The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers/Awards


 * Academy Awards
 * Winner: Visual Effects, Sound Editing.
 * Nominee: Best Picture, Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Best Editing, and Best Sound.
 * American Film Institute: Digital Effects, Production Design, Movie of the Year
 * Apex Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Viggo Mortensen), Best Production Design, Best Original Song Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Make-up
 * 2003 Art Directors Guild: Best Production Design (Period or Fantasy feature Film)
 * Australian Film Awards: Best Foreign Film
 * British Academy Film Awards: Best Costume Design, Best Special Visual Effects, Orange Film of the Year (voted on by the public)
 * Broadcast Film Critics Association: Best Digital Acting Performance (Gollum)
 * Central Ohio Film Critics: Best Cinematography
 * Cinemarati Awards: Best Film, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Director (Peter Jackson), Best Film Editing
 * Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics: Best Director (Peter Jackson)
 * Empire Awards: Best Picture
 * Golden Satellite Awards: Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble, Best Visual Effects
 * Golden Trailer Awards: Best Action Trailer
 * Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Guild Awards: Best Character Makeup, Best Character Hair Styling, Best Special Makeup Effects
 * Hugo Award (World Science Fiction Society): Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
 * International 3-D Awards (computer graphics industry): Best Feature Film VFX (Weta)
 * Kansas City Film Critics: Best Director
 * Las Vegas Film Critics: Best Director (Peter Jackson), Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects
 * Phoenix Film Critics Awards [1]: "Best Picture", "Best Ensemble Acting", "Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium", "Best Cinematography", "Best Production Design", "Best Visual Effects", and "Best Makeup" "Gollum's Song", the theme played during the end credits, won the award for "Best Original Song". The song was written by Howard Shore and sung by the Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini.
 * Rotten Tomatoes Awards: Best Film
 * Saturn Awards: Best Fantasy Film, Best Costume (Ngila Dickson), Best Supporting Actor (Andy Serkis)
 * Visual Effects Society Awards: Best Special Effects, Best Effects in Art Direction, Best Visual Effects in Photography, Best Models and Miniatures, Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film, Best Character Animation in a Live-Action Feature Film, Best Compositing and Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film