993Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
1993Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: winner
1993Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: winner
1993Hochi Film Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1993NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
1993NSFC Award-Best Actor: nominated
1993PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
1993Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
1993Bronze Wrangler-Theatrical Motion Picture: winner
1994Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: winner
1994Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
1994Jupiter Award-Best International Actor: winner
1994Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1994Mainichi Film Concours-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1995Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1996ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
1996Blue Ribbon Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1996CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
1996César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1996Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
1996Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: winner
1996Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film Director: winner
1996Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1996PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
1998Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1999Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2000Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2000Best Film of the 1990s-Best Film: winner
2000Best Film of the 1990s-Best Film: nominated
2001Saturn Award-Best Actor: nominated
2001Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2001Blockbuster Entertainment Award-Favorite Action Team (Internet Only): nominated
2001Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2001Mainichi Film Concours-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2002Future Film Festival Digital Award-: winner
2003ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2003ACCA-Best Director: nominated
2003Golden Coach-: winner
2003Palme d'Or-: nominated
2003Screen International Award-: nominated
2003Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
2003LAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2003VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
2003WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
2004Oscar-Best Director: nominated
2004Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2004AFI Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2004ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
2004ACCA-Best Director: nominated
2004ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2004Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
2004COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2004COFCA Award-Best Score: nominated
2004CFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2004CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Critics Choice Award-Best Composer: nominated
2004Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2004César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
2004Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): nominated
2004David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2004DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
2004Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2004Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: winner
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2004Guinness World Record-Only actors to win Best Director Oscar: winner
2004INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2004IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
2004Sierra Award-Best Director: nominated
2004ALFS Award-Director of the Year: winner
2004Special Achievement Award-: winner
2004NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
2004NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
2004OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2004PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2004SDFCS Award-Best Score: winner
2004SDFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2004Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2004Golden Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Director: winner
2004Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Music: nominated
2004SEFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2004UFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2004VFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
2005Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: nominated
2005Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: winner
2005Oscar-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2005Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
2005Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
2005Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm): nominated
2005Blue Ribbon Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2005COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2005Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2005DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2005David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
2005DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: winner
2005DGGB Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film: nominated
2005FCCA Award-Best Foreign Film - English Language: winner
2005Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
2005Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
2005Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
2005Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: winner
2005Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
2005ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
2005INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2005IOMA-Best Picture (Miglior film): nominated
2005Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2005Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2005Mainichi Film Concours-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2005NSFC Award-Best Actor: nominated
2005NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
2005OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2005OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
2005OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2005PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2005VFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2006Blue Ribbon Award-Best Foreign Langauge Film: winner
2006Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2006CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2006César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
2006DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2006Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): nominated
2006Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2006Grammy-Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: nominated
2006Hochi Film Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2006Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
2006Jupiter Award-Best International Film: winner
2006Jupiter Award-Best International Director: winner
2006Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2006Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film Director: winner
2006Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2006LAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2006NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
2006Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2006Critics Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
2006Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
2006SDFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2006Satellite Award-Best Director: winner
2006Satellite Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2006SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2006SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2007Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: winner
2007Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
2007Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
2007Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Film of the Year: winner
2007Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Film of the Year: winner
2007Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2007David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2007Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
2007Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2007Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2007INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
2007Silver Ribbon-Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo): winner
2007Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film Director: winner
2007Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2007Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2007NTFCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2007Satellite Award-Best Original Song: winner
2007VFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
2008Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2008Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): winner
2008Palme d'Or-: nominated
2008CFCA Award-Best Actor: nominated
2008Critics Choice Award-Best Composer: nominated
2008Golden Globe-Best Original Song - Motion Picture: nominated
2008Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
2008NBR Award-Best Actor: winner
2008NYFCC Award-Best Actor: nominated
2009Movies for Grownups Award-Best Actor: nominated
2009Award of the Argentinean Academy-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2009Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2009Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
2009David Lean Award for Direction-Best Director: nominated
2009Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2009Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
2009Critics Choice Award-Best Actor: nominated
2009Critics Choice Award-Best Composer: nominated
2009David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
2009Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
2009Golden Globe-Best Original Song - Motion Picture: nominated
2009Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
2009HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2009Silver Ribbon-Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo): winner
2009IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
2009ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
2009NBR Award-Best Director: winner
2009NSFC Award-Best Actor: nominated
2009Modern Master Award-: winner
2009WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2009World Soundtrack Award-Best Original Song Written for a Film: nominated
2010Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: nominated
2010ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2010Black Reel-Best Film: nominated
2010CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
2010Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
2010Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
2010Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2010César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
2010David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2010Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2010Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: nominated
2010Gold Derby Film Award-Director of the Decade: nominated
2010Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2010IOMA-Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista): nominated
2010IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
2010Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2010Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Film Director: winner
2010PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2011Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2011Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
2011César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
2011David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
2011Silver Ribbon-Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo): winner
2011Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
2013Felix-Best Director: nominated
2013Felix-Best Actor: nominated
2014Truly Moving Picture Award-: winner
2014NBR Award-Best Director: winner
2015Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
2015David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2015DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2015DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: nominated
2015Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2015Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Film Director: winner
2015Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2015PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2017Movies for Grownups Award-Best Director: nominated
2017Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: nominated
2017Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2017Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
2018Red Nation Film Award of Excellence-Best Film: nominated
2019Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2020Grand Prix (Laurier du Cinéma)-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur Film Étranger): nominated
2020Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: nominated
2020Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2021Grand Prix (Laurier du Cinéma)-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur Film Étranger): nominated
2021David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2021NMFC Award-Best Actor: winner
2024Abraccine Award-Best International Feature Film (Melhor Longa Estrangeiro): nominated
2024ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): nominated
2025CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2025David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2025Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: winner
2025Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera): nominated