Year
|
Nominated work
|
Category
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
1993
|
Moscow International Film Festival
|
Golden St. George
|
Cronos
|
Nominated
|
Havana Film Festival
|
Best First Work
|
Won
|
Sitges Film Festival
|
Best Film
|
Nominated
|
Best Screenplay
|
Won
|
1994
|
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
|
Silver Raven
|
Won
|
1995
|
Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Award
|
Best First Work
|
Won
|
1997
|
Sitges Film Festival
|
Best Film
|
Mimic
|
Nominated
|
1998
|
ALMA Award
|
Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film
|
Nominated
|
2002
|
Sitges Film Festival
|
Time-Machine Honorary Award
|
Won
|
2004
|
Imagen Award
|
Creative Achievement Award
|
Won
|
Best Director - Film
|
Hellboy
|
Won
|
2005
|
Bram Stoker Award
|
Best Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
2006
|
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
|
Best Foreign Film
|
Pan's Labyrinth
|
Won
|
Dublin Film Critics Circle Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
2007
|
Empire Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
|
Best Film
|
Nominated
|
Best Original Screenplay
|
Won
|
Fantasporto
|
Best International Fantasy Film Award
|
Won
|
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award
|
Best Foreign Language Film
|
Nominated
|
London Critics Circle Film Award
|
Director of the Year
|
Nominated
|
Screenwriter of the Year
|
Nominated
|
National Society of Film Critics Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Online Film Critics Society Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Best Original Screenplay
|
Won
|
Palm Springs International Film Festival
|
Best Foreign Language Film
|
Won
|
Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Award
|
Best Film
|
Won
|
Imagen Award
|
Best Director - Film
|
Won
|
2008
|
Bodil Award
|
Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film
|
Won
|
Nebula Award
|
Best Script
|
Won
|
Empire Award
|
Inspiration Award
|
Nominated
|
2013
|
Hollywood Film Festival
|
Hollywood Movie Award
|
Pacific Rim
|
Nominated
|
2014
|
Ray Bradbury Award
|
Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
|
Nominated
|
2017
|
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award
|
Best Director
|
The Shape of Water
|
Won
|
Detroit Film Critics Society Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Best Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
Boston Society of Film Critics Award
|
Best Director
|
Runner-up
|
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Best Original Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award
|
Best Director
|
Won
|
Best Original Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
San Diego Film Critics Society Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Chicago Film Critics Association Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Best Original Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
|
Best Director
|
Won
|
Best Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award
|
Best Director
|
Won
|
Best Screenplay
|
Won
|
Florida Film Critics Circle Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Best Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
Online Film Critics Society Award
|
Best Director
|
Runner-up
|
Best Original Screenplay
|
Nominated
|
2018
|
AACTA International Award
|
Best Direction
|
Nominated
|
Houston Film Critics Society Award
|
Best Director
|
Nominated
|
Producers Guild of America Awards
|
Best Theatrical Motion Picture
|
Won
|
London Film Critics' Circle Award
|
Director of the Year
|
Nominated
|
Directors Guild of America Award
|
Outstanding Directing - Feature Film
|
Won
|