Awards

Davis Guggenheim

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31 wins & 33 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2007 Winner Oscar
- Best Documentary, Features
- An Inconvenient Truth

BAFTA Awards

2024 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Documentary
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Shared with: Jonathan King · Annetta Marion
2024 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
- Specialist Factual
- The Enfield Poltergeist
Shared with: Jerry Rothwell · Al Morrow · Stewart Le Marechal · Nicole Stott · Jonathan Silberberg
2016 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Documentary
- He Named Me Malala
Shared with: Walter F. Parkes · Laurie MacDonald

Critics Choice Awards

2011 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Documentary Feature
- Waiting for Superman

Directors Guild of America, USA

2024 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2011 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
- Waiting for Superman

DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival

2002 Winner Jury Award
- The First Year

Primetime Emmy Awards

2026 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
- The Tale of Silyan
Shared with: Tim Horsburgh · Tamara Kotevska · Jean Dakar · Anna Hashmi · Casey Meurer · Carolyn Bernstein
2025 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- Deaf President Now!
Shared with: Nyle DiMarco
2025 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
- Deaf President Now!
Shared with: Amanda Rohlke · Jonathan King · Nyle DiMarco · Michael Harte · Wayne Betts Jr. · Laurene Powell-Jobs
2024 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
- Girls State
Shared with: Amanda McBaine · Jesse Moss · Nicole Stott · Jonathan Silberberg · Laurene Powell-Jobs
2023 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Hamburg Film Festival

2015 Nominee Political Film Award
- He Named Me Malala

Gotham Awards

2010 Winner Audience Award
- Waiting for Superman
Shared with: Lesley Chilcott · Michael Birtel
2006 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best Documentary
- An Inconvenient Truth
Shared with: Laurie Lennard · Lawrence Bender · Scott Z. Burns

Grammy Awards

2013 Nominee Grammy
- Best Long Form Music Video
- From the Sky Down
Shared with: U2 · Belisa Balaban · Brian Celler · Ted Skillman · The Edge · Bono · Adam Clayton · Larry Mullen Jr.

Humanitas Prize

2019 Nominee Humanitas Prize
- Documentaries - Special Awards Category
- The Price of Free
Shared with: Derek Doneen · Sarah Anthony
2006 Winner Humanitas Prize
- Documentaries - Special Awards Category
- An Inconvenient Truth
2006 Winner Humanitas Prize
- Documentaries - Special Awards Category
- An Inconvenient Truth
Shared with: Lesley Chilcott

International Documentary Association

2025 Winner IDA Award - Honorable Mention
- Feature Documentaries
- Deaf President Now!
Shared with: Amanda Rohlke · Nyle DiMarco · Jonathan King · Wayne Betts Jr. · Michael Harte
2025 Winner Video Source Award
- Deaf President Now!
Shared with: Nyle DiMarco · Amanda Rohlke · Michael Harte · Jonathan King · Wayne Betts Jr.
2023 Nominee IDA Award
- Best Multi-Part Documentary
- Burden of Proof
Shared with: Andrea Weigl · Charlotte Cook · Cynthia Hill · Nancy Abraham · Rahdi Taylor · Christine Delp · Lisa Heller
2009 Nominee Music Documentary Award
- It Might Get Loud
Shared with: Thomas Tull · Lesley Chilcott · Peter Afterman · Bert Ellis · Michael J. Mailis

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2006 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
- An Inconvenient Truth

Melbourne International Film Festival

2006 Winner Audience Award
- Documentary
- An Inconvenient Truth

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

2019 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
- The Price of Free
Shared with: Shannon Dill · Jeff Skoll · Sarah Anthony · Derek Doneen
2018 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
- The Price of Free
Shared with: Sarah Anthony · Derek Doneen

San Francisco International Film Festival

2001 Winner Certificate of Merit
- Film & Video - Society & Culture U.S.
- The First Year

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2007 Winner Attenborough Award
- An Inconvenient Truth
Shared with: Al Gore

Washington DC Independent Film Festival

2002 Winner Audience Award
- Best Documentary Short Form
- Teach

Sundance Film Festival

2010 Winner Audience Award
- Documentary
- Waiting for Superman
2010 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- Documentary
- Waiting for Superman

SXSW Film Festival

2025 Winner Audience Award
- Festival Favorites
- Deaf President Now!
Shared with: Nyle DiMarco · Amanda Rohlke · Jonathan King · Michael Harte
2023 Winner The Hope Award
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023 Nominee Audience Award
- Festival Favorites
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

São Paulo International Film Festival

2006 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Documentary
- An Inconvenient Truth

Black Reel Awards

2011 Winner Black Reel
- Best Documentary
- Waiting for Superman
2002 Winner Black Reel
- Best Film
- Training Day
Shared with: Bruce Berman

San Diego Film Festival

2015 Winner Audience Award
- Best Gala Film
- He Named Me Malala
2010 Winner Festival Award
- Best Documentary
- Waiting for Superman
2010 Winner Audience Award
- Best Documentary
- Waiting for Superman

Cinema for Peace Awards

2024 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
- Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2016 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
- Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
- He Named Me Malala

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

2026 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film
- Deaf President Now!
Shared with: Nyle DiMarco
2024 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Shared with: Annetta Marion · Jonathan King · Will Cohen
2011 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
- Waiting for Superman
Shared with: Lesley Chilcott

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

2011 Winner NTFCA Award
- Best Documentary
- Waiting for Superman

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2011 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Documentary Feature Film
- Waiting for Superman
2006 Nominee EDA Special Mention Award
- Don't Stick Your Head in the Sand
- An Inconvenient Truth

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

2010 Winner AAFCA Award
- Best Documentary
- Waiting for Superman
Shared with: Lesley Chilcott

Online Film & Television Association

2002 Nominee OFTA Television Award
- Best Direction in a Drama Series
- 24
Shared with: Bryan Spicer · Stephen Hopkins · Winrich Kolbe · Paul Shapiro

Adelaide Film Festival

2015 Nominee International Documentary Award
- Best Documentary
- He Named Me Malala

Gold Derby Awards

2016 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
- Documentary Feature
- He Named Me Malala

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

2025 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
- Best Director
- Deaf President Now!
Shared with: Nyle DiMarco
2023 Winner Critics' Choice Documentary Award
- Best Director
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival

2023 Nominee It's All True Trophy
- International Competition: Best Feature or Medium-Length Documentary
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Media Access Awards

2023 Winner Producers Guild of America George Sunga Award

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

2024 Winner LEJA Award
- Best Documentary Feature
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

2024 Winner Windie
- Best Documentary Film
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Shared with: Annetta Marion · Jonathan King · Will Cohen

Awards

Davis Guggenheim

Academy Awards, USA

BAFTA Awards

Critics Choice Awards

Directors Guild of America, USA

DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival

Primetime Emmy Awards

Hamburg Film Festival

Gotham Awards

Grammy Awards

Humanitas Prize

International Documentary Association

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Melbourne International Film Festival

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

San Francisco International Film Festival

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Washington DC Independent Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

SXSW Film Festival

São Paulo International Film Festival

Black Reel Awards

San Diego Film Festival

Cinema for Peace Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

Online Film & Television Association

Adelaide Film Festival

Gold Derby Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival

Media Access Awards

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

Seattle Film Critics Society

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