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Questlove

Awards

Questlove

27 wins & 48 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

BAFTA Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Daytime Emmy Awards

  • Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage (2010)
    2011 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding New Approaches - Daytime Children's
    • Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage
    Shared with: Kay Wilson Stallings · Elly Kramer · Peter Feder · Tanya Van Court · Abby Pecoriello · Garson Yu · Kerri Grant · Kimberly Chalmers · Obi Onyejekwe · Joseph Ryan · Saxton Moore · Jim Stauffer · Jared Klegar · Lily Cosgrove · Lenique Vincent · Ted Walsh

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
    2025 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
    • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
    Shared with: Oz Rodriguez
  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2025 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Derik Murray · Amit Dey · Zarah Zohlman · Shawn Gee
  • SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
    2025 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Music Direction
    • SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
    Shared with: James Poyser

Gotham Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

Grammy Awards

  • Questlove
    2023 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
    For "Music Is History"
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Grammy
    • Best Music Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    (Various Artists)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein
  • Questlove
    2019 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
    For "Creative Quest"
  • Questlove
    2016 Winner Grammy
    • Best Musical Theater Album
    For the album "Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)."
    Shared with: Daveed Diggs · Renée Elise Goldsberry · Jonathan Groff · Chris Jackson · Jasmine Cephas Jones · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Leslie Odom Jr. · Okieriete Onaodowan · Anthony Ramos · Phillipa Soo · Alex Lacamoire · Bill Sherman · Tariq Trotter · Derik Lee · Tim Latham
  • Questlove
    2013 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Rap Album
    For the album "Undun."
    Shared with: The Roots · James Poyser · Tariq Trotter

Guldbagge Awards

  • The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
    2012 Winner Guldbagge
    • Best Music (Bästa musik)
    • The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
    Shared with: Om'Mas Keith

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2026 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey in Soul (2020)
    2021 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Motion Picture)
    • Soul

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

International Documentary Association

  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2025 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Music Documentary
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
    Shared with: Derik Murray · Joseph Patel
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner IDA Award
    • Best Director
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner IDA Award
    • Best Music Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein
  • Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (2019)
    2021 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Episodic Series
    • Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
    Shared with: Tariq Trotter · Shawn Gee · Alex Gibney · Stacey Offman · Richard Perello · Shea Serrano · Angie Day · One9 · Erik Parker · Isaac Bolden

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Chantel Akerman Award
    • Best Experimental Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Breakout Filmmaker of the Year
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Peabody Awards

  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2026 Winner Peabody Award
    • Arts
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
    Shared with: Derik Murray · Amit Dey · Joseph Patel · Zarah Zohlman

Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner John Schlesinger Award
    • Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Sundance Film Festival

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Black Reel Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Emerging Director
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Chris Rock, Gabrielle Union, Cedric The Entertainer, Rosario Dawson, Hassan Johnson, Leslie Jones, Karlie Redd, Romany Malco, Tracy Morgan, Sherri Shepherd, Hayley Marie Norman, J.B. Smoove, Anders Holm, and Michael Che in Top Five (2014)
    2015 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Original Song
    • Top Five
    Song: "It Ain't Easy"
    Shared with: Eliza Colby

Boulder International Film Festival

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner BIFF Award
    • Best Music Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Special Presentations
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2026 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

The Webby Awards

  • Quest for Craft (2021)
    2025 Winner Webby Award
    • Video - Series (Branded)
    • Quest for Craft
    Shared with: Rob Meyer · Trevor Undi · Jerry Stifelman

FOCAL International Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner FOCAL Award
    • Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: Lizzy McGlynn · Joseph Patel

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)
    2017 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Song
    • Detroit
    For the song "It Ain't Fair".
    Shared with: Tariq Trotter · Phonte Coleman

IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2025 Nominee Indiemusic Schweppes Award
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)

Black Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Questlove
    2021 Winner Special Mention

Gold Derby Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee "Co Jest Grane 24" Big Screen Doc Award
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Chopin's Nose Award
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best First Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Tied with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin for The Rescue (2021).

Black Reel Awards for Television

  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2025 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

North Dakota Film Society

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee NDFS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee CIC Award
    • Best Independent Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner CIC Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner SFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)

iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

  • Questlove
    2021 Nominee iHeartRadio Podcast Award
    • Best Overall Host - Male

Gotham TV Awards

  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
    2025 Nominee Gotham TV Award
    • Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming
    • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
    Shared with: Oz Rodriguez
  • Sly Stone in Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
    2025 Nominee Gotham TV Award
    • Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming
    • Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
    Shared with: Eric Maran · Derik Murray · Joseph Patel · Stephen Sawchuk

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