| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Documentary, Features for: Sicko (2007) Shared with: Meghan O'Hara |
| 2003 | gagné | Oscar |
Best Documentary, Features for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) Shared with: Michael Donovan |
| Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | gagné | Audience Award |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| Aspen Filmfest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | gagné | Audience Award |
Audience Favorite Documentary for: The Big One (1997) |
| Atlantic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | gagné | Audience Award |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| Australian Film Institute | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Best Foreign Film Award |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) Shared with: Charles Bishop Jim Czarnecki Michael Donovan Kathleen Glynn |
| Bergen International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | gagné | Audience Award |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | gagné | Peace Film Award - Honorable Mention |
for: Roger & Me (1989) |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
| 2004 | gagné | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | gagné | FIPRESCI Prize |
Competition for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
| Golden Palm |
for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
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| 2002 | gagné | 55th Anniversary Prize |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) Unanimously. |
| Nominated | Golden Palm |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
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| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) USA. |
| 2003 | gagné | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) USA. |
| Denver International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | gagné | People's Choice Award |
Documentary Film for: The Big One (1997) |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality) for: "The Awful Truth" (1999) Shared with: Kathleen Glynn (executive producer) Michael Donovan (executive producer) Dave Hamilton (co-executive producer) Charlie Siskel (supervising producer) Tia Lessin (supervising producer) Rob Huebel (producer) Marc Henry Johnson (producer) Nick McKinney (producer) |
| 1999 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Non-Fiction Series for: "The Awful Truth" (1999) Shared with: Kathleen Glynn (executive producer) Ellin Baumel Dave Hamilton (supervising producer) Tia Lessin (senior producer) Annie Cohen (head writer) Francis Gasparini (writer) Jay Martel (writer) Nick McKinney (writer) Henriette Mantel (writer) |
| 1996 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Informational Series for: "TV Nation" (1994) Shared with: Kathleen Glynn Jerry Kupfer (supervising producer) Annie Cohen (writer) John Derevlany (writer) Francis Gasparini (writer) Jay Martel (writer) Jeff Stilson (writer) Louis Theroux (writer) |
| 1995 | gagné | Emmy |
Outstanding Informational Series for: "TV Nation" (1994) Shared with: Jerry Kupfer (supervising producer) David Wald (senior producer) Kathleen Glynn (producer) Eric Zicklin (writer) Steve Sherrill (writer) Chris Kelly (writer) Randy Cohen (writer) |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Screen International Award |
for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) USA. |
| Gotham Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | gagné | Filmmaker Award | |
| Nominated | Best Documentary |
for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
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| Hollywood Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | gagné | Hollywood Movie of the Year |
for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | gagné | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Documentary for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| International Documentary Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | gagné | IDA Award |
Feature Documentaries for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Shared with: Kathleen Glynn Jim Czarnecki Tied with Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004). |
| 1998 | Nominated | IDA Award |
Feature Documentaries for: And Justice for All (1998) (TV) |
| 1990 | gagné | IDA Award |
for: Roger & Me (1989) |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | gagné | Kinema Junpo Award |
Best Foreign Language Film Director for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | gagné | Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award |
Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures for: Sicko (2007) Shared with: Meghan O'Hara |
| 1995 | gagné | Nova Award |
Most Promising Producer in Television for: "TV Nation" (1994) |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | gagné | Audience Award |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| Sarajevo Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | gagné | Audience Award |
for: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
| Sudbury Cinéfest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | gagné | Audience Award |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| São Paulo International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | gagné | Audience Award |
Best Documentary for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| Toronto International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | gagné | People's Choice Award |
for: Roger & Me (1989) |
| Turia Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | gagné | Turia Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| U.S. Comedy Arts Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | gagné | Freedom of Speech Award | |
| Vancouver International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | gagné | Most Popular Film |
for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| 1989 | gagné | Most Popular Film |
for: Roger & Me (1989) |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | Documentary Screenplay Award |
for: Sicko (2007) |
| 2003 | gagné | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Original Screenplay for: Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
| 2001 | Nominated | WGA Award (TV) |
Documentary - Current Events for: "The Awful Truth" (1999) Shared with: Nick McKinney For the feature "Holiday Inn Attempts To deport Its Mexican Housekeepers For Organizing A Union". |
| 2000 | Nominated | WGA Award (TV) |
Documentary - Current Events for: "The Awful Truth" (1999) Shared with: Annie Cohen Francis Gasparini Henriette Mantel Jay Martel Nick McKinney For the segment "HMO Funeral". |