Awards
Wins
- Chicago International Film Festival: Gold Hugo Award, Best First Feature Award, for The Confessions of Amans; 1976.
- Montréal World Film Festival: Grand Prix des Amériques, for El Norte; 1983.
- Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: OCIC Award, for My Family; 1995.
- Bravo Awards: Outstanding Feature Film, for My Family; 1995.
- Taos Talking Picture Festival: Cineaste Award, 1995.
- ALMA Award: Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film, for Selena; 1997.
- ALMA Award: Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film, for Why Do Fools Fall in Love; 1998.
- Santa Fe Film Festival: Luminaria Award; 2006.
Nominations
- Academy Awards: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for El Norte; 1983.
- Writers Guild of America Award: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for El Norte; 1983.
- Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: Golden Seashell Award, for My Family; 1995.
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Miniseries, for American Family: Journey of Dreams, for episode "Journey of Dreams"; 2002.
- Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Berlin Bear, Gregory Nava; for Bordertown; 2007.
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