Martyn Sanderson

2005 Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For Services to Literature and the Theatre

1990 New Zealand Film Awards
Best Supporting Role: for An Angel at my Table

1989 Tokyo International Film Festival
Best Screenplay: for Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree
Nominated for Tokyo Grand Prix: for Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree

1989 Amiens Film Festival (France)
Grand Prix de la Ville d'Amiens: for the film making the greatest contribution to the understanding of a culture and the identity of a people: for Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree

1987 Australian Film Institute Awards
Nominated for Best Actor in a Mini-series: for The Harp in the South

1978 Feltex Television Awards (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Actor: for The Governor, The Lame Seagull episode

1976 Feltex Television Awards
Best Actor: for Richard Pearse