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Rudy Valdez

Awards

Rudy Valdez

8 wins & 8 nominations

Brooklyn Film Festival

  • Make Him Known (2021)
    2022 Winner Best Documentary Short
    • Documentary Short
    • Make Him Known

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2019 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
    • The Sentence
    Tied with RBG (2018).
    Shared with: Sam Bisbee · Jackie Kelman Bisbee · Theodora Dunlap

International Documentary Association

  • Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (2025)
    2025 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Episodic Series
    • Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
    Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
    Shared with: Samantha M. Knowles · Leah Smith · Jevon Frank · Leslie Asako Gladsjo · Geeta Gandbhir · Muta'Ali · Clare Marash · Nimco Sheikhaden · Niema Jordan · Smriti Mundhra
  • Choir (2023)
    2024 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Limited Series
    • Choir
    Shared with: Gretchen Palek · Jeremy Gold · Justin Wilkes · Ryan Miller · Jason Blum · Michael Seitzman · Brian Grazer · Chris McCumber · Ross M. Dinerstein · Sara Bernstein · Ron Howard

Locarno Film Festival

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Nominee Best First Feature
    • The Sentence

Nantucket Film Festival

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 2nd Place Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Sentence
    -Second Place

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Through Our Eyes (2021)
    2022 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Short Documentary
    • Through Our Eyes
    Shared with: Jess Devaney · Anya Rous · Geeta Gandbhir · Beth Miranda Botshon · Lisa Diamond · Jodi Nussbaum · Melissa Dino

Sundance Film Festival

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • The Sentence
  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • The Sentence

Sarasota Film Festival

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Sentence
  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Documentary Feature
    • The Sentence
    -Social Commentary.

Tribeca Film Festival

  • Translators
    2023 Winner Tribeca X Award
    • Best Short Documentary
    • Translators

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2020 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • The Sentence

Traverse City Film Festival

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Winner Roger Ebert Prize
    • Documentary
    • The Sentence

Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • The Sentence

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • The Sentence (2018)
    2018 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best First Time Director
    • The Sentence

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