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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Documentary, Features
for: The Statue of Liberty (1985).
Shared with:
 Buddy Squires

 
1982 Nominated Oscar Best Documentary, Features
for: Brooklyn Bridge (1981).

 
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1991 Won Silver FIPA Documentary and Essay
for: "The Civil War" (1990).

 
Black Reel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated Black Reel Best Documentary
for: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004).

 
CINE Competition
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won CINE Leadership Award
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
for: "The War" (2007).
Shared with:
 Lynn Novick

 
Emmy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Won Emmy Outstanding Nonfiction Series
for: "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (2009).
Shared with:
 Dayton Duncan (produced by)
(PBS).

 
2008 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
for: "The War" (2007).
Shared with:
 Lynn Novick
(PBS).
For episode "Pride of Our Nation".
 
2005 Won Emmy Outstanding Nonfiction Special
for: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004).
Shared with:
 David Schaye (producer)
Paul Barnes (producer)
(PBS).

Nominated Emmy Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
for: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004).
(PBS).

 
2001 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming
for: "Jazz" (2001).
Shared with:
 Buddy Squires (cinematographer)
(PBS).
For episode "A Masterpiece By Midnight".
Outstanding Non-Fiction Series
for: "Jazz" (2001).
Shared with:
 Lynn Novick (producer)
Geoffrey C. Ward (writer)
Keith David (narrator)
(PBS).

 
1995 Won Emmy Outstanding Informational Series
for: "Baseball" (1994).
Shared with:
 Lynn Novick (producer)
Geoffrey C. Ward (writer)
John Chancellor (narrator)
(PBS).

Nominated Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming
for: "Baseball" (1994).
Shared with:
 Buddy Squires (cinematographer)
Allen Moore (cinematographer)
(PBS).

 
1992 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Informational Special
for: Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991).
Shared with:
 Morgan Wesson (producer)
Tom Lewis (producer)
(PBS).

 
1991 Won Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming
for: "The Civil War" (1990).
Shared with:
 Geoffrey C. Ward (writer)
Ric Burns (writer)
(PBS).
For episode #9: "The Better Angels Of Our Nature".
Outstanding Informational Series
for: "The Civil War" (1990).
Shared with:
 Ric Burns (producer)
Stephen Ives (co-producer)
Julie Dunfey (co-producer)
Mike Hill (co-producer)
Eisele, Catherine (coordinating producer)
(PBS).
For episode #5 ("The Universe Of Battle").
 
1986 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Informational Special
for: The Statue of Liberty (1985).
Shared with:
 Marcie Setlow (executive producer)
Buddy Squires (producer)
(PBS).

 
Humanitas Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1991 Won Humanitas Prize Documentaries - Special Awards Category
for: "The Civil War" (1990).
Shared with:
 Geoffrey C. Ward
Ric Burns

 
International Documentary Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Career Achievement Award
 
1991 Won IDA Award for: "The Civil War" (1990).
For part I, "The Cause".
 
Organization of American Historians
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1986 Won Erik Barnouw Award for: Huey Long (1985).

 
1983 Won Erik Barnouw Award for: Brooklyn Bridge (1981).

 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Vision Award Television
for: Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) (TV).

 
1991 Won Television Producer of the Year Award for: "The Civil War" (1990).
Shared with:
 Ric Burns

 
Seattle International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Golden Space Needle Award Best Documentary
for: Frank Lloyd Wright (1998).

 
St. Louis International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Best Documentary Award for: Mark Twain (2001) (TV).

Lifetime Achievement Award
 
Sundance Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Grand Jury Prize Documentary
for: Frank Lloyd Wright (1998).

 
1986 Nominated Grand Jury Prize Documentary
for: Huey Long (1985).

 
Western Heritage Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Bronze Wrangler Western Documentary
for: Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) (TV).
Shared with:
 Dayton Duncan (producer/writer)

 
Western Writers of America
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Spur Award Best Documentary Script
for: Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) (TV).
Shared with:
 Dayton Duncan
Tied with Arthur Drooker for _George Armstrong Custer (1997)_ .
 

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