Shackleton (TV serial)
Award Category Nominee Result
Golden Globe Awards 2002 Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Movie Henry Braham ( Part II ) Won
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special ( Dramatic Underscore ) Adrian Johnston ( Part II ) Won
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special Peter Coulson ( Part II ) Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Kenneth Branagh Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Miniseries Francesca Barra , Delia Fine , Emilio Nunez , Selwyn Roberts Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special Kevin Brazier , Philip Barnes , Blair Jollands , Wayne Brooks Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries , Movie or a Dramatic Special Charles Sturridge Nominated
BAFTA Awards 2003 Best Drama Serial Selwyn Roberts , Charles Sturridge Won
BAFTA Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Shirley Russell Won
BAFTA Awards 2003 Best Actor Kenneth Branagh Nominated
BAFTA Awards 2003 Best Editing ( Fiction/Entertainment ) Peter Coulson Nominated
BAFTA Awards 2003 Best Photography and Lighting ( Fiction/Entertainment ) Henry Braham Nominated
BAFTA Awards 2003 Best Production Design Michael Howells Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2003 Outstanding Sound Mixing for Television , MOW 's and Mini-Series Dave Humphries , John Rodda ( Part I ) Won
Producers Guild of America Awards 2003 PGA Award Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television Selwyn Roberts Nominated
Royal Television Society Awards 2002 Best Art Director Lynne Huitson , Matthew Robinson Won
Royal Television Society Awards 2002 Best Production Design , Drama Michael Howells Nominated
Royal Television Society Awards 2002 Best Make Up Design , Drama Jeremy Woodhead Nominated
Satellite Awards 2003 Golden Satellite Award for Best Miniseries Nominated
Awards and nominations
Shackleton is a 2001 British television film written and directed by Charles Sturridge and starring Kenneth Branagh as explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. The film tells the true story of Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition on the ship Endurance. The cast includes Kevin McNally, Lorcan Cranitch, Embeth Davidtz, Danny Webb, Matt Day and Phoebe Nicholls (also the director's wife) as Lady Shackleton. It was filmed in the UK, Iceland and Greenland. The film used first-hand accounts by the men on the expedition to retell the story. Shackleton biographer Roland Huntford was a production advisor. Shackleton was first broadcast in two parts by Channel 4 in January 2002. In North America the film was first broadcast by the A&E Network in April 2002. The film was nominated for seven Emmy Awards, six BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.