Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaingoatia ia mo te Academy Award mo te Kaiwhakahaere Pai rawa atu mo tana whakaari circus "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), i riro i a ia nga
Academy Award mō te Whakaahua Pai rawa atu me te Golden Globe Award mō te Whakaahua Whakaahua Pai rawa atu <unk> Drama. Ko tana kiriata whakamutunga me te tino rongonui, "The Ten Commandments" (1956), he kaitono ano hoki mo te Tohu Whakaaturanga Ataata Pai rawa atu, koinei te kiriata tuarima-nui rawa atu o nga waa katoa, kua whakaritea mo te pikinga. Hei taapiri ki ana Tohu Ataata Pai rawa atu, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Tohu Whakahonore Academy mo ana koha kiriata, te Palme d'Or (i muri i te matenga) mo "Union Pacific" (1939), he Tohu DGA mo te Whainga Ora, me te Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Ko ia te kaiwhiwhi tuatahi o te Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, i whakaingoatia hei whakahonore i a ia. Ko te ingoa o DeMille hei kaihanga kiriata kua piki haere i te wa, a, kua awe tana mahi ki etahi atu kiriata me nga kaiwhakahaere.