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Sterlin Harjo

Awards

Sterlin Harjo

23 wins & 21 nominations

Amiens International Film Festival

  • Barking Water (2009)
    2009 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Barking Water

Aspen Shortsfest

  • 2005 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Goodnight Irene

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Ethan Hawke, Keith David, and Ryan Kiera Armstrong in The Lowdown (2025)
    2026 Nominee Edgar
    • Best Television Episode Teleplay
    • The Lowdown
    For episode 101

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2024 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Reservation Dogs
    Shared with: Tazbah Chavez · Migizi Pensoneau · Kathryn Dean · Taika Waititi · Garrett Basch · Bobby Wilson

Gijón International Film Festival

  • Barking Water (2009)
    2009 Winner "Rellumes" Prize
    • Barking Water

Gotham Awards

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2021 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Breakthrough Series - Shortform
    • Reservation Dogs
    Shared with: Taika Waititi · Garrett Basch

Humanitas Prize

  • Paulina Alexis, Elva Guerra, and Devery Jacobs in Mabel (2022)
    2023 Nominee Humanitas Prize
    • Comedy Teleplay
    • Mabel
    Shared with: Devery Jacobs

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2022 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best New Scripted Series
    • Reservation Dogs
    Shared with: Taika Waititi · Garrett Basch

ICG Publicists Awards

  • Sterlin Harjo
    2022 Winner Showmanship Award
    • Television
    Shared with: Taika Waititi

Peabody Awards

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2023 Nominee Peabody Award
    • Entertainment
    • Reservation Dogs
    Shared with: D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai · Devery Jacobs · Paulina Alexis · Lane Factor · Blackhorse Lowe · Tazbah Chavez · Danis Goulet · Erica Tremblay · Chad Charlie · Taika Waititi · Dallas Goldtooth · Ryan RedCorn · Tommy Pico · Migizi Pensoneau · Patrick VandenBussche · Garrett Basch · Dylan Brodie · Kathryn Dean · Bobby Wilson

Sundance Film Festival

  • Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)
    2007 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • Four Sheets to the Wind

Venice Film Festival

  • Barking Water (2009)
    2009 Nominee Fedeora Award
    • Best Film (Venice Days)
    • Barking Water

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2024 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Episodic Comedy
    • Reservation Dogs
    For "House Made of Bongs"
    Shared with: Tommy Pico
  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2022 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Episodic Comedy
    • Reservation Dogs
    For episode "F*ckin' Rez Dogs (2021)".
    Shared with: Taika Waititi
  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2022 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • New Series
    • Reservation Dogs
    Shared with: Tazbah Chavez · Sydney Freeland · Migizi Pensoneau · Tommy Pico · Taika Waititi · Bobby Wilson

American Indian Film Festival

  • Mekko (2015)
    2015 Winner American Indian Movie Award
    • Best Film
    • Mekko
  • Mekko (2015)
    2015 Nominee American Indian Movie Award
    • Best Director
    • Mekko
  • This May Be the Last Time (2014)
    2014 Winner American Indian Movie Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • This May Be the Last Time
  • Irene Bedard
    2011 Winner American Indian Movie Award
    • Best Industrial
    • American Indian Actors
  • Barking Water (2009)
    2009 Winner American Indian Movie Award
    • Best Film
    • Barking Water

Tribeca Film Festival

  • Sterlin Harjo
    2006 Winner Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award
    • Narrative Feature
    Project: "Before the Beast Returns"
  • 2005 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Narrative Short
    • Goodnight Irene

deadCenter Film Festival

  • Barking Water (2009)
    2009 Winner Best Oklahoma Film
    • Feature
    • Barking Water

Los Angeles Film Festival

  • Mekko (2015)
    2015 Nominee US Fiction Award
    • Mekko

Santa Fe International Film Festival

  • Sterlin Harjo
    2023 Winner Visionary Award
    • Director
  • Mekko (2015)
    2015 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Mekko

Red Dirt International Film Festival, US

  • Mekko (2015)
    2015 Nominee Best Narrative Feature
    • Mekko

ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival

  • Mekko (2015)
    2015 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Dramatic Feature
    • Mekko
  • This May Be the Last Time (2014)
    2014 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Indigenous Language Production
    • This May Be the Last Time
  • Barking Water (2009)
    2009 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Dramatic Feature
    • Barking Water
  • Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)
    2007 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Dramatic Feature
    • Four Sheets to the Wind

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Heartland Chapter

  • Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People (2015)
    2017 Winner Emmy
    • Arts/Entertainment - Program/Series/Special
    • Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People
    Shared with: Jennifer Loren · Jeremy Charles · Amanda Clinton · Zach Litwack · Colleen Thurston · Charles E. Elmore · Nathan Young
  • Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People (2015)
    2016 Winner Emmy
    • Best Documentary - Cultural
    • Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People
    Shared with: Jennifer Loren · Amanda Clinton · Jeremy Charles · Charles E. Elmore

Red Nation Film Festival

  • Gather (2020)
    2020 Winner Best Documentary
    • Feature Film
    • Gather
    Shared with: Sanjay Rawal · Tanya Meillier

Gold Derby Awards

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2024 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Episode
    • Reservation Dogs
    "Deer Lady"
    Shared with: Danis Goulet
  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2023 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Episode
    • Reservation Dogs
    "Mabel"
    Shared with: Danis Goulet · Devery Jacobs

Seriencamp

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2021 Winner Critics' Choice Award
    • Reservation Dogs
    Shared with: Taika Waititi

Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2022 Nominee HCA Award
    • Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
    • Reservation Dogs
    S1.E1 F*ckin' Rez Dogs (2021)
    Shared with: Taika Waititi
  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2022 Nominee HCA Award
    • Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
    • Reservation Dogs
    S1.E6 Hunting (2021)

Astra Television Awards

  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2024 Nominee Astra TV Award
    • Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series
    • Reservation Dogs
    Dig (2023)
  • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (2021)
    2024 Nominee Astra TV Award
    • Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series
    • Reservation Dogs
    Dig (2023)
    Shared with: Chad Charlie

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