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Zana Briski

Awards

Zana Briski

16 wins & 3 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2005 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary, Features
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Bermuda International Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Documentary Prize
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman
  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Best Film
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2005 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2005 Winner Truer Than Fiction Award
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

International Documentary Association

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner IDA Award
    • Feature Documentaries
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Tied with Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004).
    Shared with: Ross Kaufman · Geralyn White Dreyfous

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2006 Winner Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Geralyn White Dreyfous · Pamela Tanner Boll · Ross Kauffman

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Sundance Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Ashland Independent Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2005 Winner Ashland Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary Film - Feature Length
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Bangkok International Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2005 Winner Golden Kinnaree Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Audience Award
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Tied with Word Wars (2004).
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

High Falls Film Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

BendFilm Festival

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner Audience Award
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Online Film & Television Association

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2005 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Shared with: Ross Kauffman

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    2004 Winner WFCC Award
    • Best Documentary: Above and Beyond
    • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

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