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Teddy Leifer at an event for The Balloonists (2025)

Awards

Teddy Leifer

21 wins & 15 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2006 Winner First Appearance Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor
  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor

BAFTA Awards

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor

Edinburgh International Film Festival

  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • George Carlin in George Carlin's American Dream (2022)
    2022 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • George Carlin's American Dream
    Shared with: Judd Apatow · Michael Bonfiglio · Kelly Carlin · Joe Beshenkovsky · Amanda Glaze · Wayne Federman

Gotham Awards

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2022 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann

International Documentary Association

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2022 Winner IDA Award
    • Best Feature Documentary
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Aman Mann · Shaunak Sen
  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2022 Winner Pare Lorentz Award
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann
  • The Invisible War (2012)
    2012 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Invisible War
    Shared with: Kirby Dick · Amy Ziering · Tanner King Barklow · Regina K. Scully · Jennifer Siebel Newsom · Sarah E. Johnson · Sally Jo Fifer · Nicole Boxer · Kimball Stroud
  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Music Documentary Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • The Art of Political Murder (2020)
    2021 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Historical Documentary
    • The Art of Political Murder
    Shared with: Regina K. Scully · Paul W. Taylor
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    2014 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form
    • Independent Lens
    • The Invisible War
    For episode "The Invisible War"
    Shared with: Kirby Dick · Tanner King Barklow · Amy Ziering · Regina K. Scully · Maria Cuomo Cole · Abigail Disney · Sarah E. Johnson · Jennifer Siebel Newsom · Geralyn White Dreyfous · Nicole Boxer · Sally Jo Fifer · Lois Vossen
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    2014 Winner Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • Independent Lens
    • The Invisible War
    For episode "The Invisible War"
    Shared with: Kirby Dick · Tanner King Barklow · Amy Ziering · Regina K. Scully · Maria Cuomo Cole · Abigail Disney · Sarah E. Johnson · Jennifer Siebel Newsom · Geralyn White Dreyfous · Nicole Boxer · Sally Jo Fifer · Lois Vossen
  • Frontline (1983)
    2013 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
    • Frontline
    • The Interrupters
    For episode "The Interrupters"
    Shared with: Steve James · Alex Kotlowitz · Zak Piper · Justine Nagan · Gordon Quinn · Paul W. Taylor · Sally Jo Fifer · David Fanning · Michael Sullivan · Raney Aronson

PGA Awards

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann
  • George Carlin in George Carlin's American Dream (2022)
    2023 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
    • George Carlin's American Dream
    Shared with: Judd Apatow · Wayne Federman · Joe Beshenkovsky · Amanda Glaze · Kelly Carlin · Jerry Hamza · Michael Bonfiglio

Royal Television Society, UK

  • Ryan Sampson, Tom Rosenthal, and Jon Pointing in Plebs (2013)
    2014 Winner RTS Television Award
    • Best Scripted Comedy
    • Plebs
    Shared with: Sam Leifer · Tom Basden · Caroline Leddy

Sundance Film Festival

  • Rough Aunties (2008)
    2009 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Documentary
    • Rough Aunties
    Shared with: Kim Longinotto · Paul W. Taylor

Prague One World Film Festival

  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Special Jury Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor
  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Special Jury Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)

Amnesty International Film Festival

  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor
  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Youth Jury Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor

Whistler Film Festival

  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Best Documentary
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • Slindile Moya in We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)
    2007 Winner Grierson: Sheffield - Youth Jury Award
    • We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
    Shared with: Paul W. Taylor

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2022 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann
  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Production
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Aman Mann · Shaunak Sen
  • Rough Aunties (2008)
    2010 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film
    • Rough Aunties
    Shared with: Kim Longinotto · Paul W. Taylor

Bafta TV Craft

  • Ryan Sampson, Tom Rosenthal, and Jon Pointing in Plebs (2013)
    2014 Nominee BAFTA Television Craft Award
    • Breakthrough Talent
    • Plebs
    Shared with: Sam Leifer

Gold Derby Awards

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann

TV Choice Awards UK

  • Ryan Sampson, Tom Rosenthal, and Jon Pointing in Plebs (2013)
    2016 Nominee TV Choice Award
    • Best Comedy Series
    • Plebs
    Shared with: Sam Leifer · Tom Basden · Caroline Leddy

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Shaunak Sen · Aman Mann

North Dakota Film Society

  • All That Breathes (2022)
    2023 Nominee NDFS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • All That Breathes
    Shared with: Aman Mann · Shaunak Sen

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