Release Schedule
United States: September 28, 2012 (opening night film, New York Film Festival, premiere)
United States: October 14, 2012 (Mill Valley Film Festival)
Taiwan: November 10, 2012 (Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival)
Canada: November 21, 2012
Puerto Rico: November 21, 2012
Taiwan: November 21, 2012
United States: November 21, 2012
China: November 22, 2012
Hong Kong: November 22, 2012
North Macedonia: November 22, 2012
India: November 23, 2012
Malaysia: November 29, 2012
Singapore: November 29, 2012
Spain: November 30, 2012
Indonesia: November 30, 2012
Pakistan: November 30, 2012
Cambodia: December 6, 2012
United Arab Emirates: December 9, 2012 (Dubai International Film Festival)
Vietnam: December 14, 2012
Belgium: December 19, 2012
France: December 19, 2012
United Arab Emirates: December 20, 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina: December 20, 2012
Belarus: December 20, 2012
Czech Republic: December 20, 2012
United Kingdom: December 20, 2012
Greece: December 20, 2012
Croatia: December 20, 2012
Hungary: December 20, 2012
Ireland: December 20, 2012
Israel: December 20, 2012
Italy: December 20, 2012
Kuwait: December 20, 2012
Kuwait: December 20, 2012 (IMAX-3D version)
Lebanon: December 20, 2012
Netherlands: December 20, 2012
Portugal: December 20, 2012
Serbia: December 20, 2012 (Belgrade)
Slovenia: December 20, 2012
Slovakia: December 20, 2012
Thailand: December 20, 2012
Bulgaria: December 21, 2012
Brazil: December 21, 2012
Colombia: December 21, 2012
Ecuador: December 21, 2012
Estonia: December 21, 2012
Finland: December 21, 2012
Iceland: December 21, 2012
Lithuania: December 21, 2012
Latvia: December 21, 2012
Mexico: December 21, 2012
Romania: December 21, 2012
Sweden: December 21, 2012
Uruguay: December 21, 2012
South Africa: December 21, 2012
Denmark: December 25, 2012
Norway: December 25, 2012
Austria: December 26, 2012
Germany: December 26, 2012
Bahrain: December 27, 2012
Costa Rica: December 27, 2012
Dominican Republic: December 27, 2012
Peru: December 27, 2012
Turkey: December 28, 2012
Australia: January 1, 2013
Azerbaijan: January 1, 2013
Guatemala: January 1, 2013
South Korea: January 1, 2013
Kazakhstan: January 1, 2013
New Zealand: January 1, 2013
Panama: January 1, 2013
Russia: January 1, 2013
El Salvador: January 1, 2013
Ukraine: January 1, 2013
Uzbekistan: January 1, 2013
Bolivia: January 3, 2013
Chile: January 3, 2013
Nicaragua: January 3, 2013
Honduras: January 4, 2013
Mongolia: January 4, 2013 (Ulaanbaatar)
Egypt: January 9, 2013
Philippines: January 9, 2013
Argentina: January 10, 2013
Poland: January 11, 2013
Japan: January 25, 2013
Venezuela: February 8, 2013
Singapore: February 28, 2013 (re-release)
Argentina: April 24, 2013 (DVD premiere)
China: June 2013 (IMAX version, Shanghai International Film Festival)
China: April 11, 2015 (IMAX-3D version, Beijing International Film Festival)
United States: June 15, 2016 (Provincetown International Film Festival)
China: April 8, 2019 (IMAX-3D version, Beijing International Film Festival)
Taiwan: June 5, 2020 (re-release)
Awards
Winner | 2012 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award | Best Screenplay, Adapted | David Magee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Annie Awards | Annie | Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Erik De Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian R. Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl, Life of Pi | "Tiger"
Nominee | 2012 | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | BSFC Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | WAFCA Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | WAFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Young Actor/Actress | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Art Direction | David Gropman, Anna Pinnock, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Critics Choice Awards | Critics Choice Award | Best Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | SDFCS Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | SDFCS Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | SDFCS Award | Best Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | SDFCS Award | Best Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Image Awards (NAACP) | Image Award | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Golden Globes, USA | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Golden Globes, USA | Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Golden Globes, USA | Golden Globe | Best Original Score - Motion Picture | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Sierra Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Sierra Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Sierra Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Sierra Award | Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Sierra Award | Best Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Sierra Award | Youth in Film | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Best Live Action Family Film | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | PFCS Award | Breakthrough Performance on Camera | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | SFFCC Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award | Best Sound (Editing & Mixing) | Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | ALFS Award | Film of the Year | Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | ALFS Award | Director of the Year | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | ALFS Award | Technical Achievement of the Year | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | ALFS Award | Technical Achievement of the Year | Bill Westenhofer, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | DFWFCA Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | DFWFCA Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | DFWFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Mill Valley Film Festival | Audience Award | Audience Favorite | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | CFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | SDFCS Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | PGA Awards | PGA Award | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | COFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Writers Guild of America, USA | WGA Award (Screen) | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi | Based on the novel by Yann Martel
Nominee | 2013 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | VFCC Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Directors Guild of America, USA | DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Film | Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | David Lean Award for Direction | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Production Design | David Gropman, Anna Pinnock, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | American Society of Cinematographers, USA | ASC Award | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Feature Film | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year | Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Directing | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Film Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Sound Mixing | Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Sound Editing | Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song | Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri, Life of Pi | For the song "Pi's Lullaby".
Nominee | 2013 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Achievement in Production Design | David Gropman, Anna Pinnock, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | American Cinema Editors, USA | Eddie | Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | SEFCA Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi | 9th place
Winner | 2012 | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | SEFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | KCFCC Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | FFCC Award | Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | OFCS Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | David Magee, Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | AFI Awards, USA | AFI Award | Movie of the Year | Life of Pi | LIFE OF PI is an immersion into the world of imagination - one so powerful, so deeply transformational, that it stands as a cinematic monument to the power of storytelling. Navigating Yann Martel's beloved novel with David Magee's script as guiding star, director Ang Lee proves himself a virtuoso of the versatile in a world so rich and so real that only the miracle of 3D in the hands of a master could put it all into proper perspective. At journey's end, audiences are left to ponder an adventure so life-affirming and a reality so true that they would never dare doubt Dorothy ever left Kansas.
Nominee | 2012 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award | Best Motion Picture | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award | Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | Filmmaker's Award | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Irish Film and Television Awards | IFTA Award | Best International Film | Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Special Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Fantasy Film | Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Writing | David Magee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Production Design | David Gropman, Anna Pinnock, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Music | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Special Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Satellite Awards | Satellite Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Rembrandt Awards | Rembrandt Award | Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film) | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Empire Awards, UK | Empire Award | Best Male Newcomer | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Empire Awards, UK | Empire Award | Best Male Newcomer | Rafe Spall, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Empire Awards, UK | Empire Award | Best 3D | Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film | Erich Stratmann, Mitch Bederman, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Kenton Jakub, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film | Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Frank Kern, Marko A. Costanzo, John Morris, Kam Chan, Jamie Baker, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | MTV Movie + TV Awards | MTV Movie Award | Breakthrough Performance | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | MTV Movie + TV Awards | MTV Movie Award | Best Scared-As-S**t Performance | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi | Sharma shines as 16-year-old Pi, whose life is changed forever when a startled zebra jumps into his lifeboat, forcing the pair overboard during a powerful storm.
Nominee | 2013 | Annie Awards | Annie | Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Erik De Boer, Aaron Grey, Mary Lynn Machado, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Life of Pi | "Orangutan"
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Sound | Philip Stockton, Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Ron Bartlett, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Golden Trailer Awards | Golden Trailer | Best Animation/Family Poster | Life of Pi | For "Mosaic".
Nominee | 2013 | Golden Trailer Awards | Golden Trailer | Best Animation/Family Poster | Life of Pi | For "Yellow".
Winner | 2013 | BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Film Music Award | Film Music | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | COFCA Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | World Soundtrack Awards | World Soundtrack Award | Film Composer of the Year | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | World Soundtrack Awards | World Soundtrack Award | Best Original Film Score of the Year | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | World Soundtrack Awards | World Soundtrack Award | Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film | Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri, Life of Pi | For the song "Pi's Lullaby".
Nominee | 2013 | Casting Society (CSA) | Artios Award | Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Drama | Avy Kaufman, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) | Ang Lee, Life of Pi | USA.
Nominee | 2013 | Key Art Awards | Key Art Award | Best Trailer - Audio/Visual | Life of Pi | For the DVD/Blu-Ray trailer "A Filmmaker's Epic Journey".
Winner | 2013 | Key Art Awards | Key Art Award | Best Digital Marketing | Life of Pi | For its microsite/website for the DVD release.
Nominee | 2013 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Children's Award | BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2014 | Grammy Awards | Grammy | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Art Directors Guild | Excellence in Production Design Award | Fantasy Film | David Gropman, Dan Webster, Al Hobbs, James F. Truesdale, Ravi Srivastava, Paul Gelinas, Easton Smith, Sarah Contant, Hui Chen, Huei-Li Liao, Jim Hewitt, Joanna Bush, Jing-Heng Ding, David Meeking, Anna Pinnock, Scot Erb, Giacomo G. Ghiazza, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Camerimage | Best 3D Feature Film | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Society of Camera Operators | Camera Operator of the Year Award | Feature Film | Lucas Bielan, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | New York Film Critics, Online | NYFCO Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | New York Film Critics, Online | NYFCO Award | Top Films of the Year | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | SLFCA Award | Best Film | Life of Pi | Tied with Lincoln (2012).
Nominee | 2012 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | SLFCA Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | SLFCA Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | SLFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | SLFCA Award | Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliot, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) | IFMCA Award | Film Score of the Year | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) | IFMCA Award | Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) | IFMCA Award | Film Music Composition of the Year | Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri, Life of Pi | Track: "Pi's Lullaby"
Nominee | 2013 | Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) | GAFCA Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) | GAFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) | GAFCA Award | Best Production Design | David Gropman, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) | GAFCA Award | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | British Society of Cinematographers | GBCT Operators Award | Lucas Bielan, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | CinEuphoria Awards | CinEuphoria | Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | CinEuphoria Awards | CinEuphoria | Best Film - Audience Award | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | EDA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Indiana Film Journalists Association, US | IFJA Award | Best Musical Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Dorian Film Awards | Dorian Award | Visually Striking Film of the Year | Life of Pi | Honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography.
Nominee | 2012 | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | UFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | North Texas Film Critics Association, US | NTFCA Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Picture | Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Breakthrough Performance: Male | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | David Magee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Music, Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Production Design | David Gropman, Al Hobbs, Dan Webster, Anna Pinnock, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Sound Effects Editing | Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Award | Best Titles Sequence | Life of Pi | For the opening credits featuring animals in the zoo.
Winner | 2012 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | IGN Award | Best Fantasy Movie | Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | IGN People's Choice Award | Best Fantasy Movie | Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | IGN Award | Best 3D Movie | Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | IOMA | Best Cinematography (Miglior fotografia) | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | IOMA | Best Special Effects (Migliori effetti speciali) | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | ACCA | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | ACCA | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | ACCA | Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | ACCA | Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | ACCA | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi | Runner-up
Nominee | 2013 | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | HFCS Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | HFCS Award | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Women Film Critics Circle Awards | WFCC Award | Best Family Film | Life of Pi | Tied with Rise of the Guardians (2012).
Winner | 2013 | Visual Effects Society Awards | VES Award | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Donald Elliott, Susan MacLeod, Guillaume Rocheron, Bill Westenhofer, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Visual Effects Society Awards | VES Award | Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Erik De Boer, Sean Comer, Betsy Asher Hall, Kai-Hua Lan, Life of Pi | "Richard Parker"
Nominee | 2013 | Visual Effects Society Awards | VES Award | Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Jason Bayever, Sho Hasegawa, Jimmy Jewell, Walt Jones, Life of Pi | "Open Ocean"
Nominee | 2013 | Visual Effects Society Awards | VES Award | Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Jason Bayever, David Horsley, Scotty Townsend, Miles Vignol, Life of Pi | "Ocean"
Winner | 2013 | Visual Effects Society Awards | VES Award | Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Harry Mukhopadhyay, David Stopford, Mark Williams, Derek Wolfe, Life of Pi | "Storm of God"
Winner | 2013 | Visual Effects Society Awards | VES Award | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Ryan B. Clarke, Jose Fernández de Castro, Sean O'Hara, Hamish Schumacher, Life of Pi | "Storm of God"
Nominee | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Picture | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi | Tied with The Master (2012).
Nominee | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Original Song | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi | Song: "Pi's Lullaby"
Winner | 2012 | Black Film Critics Circle Awards | BFCC Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Black Film Critics Circle Awards | BFCC Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi | 7th place
Winner | 2013 | North Carolina Film Critics Association | NCFCA Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | North Carolina Film Critics Association | NCFCA Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | David Magee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Golden Schmoes | Trippiest Movie of the Year | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Golden Schmoes | Best Special Effects of the Year | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Golden Schmoes | Breakthrough Performance of the Year | Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) | AAFCA Award | Best Picture | Life of Pi | 5th place
Winner | 2012 | Nevada Film Critics Society | NFCS Award | Best Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Winner | 2012 | Nevada Film Critics Society | NFCS Award | Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Original Score | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Movies for Grownups Award | Best Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Director | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Cinematography | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Production Design | David Gropman, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Film Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Original Song | Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri, Life of Pi | for "Pi's Lullaby"
Nominee | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Sound | Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | 3D Creative Arts Awards | Lumiere Award | Best International 3D Feature - Live Action | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | 3D Creative Arts Awards | Lumiere Award | Best Stereography - Live Action | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | AACTA International Awards | AACTA International Award | Best Direction | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | AACTA International Awards | AACTA International Award | Best Film | Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2014 | Russian National Movie Awards | Georges Award | Best Foreign Drama of the Year | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Sound Mixing | Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Sound Editing | Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | INOCA | Best Visual Effects | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, India | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award | Favorite Hollywood Movie | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | DFCC | Best Film | Life of Pi | Tied with The Master (2012), The Raid: Redemption (2011) and Looper (2012) in 4th place
Nominee | 2020 | Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award | Visual Effects of the Decade | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott, Life of Pi
Nominee | 2012 | Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards | SIYAD Award | Best Foreign Film | Life of Pi | 15th Place
Nominee | 2013 | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | HFCS Award | Technical Achievement | Life of Pi
Nominee | 2013 | Cinema for Peace Awards | Cinema for Peace Award | Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year | Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Winner | 2013 | Hollywood Post Alliance, US | HPA Award | Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film | David Cole, Life of Pi