The Towering Inferno
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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1975 Won Oscar Best Cinematography
Fred J. Koenekamp
Joseph F. Biroc

Best Film Editing
Harold F. Kress
Carl Kress

Best Music, Original Song
Al Kasha
Joel Hirschhorn
For the song "We May Never Love Like This Again"
Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Fred Astaire

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
William J. Creber
Ward Preston
Raphael Bretton

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
John Williams

Best Picture
Irwin Allen

Best Sound
Theodore Soderberg
Herman Lewis

 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1975 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Harold F. Kress
Carl Kress

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
John Williams
Also for Jaws (1975).
BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor
Fred Astaire

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Art Direction
William J. Creber

Best Cinematography
Fred J. Koenekamp

 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1975 Won David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Irwin Allen (producer)

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1975 Won Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Fred Astaire

Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Susan Flannery

Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Song
Al Kasha
Joel Hirschhorn
For the song "We May Never Love Like This Again".
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Stirling Silliphant

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Jennifer Jones

 
Golden Screen, Germany
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Won Golden Screen 
 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1976 Won Readers' Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film
Irwin Allen
John Guillermin

 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1975 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue
unknown

 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated Satellite Award Best DVD Extras
 

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