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Chris Smith. On set.

Awards

Chris Smith

13 wins & 20 nominations

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

  • Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum in The Yes Men (2003)
    2004 Winner Audience Award
    • The Yes Men
    Shared with: Dan Ollman · Sarah Price

BAFTA Awards

  • Wham! (2023)
    2024 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Wham!

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale, Gerald Casale, Robert Mothersbaugh, Alan Myers, Devo, and Jim Mothersbaugh in Devo (2024)
    2024 Nominee Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition
    • Best Documentary
    • Devo

Denver Film Festival

  • Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank in American Movie (1999)
    1999 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Documentary Film
    • American Movie
    Tied with Regret to Inform (1998).

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • 100 Foot Wave (2021)
    2025 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
    • 100 Foot Wave
    For episode "Cortes Bank"
    Shared with: Michael Darrigade · Vincent Kardasik · Alexandre Lesbats · Laurent Pujol · Karl Sandrock
  • 100 Foot Wave (2021)
    2025 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
    • 100 Foot Wave
    Shared with: Vincent Kardasik · Ryan Heller · Michael Bloom · Maria Zuckerman · Zachary Rothfeld · Joe Lewis · Nancy Abraham · Lisa Heller · Bentley Weiner
  • 100 Foot Wave (2021)
    2023 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
    • 100 Foot Wave
    Shared with: Maria Zuckerman · Ryan Heller · Joe Lewis · Nancy Abraham · Lisa Heller · Bentley Weiner
  • 100 Foot Wave (2021)
    2023 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
    • 100 Foot Wave
    For "Chapter VI - Force Majeure"
    Shared with: Antoine Chicoye · Michael Corker · Vincent Kardasik · Alexandre Lesbats · Laurent Pujol · Joao Vidinha · Michael Darrigade
  • 100 Foot Wave (2021)
    2022 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
    • 100 Foot Wave
    Shared with: Joe Lewis · Maria Zuckerman · Ryan Heller · Nancy Abraham · Lisa Heller · Bentley Weiner

Grammy Awards

  • Chris Smith. On set.
    2026 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Music Film
    For "Devo"
    Shared with: Devo · Danny Gabai · Anita Greenspan · Chris Holmes

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • The Pool (2007)
    2008 Nominee John Cassavetes Award
    • The Pool
    Shared with: Kate Noble · Randy Russell
  • American Job (1996)
    1997 Nominee Someone to Watch Award
    • American Job

PGA Awards

  • Joe Exotic in Tiger King (2020)
    2021 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
    • Tiger King
    Shared with: Fisher Stevens · Eric Goode · Rebecca Chaiklin

Sundance Film Festival

  • The Pool (2007)
    2007 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • The Pool
    For singularity of vision.
  • The Pool (2007)
    2007 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • The Pool
  • Home Movie (2001)
    2001 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Home Movie
  • Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank in American Movie (1999)
    1999 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • American Movie

Venice Film Festival

  • Jim Carrey in Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
    2017 Nominee Venezia Classici Award
    • Best Documentary on Cinema
    • Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Boulder International Film Festival

  • Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale, Gerald Casale, Robert Mothersbaugh, Alan Myers, Devo, and Jim Mothersbaugh in Devo (2024)
    2025 Winner BIFF Award
    • Best Music Documentary
    • Devo

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever (2025)
    2025 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Dove for Global Health, Technology and Human Enhancement
    • Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Downey Sr. in Sr. (2022)
    2023 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Sr.
  • 100 Foot Wave (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Cinematography
    • 100 Foot Wave
    Shared with: Jerry Ricciotti · Mike Prickett · Laurent Pujol
  • Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank in American Movie (1999)
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • American Movie
  • Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank in American Movie (1999)
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Legacy Award
    • American Movie
  • Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank in American Movie (1999)
    2015 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • American Movie

Online Film & Television Association

  • Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank in American Movie (1999)
    2000 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • American Movie
    Shared with: Sarah Price

Calgary Underground Film Festival

  • Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale, Gerald Casale, Robert Mothersbaugh, Alan Myers, Devo, and Jim Mothersbaugh in Devo (2024)
    2024 Winner Audience Award
    • CUFF.Docs Best Documentary Feature
    • Devo

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Fyre (2019)
    2019 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Fyre

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