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Barbara Kopple

Awards

Barbara Kopple

41 wins & 26 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • American Dream
    Shared with: Arthur Cohn
  • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    1977 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • Harlan County U.S.A.

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2015 Nominee Audience Award
    • IDFA Audience Award
    • Miss Sharon Jones!
    15th Place

Aspen Filmfest

  • Shut Up & Sing (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Audience Favorite Documentary
    • Shut Up & Sing
    Shared with: Cecilia Peck

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Shut Up & Sing (2006)
    2006 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • DocuFest Competition
    • Shut Up & Sing
    Shared with: Cecilia Peck

CINE Competition

  • Bearing Witness (2005)
    2005 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • Bearing Witness
  • A Century of Women (1994)
    1994 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • A Century of Women
    For 'Work & Family'
  • American Dream (1990)
    1990 Winner CINE Golden Eagle
    • Documentary
    • American Dream

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Gumbo Coalition (2022)
    2023 Nominee Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award
    • Gumbo Coalition
  • A Murder in Mansfield (2017)
    2018 Nominee ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
    • Direction
    • A Murder in Mansfield
  • A Murder in Mansfield (2017)
    2018 Nominee Local Heroes Competition
    • A Murder in Mansfield

Krakow Film Festival

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2016 Nominee Golden Heynal
    • International DocFilmMusic Competition
    • Miss Sharon Jones!

Denver Film Festival

  • Barbara Kopple
    1999 Winner John Cassavetes Award

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Michelle Forbes, Yaphet Kotto, Max Perlich, Kyle Secor, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Clark Johnson, and Melissa Leo in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
    1998 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night
    • Homicide: Life on the Street
    For episode "The Documentary".
    Shared with: James Finnerty · Frank Ferro · Ivan J. Fonseca
  • Mike Tyson in Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993)
    1994 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary/Actuality
    • Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
  • American Dream (1990)
    1992 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary/Actuality
    • American Dream

DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival

  • Barbara Kopple
    2001 Winner Career Award

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Running from Crazy (2013)
    2014 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Running from Crazy
    Shared with: Erica Forstadt · Mariel Hemingway · Lisa Erspamer · Oprah Winfrey · David Cassidy
  • A Century of Women (1994)
    1995 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Informational Series
    • A Century of Women
    Shared with: Jacoba Atlas · Pat Mitchell · Susan Krakower · Vivian Schiller · Carol Romo · Lynne Tuite · Kyra Thompson · Judy Korin · Chris Harty · Sylvia Morales · Lynn Roth · Heidi Schulman · Jane Fonda
  • Mike Tyson in Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993)
    1993 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming
    • Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

  • Barbara Kopple
    1998 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

International Documentary Association

  • Barbara Kopple
    2010 Winner Career Achievement Award
  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Winner IDA Award
    • American Dream

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
    • American Dream
  • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    1977 Winner Special Award
    • Harlan County U.S.A.

Nashville Film Festival

  • A Murder in Mansfield (2017)
    2018 Nominee Best Documentary Feature
    • Documentary Competition
    • A Murder in Mansfield

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Johnny Cash in ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black (2018)
    2019 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Research
    • ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black
    For the episode "The Facebook Dilemma"
    Shared with: Barbara Gregson · Victoria Marquette · Stuart Sender · John Meroney · Jeff Zimbalist · Michael Zimbalist · Sudi Khosropur · David Cassidy · Ray Nowosielski · Sara Dosa · Renee Tod · Laurie Wright
  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2017 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
    • Miss Sharon Jones!
    Shared with: David Cassidy
  • Woodstock: Now & Then (2009)
    2010 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming
    • Woodstock: Now & Then
    Shared with: Julian P. Hobbs · Brad Abramson · Michael Lang · Stephen Mintz · Jeff Olde · Shelly Tatro · Suzanne Mitchell

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Barbara Kopple
    2023 Nominee Lifetime Achievement Award

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2016 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Miss Sharon Jones!
    USA

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • My Generation (2000)
    2001 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Documentary
    • My Generation
    Tied with Startup.com (2001).
    Shared with: Thomas Haneke

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Gigi Lazzarato in This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (2017)
    2017 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Best Documentary
    • This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Sundance Film Festival

  • Wild Man Blues (1997)
    1998 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Wild Man Blues
  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • American Dream
    Tied with Paris Is Burning (1990).
  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Winner Filmmakers Trophy
    • Documentary
    • American Dream
  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • American Dream

SXSW Film Festival

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2016 Nominee SXSW Gamechanger Award
    • Miss Sharon Jones!

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    1978 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Harlan County U.S.A.

Venice Film Festival

  • My Generation (2000)
    2000 Nominee Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year
    • My Generation

Women in Film Crystal Awards

  • Barbara Kopple
    1993 Winner Dorothy Arzner Directors Award

Woodstock Film Festival

  • Shut Up & Sing (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Shut Up & Sing
    Tied with Beyond Conviction (2006).
    Shared with: Cecilia Peck

Ashland Independent Film Festival

  • Barbara Kopple
    2014 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Sarasota Film Festival

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2016 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Miss Sharon Jones!

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Winner Runner-up Prize
    • American Dream
  • American Dream (1990)
    1991 Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
    • American Dream

Berkeley Video & Film Festival

  • 2011 Winner Grand Festival Award
    • Documentary
    • Bagels, Borscht, and Brotherhood - Allen Ginsberg
    Shared with: Laurence Storch · Marc Weiss · Ed Sharpe · Bette Sharpe

Black Reel Awards

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2017 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary Feature
    • Miss Sharon Jones!

New York Women in Film & Television

  • Barbara Kopple
    1999 Winner Muse Award

DOC NYC

  • 2011 Nominee Metropolis Grand Jury Prize
    • A Force of Nature

Key West Film Festival

  • Running from Crazy (2013)
    2013 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary
    • Running from Crazy

River Bend Film Festival, US

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2017 Winner Blue Fish
    • Best Documentary
    • Miss Sharon Jones!
    Shared with: David Cassidy

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
    2017 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Miss Sharon Jones!
  • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Harlan County U.S.A.
  • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    2015 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Harlan County U.S.A.
  • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    2014 Winner Cinema Eye Legacy Award
    • Harlan County U.S.A.
  • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    2014 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Harlan County U.S.A.

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Shut Up & Sing (2006)
    2006 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Hanging in There Award for Persistence
    • Shut Up & Sing
    Shared with: Cecilia Peck
  • Shut Up & Sing (2006)
    2006 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Documentary by or About Women
    • Shut Up & Sing
    Shared with: Cecilia Peck

Traverse City Film Festival

  • Barbara Kopple
    2014 Winner Mid-Live Achievement Award

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Barbara Kopple
    2006 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Shut Up & Sing (2006)
    2006 Winner Courage in Filmmaking Award
    • Shut Up & Sing
    Shared with: Cecilia Peck

20/20 Awards

  • American Dream (1990)
    2011 Winner Felix
    • Best Documentary
    • American Dream
    Shared with: Arthur Cohn

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Barbara Kopple
    2022 Winner Pennebaker Award

American Film Festival

  • American Dream (1990)
    1990 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Documentary
    • American Dream

Athena Film Festival

  • Barbara Kopple
    2018 Winner Athena List Winner
    • Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award

Femina International Women's Film Festival

  • Gun Fight (2011)
    2011 Nominee International Competition
    • Grand Prize
    • Gun Fight

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