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  ===Accolades===
  For the 30th TCA Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Program of the Year. For the 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards, the series was nominated for Best Drama Series and Diana Rigg received a nomination for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series. For the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, the series received 19 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, Peter Dinklage for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Lena Headey for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Diana Rigg for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "The Children", and Neil Marshall for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "The Watchers on the Wall". For the 67th Writers Guild of America Awards, the series was nominated for Best Drama Series and George R. R. Martin was nominated for Best Episodic Drama for "The Lion and the Rose". For the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast was nominated for Best Drama Ensemble, Peter Dinklage was nominated for Best Drama Actor, and the series won for Best Stunt Team. For the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, the series was nominated for Best Television Series – Drama. For the 67th Directors Guild of America Awards, Alex Graves was nominated for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series for the episode "The Children".
   Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Drama
   Best Supporting Actress, Drama
   Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
   Neil Marshall for "The Watchers on the Wall"
   "The Lion and the Rose", "Breaker of Chains", "First of His Name", "The Laws of Gods and Men", "The Watchers on the Wall", and "The Children"
   Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
   Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
   Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
   David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for "The Children"
  66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
   Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Fantasy Series
   Deborah Riley, Paul Ghirardani, and Rob Cameron for "The Laws of Gods and Men" and "The Mountain and the Viper"
   Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
  Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
   Anette Haellmigk for "The Lion and the Rose"
   Jonathan Freeman for "Two Swords"
   Outstanding Costumes for a Series
   Michele Clapton, Sheena Wichary, Alexander Fordham, and Nina Ayres for "The Lion and the Rose"
   Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
   Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
   Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks, Rosalia Culora, Gary Machin, and Nicola Mount for "The Lion and the Rose"
   Outstanding Interactive Program
   Game of Thrones Premiere – Facebook Live and Instagram, by Sabrina Caluori, Paul Beddoe-Stephens, Jim Marsh, Michael McMorrow, Michael McMillian
   Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
   Jane Walker and Ann McEwan for "Oathkeeper"
   Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
   Ramin Djawadi for "The Mountain and the Viper"
   Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series
   Jane Walker and Barrie Gower for "The Children"
   Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
   Tim Kimmel, Jed M. Dodge, Tim Hands, Paula Fairfield, David Klotz, Bradley C. Katona, Brett Voss, Jeffrey Wilhoit, and Dylan T. Wilhoit for "The Watchers on the Wall"
   Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (One Hour)
   Ronan Hill, Richard Dyer, Onnalee Blank, and Mathew Waters for "The Watchers on the Wall"
   Outstanding Special and Visual Effects
   Joe Bauer, Joern Grosshans, Steve Kullback, Adam Chazen, Eric Carney, Sabrina Gerhardt, Matthew Rouleau, Thomas H. Schelesny, and Robert Simon for "The Children"
   Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series
   Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
   Best Television Series – Genre
  4th Critics' Choice Television Awards
   Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
   Outstanding Achievement in Drama
   The cast of ''Game of Thrones''
   Hollywood Music in Media Awards
   Best Original Score - TV Show/Digital Streaming Series
   Hollywood Professional Alliance
   Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Paula Fairfield, Brad Katona and Jed M. Dodge for "The Children"
   Joe Bauer, Sven Martin, Jörn Grosshans, Thomas Schelesny, Matthew Rouleau for "The Children"
   ''Game of Thrones'' - The Purple Wedding
   Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show
   ADG Excellence in Production Design Award
   One-Hour Single Camera Fantasy Television Series
   Deborah Riley for  "The Laws of Gods and Men" and "The Mountain and the Viper" 
   Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Television Series – One Hour
   Ronan Hill, Richard Dyer, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Brett Voss for "The Children"
   Canadian Society of Cinematographers 
   Robert McLachlan for "Oathkeeper"
  12th Irish Film & Television Awards
   Actor in a Supporting Role – Television
   Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister
   No Hodor in Game Of Thrones season five
   ''The Mountain and the Viper''
   Favourite Program – International Drama
   American Society of Cinematographers
   Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series
   Anette Haellmigk for "The Children"
   Fabian Wagner for "Mockingbird"
   The cast of ''Game of Thrones''
   British Academy Television Awards
   Costume Designers Guild Awards
   Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series
   Michele Clapton for ''Game of Thrones''
   Directors Guild of America Award
   Alex Graves for "The Children"
   Best Sound Editing in Television, Short Form: FX/Foley
   ''Game of Thrones'' for "The Children"
   Best Sound Editing in Television, Short Form: Dialogue / ADR
   ''Game of Thrones'' for "The Children"
   Best Sound Editing in Television, Short Form: Music
   ''Game of Thrones'' for "The Watchers on the Wall"
   Best Television Series – Drama
   Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
   David Benioff, Alex Graves, and D. B. Weiss for "The Mountain and The Viper"
   "The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama"
   David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Chris Newman, Greg Spence, Carolyn Strauss, D. B. Weiss
   Best Limited Run Television Series
   Best Performance by a Younger Actor on Television
   Best Supporting Actress on Television
   21st Screen Actors Guild Awards
   Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Drama Series
   Lucy Allen, Cole Armitage, Gary Arthurs, Rachelle Beinart, Ferenc Berecz, Richard Bradshaw, Andy Butcher, Michael Byrch, Neil Chapelhow, Nick Chopping, Jonathan Cohen, Joel Conlan, Gary Connery, James Cox, Tom Cox, Jason Curle, Nicholas Daines, Bill Davey, Kelly J. Dent, Ben Dimmock, Levan Doran, Jamie Edgell, Bradley Farmer, Neil Finnighan, Jozsef Fodor, Dean Forster, David Garrick, James Grogan, Tim Halloran, Paul Heasman, Robert Hladik, Al Holland, Gergely Horpacsi, Paul Howell, Stewart James, Gary Kane, Ian Kay, Robbie Keane, George Kirby, Cristian Knight, Laszlo Kosa, Geza Kovacs, Norbert Kovacs, Guy List, Phil Lonergan, Russell Macleod, Tina Maskell, Adrian McGaw, Nick McKinless, Erol Mehmet, Andy Merchant, Sian Milne, Daniel Naprous, Chris Newton, Ray Nicholas, Bela Orsanyi, Sam Parham, Ian Pead, Justin Pearson, Martin Pemberton, Heather Phillips, Rashid Phoenix, Andy Pilgrim, Christopher Pocock, Curtis Rivers, Marcus Shakesheff, Matt Sherren, Anthony Skrimshire, Mark Slaughter, Karen Smithson, Mark Southworth, Helen Steinway Bailey, Shane Steyn, Matthew Stirling, John Street, Gaspar Szabo, Gabor Szeman, Roy Taylor, Gyula Toth, Tony Van Silva, Reg Wayment, Linda Weal, Richard J Wheeldon, Heron White, Maxine Whittaker, Simon Whyman, Donna C. Williams, Lou Wong, Annabel E. Wood, Liang Yang, Steen Young
   Outstanding Performance by An Ensemble in a Drama Series
   Josef Altin, Jacob Anderson, John Bradley, Dominic Carter, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ben Crompton, Charles Dance, Peter Dinklage, Natalie Dormer, Iain Glen, Julian Glover, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Conleth Hill, Rory McCann, Ian McElhinney, Pedro Pascal, Daniel Portman, Mark Stanley, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams
   Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
   Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
   Philip Meyer, Thomas Kutschera, Igor Majdandzic, and Mark Spindler for "Drogon"
   Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
   ''Game of Thrones'' for "The Children"
   Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
   Rene Borst, Christian Zilliken, Jan Burda, Steffen Metzner for "Braavos Establisher"
   Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
   Keegan Douglas, Okan Ataman, Brian Fortune, David Lopez for "Wight Attack"
   Dan Breckwoldt, Martin Furman, Sophie Marfleet, Eric Andrusyszyn for "The Watchers on the Wall"
  Writers Guild of America Awards
   George R. R. Martin for "The Lion and the Rose"
   David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, D. B. Weiss