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Awards

Geoffrey C. Ward

13 wins & 14 nominations

BAFTA Awards

  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Best International
    • The Vietnam War
    Shared with: Ken Burns · Lynn Novick · Sarah Botstein

Christopher Awards

  • Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 1 - Ambition (2001)
    2002 Winner Christopher Award
    • Television & Cable
    • Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 1 - Ambition
    Shared with: David Grubin · Margaret Drain
  • Louis Armstrong in Jazz (2001)
    2002 Winner Christopher Award
    • Television & Cable
    • Jazz
    Shared with: Ken Burns · Lynn Novick · Peter Miller · Victoria Gohl

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • The American Revolution (2025)
    2026 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
    • The American Revolution
    For episode "In Order to Be Free: (May 1754 - May 1775)"
  • The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
    2023 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
    • The U.S. and the Holocaust
    For "Episode 2: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)"
  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
    • The Vietnam War
    For episode "Episode 8"
  • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
    2015 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
    • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
    For episode: "The Rising Road (1933-1939)".
  • Prohibition (2011)
    2012 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
    • Prohibition
    For episode "A Nation of Hypocrites"

Humanitas Prize

  • The Civil War (1990)
    1991 Winner Humanitas Prize
    • Documentaries - Special Awards Category
    • The Civil War
    Shared with: Ric Burns · Ken Burns

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I) (1996)
    1997 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Writing
    • T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I)
    Shared with: David Grubin
  • American Experience (1988)
    1993 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writers
    • American Experience
    (The Kennedys {#5.1})

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
    2023 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
    • The U.S. and the Holocaust
    For "Episode One: The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938)"
  • Jeff Daniels and Patricia Clarkson in Hemingway (2021)
    2022 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
    • Hemingway
    For episode "A Writer (1899-1929) (2021)".
  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Documentary Script - Other than Current Events
    • The Vietnam War
    Episode: "Things Fall Apart (January-June 1968) (2017)"
  • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
    2015 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Documentary - Other Than Current Events
    • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
    Episode: "The Rising Road (2014)"
  • Prohibition (2011)
    2012 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Documentary - Other Than Current Events
    • Prohibition
    For episode "A Nation of Scofflaws"

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • The American Revolution (2025)
    2025 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Narration
    • The American Revolution
    Shared with: Peter Coyote

Clarion Awards

  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    2018 Winner Clarion Award
    • Television Documentary Series - National
    • The Vietnam War
    Shared with: Ken Burns · Lynn Novick · Sarah Botstein

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