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Joslyn Barnes
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Academy Awards, USA (4)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (2)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Satellite Awards (1)
Gotham Awards (6)
Image Awards (NAACP) (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (2)
International Documentary Association (6)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (1)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
PGA Awards (1)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
USC Scripter Award (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Black Reel Awards (2)
Chlotrudis Awards (1)
Austin Film Critics Association (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (3)
International Cinephile Society Awards (1)
North Texas Film Critics Association, US (1)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (2)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (1)
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US (1)
Denver Film Critics Society (1)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Indiewire Critics' Poll (1)
North Carolina Film Critics Association (1)
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Atlanta Film Critics Circle (1)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (2)
Online Association of Female Film Critics (1)
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards (1)
DiscussingFilm Critic Awards (1)
North Dakota Film Society (1)
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC) (1)
Columbus Film Critics Association (1)
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (1)
Portland Critics Association Awards (1)
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards (1)
Astra Film Awards (1)
VHS Awards (1)
Gotham TV Awards (1)
21 wins & 52 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2025 Nominee
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
Dede Gardner
·
Jeremy Kleiner
2025 Nominee
Oscar
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
2019 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary Feature
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Su Kim
2018 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary Feature
Strong Island
Yance Ford becomes the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Shared with:
Yance Ford
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2024 Winner
BSFC Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
BAFTA Awards
2025 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Critics Choice Awards
2025 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2024 Winner
CFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Primetime Emmy Awards
2019 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Su Kim
·
Lois Vossen
2018 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
Strong Island
Shared with:
Yance Ford
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2024 Nominee
FFCC Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Satellite Awards
2025 Winner
Satellite Award
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
Colson Whitehead
·
RaMell Ross
Gotham Awards
2024 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Feature
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Dede Gardner
·
Jeremy Kleiner
·
David Levine
2021 Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
President
Shared with:
Camilla Nielsson
·
Signe Byrge Sørensen
2018 Winner
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Su Kim
2018 Nominee
Audience Award
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Su Kim
2017 Winner
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Documentary
Strong Island
Shared with:
Yance Ford
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Image Awards (NAACP)
2025 Winner
Image Award
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2025 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Feature
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
Dede Gardner
·
Jeremy Kleiner
·
David Levine
2019 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Su Kim
International Documentary Association
2019 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Short
Easter Snap
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Su Kim
2018 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature Documentary
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Su Kim
2017 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature Documentary
Strong Island
Shared with:
Yance Ford
2009 Nominee
Video Source Award
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Shared with:
Bill Guttentag
·
Dan Sturman
·
Jim Czarnecki
·
Dylan Nelson
·
Danny Glover
·
Gina Harrell
·
Mark Downie
·
Marc Henry Johnson
2009 Nominee
Music Documentary Award
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Shared with:
Bill Guttentag
·
Dan Sturman
·
Jim Czarnecki
·
Dylan Nelson
·
Danny Glover
·
Gina Harrell
·
Mark Downie
·
Marc Henry Johnson
1 more
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2025 2nd Place
KCFCC Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
2nd place
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2024 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2010 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
Trouble the Water
Shared with:
Tia Lessin
·
Carl Deal
·
Amir Bar-Lev
·
Woody Richman
·
David Alcaro
·
Danny Glover
·
Sheila Nevins
·
Todd Olson
·
Nancy Abraham
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2025 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
PGA Awards
2010 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Shared with:
Jim Czarnecki
·
Bill Guttentag
·
Dan Sturman
·
Dylan Nelson
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2024 2nd Place
SEFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
2nd place
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2024 Winner
TFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
USC Scripter Award
2025 Nominee
USC Scripter Award
Film
Nickel Boys
An adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Nickel Boys"
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Writers Guild of America, USA
2025 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Black Reel Awards
2025 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Film
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
Jeremy Kleiner
·
David Levine
·
Dede Gardner
2025 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Chlotrudis Awards
2025 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Austin Film Critics Association
2025 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2024 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2015 Winner
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Best Film
Cemetery of Splendor
Shared with:
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
·
Keith Griffiths
·
Simon Field
·
Charles de Meaux
·
Michael Weber
·
Hans W. Geissendörfer
·
Viola Fügen
·
Najwa Abu Bakar
·
Moisés Cosío
·
Eric Vogel
·
Ingunn Sundelin
·
Caroleen Feeney
·
Danny Glover
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2022 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Production
President
Shared with:
Signe Byrge Sørensen
2019 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Shared with:
Su Kim
·
RaMell Ross
2018 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Strong Island
Shared with:
Yance Ford
International Cinephile Society Awards
2025 Winner
ICS Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
2024 Nominee
NTFCA Award
Best Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2024 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
2024 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2025 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
·
Colson Whitehead
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
2024 Winner
IFJA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Denver Film Critics Society
2025 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2025 Winner
GAFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2025 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Online Film & Television Association
2025 2nd Place
OFTA Film Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
2nd place
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2024 Nominee
ICP Award
Best Screenplay
Nickel Boys
9th place
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
North Carolina Film Critics Association
2025 Nominee
NCFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards
2024 2nd Place
PFCC Award
Best Script
Nickel Boys
2nd place
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Atlanta Film Critics Circle
2024 Winner
AFCC Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
2025 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
2025 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Picture
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
David Levine
·
Dede Gardner
·
Jeremy Kleiner
Online Association of Female Film Critics
2024 Winner
OAFFC Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Tied with
Peter Straughan
for
Conclave (2024)
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards
2024 Nominee
GWNYFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
DiscussingFilm Critic Awards
2025 Winner
DFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
North Dakota Film Society
2025 Nominee
NDFS Award
Best Picture
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
Dede Gardner
·
Jeremy Kleiner
·
David Levine
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)
2025 Winner
Windie
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Columbus Film Critics Association
2025 2nd Place
COFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
2nd place
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2024 Nominee
SFBAFCC Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Portland Critics Association Awards
2025 Nominee
PCA Award
Best Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards
2025 Nominee
MNFCA Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
Astra Film Awards
2024 Nominee
Astra Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
Shared with:
RaMell Ross
VHS Awards
2024 2nd Place
VHS Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nickel Boys
2nd place
Shared with:
Colson Whitehead
·
RaMell Ross
Gotham TV Awards
2025 Nominee
Gotham TV Award
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
Conbody vs Everybody
Shared with:
Debra Granik
·
Anne Rosellini
·
Diane Weyermann
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