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Errol Morris
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (2)
Chicago International Film Festival (2)
Deauville Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (4)
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival (1)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1)
Satellite Awards (1)
Gotham Awards (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
International Documentary Association (4)
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (3)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (4)
PGA Awards (1)
Seattle International Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (2)
Venice Film Festival (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Bergen International Film Festival (1)
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (1)
CPH:DOX (3)
The Hague Movies that Matter Festival (1)
DVD Exclusive Awards (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (9)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (1)
Online Film & Television Association (3)
Village Voice Film Poll (1)
20/20 Awards (1)
DOC LA (1)
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (1)
27 wins & 33 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2004 Winner
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
The Fog of War
Shared with:
Michael Williams
Berlin International Film Festival
2008 Winner
Silver Berlin Bear
Jury Grand Prix
Standard Operating Procedure
2008 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Standard Operating Procedure
Chicago International Film Festival
2018 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Documentary
American Dharma
2013 Nominee
Audience Choice Award
The Unknown Known
Deauville Film Festival
1989 Nominee
Critics Award
The Thin Blue Line
Directors Guild of America, USA
2018 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Wormwood
2004 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
The Fog of War
2004 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
For Miller: "Pager", "Alternative Fuel", Nike: "Bernard", "Kathryn" and Cisco: "Meanwhile".
2000 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival
1999 Winner
Career Award
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1989 Winner
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
The Thin Blue Line
Primetime Emmy Awards
2002 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
The 74th Annual Academy Awards
Shared with:
Douglass M. Stewart Jr.
·
Barry A. O'Brien
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Ben Daughtrey
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Beth Dewey
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Alexandra Komisaruk
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Barnaby Levy
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Susan D. Cooper
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David Maguire
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Jeffrey Doe
·
Chuck Workman
·
Meg Reticker
·
Terilyn A. Shropshire
·
William Goldenberg
·
Geoff Nelson
·
Michael Johnson
·
Brent White
·
Kyle Cooper
·
Danielle White
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Justine Gerenstein
·
Richard Marks
·
Tia Nolan
·
Michael Polito
·
John Zimmer
·
Jeff Roe
·
Bill DeRonde
·
Yoram Tal
·
Lewis Cohen
·
Gary Ross
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Paul Marengo
·
Sean Fanton
·
Brian Smith
·
Doug Abel
Satellite Awards
1998 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Documentary
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Gotham Awards
1997 Winner
Filmmaker Award
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2004 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
The Fog of War
1998 Winner
Truer Than Fiction Award
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Tied with
Soul in the Hole (1997)
.
1989 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
The Thin Blue Line
International Documentary Association
2013 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
The Act of Killing
Shared with:
Joshua Oppenheimer
·
Signe Byrge Sørensen
·
Werner Herzog
·
Torstein Grude
·
André Singer
·
Joram ten Brink
·
Bjarte Mørner Tveit
2009 Winner
Career Achievement Award
2008 Nominee
Pare Lorentz Award
Standard Operating Procedure
Shared with:
Julie Ahlberg
1988 Winner
IDA Award
The Thin Blue Line
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
2008 Nominee
Best World Documentary
Standard Operating Procedure
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2003 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
The Fog of War
1999 2nd Place
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
1988 2nd Place
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
The Thin Blue Line
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2018 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Independent Lens
National Bird
For episode "National Bird"
Shared with:
Sonia Kennebeck
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Lois Vossen
·
Wim Wenders
·
Shana Swanson
·
Ines Hofmann Kanna
2017 Nominee
Emmy
Best Documentary
The Look of Silence
P.O.V.
For episode "The Look of Silence"
Shared with:
Joshua Oppenheimer
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Kaarle Aho
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Signe Byrge Sørensen
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André Singer
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Anonymous
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Chris White
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Justine Nagan
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Werner Herzog
·
Torstein Grude
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
·
Werner Herzog
·
Justine Nagan
·
Anonymous
·
Torstein Grude
·
Signe Byrge Sørensen
·
André Singer
·
Kaarle Aho
2015 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
The Unknown Known
Shared with:
Josh Braun
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Julian P. Hobbs
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Dirk Hoogstra
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Jason Janego
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Tom Quinn
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Julia Sheehan
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Jeff Skoll
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Celia Taylor
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Molly Thompson
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Angus Wall
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Diane Weyermann
·
Amanda Branson Gill
·
Robert Fernandez
PGA Awards
2009 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Standard Operating Procedure
Shared with:
Julie Ahlberg
Seattle International Film Festival
1992 Winner
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Documentary
A Brief History of Time
Sundance Film Festival
1992 Winner
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
A Brief History of Time
Tied with
Finding Christa (1991)
.
1992 Winner
Filmmakers Trophy
Documentary
A Brief History of Time
Venice Film Festival
2013 Nominee
Golden Lion
The Unknown Known
Writers Guild of America, USA
2024 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Documentary Screenplay
The Pigeon Tunnel
Bergen International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Best Documentary
Best International Documentary Award
The Unknown Known
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
1999 Nominee
Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
CPH:DOX
2013 Nominee
Politiken's Audience Award
The Unknown Known
2013 Nominee
F:ACT Award
The Unknown Known
2008 Nominee
Amnesty Award
Standard Operating Procedure
The Hague Movies that Matter Festival
2025 Nominee
Camera Justitia Award
Separated
DVD Exclusive Awards
2005 Nominee
DVDX Award
Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers
The Fog of War
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2016 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
The Fog of War
2016 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Gates of Heaven
2016 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
The Thin Blue Line
2015 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
2015 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
The Fog of War
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2008 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Standard Operating Procedure
Online Film & Television Association
2004 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Picture
The Fog of War
Shared with:
Julie Ahlberg
·
Michael Williams
2000 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Picture
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Shared with:
Dorothy Aufiero
·
David Collins
·
Michael Williams
1998 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Picture
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Village Voice Film Poll
2017 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Documentary
Wormwood
4th place.
20/20 Awards
2018 Winner
Felix
Best Documentary
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
DOC LA
2023 Winner
DOC LA Award
DOC LA Cinephile Award
Tune Out the Noise
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
2023 Winner
Grand Prize
Best Feature Documentary
Tune Out the Noise
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