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Awards

Cara Mertes

5 wins & 19 nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    2010 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • P.O.V.
    For episode "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)".
    Shared with: Simon Kilmurry · Ellen Kuras · Flora Fernandez-Marengo
  • In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
    2006 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • In the Realms of the Unreal
    Shared with: Jessica Yu · Susan West · Sally Jo Fifer

International Documentary Association

  • Street Fight (2005)
    2005 Nominee IDA Award
    • Feature Documentaries
    • Street Fight
    Shared with: Marshall Curry · Liz Garbus · Rory Kennedy · Sally Jo Fifer

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Independent Lens (1999)
    2014 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long Form
    • Independent Lens
    • The Revolutionary Optimists
    For episode "The Revolutionary Optimists"
    Shared with: Nicole Newnham · Maren Grainger-Monsen · Sally Jo Fifer · Lois Vossen
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    2008 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
    • P.O.V.
    • Made in L.A.
    For episode "Made in L.A."
    Shared with: Sally Jo Fifer · Simon Kilmurry · Almudena Carracedo · Robert Bahar
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    2008 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
    • P.O.V.
    • Rain in a Dry Land
    For episode "Rain in a Dry Land"
    Shared with: Sally Jo Fifer · Anne Makepeace
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    2008 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
    • P.O.V.
    • Libby, Montana
    For episode "Libby, Montana"
    Shared with: Drury Gunn Carr · Doug Hawes-Davis
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    2007 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
    • P.O.V.
    • My Country, My Country
    For episode "My Country, My Country"
    Shared with: Laura Poitras · Sally Jo Fifer · Jocelyn Glatzer

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