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Liz Garbus
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Atlanta Film Festival (1)
BAFTA Awards (2)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (7)
Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival (1)
Florida Film Festival (1)
Satellite Awards (1)
Grammy Awards (1)
Humanitas Prize (2)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
International Documentary Association (7)
London Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Miami Film Festival (2)
Nantucket Film Festival (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Newport Beach Film Festival (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2)
San Francisco International Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (3)
SXSW Film Festival (1)
Taos Talking Picture Festival (1)
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (2)
BendFilm Festival (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (5)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (1)
The Grierson Trust British Documentary Award (1)
Millennium Docs Against Gravity (1)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (1)
AFI Docs Festival (1)
North Dakota Film Society (1)
19 wins & 42 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2016 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Feature
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Shared with:
Amy Hobby
·
Justin Wilkes
1999 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Jonathan Stack
Atlanta Film Festival
2003 Winner
Jury Award
Best Documentary
Girlhood
Tied with
A Certain Kind of Death (2003)
.
BAFTA Awards
2022 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Documentary
Becoming Cousteau
Shared with:
Dan Cogan
·
Mridu Chandra
·
Evan Hayes
2019 Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
Best International Series
The Fourth Estate
Shared with:
Jenny Carchman
·
Justin Wilkes
·
Dan Cogan
Directors Guild of America, USA
2016 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
What Happened, Miss Simone?
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival
1998 Winner
Audience Award
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Wilbert Rideau
·
Jonathan Stack
Primetime Emmy Awards
2021 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
The Handmaid's Tale
For episode "The Wilderness"
2018 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
The Fourth Estate
Shared with:
Vinnie Malhotra
·
Dave Sirulnick
·
Dan Cogan
·
Lisa Diamond
·
Jenny Carchman
·
Justin Wilkes
2016 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
What Happened, Miss Simone?
2016 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Shared with:
Sidney Beaumont
·
Amy Hobby
·
Justin Wilkes
·
Jayson Jackson
2012 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Nonfiction Special
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Shared with:
Sheila Nevins
·
Dan Cogan
·
Stanley F. Buchthal
·
Rory Kennedy
·
Matthew Justus
·
Nancy Abraham
2 more
All
Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Prize of the City of Setúbal - Special Mention
The Execution of Wanda Jean
Florida Film Festival
1998 Winner
Grand Jury Award
Documentary, Feature-Length
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Jonathan Stack
Satellite Awards
1999 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Documentary
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Jonathan Stack
Grammy Awards
2016 Nominee
Grammy
Best Music Film
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Shared with:
Amy Hobby
·
Jayson Jackson
·
Justin Wilkes
Humanitas Prize
2019 Nominee
Humanitas Prize
Documentaries - Special Awards Category
The Fourth Estate
Shared with:
Jenny Carchman
·
Justin Wilkes
2018 Nominee
Humanitas Prize
60 Minute Category
The Fourth Estate
Shared with:
Jenny Carchman
·
Justin Wilkes
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2024 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Shared with:
Mindy Goldberg
·
Dan Cogan
·
Jon Bardin
·
Zach Heinzerling
·
Krista Parris
·
Daniel Barban Levin
·
Felicia Rosario
·
Julie Gaither
2023 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Children of the Underground
Shared with:
Dan Cogan
·
Jon Bardin
·
Ted Gesing
·
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
·
Kate Barry
·
Julie Gaither
2022 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Nuclear Family
Shared with:
Ry Russo-Young
·
Julie Gaither
·
Jon Bardin
·
Leah Holzer
·
Peter Saraf
·
Alex Turtletaub
·
Jenny Raskin
·
Geralyn White Dreyfous
·
Lauren Haber
·
Maria Zuckerman
·
Christine Connor
·
Ryan Heller
·
Barbara Dobkin
·
Eric Dobkin
·
Andrea van Beuren
·
Joe Landauer
International Documentary Association
2022 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Nuclear Family
Shared with:
Ry Russo-Young
·
Dan Cogan
·
Warren Fischer
·
Julie Gaither
·
Jon Bardin
·
Jenny Raskin
·
Geralyn White Dreyfous
·
Lauren Haber
·
Peter Saraf
·
Leah Holzer
·
Alex Turtletaub
·
Maria Zuckerman
·
Christine Connor
·
Ryan Heller
·
Barbara Dobkin
·
Eric Dobkin
·
Andrea van Beuren
·
Joe Landauer
2015 Nominee
Video Source Award
What Happened, Miss Simone?
2015 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Shared with:
Amy Hobby
·
Jayson Jackson
·
Justin Wilkes
2010 Nominee
IDA Award
Distinguished Short Documentary
The Fence
Shared with:
Rory Kennedy
·
Keven McAlester
·
Nancy Abraham
·
Lauren Barker
·
Sheila Nevins
·
Mark Bailey
2009 Nominee
Video Source Award
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
Shared with:
Rory Kennedy
·
Jed Rothstein
·
Sheila Nevins
·
Nancy Abraham
2 more
All
London Film Festival
2021 Winner
Grierson Award
Documentary Film
Becoming Cousteau
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1998 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Jonathan Stack
Miami Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Knight Documentary Competition
Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
2011 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Knight Dox Competition
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Nantucket Film Festival
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
Girlhood
The Magdalene Sisters
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1998 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Non-Fiction Film
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Jonathan Stack
Newport Beach Film Festival
2011 Winner
Achievement Award
Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking
Bobby Fischer Against the World
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2019 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Short Documentary
The Family Business: Trump and Taxes
Shared with:
Jenny Carchman
·
Jon Kamen
·
Vinnie Malhotra
·
Dave Sirulnick
·
Justin Wilkes
·
Lisa Diamond
·
Emily Osborne
2006 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
P.O.V.
Street Fight
Shared with:
Rory Kennedy
·
Cara Mertes
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Marshall Curry
San Francisco International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Golden Spire
Film & Video - Sociology-U.S.
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Jonathan Stack
Sundance Film Festival
2009 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech
2002 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
The Execution of Wanda Jean
1998 Winner
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
The Farm: Angola, USA
Tied with
Frat House (1998)
.
Shared with:
Jonathan Stack
SXSW Film Festival
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Documentary Feature
Girlhood
Taos Talking Picture Festival
1998 Nominee
Taos Land Grant Award
The Farm: Angola, USA
Shared with:
Wilbert Rideau
·
Jonathan Stack
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2015 Nominee
Audience Award
Best Documentary
What Happened, Miss Simone?
8th Place
Black Reel Awards
2021 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Shared with:
Lisa Cortes
2016 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
What Happened, Miss Simone?
BendFilm Festival
2013 Winner
Jury Prize
Best Documentary
Before the Spring: After the Fall
Shared with:
Jed Rothstein
·
Allyson Luchak
·
Mark Levine
Cinema for Peace Awards
2022 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
International Green Film Award
Becoming Cousteau
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2022 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
Becoming Cousteau
2022 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Broadcast Film
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Shared with:
Lisa Cortes
2021 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2019 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast
The Fourth Estate
Shared with:
Jenny Carchman
2016 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2016 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
What Happened, Miss Simone?
The Grierson Trust British Documentary Award
2019 Nominee
The Grierson Awards
Best Documentary Series
The Fourth Estate
Shared with:
Jenny Carchman
·
Justin Wilkes
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
2022 Nominee
Wyborcza.pl Big Screen Doc Award
Becoming Cousteau
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2021 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Director
Becoming Cousteau
AFI Docs Festival
2015 Winner
Audience Award
Feature Documentary
What Happened, Miss Simone?
North Dakota Film Society
2021 Winner
NDFS Award
Best Documentary Feature
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Shared with:
Lisa Cortes
·
Dan Cogan
·
Stacey Abrams
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