SELECTION OF AWARDS    
 

King Leopold's Ghost
2006 ST. BARBARA INTL. FILM FESTIVAL
Best Documentary

 2006 BERMUDA INTL. FILM FESTIVAL
Best Documentary 		2006  INDIA - MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL
Best Documentary
 


2006 PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Best Documentary
 

Trespassing
 2006 Park City Film Music Festival
 Gold Medal for Excellence

 2005 Santa Cruz Festival
Festival Directors´s Award		 2005 Boston International Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
 

No End Insight
2007 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Jury Prize Documentary

 

The Devil Came on Horseback
2007 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Special Selection

 

We are Together
INTL. DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM
Audience Award

2007 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
N. American Premierre		 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Audience Award
 

Jesus Camp
2007 OSCAR NOMINEE
Best Documentary

 2006 STERLING
Feature Grand Jury Award - AFI/Silverdocs Film Festival		 2006 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Special Jury Award
 

Breaking The Rules
2006 FIRST PRICE OVERALL
Best Documentary

 2006 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Venezia_Musica of Rome 
 

Street fight
2006 OSCAR NOMINEE
Best Documentary

 2005 HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVALL
Jury Prize - Best International Documentary and Audience Award		 2005 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Audience Award
 

Born Into Brothels
2005 OSCAR WINNER
Best Documentary

2004 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Audience Award

 2004 DURANGO FILM FESTIVAL
Best Documentary, Filmmakers and Audience Award
 
Unforgiveable Blackness
2005 EMMY AWARD
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance		 2005 EMMY AWARD
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance		 2005 EMMY AWARD
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
 
The Weather Underground
2004 OSCAR NOMINEE
Best Documentary		 2003 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Golden Gate Award Best Documentary Feature		 2003 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Documentary
 
Daughter From Danang 
 2003 OSCAR NOMINEE
Best Documentary		 2002 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Grand Jury Prize Best Documentary		 2002 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Golden Gate Award Grand Prize / Best Bay Area Documentary
 
Promises
2002 OSCAR NOMINEE
Best Documentary		 2002 EMMY AWARD
Best Documentary		 2001 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Grand Prize, Golden Gate Award and Audience Award
 
Artists And Orphans
2001 OSCAR NOMINEE
Shorts		 2001 Florida Film Festival
Audience Award		 2001 SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Inspiration Award for Best Documentary
 
Rabbit in the moon
2000 EMMY AWARD
Outstanding Historical Program		 1999 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
The Cinematography Award for Documentary		 1999 NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Special Jury Award in Documentary Competition
 
Egg: The Arts Show
2000 ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES - EMMY
5 New York Emmys		 2001 CINE GOLDEN EAGLE AWARDS
16 Golden Eagle Awards		 2000 Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival
Special Prize of the City of Montreux