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Toronto ReelWorld Film Festival (Winner)
Audience Award Documentary
This Is the Life (2008) -
Camerimage (nominee)
Best Directorial Debut Middle of Nowhere (2012) -
golden globes (nominee)
(Best Director - Motion Picture Selma (2014) -
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (Nominee)
Critics Choice Award Best Director
Selma (2014) -
Cinema for Peace Award
Most Valuable Movie of the Year
Selma (2014) -
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Critics' Choice Documentary Award Best Director (TV/Streaming)
13th (2016) -
International Documentary Association ( Winner)
Video Source Award 13th (2016) -
Women Film Critics Circle Awards ( Winner)
WFCC Award Best Movie by a Woman
13th (2016) -
Oscars (nominee)
Best Documentary Feature
13th (2016) -
Primetime Emmy (winner)
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
13th (2016) -
Image Awards (NAACP) (nominee)
Image Award Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
When They See Us (2019) -
Gold Derby Awards (nominee)
Gold Derby Award Documentary Feature of the Decade
13th (2016)