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Barbara Kopple
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
American Film Institute, USA (1)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (1)
Aspen Filmfest (1)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
CINE Competition (3)
Cleveland International Film Festival (3)
Denver International Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (3)
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (3)
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (1)
International Documentary Association (2)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Nashville Film Festival (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (3)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (1)
Philadelphia Film Festival (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (4)
SXSW Film Festival (1)
Valladolid International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (1)
Women in Film Crystal Awards (1)
Woodstock Film Festival (1)
Ashland Independent Film Festival (1)
Sarasota Film Festival (1)
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (2)
Berkeley Video & Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (1)
New York Women in Film & Television (1)
DOC NYC (1)
Key West Film Festival (1)
River Bend Film Festival, US (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (5)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (2)
Traverse City Film Festival (1)
Women Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
20/20 Awards (1)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (1)
American Film Festival (1)
Athena Film Festival (1)
42 wins & 24 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1991 Winner
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
American Dream
Shared with:
Arthur Cohn
1977 Winner
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
Harlan County U.S.A.
American Film Institute, USA
1994 Winner
Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
2015 Nominee
Audience Award
IDFA Audience Award
Miss Sharon Jones!
15th Place
Aspen Filmfest
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Audience Favorite Documentary
Shut Up & Sing
Shared with:
Cecilia Peck
Chicago International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Special Jury Prize
DocuFest Competition
Shut Up & Sing
Shared with:
Cecilia Peck
CINE Competition
2005 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
Bearing Witness
1994 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
A Century of Women
For 'Work & Family'
1990 Winner
CINE Golden Eagle
Documentary
American Dream
Cleveland International Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award
Gumbo Coalition
2018 Nominee
ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Direction
A Murder in Mansfield
2018 Nominee
Local Heroes Competition
A Murder in Mansfield
Denver International Film Festival
1999 Winner
John Cassavetes Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
1998 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night
Homicide: Life on the Street
For episode "The Documentary".
Shared with:
James Finnerty
·
Frank Ferro
·
Ivan J. Fonseca
1994 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary/Actuality
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
1992 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary/Actuality
American Dream
DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival
2001 Winner
Career Award
Primetime Emmy Awards
2014 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Running from Crazy
Shared with:
Erica Forstadt
·
Mariel Hemingway
·
Lisa Erspamer
·
Oprah Winfrey
·
David Cassidy
1995 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Informational Series
A Century of Women
Shared with:
Jacoba Atlas
·
Pat Mitchell
·
Susan Krakower
·
Vivian Schiller
·
Carol Romo
·
Lynne Tuite
·
Kyra Thompson
·
Judy Korin
·
Chris Harty
·
Sylvia Morales
·
Lynn Roth
·
Heidi Schulman
·
Jane Fonda
1993 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
International Documentary Association
2010 Winner
Career Achievement Award
1991 Winner
IDA Award
American Dream
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1991 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
American Dream
1977 Winner
Special Award
Harlan County U.S.A.
Nashville Film Festival
2018 Nominee
Best Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
A Murder in Mansfield
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2019 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Research
ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black
For the episode "The Facebook Dilemma"
Shared with:
Barbara Gregson
·
Victoria Marquette
·
Stuart Sender
·
John Meroney
·
Jeff Zimbalist
·
Michael Zimbalist
·
Sudi Khosropur
·
David Cassidy
·
Ray Nowosielski
·
Sara Dosa
·
Renee Tod
·
Laurie Wright
2017 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary
Miss Sharon Jones!
Shared with:
David Cassidy
2010 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming
Woodstock: Now & Then
Shared with:
Julian P. Hobbs
·
Brad Abramson
·
Michael Lang
·
Stephen Mintz
·
Jeff Olde
·
Shelly Tatro
·
Suzanne Mitchell
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2023 Nominee
Lifetime Achievement Award
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Audience Award
Best Documentary Feature
Miss Sharon Jones!
USA
Philadelphia Film Festival
2001 Winner
Jury Award
Best Documentary
My Generation
Tied with
Startup.com (2001)
.
Shared with:
Thomas Haneke
Stockholm Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Bronze Horse
Best Documentary
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Sundance Film Festival
1998 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Wild Man Blues
1991 Winner
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
American Dream
Tied with
Paris Is Burning (1990)
.
1991 Winner
Filmmakers Trophy
Documentary
American Dream
1991 Winner
Audience Award
Documentary
American Dream
SXSW Film Festival
2016 Nominee
SXSW Gamechanger Award
Miss Sharon Jones!
Valladolid International Film Festival
1978 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Harlan County U.S.A.
Venice Film Festival
2000 Nominee
Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year
My Generation
Women in Film Crystal Awards
1993 Winner
Dorothy Arzner Directors Award
Woodstock Film Festival
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary Feature
Shut Up & Sing
Tied with
Beyond Conviction (2006)
.
Shared with:
Cecilia Peck
Ashland Independent Film Festival
2014 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sarasota Film Festival
2016 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary
Miss Sharon Jones!
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
1991 Winner
Runner-up Prize
American Dream
1991 Nominee
Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
American Dream
Berkeley Video & Film Festival
2011 Winner
Grand Festival Award
Documentary
Bagels, Borscht, and Brotherhood - Allen Ginsberg
Shared with:
Laurence Storch
·
Marc Weiss
·
Ed Sharpe
·
Bette Sharpe
Black Reel Awards
2017 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary Feature
Miss Sharon Jones!
New York Women in Film & Television
1999 Winner
Muse Award
DOC NYC
2011 Nominee
Metropolis Grand Jury Prize
A Force of Nature
Key West Film Festival
2013 Winner
Jury Prize
Best Documentary
Running from Crazy
River Bend Film Festival, US
2017 Winner
Blue Fish
Best Documentary
Miss Sharon Jones!
Shared with:
David Cassidy
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2017 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
Miss Sharon Jones!
2016 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Harlan County U.S.A.
2015 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Harlan County U.S.A.
2014 Winner
Cinema Eye Legacy Award
Harlan County U.S.A.
2014 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
Harlan County U.S.A.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2006 Nominee
EDA Female Focus Award
Hanging in There Award for Persistence
Shut Up & Sing
Shared with:
Cecilia Peck
2006 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Documentary by or About Women
Shut Up & Sing
Shared with:
Cecilia Peck
Traverse City Film Festival
2014 Winner
Mid-Live Achievement Award
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
2006 Winner
Courage in Filmmaking Award
Shut Up & Sing
Shared with:
Cecilia Peck
20/20 Awards
2011 Winner
Felix
Best Documentary
American Dream
Shared with:
Arthur Cohn
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2022 Winner
Pennebaker Award
American Film Festival
1990 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Documentary
American Dream
Athena Film Festival
2018 Winner
Athena List Winner
Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award
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