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Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Awards

Werner Herzog

69 wins & 76 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
    2009 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • Encounters at the End of the World
    Shared with: Henry Kaiser

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2020 Winner Board of the Governors Award

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

  • Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
    1997 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Austrian People's Education TV Award

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2021 Winner TV Award
    • Lifetime Achievement

Bavarian Film Awards

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2018 Winner Honorary Award
  • Cobra Verde (1987)
    1988 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Production (Produzentenpreis)
    • Cobra Verde
    Shared with: Lucki Stipetic

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Nicole Kidman in Queen of the Desert (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Queen of the Desert
  • Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
    1979 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Nosferatu the Vampyre
  • Peter Brogle in Signs of Life (1968)
    1968 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Special Prize
    • Signs of Life
    For a first work.
  • Peter Brogle in Signs of Life (1968)
    1968 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Signs of Life

Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming

  • Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
    1999 Winner Silver FIPA
    • Documentary and Essay
    • Little Dieter Needs to Fly

BAFTA Awards

  • Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo (1982)
    1983 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Fitzcarraldo
    West Germany.

Cannes Film Festival

  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
    2002 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
    Shared with: Kaige Chen · Víctor Erice · Jim Jarmusch · Aki Kaurismäki · Spike Lee · Wim Wenders
  • Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
    1984 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Where the Green Ants Dream
  • Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo (1982)
    1982 Winner Best Director
    • Fitzcarraldo
  • Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo (1982)
    1982 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Fitzcarraldo
  • Woyzeck (1979)
    1979 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Woyzeck

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
    2005 Nominee Best Film
    • The Wild Blue Yonder
  • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
    2005 Winner Carnet Jove - Special Mention
    • The Wild Blue Yonder
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2005 Winner New Visions Award - Special Mention
    • Grizzly Man

César Awards, France

  • Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
    1976 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski in My Best Fiend (1999)
    1999 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • My Best Fiend
  • Scream of Stone (1991)
    1991 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Scream of Stone
  • Bruno S. in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
    1975 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

CINE Competition

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
    2013 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog and Mikhail Gorbachev in Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
    2019 Nominee Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
    • Best Documentary
    • Meeting Gorbachev
  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
    2016 Nominee Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
    • Best Documentary
    • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Krakow Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2002 Winner Dragon of Dragons Honorary Award
  • La Soufrière (1977)
    1978 Winner Special Mention
    • International Competition
    • La Soufrière

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2006 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Grizzly Man

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Ghost Elephants (2025)
    2026 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Narrator
    • Ghost Elephants
  • Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
    1999 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
    • Little Dieter Needs to Fly
    Shared with: Lucki Stipetic · André Singer · Nancy Abraham · Sheila Nevins

European Film Awards

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2019 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski in My Best Fiend (1999)
    1999 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Documentary
    • My Best Fiend

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
    1976 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    West Germany.

German Film Awards

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2013 Winner Honorary Award
  • Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
    1984 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)
    • Where the Green Ants Dream
  • Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
    1979 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Direction (Beste Regie)
    • Nosferatu the Vampyre
  • La Soufrière (1977)
    1978 Winner Film Award in Silver
    • Best Short Film (Bester Kurzfilm)
    • La Soufrière
    A premium of DEM 30,000.-.
  • Bruno S. in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
    1975 2nd Place Film Award in Silver
    • Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
    A premium of DEM 150,000.-.

Gijón International Film Festival

  • Katia Krafft and Maurice Krafft in The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)
    2022 Nominee Albar
    • Best Film
    • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
  • Katia Krafft and Maurice Krafft in The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)
    2022 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
  • Katia Krafft and Maurice Krafft in The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)
    2022 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
  • Werner Herzog in Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)
    2019 Nominee Grand Prix Asturias
    • Best Film
    • Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Gotham Awards

  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
    2008 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Encounters at the End of the World
    Shared with: Henry Kaiser
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2005 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Grizzly Man
    Shared with: Erik Nelson

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo (1982)
    1984 Winner Guild Film Award - Gold
    • German Film (Deutscher Film)
    • Fitzcarraldo
  • Woyzeck (1979)
    1981 Winner Guild Film Award - Silver
    • German Film (Deutscher Film)
    • Woyzeck

Hamptons International Film Festival

  • Ghost Elephants (2025)
    2025 Nominee Zelda Penzel Giving Voice to the Voiceless Award
    • Ghost Elephants

Hof International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    1993 Winner Prize of the City of Hof

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
    2009 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Encounters at the End of the World
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2006 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Grizzly Man

International Documentary Association

  • Werner Herzog and Mikhail Gorbachev in Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
    2019 Nominee Video Source Award
    • Meeting Gorbachev
    Shared with: André Singer · Lucki Stipetic · Svetlana Palmer
  • The Act of Killing (2012)
    2013 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Act of Killing
    Shared with: Joshua Oppenheimer · Signe Byrge Sørensen · Errol Morris · Torstein Grude · André Singer · Joram ten Brink · Bjarte Mørner Tveit
  • James Barnes in On Death Row (2012)
    2012 Winner IDA Award
    • Best Limited Series
    • On Death Row
    Shared with: Erik Nelson · Robert Erickson · Dave Harding · Amy Briamonte · André Singer · Lucki Stipetic · Nick N. Raslan · Henry Schleiff · Sara Kozak
  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2008 Winner Career Achievement Award
  • Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
    1998 Winner IDA Award
    • Feature Documentaries
    • Little Dieter Needs to Fly
    Shared with: André Singer · Lucki Stipetic

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

  • Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
    1971 Winner Interfilm Award
    • Land of Silence and Darkness
    Tied with Where Our Strength Lies (1971).

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
    2000 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Locarno Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2013 Winner Leopard of Honor

BFI London Film Festival

  • Into the Abyss (2011)
    2011 Winner Grierson Award
    • Into the Abyss

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2005 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
    • Grizzly Man

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
    2006 Nominee Best Film
    • International Competition
    • The Wild Blue Yonder

Melbourne International Film Festival

  • Lessons of Darkness (1992)
    1993 Winner Grand Prix
    • Lessons of Darkness

Munich Film Festival

  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
    2016 Winner One Future Prize - Honorable Mention
    • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Into the Inferno (2016)
    2017 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
    • Into the Inferno
    Shared with: André Singer · Lucki Stipetic · Richard Melman · Vanessa Dylyn
  • Inong in The Look of Silence (2014)
    2017 Nominee Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • The Look of Silence
    • P.O.V.
    For episode "The Look of Silence"
    Shared with: Joshua Oppenheimer · Kaarle Aho · Signe Byrge Sørensen · André Singer · Anonymous · Chris White · Justine Nagan · Errol Morris · Torstein Grude
  • Inong in The Look of Silence (2014)
    2017 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Investigative Documentary
    • The Look of Silence
    • P.O.V.
    For episode "The Look of Silence"
    Shared with: Chris White · Joshua Oppenheimer · Errol Morris · Justine Nagan · Anonymous · Torstein Grude · Signe Byrge Sørensen · André Singer · Kaarle Aho
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2007 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming
    • Grizzly Man
    Shared with: Kevin L. Beggs · Billy Campbell · Phil Fairclough · Andrea Meditch · Tom Ortenberg · Erik Nelson · Jewel Palovak

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
    1999 Winner Golden Spire
    • Television - History
    • Little Dieter Needs to Fly

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2026 Winner Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo (1982)
    1982 Winner OCIC Award
    • Fitzcarraldo

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal, and Michael Shannon in Salt and Fire (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Goblet
    • Best Film
    • Salt and Fire

Sundance Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2005 Winner Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
    • Grizzly Man
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2005 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Documentary
    • Grizzly Man

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski in My Best Fiend (1999)
    1999 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • My Best Fiend

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Stroszek (1977)
    1977 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Stroszek
  • Stroszek (1977)
    1977 Nominee Golden Charybdis
    • Stroszek

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
    2011 Winner Earth Grand Prix - Special Award
    • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
    Shared with: Dmitry Vasyukov

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Scream of Stone (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Scream of Stone
  • Heart of Glass (1976)
    1977 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Heart of Glass
  • Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
    1972 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Land of Silence and Darkness

Venice Film Festival

  • Kate Mara and Rooney Mara in Bucking Fastard (2026)
    2026 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • Bucking Fastard
  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2025 Winner Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
  • Ghost Elephants (2025)
    2025 Winner Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award - Special Mention
    • Treatment of Issues Related to Environment
    • Ghost Elephants
  • Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2009 Winner Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award
    • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  • Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2009 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

German Film Critics Association Awards

  • Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal, and Michael Shannon in Salt and Fire (2016)
    2017 Nominee German Film Critics Award
    • Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Salt and Fire
  • Stroszek (1977)
    1978 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Stroszek

Kerala International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2010 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Lima Latin American Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2015 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2006 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award

CPH:DOX

  • The White Diamond (2004)
    2005 Winner CPH:DOX Award
    • The White Diamond

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2009 Winner Career Award

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2010 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2006 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Grizzly Man

Virginia Film Festival

  • Ghost Elephants (2025)
    2025 Winner Programmer's Choice Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Ghost Elephants

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2010 Winner Dublin Film Critics Special Jury Prize
    • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
    2005 Nominee Grand Prize
    • The Wild Blue Yonder

Dubai International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2011 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Reykjavik International Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog in Theater of Thought (2022)
    2023 Nominee A Different Tomorrow
    • Best Documentary
    • Theater of Thought

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Grizzly Man
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2015 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Grizzly Man
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2014 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Grizzly Man
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
    2012 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
    2009 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    • Encounters at the End of the World

Telluride Film Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    1975 Winner Silver Medallion Award

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2010 3rd Place DFCC
    • Best Director
    • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
    3rd place

Sakhalin International Film Festival

  • Yuichi Ishii and Mahiro Tanimoto in Family Romance, LLC (2019)
    2019 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Family Romance, LLC

Behind the Voice Actors Awards

  • Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland in Rick and Morty (2013)
    2016 Nominee BTVA Television Voice Acting Award
    • Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series
    • Rick and Morty
    Shared with: Justin Roiland · Sarah Chalke · Chris Parnell · Spencer Grammer · Christina Hendricks · Patton Oswalt · Keith David · Kurtwood Smith · Stephen Colbert
  • The Wind Rises (2013)
    2015 Nominee BTVA Anime Dub Movie/Special Voice Acting Award
    • Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special
    • The Wind Rises
    Shared with: Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Emily Blunt · John Krasinski · Martin Short · Stanley Tucci · Mandy Patinkin · William H. Macy · Mae Whitman · Jennifer Grey

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
    2012 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Documentary
    • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Biografilm Festival

  • Werner Herzog and Mikhail Gorbachev in Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
    2019 Winner Audience Award
    • Biografilm Contemporary Lives
    • Meeting Gorbachev
    Shared with: André Singer

Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Awards

  • Katia Krafft and Maurice Krafft in The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)
    2022 Winner Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
    • Best Film
    • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

Gold Derby Awards

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
    2012 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Torino Film Festival

  • Into the Abyss (2011)
    2011 Nominee Prize of the City of Torino
    • Best International Documentary Film
    • Into the Abyss
  • Into the Abyss (2011)
    2011 Winner Gandhi's Glasses Award - Special Mention
    • Into the Abyss
    For approaching the theme of the death penalty and the violence of the prisons with sobriety, witnessing the absolute value of life.

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)
    2020 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Narration
    • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
  • Into the Inferno (2016)
    2016 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director (TV/Streaming)
    • Into the Inferno

DOC LA

  • Katia Krafft and Maurice Krafft in The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)
    2022 Winner Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
    • Best Film
    • The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

ZagrebDox

  • The White Diamond (2004)
    2005 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • The White Diamond

Docville

  • Werner Herzog in Theater of Thought (2022)
    2023 Nominee National Lottery Prize
    • Best Scientific Documentary
    • Theater of Thought

Prêmio Guarani

  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2007 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Grizzly Man
    USA.

New Mexico Film Critics

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2016 Winner Glenn Strange Honorary Award

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2010 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
    Second Place
  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2005 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Grizzly Man
    Eighth Place; tied with Be with Me (2005), Sin City (2005), and Tale of Cinema (2005)

BBC Four World Cinema Awards

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2009 Winner BBC Four World Cinema Achievement Award

The Guardian's Best Films

  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2009 Winner Top Film
    • Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties
    • Grizzly Man

Filming Italy Sardegna Festival

  • Werner Herzog at an event for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
    2019 Winner Filming Italy Award

Girona Film Critics

  • Werner Herzog and Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man (2005)
    2007 3rd Place Girona Film Critics Award
    • Best Picture
    • Grizzly Man
    3rd place

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