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Man on Wire (2008)

Awards

Man on Wire

46 wins & 13 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2009 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • James Marsh
    • Simon Chinn

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • 2009 Winner Eddie
    • Best Edited Documentary
    • Jinx Godfrey

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Documentary

BAFTA Awards

  • Simon Chinn
    2009 Winner Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
    • Simon Chinn
    • James Marsh
  • Simon Chinn
    2009 Nominee Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer
    • Simon Chinn (producer)

British Independent Film Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best British Independent Film
  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner British Independent Film Award
    • Best British Documentary

Critics Choice Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Documentary Feature

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2009 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • James Marsh

European Film Awards

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Documentary
    • James Marsh

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Documentary

Satellite Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Documentary
    Tied with Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007).

Gotham Awards

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • James Marsh
    • Simon Chinn

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2009 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • James Marsh

International Documentary Association

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Winner IDA Award
    • Feature Documentary
    • James Marsh (director)
    • Simon Chinn (producer)

Irish Film and Television Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best International Film

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Documentary

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Winner Best Documentary
    • Over 30 Minutes
    • James Marsh

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Documentary

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Nominee ALFS Award
    • British Film of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
    • James Marsh

National Board of Review, USA

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Documentary

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Non-Fiction Film

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Non-Fiction Film

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Documentary

PGA Awards

  • Simon Chinn
    2009 Winner PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Simon Chinn

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2010 Nominee Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • James Marsh

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Documentary

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Sundance Film Festival

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Documentary
    • James Marsh
  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Winner Audience Award
    • World Cinema - Documentary
    • James Marsh

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner PFCS Award
    • Best Documentary

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Documentary

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner COFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Los Angeles Film Festival

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Winner Audience Award
    • Best International Feature
    • James Marsh

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2009 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • James Marsh
    • Simon Chinn
  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2009 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    • James Marsh
  • Simon Chinn
    2009 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Production
    • Simon Chinn
  • 2009 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Editing
    • Jinx Godfrey
  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2009 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • James Marsh

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Documentary

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Documentary Film

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • James Marsh at an event for Project Nim (2011)
    2008 Winner EDA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • James Marsh
    Tied with Tia Lessin and Carl Deal for Trouble the Water (2008).

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Documentary

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Film
    7th place

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    14th Place

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner UFCA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner OFCC Award
    • Best Documentary

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature

Online Film & Television Association

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner VVFP Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2008 Winner ICP Award
    • Best Documentary

Gold Derby Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Man on Wire (2008)
    2009 Winner Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Documentary

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