The film earned two awards from the Austin Film Critics Association – the Austin Film Award to director Richard Linklater . and the Breakthrough Artist Award to Christian McKay . McKay received many accolades for his portrayal of Orson Welles , including Best Supporting Actor awards from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle and the Utah Film Critics Association . He received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor , and Best Supporting Actor nominations from the Boston Society of Film Critics ( second place ) , Broadcast Film Critics Association , Chicago Film Critics Association , Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association , Denver Film Critics Society , Detroit Film Critics Society , Houston Film Critics Society , International Cinephile Society , National Society of Film Critics , New York Film Critics Circle ( second place ) , Online Film & Television Association , Toronto Film Critics Association , and in the Chlotrudis Awards , Independent Spirit Awards and the Village Voice Film Poll ( second place ) . McKay was nominated in the Best Actor category in the Evening Standard British Film Awards , London Critics Circle Film Awards and 2009 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
25th Independent Spirit Awards
Me and Orson Welles