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Academy Awards, USA (1)
BAFTA Awards (3)
Critics Choice Awards (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (2)
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (4)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Gotham Awards (2)
Grammy Awards (1)
Humanitas Prize (3)
International Documentary Association (2)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2)
San Francisco International Film Festival (1)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (1)
Washington DC Independent Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (2)
SXSW Film Festival (2)
São Paulo International Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (2)
San Diego Film Festival (3)
Cinema for Peace Awards (2)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (2)
North Texas Film Critics Association, US (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (3)
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Adelaide Film Festival (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (1)
It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival (1)
Media Access Awards (1)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (1)
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC) (1)
Seattle Film Critics Society (1)
27 wins & 28 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2007 Winner
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
An Inconvenient Truth
BAFTA Awards
2024 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Documentary
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Shared with:
Jonathan King
·
Annetta Marion
2024 Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
Specialist Factual
The Enfield Poltergeist
Shared with:
Jerry Rothwell
·
Al Morrow
·
Stewart Le Marechal
·
Nicole Stott
·
Jonathan Silberberg
2016 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Documentary
He Named Me Malala
Shared with:
Walter F. Parkes
·
Laurie MacDonald
Critics Choice Awards
2011 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Documentary Feature
Waiting for Superman
Directors Guild of America, USA
2024 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2011 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Waiting for Superman
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival
2002 Winner
Jury Award
The First Year
Primetime Emmy Awards
2023 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Shared with:
Nelle Fortenberry
·
Laurene Powell-Jobs
·
Nicole Stott
·
Annetta Marion
·
Jonathan King
·
Will Cohen
2021 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Boys State
Shared with:
Laurene Powell-Jobs
·
Jonathan Silberberg
·
Nicole Stott
·
Shannon Dill
·
Amanda McBaine
·
Jesse Moss
2016 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
He Named Me Malala
Hamburg Film Festival
2015 Nominee
Political Film Award
He Named Me Malala
Gotham Awards
2010 Winner
Audience Award
Waiting for Superman
Shared with:
Lesley Chilcott
·
Michael Birtel
2006 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Shared with:
Laurie Lennard
·
Lawrence Bender
·
Scott Z. Burns
Grammy Awards
2013 Nominee
Grammy
Best Long Form Music Video
From the Sky Down
Shared with:
U2
·
Belisa Balaban
·
Brian Celler
·
Ted Skillman
·
The Edge
·
Bono
·
Adam Clayton
·
Larry Mullen Jr.
Humanitas Prize
2019 Nominee
Humanitas Prize
Documentaries - Special Awards Category
The Price of Free
Shared with:
Derek Doneen
·
Sarah Anthony
2006 Winner
Humanitas Prize
Documentaries - Special Awards Category
An Inconvenient Truth
2006 Winner
Humanitas Prize
Documentaries - Special Awards Category
An Inconvenient Truth
Shared with:
Lesley Chilcott
International Documentary Association
2024 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Burden of Proof
Shared with:
Cynthia Hill
·
Charlotte Cook
·
Rahdi Taylor
·
Nancy Abraham
·
Lisa Heller
·
Christine Delp
·
Andrea Weigl
2009 Nominee
Music Documentary Award
It Might Get Loud
Shared with:
Thomas Tull
·
Lesley Chilcott
·
Peter Afterman
·
Bert Ellis
·
Michael J. Mailis
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
An Inconvenient Truth
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2019 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
The Price of Free
Shared with:
Shannon Dill
·
Jeff Skoll
·
Sarah Anthony
·
Derek Doneen
2018 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
The Price of Free
Shared with:
Sarah Anthony
·
Derek Doneen
San Francisco International Film Festival
2001 Winner
Certificate of Merit
Film & Video - Society & Culture U.S.
The First Year
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2007 Winner
Attenborough Award
An Inconvenient Truth
Shared with:
Al Gore
Washington DC Independent Film Festival
2002 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary Short Form
Teach
Sundance Film Festival
2010 Winner
Audience Award
Documentary
Waiting for Superman
2010 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Waiting for Superman
SXSW Film Festival
2023 Winner
The Hope Award
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023 Nominee
Audience Award
Festival Favorites
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
São Paulo International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Black Reel Awards
2011 Winner
Black Reel
Best Documentary
Waiting for Superman
2002 Winner
Black Reel
Best Film
Training Day
Shared with:
Bruce Berman
San Diego Film Festival
2015 Winner
Audience Award
Best Gala Film
He Named Me Malala
2010 Winner
Festival Award
Best Documentary
Waiting for Superman
2010 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary
Waiting for Superman
Cinema for Peace Awards
2024 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2016 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
He Named Me Malala
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2024 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Nonfiction Feature
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Shared with:
Annetta Marion
·
Jonathan King
·
Will Cohen
2011 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
Waiting for Superman
Shared with:
Lesley Chilcott
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
2011 Winner
NTFCA Award
Best Documentary
Waiting for Superman
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2011 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Waiting for Superman
2010 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Waiting for Superman
Shared with:
Lesley Chilcott
2006 Nominee
EDA Special Mention Award
Don't Stick Your Head in the Sand
An Inconvenient Truth
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2010 Winner
AAFCA Award
Best Documentary
Waiting for Superman
Shared with:
Lesley Chilcott
Online Film & Television Association
2002 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Direction in a Drama Series
24
Shared with:
Bryan Spicer
·
Stephen Hopkins
·
Winrich Kolbe
·
Paul Shapiro
Adelaide Film Festival
2015 Nominee
International Documentary Award
Best Documentary
He Named Me Malala
Gold Derby Awards
2016 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Documentary Feature
He Named Me Malala
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2023 Winner
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Director
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival
2023 Nominee
It's All True Trophy
International Competition: Best Feature or Medium-Length Documentary
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Media Access Awards
2023 Winner
Producers Guild of America George Sunga Award
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
2024 Winner
LEJA Award
Best Documentary Feature
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)
2024 Winner
Windie
Best Documentary Film
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Shared with:
Annetta Marion
·
Jonathan King
·
Will Cohen
Seattle Film Critics Society
2024 Nominee
SFCS Award
Best Documentary Film
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
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