Awards and Honors
Academy Awards Won Best Original Screenplay, Citizen Kane. 1941. (shared with Herman Mankiewicz) Academy Honorary Award--”Superlative and distinguished service in the making of motion pictures.” 1970 Nominated Outstanding Motion Picture, Citizen Kane. 1941 Best Director, Citizen Kane. 1941 Best Actor, Citizen Kane. 1941 Outstanding Motion Picture, The Magnificent Ambersons. 1942 Grammy Awards Won Best Spoken Word Recording, Great American Documents (shared with James Earl Jones, Helen Hayes , and Henry Fonda ) 1976 Best Spoken Word Recording, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Citizen Kane. 1978 Best Spoken Word Recording. Donovan’s Brain. 1981 Other Film Awards Won Palme d’Or 1952 Cannes Film Festival Career Golden Lion Award 1970 Venice Film Festival American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, 1975 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement Award, 1978 Nominated Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, The Stranger. 1947