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Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Director

Awards

Gabriela Cowperthwaite

13 wins & 34 nominations

BAFTA Awards

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Blackfish

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee New Visions Award
    • Non Fiction
    • Blackfish

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Nominee Global Health Competition
    • Best Film
    • The Grab
  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Nominee Global Health Competition
    • Best Film
    • The Grab

Deauville Film Festival

  • I.S.S. (2023)
    2023 Nominee Grand Special Prize
    • I.S.S.

Denver Film Festival

  • Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Director
    2023 Winner Barbara Bridges Inspiration Award
  • The Grab (2022)
    2022 Nominee Maysles Brothers Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Grab

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Children of the Underground (2022)
    2023 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
    • Children of the Underground
    Shared with: Dan Cogan · Liz Garbus · Jon Bardin · Ted Gesing · Kate Barry · Julie Gaither

International Documentary Association

  • Children of the Underground (2022)
    2022 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Multi-Part Documentary
    • Children of the Underground
    Shared with: Kate Barry · Liz Garbus · Jon Bardin · Giona Jefferson · Grace Fardella · Ted Gesing · Dan Cogan
  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • Blackfish
    Shared with: Manny Oteyza · Eli B. Despres · Judy Bart · Erica Kahn

Miami Film Festival

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Knight Documentary Competition
    • Blackfish

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • The Grab (2022)
    2025 Nominee News and Documentary Emmy
    • Outstanding Promotional Announcement - Documentary
    • The Grab
    Shared with: Patrick Kieley · Amanda Pike · Nathan Halverson · Kevin Tran
  • The Grab (2022)
    2025 Nominee News and Documentary Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • The Grab
    Shared with: JoeBill Muñoz · Nathan Halverson · Nicole Rocklin · Blye Pagon Faust · Amanda Pike · Jonathan Ingalls · Marina Orekhova · Nina Sing Fialkow · David Ritsher · Lauren Driscoll · John H.N. Fisher · Maiken Baird · Tessa Brody · John Driscoll · Anil Godhwani · Laurie Ubben · Kennedy Gondwe · Babbie Stern · Christa Scharfenberg · Kelsey Koenig · Doree Friedman · Jeff Ubben · Jan McAdoo · Geralyn White Dreyfous · Scott Anger · Hugh Rogovy · Dan Cogan · McKenzie Funk · Jennifer Caldwell · Davis Coombe · Lauren Haber · Yinuo Shi · David Fialkow · Nancy Stephens · Lulu Parent · Mallory Newman · Debbie L McLeod · Patty Quillin · Jenny Raskin · Emma Schwartz · Rick Rosenthal · Lessing Stern
  • The Grab (2022)
    2025 Nominee News and Documentary Emmy
    • Outstanding Investigative Documentary
    • The Grab
    Shared with: Blye Pagon Faust · Yinuo Shi · Nathan Halverson · Scott Anger · McKenzie Funk · Amanda Pike · Tessa Brody · Mallory Newman · Nicole Rocklin · Jonathan Ingalls · Davis Coombe · John Driscoll · Rick Rosenthal · JoeBill Muñoz · David Fialkow · Jenny Raskin · Patty Quillin · Emma Schwartz · David Ritsher · Lessing Stern · Lulu Parent · Marina Orekhova · Dan Cogan · Nancy Stephens · Geralyn White Dreyfous · Anil Godhwani · Lauren Haber · Hugh Rogovy · Babbie Stern · Doree Friedman · Nina Sing Fialkow · Debbie L McLeod · Jeff Ubben · Jan McAdoo · Kennedy Gondwe · Maiken Baird · Jennifer Caldwell · Laurie Ubben · Christa Scharfenberg · John H.N. Fisher · Lauren Driscoll · Kelsey Koenig

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Documentary
    • The Grab

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2022 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Grab
  • The Grab (2022)
    2022 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Truth to Power
    • The Grab

RiverRun International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Nominee Documentary Features Competition
    • Documentary Feature
    • The Grab

San Diego International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Grab

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Documentary
    • Best Documentary Film
    • The Grab

Seattle International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Nominee Documentary Competition Award
    • The Grab
  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Blackfish
    4th runner-up

Sedona International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Director's Choice Award
    • Best Investigative Documentary
    • The Grab

Stockholm Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2022 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Best Documentary
    • The Grab

Sundance Film Festival

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Blackfish

Toronto International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2022 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Documentary
    • The Grab

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Blackfish

BendFilm Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Best Environmental / Outdoor Adventure Feature
    • Best Outdoor/Environmental Feature
    • The Grab
  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Best Environmental / Outdoor Adventure Feature
    • Best Environmental/Outdoor Feature
    • The Grab
  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Audience Award
    • Audience Award
    • The Grab

Mill Valley Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2022 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • The Grab

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • International Green Film Award
    • Blackfish

Sonoma International Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Grab
    Shared with: Nathan Halverson · Amanda Pike

DOC NYC

  • The Grab (2022)
    2022 Nominee Audience Award
    • The Grab

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Blackfish

Salem Film Fest, US

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • The Grab

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • Blackfish
  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Director
    • Blackfish

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2013 Nominee Black Pearl Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Blackfish

Online Film & Television Association

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • Blackfish
    Shared with: Manny Oteyza

Heartland Film

  • Kate Mara and Varco in Megan Leavey (2017)
    2017 Winner Truly Moving Picture Award
    • Megan Leavey

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Documentary
    • Blackfish
    4th place. Tied with Cutie and the Boxer (2013).

Gold Derby Awards

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Blackfish

ZagrebDox

  • Blackfish (2013)
    2014 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • Blackfish

Mountain Film Festival

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • The Grab
  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Winner Moving Mountains Award
    • The Grab

Filmfest DC

  • The Grab (2022)
    2023 Nominee Justice Matters
    • The Grab

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