Biography

**David Byrne awards and nominations**
Awards and nominations
	Totals
Wins	11
Nominations	26

David Byrne is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist, and filmmaker.

He has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award, and he was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as part of Talking Heads).

Major awards

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1987	Best Original Score	The Last Emperor	Won	^[1]
2022	Best Original Song	"This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once)	Nominated	^[2]

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Best Score for a Film	The Last Emperor	Nominated	^[3]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1987	Best Original Score	The Last Emperor	Won	^[4]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	"Burning Down the House"	Nominated	^[5]
1988	Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television	The Last Emperor	Won
1988	Best Concept Music Video	Storytelling Giant	Nominated
2009	Best Alternative Music Album	Everything That Happens Will Happen Today	Nominated
2018	Best Alternative Music Album	American Utopia	Nominated
2020	Best Musical Theater Album	American Utopia on Broadway	Nominated
2021	Best Music Film	David Byrne's American Utopia	Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)	David Byrne's American Utopia	Nominated	^[6]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Special Tony Award	David Byrne's American Utopia	Won	^[7]

Miscellaneous awards

BMI Film & TV Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	BMI Cable Award	Big Love	Won	^[8]

Cinema Eye Honors

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score	Contemporary Color	Won	^[9]

David di Donatello Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Musician	This Must Be the Place	Won	^[10]
2012	Best Original Song	"If It Falls, It Falls" (from This Must Be the Place)	Won	^[10]

Denver Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Original Song	"This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once)	Nominated	^[11]

Drama Desk Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Outstanding Music	Here Lies Love	Won	^[12] ^[13]

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film	"This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once)	Won	^[14]

Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Song	"This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once)	Nominated	^[15]

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Original Song – Independent Film	"This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once)	Nominated	^[16]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Best First Feature	True Stories	Nominated	^[17]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1987	Best Music Score	The Last Emperor	Won	^[18]

MTV Video Music Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1984	Best Special Effects in a Video	"Burning Down the House"	Nominated
1985	Video Vanguard Award	—	Won
1992	Breakthrough Video	"She's Mad"	Nominated

North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Original Song	"This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once)	Nominated	^[19]

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Honor	Result	Ref.
2020	Lifetime Achievement Award	Won	^[20]

Webby Awards

Year	Honor	Result	Ref.
2008	Webby Lifetime Achievement	Won	^[21]

Special honors

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Year	Honor	Result	Ref.
2002	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	Inducted^[a]	^[22]

Notes

^ As part of Talking Heads.

References

^ "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
^ "The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1989". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "David Byrne". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "David Byrne". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "David Byrne". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "2021 Tony Awards". Tony Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "2008 BMI Film/TV Awards". BMI Film & TV Awards. May 22, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "Cameraperson and OJ: Made in America Top 10th Annual Cinema Eye Honors". Cinema Eye Honors. January 12, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "This Must Be the Place". David di Donatello. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "2023 DFCS Awards". Denver Film Critics Society. January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
^ "Nominees and Recipients – 2013 Awards". Drama Desk Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "David Byrne Burning Up Broadway". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ "13th Annual GMS Awards". Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^ "HFCS 2022 Nominatons List". Hawaii Film Critics Society. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
^ "2022 HMMA Nominations". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ "38 Years of Nominees and Winners" (PDF). Independent Spirit Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "The 13th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "Everything Everywhere All at Once Awarded in a Record-Breaking Nine Categories in NC Film Critics Annual Honors". North Carolina Film Critics Association. January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^ "2020 Awards (24th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^ "David Byrne". Webby Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ "Talking Heads". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[22] As part of Talking Heads.

[1] "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 31, 2011.

[2] "The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 12, 2023.

[3] "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1989". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[4] "David Byrne". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[5] "David Byrne". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[6] "David Byrne". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[7] "2021 Tony Awards". Tony Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[8] "2008 BMI Film/TV Awards". BMI Film & TV Awards. May 22, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[9] "Cameraperson and OJ: Made in America Top 10th Annual Cinema Eye Honors". Cinema Eye Honors. January 12, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[10] "This Must Be the Place". David di Donatello. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[11] "2023 DFCS Awards". Denver Film Critics Society. January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.

[12] "Nominees and Recipients – 2013 Awards". Drama Desk Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[13] "David Byrne Burning Up Broadway". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[14] "13th Annual GMS Awards". Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[15] "HFCS 2022 Nominatons List". Hawaii Film Critics Society. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[16] "2022 HMMA Nominations". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[17] "38 Years of Nominees and Winners" (PDF). Independent Spirit Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[18] "The 13th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[19] "Everything Everywhere All at Once Awarded in a Record-Breaking Nine Categories in NC Film Critics Annual Honors". North Carolina Film Critics Association. January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.

[20] "2020 Awards (24th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

[21] "David Byrne". Webby Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

[23] "Talking Heads". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

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David Byrne
Awards and nominations Discography
Studio albums	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (with Brian Eno) Rei Momo Uh-Oh David Byrne Feelings Look into the Eyeball Grown Backwards Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (with Brian Eno) Love This Giant (with St. Vincent) American Utopia
Live albums	David Byrne Live at Union Chapel Live from Austin, TX Live at Carnegie Hall
Soundtrack albums	The Catherine Wheel Music for "The Knee Plays" Sounds from True Stories The Last Emperor The Forest In Spite of Wishing and Wanting Lead Us Not into Temptation Big Love: Hymnal Here Lies Love (with Fatboy Slim)
Remix albums	The Visible Man
Singles	"The Jezebel Spirit" "Like Humans Do" "Strange Overtones"
Featured singles	"Lazy" "Toe Jam"
Concert tours	Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour Love This Giant Tour
Other works	True Stories Playing the Building How Music Works
Related articles	Talking Heads Luaka Bop Ride, Rise, Roar American Utopia