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Yance Ford
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (1)
Cleveland International Film Festival (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1)
Gotham Awards (2)
International Documentary Association (5)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (30)
Sundance Film Festival (2)
Black Reel Awards (1)
CPH:DOX (2)
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (2)
Sheffield International Documentary Festival (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (4)
Montclair Film Festival (MFF) (1)
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival (1)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (1)
23 wins & 33 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2018 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary Feature
Strong Island
Yance Ford becomes the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Shared with:
Joslyn Barnes
Berlin International Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Teddy
Best Documentary Film
Strong Island
Cleveland International Film Festival
2024 Nominee
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award
Power
Primetime Emmy Awards
2018 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
Strong Island
Shared with:
Joslyn Barnes
Gotham Awards
2017 Winner
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
Strong Island
Shared with:
Joslyn Barnes
2017 Nominee
Audience Award
Strong Island
Shared with:
Joslyn Barnes
International Documentary Association
2017 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature Documentary
Strong Island
Shared with:
Joslyn Barnes
2017 Winner
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award
2012 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Continuing Series
P.O.V.
Shared with:
Simon Kilmurry
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Cynthia Lopez
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Christopher White
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Andrew Catauro
2011 Nominee
Video Source Award
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Shared with:
Judith Ehrlich
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Rick Goldsmith
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Jodie Evans
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Sally Jo Fifer
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Simon Kilmurry
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Cynthia Lopez
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Christopher White
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Andrew Catauro
2011 Winner
IDA Award
Best Continuing Series
P.O.V.
Shared with:
Simon Kilmurry
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Cynthia Lopez
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Christopher White
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Andrew Catauro
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2013 Nominee
Emmy
Best Documentary
P.O.V.
Nostalgia for the Light
For episode "Nostalgia for the Light"
Shared with:
Patricio Guzmán
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Renate Sachse
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Simon Kilmurry
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Sandie Viquez Pedlow
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Cynthia Lopez
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Christopher White
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Andrew Catauro
2013 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form
P.O.V.
Give Up Tomorrow
For episode "Give Up Tomorrow"
Shared with:
Michael Collins
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Marty Syjuco
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Steven Bennett
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Carmen Vicencio
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Ramona S. Diaz
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Eric Daniel Metzgar
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Simon Kilmurry
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Sally Jo Fifer
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Nick Fraser
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Stephen Gong
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Don Young
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Cynthia Lopez
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Christopher White
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Andrew Catauro
2013 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form
P.O.V.
For episode "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator"
Shared with:
Pamela Yates
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Paco de Onis
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Peter Kinoy
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Beatriz Gallardo Shaul
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Simon Kilmurry
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Sally Jo Fifer
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Patricia Boero
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Cynthia Lopez
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Christopher White
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Andrew Catauro
2013 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
P.O.V.
My Reincarnation
For episode "My Reincarnation"
Shared with:
Jennifer Fox
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Babeth M. VanLoo
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Carl-Ludwig Rettinger
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Andres Pfäffli
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Elda Guidinetti
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Marta Donzelli
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Gregorio Paonessa
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Stefanie Diaz
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Simon Kilmurry
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Dan Cogan
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Andrian Melnikov
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Joanna Plafsky
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Anne Even
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Cynthia Lopez
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Mark Farrington
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Steve Landesberg
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Efrem Marter
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Gib Myers
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Susan Myers
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Christopher White
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Andrew Catauro
2013 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
P.O.V.
Nostalgia for the Light
For episode "Nostalgia for the Light"
Shared with:
Patricio Guzmán
·
Renate Sachse
·
Simon Kilmurry
·
Sandie Viquez Pedlow
·
Cynthia Lopez
·
Christopher White
·
Andrew Catauro
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Sundance Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Strong Island
2017 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Documentary
Strong Island
-Storytelling.
Black Reel Awards
2018 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary Feature
Strong Island
CPH:DOX
2024 Nominee
Human Rights Award
Power
2017 Nominee
Politiken's Audience Award
Strong Island
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
2017 Winner
Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award
Strong Island
2017 Winner
Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award
Strong Island
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
2017 Winner
Tim Hetherington Award
Strong Island
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2018 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Unforgettables
Strong Island
2018 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Strong Island
2018 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Strong Island
2018 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Strong Island
Shared with:
Joslyn Barnes
Montclair Film Festival (MFF)
2017 Winner
Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature
Strong Island
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
2017 Winner
Jury Prize
Best Documentary
Strong Island
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2017 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best First Documentary
Strong Island
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