2000 - Present Louise T. Blouin Foundation Award Louise T. Blouin Foundation May 2, 2005, New York City Pratt Legends Honoree Pratt Institute April 19, 2005, Brooklyn, New York American Innovator Award The Japan Society April 6, 2005, New York City Texas Medal of Arts Texas Cultural Trust Council April 5, 2005, Austin, Texas Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres December 9, 2003, Paris Backstage West Garland Award: Best Lighting Design Woyzeck February 10, 2003, Los Angeles "Politika" Grand Prix Award Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF) Woyzeck October 17, 2002, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Thomas Jefferson Award, American Institute of Architects April 20, 2002, Houston, Texas National Design Award, Smithsonian Institution National Design Museum November 14, 2001, New York City Grand Prix de la Critique 1999/2000: Meilleur Spectacle Étranger [Best Foreign Production] (Dream Play), Syndicat de la Critique Dramatique et Musicale June 26, 2001, Paris
American Academy of Arts and Letters Elected American Honorary Member Inducted May 17, 2000
› Back to top 1995 - 1999 Wilhelm Hansen Honorable Prize October 25, 1999, Copenhagen Médaille d'Argent de la Foundation de l'Académie d'Architecture June 15, 1999, Paris Pushkin Prize Taganka Theater April 23, 1999, Moscow Harvard Excellence in Design Award Harvard University October 8, 1998, Cambridge Tadeusz Kantor Prize December 7, 1997, Cracow, Poland Robert Wilson Day (April 18) Declared by Texas State Legislature April 18, 1997
Premio Europa per il Teatro January 6, 1997, Taormina, Italy Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize New York City
Best Director, International Widescreen Festival The Death of Moliere Amsterdam
Premio Abbiati, Italian Theater Critics Award Hanjo/Hagoromo Milan
Texas Artist of the Year Art League of Houston Houston, Texas
Guest of Honor, American Friends of the Paris Opera and Ballet Gala Dinner, St. Regis Hotel New York City
› Back to top 1990 - 1994 Premio Ubu, Best Foreign Performance Alice Milan
Honorary Doctorate California College of Arts and Crafts Oakland, California
Golden Lion Award in Sculpture Memory/Loss Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Premio Ubu, Best Foreign Performance Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights Milan
Honorary Doctorate Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Theatertreffen, Festspiele Berlin The Black Rider: the casting of the magic bullets Berlin
German Theater Critics Award, Best Production of the Year The Black Rider: the casting of the magic bullets Berlin
Special Mention by the Jury, "Festival du Film d'Art" La Femme à la Cafetière Paris
› Back to top 1985 - 1989 Grand Prize, Biennale Festival of Cinema Art La Femme à la Cafetière Barcelona.
Premio Abbiati, Best Production of the Year, Italian Theater Critics Award Doktor Faustus Milan
Grand Prize for Best Event Parzival and Hamletmachine: furniture and drawings Biennial of São Paulo
Lion of the Performing Arts, New York Public Library New York City
Institute Honor, The American Institute of Architects New York City
Premio Mondello, Award for Theater Palermo, Italy
American Theatre Wing Design Award, Noteworthy Unusual Effects the CIVIL warS, Rome Section Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
Bessie Award the CIVIL warS, Knee Plays
French Critics Award for Best Foreign Play, Le Sydicat de la Critique Musicale Alcestis Paris
Theatertreffen, Berliner Festspiele Hamletmachine Berlin
Skowhegan Medal for Drawing Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture New York City and Maine
Sole nominee, Pulitzer Prize for Drama the CIVIL warS [no prize awarded that year]
Picasso Award Overture to the Fourth Act of Deafman Glance Malaga Theater Festival, Malaga, Spain
Obie Award for Direction Hamletmachine New York City
Franklin Furnace Award Einstein on the Beach New York City
› Back to top 1980 - 1984 Theatertreffen, Berliner Festspiele the CIVIL warS, Cologne Section Berlin
First Prize, San Sebastian Film and Video Festival Stations San Sebastian, Spain
Der Rosenstrauss The Golden Windows Munich
› Back to top 1975 - 1979 Best Production of the Year, German Critics Award Death, Destruction, & Detroit Berlin
First Prize, German Press Award Death, Destruction & Detroit Berlin
Critics Award for Best Musical Theater, Le Sydicat de la Critique Musicale Einstein on the Beach Paris
Grand Prize, BITEF Einstein on the Beach Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Lumen Award for Design Einstein on the Beach New York City
Maharam Award for Best Set Design for a Broadway Show A Letter for Queen Victoria New York City
Tony Nomination for Best Score and Lyrics A Letter for Queen Victoria New York City
› Back to top 1970 - 1974 OBIE Special Award Citation for Direction The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin New York City
Drama Desk Award for Direction Deafman Glance New York City
Critics Award for Best Foreign Play 1970-71 Deafman Glance › Back to top
