19 wins & 15 nominations
- 1993 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary/Actuality
For episode "The Donner Party".
- 2013 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
For episode: "Death and the Civil War". - 2010 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Nonfiction Series
Shared with: Mark Samels · Sharon Grimberg · Susan Bellows · Mary Recine · Bonnie Lafave · Robin Espinola - 2007 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Nonfiction Series
Shared with: Susan Lacy · Prudence Glass · Julie Sacks · Donald Rosenfeld · Daniel Wolf · Peter Brant · Larry Gagosian · Diane von Fürstenberg - 2007 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
For the episode "Andy Warhol: A Documentary"Shared with: James Sanders
- 1991 Winner Humanitas Prize
- Documentaries - Special Awards Category
Shared with: Geoffrey C. Ward · Ken Burns
- 2010 Nominee IDA Award
- Continuing Series
For episodes "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World", "My Lai", and "Roads to Memphis"Shared with: Mark Samels · Sharon Grimberg · Susan Mottau · James E. Dunford · Susan Bellows · Bonnie Lafave · Mary Recine · Robin Espinola · Barak Goodman · Stephen Ives · Michelle Ferrari · Amanda Pollak - 2009 Nominee IDA Award
- Limited Series
"We Shall Remain"Shared with: Mark Samels · Sharon Grimberg · Dustinn Craig · Sarah Colt · Stanley Nelson · Chris Eyre · Mark Zwonitzer · Rob Rapley · Anne Makepeace · Marcia Smith - 2009 Nominee Pare Lorentz Award"We Shall Remain"Shared with: Mark Samels · Sharon Grimberg · Dustinn Craig · Sarah Colt · Stanley Nelson · Chris Eyre · Mark Zwonitzer · Rob Rapley · Anne Makepeace · Marcia Smith
- 2007 Winner Emmy
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing
For episode "Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film"Shared with: Arthur Gelb · Barbara Gelb - 2004 Winner Emmy
- Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
For episode "New York: Center of the World" - 2003 Winner Emmy
- Outstanding Cultural & Artistic Programming - Long Form
Shared with: Adrienne Bramhall · Annette Handley Chandler · Inness Wei · Kate Roth Knull · Marilyn Ness - 2003 Nominee Emmy
- Best Documentary
Shared with: Adrienne Bramhall · Annette Handley Chandler · Inness Wei · Kate Roth Knull · Marilyn Ness
- 2025 Winner WGA Award (TV)
- Documentary Script
For “Part One: Inferno to Paradise”Shared with: Riccardo Bruscagli - 2013 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
- Documentary - Other Than Current Events
For episode "Death and the Civil War" - 2010 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
- Documentary - Other Than Current Events
For episode "We Shall Remain: Episode Two: Tecumseh's Vision". - 2007 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
- Documentary - Other Than Current Events
For episode "Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film (#18.9)".Shared with: Arthur Gelb · Barbara Gelb
- 1993 Winner Bronze Wrangler
- Western Documentary
For episode "The Donner Party".Shared with: Judy Crichton · Lisa Ades
- 1992 Winner Erik Barnouw AwardFor episode "Coney Island (#3.11)". Tied with Color Adjustment (1992).Shared with: Buddy Squires
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