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Robert Kenner

Awards

Robert Kenner

6 wins & 18 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2010 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • Food, Inc.
    Shared with: Elise Pearlstein

CableACE Awards

  • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
    1994 Nominee CableACE
    • Documentary Special
    • National Geographic Explorer
    For episode "The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal"
    Shared with: Michael Rosenfeld · Patrick Prentice · Nina Weinstein · Kevin Bachar · Kage Kleiner
  • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
    1994 Nominee CableACE
    • Directing a Documentary Special
    • National Geographic Explorer
    For episode "The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal"

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2010 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Food, Inc.

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • American Experience (1988)
    2006 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • American Experience
    For episode: "Two Days in October". Tied with Baghdad ER (2006).
    Shared with: Mark Samels · Nick Fraser · Sharon Grimberg

Gotham Awards

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2009 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Food, Inc.
    Shared with: Elise Pearlstein

Humanitas Prize

  • Merchants of Doubt (2014)
    2014 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Documentaries - Special Awards Category
    • Merchants of Doubt

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2010 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Food, Inc.

International Documentary Association

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2009 Nominee IDA Award
    • Feature Documentary
    • Food, Inc.
    Shared with: Elise Pearlstein · Eric Schlosser · Richard Pearce · Melissa Robledo · Bill Pohlad · Robin Schorr · Jeff Skoll · Diane Weyermann
  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2009 Nominee Pare Lorentz Award
    • Food, Inc.
    Shared with: Elise Pearlstein · Eric Schlosser · Richard Pearce · Melissa Robledo · Bill Pohlad · Robin Schorr · Jeff Skoll · Diane Weyermann
  • America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye (1998)
    1998 Winner IDA Award
    • Strand Program
    • America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-bye
    Program: National Geographic Specials.
    Shared with: Nicolas Noxon

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2009 Nominee Best World Documentary
    • Food, Inc.

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • When Strangers Click (2011)
    2012 Nominee Emmy
    • New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Documentaries
    • When Strangers Click
    Shared with: Sheila Nevins · Lisa Heller · Melissa Robledo · Marc Weiss
  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2011 Winner Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • Food, Inc.
    • P.O.V.
    For episode "Food, Inc."
    Shared with: Melissa Robledo · Andrew Catauro · Cynthia Lopez · Yance Ford · Jeff Skoll · Richard Pearce · Bill Pohlad · Robin Schorr · Chris White · Elise Pearlstein · Simon Kilmurry · Eric Schlosser · Diane Weyermann
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    2011 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
    • P.O.V.
    • Food, Inc.
    For episode "Food Inc."
    Shared with: Yance Ford · Eric Schlosser · Robin Schorr · Jeff Skoll · Andrew Catauro · Cynthia Lopez · Simon Kilmurry · Chris White · Richard Pearce · Melissa Robledo · Diane Weyermann · Bill Pohlad · Elise Pearlstein

PGA Awards

  • Merchants of Doubt (2014)
    2015 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Merchants of Doubt
    Shared with: Melissa Robledo

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Command and Control (2016)
    2017 Winner WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Documentary Screenplay
    • Command and Control
    Based on the book Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
    Shared with: Eric Schlosser · Brian Pearle · Kim Roberts

CPH:DOX

  • Merchants of Doubt (2014)
    2014 Nominee F:ACT Award
    • Merchants of Doubt

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Food, Inc. 2 (2023)
    2025 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Dove for Global Health, Technology and Human Enhancement
    • Food, Inc. 2
    Shared with: Melissa Robledo

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2010 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • Food, Inc.
    Shared with: Elise Pearlstein
  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2010 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Food, Inc.

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Food, Inc. (2008)
    2009 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • Food, Inc.

Docville

  • Food, Inc. 2 (2023)
    2024 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Topics Documentary
    • Food, Inc. 2
    Shared with: Melissa Robledo
  • Food, Inc. 2 (2023)
    2024 Nominee National Lottery Prize
    • Best Scientific Documentary
    • Food, Inc. 2
    Shared with: Melissa Robledo

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