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Footnotes |
True Detective is an American television crime drama that premiered on January 12, 2014 on the HBO network. It was created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. Conceived as an anthology, each season will be engineered as a disparate, self-contained narrative, employing new cast ensembles and following various sets of characters and settings.
True Detective was a candidate for television awards in a variety of categories recognizing its writing, acting, production, and direction. The show received eleven Primetime Emmy nominations heading into the 2014 Emmy season, scooping up five wins, among them being Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Cary Joji Fukunaga. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, the show scored three Golden Globe nominations, including Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson and Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for Michelle Monaghan. Other substantial nominations include four TCA Awards (two wins), three Satellite Awards, and a BAFTA (one win).
McConaughey is the most decorated of the show's actors, with ten nominations. Pizzolatto earned two Writers Guild of America Awards (WGAs) for his work as a writer for the series. To date, True Detective has been nominated for 37 awards and has won 24.
The British Academy Television Awards, presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), recognize distinguished artistic achievement in British television. True Detective has won one award.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2015 | Best International Programme[1][2] | Won |
The Critics' Choice Television Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association in recognition of outstanding achievements in television, since 2011. True Detective has received one award from four nominations.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2014 | Best Drama Series | Nominated | |
Best Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew McConaughey | Won | |
2016 | Best Actress in a Movie/Limited Series | Rachel McAdams | Nominated |
2020 | Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series | Mahershala Ali | Nominated |
The Primetime Emmy Awards are awarded annually by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for excellence and outstanding achievements in American primetime television.[3] The branch of awards recognizing technical and production-based work (such as cinematography, editing, and music) are designated as Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[3] True Detective has received five awards from thirteen nominations.
Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2014 | Outstanding Drama Series[4] | Nominated | |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[4] | Woody Harrelson | Nominated | |
Matthew McConaughey | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series[4] | Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" | Won | |
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series[4] | Nic Pizzolatto for "The Secret Fate of All Life" | Nominated | |
2019 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie[4] | Mahershala Ali | Nominated |
Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2014 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series[4] | T Bone Burnett for "Form and Void" | Nominated |
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series[4] | Alexa L. Fogel, Christine Kromer and Meagan Lewis | Won | |
Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)[4] | Felicity Bowring, Wendy Bell, Ann Pala, Kim Perrodin, Linda Dowds for "The Secret Fate of All Life" | Won | |
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series[4] | Adam Arkapaw for "Who Goes There" | Won | |
Outstanding Main Title Design[4] | Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks, Jennifer Sofio Hall | Won | |
Outstanding Art Direction for a Contemporary or Fantasy Series[4] | Alex DiGerlando, Mara LePere-Schloop, Tim Beach, Cynthia Slagter for "Form and Void" | Nominated | |
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series[4] | Affonso Goncalves for "Who Goes There" | Nominated | |
2016 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie[4] | Daniel J. Leahy, Steve Pederson, Geoffrey Patterson, Ron Bedrosian for "Down Will Come" | Nominated |
2019 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie[4] | Germain McMicking for "The Great War and Modern Memory" | Nominated |
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie[4] | Brian B. Badie, Andrea Mona Bowman and Lawrence Cornell Davis | Nominated | |
Outstanding Main Title Design[4] | Patrick Clair, Victor Joy, Kyle Moore, Nic Pizzolatto, Raoul Marks and Woosung Kang | Nominated | |
Outstanding Make-up for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)[4] | John Blake, Francisco X. Perez and Debi Young | Nominated | |
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)[4] | Keefus Ciancia and T Bone Burnett for "The Final Country" | Nominated | |
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie[4] | Leo Trombetta for "If You Have Ghosts" | Nominated | |
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special[4] | for "The Great War and Modern Memory" | Nominated | |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie[4] | for "The Great War and Modern Memory" | Nominated |
Awarded since 1944, the Golden Globe Award is an annual accolade bestowed by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association honoring outstanding achievements in television and film.[5] True Detective received four nominations.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2015 | Best Miniseries or Television Film[6][7] | Nominated | |
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film[6] | Woody Harrelson | Nominated | |
Matthew McConaughey | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film[6] | Michelle Monaghan | Nominated |
The Producers Guild of America Awards were created in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America to acknowledge the contributions of film and television producers in American entertainment. True Detective has been nominated once.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2015 | Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama[8][9] | Nominated | |
2020 | David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television[10] | Nominated |
The Satellite Awards are the International Press Academy's annual entertainment awards, since 1997.[11] True Detective has been nominated for three awards.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2015 | Best Drama Series[12] | Nominated | |
Best Actor in a Drama Series[12] | Woody Harrelson | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film[12] | Michelle Monaghan | Nominated |
Presented since 1995, the Screen Actors Guild Award is an annual accolade honoring excellence and outstanding achievement in television acting. Winners are chosen by members of the Screen Actors Guild.[13] True Detective has been nominated three times.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series[14][15] | Woody Harrelson | Nominated |
Matthew McConaughey | Nominated | ||
2020 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie[16] | Mahershala Ali | Nominated |
The TCA Awards are distributed by the Television Critics Association in recognition of distinguished artistic contribution in the television industry.[17] True Detective has won two awards from four nominations.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2014 | Outstanding New Program[18][19] | True Detective | Nominated |
Program of the Year[18][19] | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials[18][19] | Won | ||
Individual Achievement in Drama[18][19] | Matthew McConaughey | Won |
The Writers Guild of America Awards are presented annually to writers to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in American entertainment. Winners are chosen jointly by the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West. True Detective has won two awards.
Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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2015 | Dramatic Series[20] | Nic Pizzolatto | Won |
New Series[20] | Won | ||
2020 | Long Form – Original[21] | Alessandra DiMona, Graham Gordy, Gabriel Hobson, David Milch and Nic Pizzolatto | Nominated |