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Lucy Walker

Awards

Lucy Walker

52 wins & 41 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2012 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
    Shared with: Kira Carstensen
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Angus Aynsley

Aspen Shortsfest

  • The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014)
    2014 Winner Special Jury Award
    • The Lion's Mouth Opens

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Amnesty International Film Prize
    • Waste Land
    Tied with Son of Babylon (2009).
    Shared with: Karen Harley · João Jardim
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Panorama Audience Award
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Karen Harley · João Jardim
  • Blindsight (2006)
    2007 Winner Panorama Audience Award
    • Blindsight

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Waste Land

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2012 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: João Jardim · Karen Harley

Daytime Emmy Awards

  • Penny Jewkes, Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle, Traci Paige Johnson, Spencer Kayden, Kelly Nigh, Michael Rubin, Donovan Patton, Cody Ross Pitts, Jonathan Press, Marshall Claffy, Stephen Schmidt, Julia Wetherell, and Corrine Hoffman in Blue's Clues (1996)
    2002 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series
    • Blue's Clues
    Shared with: Dave Palmer · Koyalee Chanda
  • Penny Jewkes, Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle, Traci Paige Johnson, Spencer Kayden, Kelly Nigh, Michael Rubin, Donovan Patton, Cody Ross Pitts, Jonathan Press, Marshall Claffy, Stephen Schmidt, Julia Wetherell, and Corrine Hoffman in Blue's Clues (1996)
    2001 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series
    • Blue's Clues
    Shared with: Koyalee Chanda · Nancy Keegan

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2014 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • The Crash Reel

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Blindsight (2006)
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Blindsight

Satellite Awards

  • Countdown to Zero (2010)
    2011 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Documentary DVD
    • Countdown to Zero

Gotham Awards

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley

Heartland Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Crystal Heart Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Waste Land

Humanitas Prize

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Documentaries - Special Awards Category
    • Waste Land

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Devil's Playground (2002)
    2003 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Devil's Playground

International Documentary Association

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner IDA Award
    • Distinguished Feature Documentary
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Angus Aynsley · Hank Levine · Jackie De Botton · Miel De Botton · Fernando Meirelles · Andrea Barata Ribeiro
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Pare Lorentz Award
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Angus Aynsley · Hank Levine · Fernando Meirelles · Miel De Botton · Andrea Barata Ribeiro · Jackie De Botton

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Devil's Playground (2002)
    2002 Winner Best Documentary - Special Mention
    • Devil's Playground

BFI London Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Nominee Grierson Award
    • Waste Land

AFI Fest

  • Blindsight (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Blindsight
    Tied with Screamers (2006).

Melbourne International Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Most Popular Documentary
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley

Miami Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Knight Documentary Competition
    • The Crash Reel

Moscow International Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Nominee Silver St. George
    • Best Film of the Documentary Competition
    • The Crash Reel

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014)
    2016 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Short Documentary
    • The Lion's Mouth Opens
    Shared with: Geralyn White Dreyfous · Julian Cautherley · Marianna Palka
  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2014 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Dan Cogan · Geralyn White Dreyfous · Sheila Nevins · Julian Cautherley · Sara Bernstein
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2013 Nominee Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
    Shared with: Tim Case · Charles Salice · Kira Carstensen
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2013 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
    Shared with: Tim Case · Charles Salice · Kira Carstensen
  • Devil's Playground (2002)
    2003 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Direction
    • Devil's Playground

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 2nd Place Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Waste Land
    Runner-Up
  • Blindsight (2006)
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Blindsight

Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Waste Land

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2023)
    2024 Nominee Golden Gate Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

Seattle International Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Documentary Special Jury Award
    • The Crash Reel
    We're giving a Special Jury Prize to Lucy Walker for The Crash Reel, a deeply emotional and nuanced look at snowboarder and Olympic hopeful Kevin Pearce, his inspiring journey back from traumatic brain injury, and the healing power of family.
  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Nominee Documentary Award
    • The Crash Reel
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Waste Land

Sedona International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Waste Land
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Winner Director's Choice Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Waste Land

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Bring Your Own Brigade (2021)
    2021 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Best Documentary
    • Bring Your Own Brigade
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Waste Land

Sundance Film Festival

  • The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014)
    2014 Nominee Short Film Grand Jury Prize
    • The Lion's Mouth Opens
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2012 Winner Women in Film National Geographic All Roads Award
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2012 Winner Short Film Jury Prize
    • Non-Fiction
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2012 Nominee Short Film Grand Jury Prize
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • World Cinema - Documentary
    • Waste Land

SXSW Film Festival

  • David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes (2013)
    2014 Nominee SXSW Grand Jury Award
    • Documentary Short
    • David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes
  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Audience Award
    • Festival Favourites
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley
  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Audience Award
    • Festival Favorites
    • The Crash Reel

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Itamaraty Award
    • Best Brazilian Documentary
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: João Jardim · Karen Harley

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2023)
    2023 3rd Place People's Choice Award
    • Documentary
    • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Most Popular Film
    • Waste Land

Ashland Independent Film Festival

  • Lucy Walker
    2013 Winner Rogue Award

Sarasota Film Festival

  • Devil's Playground (2002)
    2002 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Comedy
    • Devil's Playground

Telluride Mountainfilm Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Kids Film Award
    • Student Film Award
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley

Sports Emmy Awards

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2023)
    2025 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Long Sports Documentary
    • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
    Shared with: Miranda Sherman · Michael D. Ratner · Dalia Burde · Christopher Newman · Charlie Corwin
  • Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics (2020)
    2021 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology
    • Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics
    Shared with: Jimmy Fox · April Smith · Alex Garinger · Douglas Banker · Tim Pastore · Bess Kargman · Federico Conforti · Alessandro Soares · Esther Shubinski

CPH:DOX

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Nominee Amnesty Award
    • Waste Land

Whistler Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Best Mountain Culture Film
    • Mountain Culture Compeition
    • The Crash Reel

Boulder International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Winner BIFF Award
    • Keen Hybrid Life Filmmaker Grant
    • Waste Land

Durban International Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Waste Land
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Best Documentary
    • Waste Land
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award
    • Waste Land

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes (2013)
    2014 Nominee Sheffield Short Doc Award
    • David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes
  • The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014)
    2014 Nominee Sheffield Short Doc Award
    • The Lion's Mouth Opens
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Female-Directed Film
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Dallas International Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Audience Award
    • Audience Award
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Target Filmmaker Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Waste Land

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2023)
    2025 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment
    • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
  • Countdown to Zero (2010)
    2011 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • International Green Film Award
    • Countdown to Zero

Port Townsend Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Best Documentary Film
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley

Tacoma Film Festival

  • David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes (2013)
    2014 Winner Best Documentary Short
    • David Hockney in the Now: In Six Minutes

New Hampshire Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Winner Best Documentary Film
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2023)
    2025 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
  • The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014)
    2015 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
    • The Lion's Mouth Opens
  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2014 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Julian Cautherley · Sheila Nevins · Sara Bernstein
  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2014 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • The Crash Reel

Festin Lisboa Film Festival, PT

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Feature Film (Longa Metragem)
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Karen Harley · João Jardim
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Karen Harley · João Jardim

ACIE Awards, Brazil

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2012 Winner ACIE Award
    • Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Karen Harley · João Jardim

Amazonas Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Karen Harley · João Jardim

Paulínia Film Festival

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: João Jardim · Karen Harley
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: João Jardim · Karen Harley

Milwaukee Film Festival

  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2013 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Film
    • The Crash Reel

Luxembourg City Film Festival

  • Happily Ever After (2014)
    2014 Nominee Documentary Award
    • Happily Ever After
    • Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
    • Let the Fire Burn
    • The Crash Reel
    Shared with: Tatjana Bozic · Michel Gondry · Jason Osder
  • The Crash Reel (2013)
    2014 Winner Youth Jury Award
    • The Crash Reel

ZagrebDox

  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2013 3rd Place Audience Award
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)
    2013 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Waste Land
  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • Waste Land

Prêmio Guarani

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2012 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Documentary
    • Waste Land
    Shared with: Karen Harley · João Jardim

Tartu Love Film Festival Tartuff

  • Waste Land (2010)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Waste Land

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