| Academy
Awards, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003
| Won | 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
| Won | Audience
Award | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| Aspen
Filmfest |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997
| Won | Audience
Award | Audience Favorite Documentary for: Big
One, The (1997) |
| |
| Atlantic
Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002
| Won | 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
| Won | Audience
Award | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| Berlin
International Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990
| Won | Peace
Film Award - Honorable Mention | for: Roger
& Me (1989) |
| |
| Bodil
Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004
| Won | Bodil |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| Cannes
Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004
| Won | FIPRESCI
Prize | Competition for: Fahrenheit
9/11 (2004) |
| Golden
Palm | for: Fahrenheit
9/11 (2004) |
| |
| 2002
| Won | 55th
Anniversary Prize | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) Unanimously. |
| Nominated | Golden
Palm | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| César
Awards, France |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003
| Won | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) USA. |
| |
| Denver
International Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997
| Won | People's
Choice Award | Documentary Film for: Big
One, The (1997) |
| |
| Emmy
Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001
| Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality) for: "Awful
Truth, The" (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: "Awful
Truth, The" (1999) Shared with: Kathleen
Glynn (executive producer) Ellin Baumel
Dave Hamilton (supervising producer)
Tia Lessin (senior producer) Ann 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) Jon
Derevlany (writer) Francis Gasparini (writer)
Jay Martel (writer) Jeff
Stilson (writer) Louis Theroux (writer)
|
| |
|
1995 | Won | Emmy |
Outstanding Informational Series for: "TV
Nation" (1994) Shared with: Kathleen
Glynn Jerry Kupfer (supervising producer)
Eric Zicklin (writer) Stephen Sherrill
(writer) Chris Kelly (writer) Randy
Cohen (writer) |
| |
| Independent
Spirit Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003
| Won | Independent
Spirit Award | Best Documentary for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| International
Documentary Association |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998
| Nominated | IDA
Award | Feature Documentaries for: And
Justice for All (1998) (TV) |
| |
| 1990
| Won | IDA
Award | for: Roger
& Me (1989) |
| |
| Kinema
Junpo Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003
| Won | Kinema
Junpo Award | Best Foreign Language Film Director for:
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
|
| |
|
PGA Golden Laurel Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995
| Won | Nova
Award | Most Promising Producer in Television for:
"TV Nation" (1994)
|
| |
|
Robert Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004
| Nominated | Robert |
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| San
Sebastián International Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002
| Won | Audience
Award | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| Sudbury
Cinéfest |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002
| Won | Audience
Award | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| São
Paulo International Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002
| Won | Audience
Award | Best Documentary for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| Toronto
International Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002
| 3rd place | People's
Choice Award | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| 1989
| Won | People's
Choice Award | for: Roger
& Me (1989) |
| |
| U.S.
Comedy Arts Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003
| Won | Freedom
of Speech Award | |
| |
|
Vancouver
International Film Festival |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002
| Won | Most
Popular Film | for: Bowling
for Columbine (2002) |
| |
| 1989
| Won | Most
Popular Film | for: Roger
& Me (1989) |
| |
| Writers
Guild of America, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003
| Won | WGA
Award (Screen) | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the
Screen for: Bowling for Columbine (2002)
|
| |
|
2001 | Nominated | WGA
Award (TV) | Documentary - Current Events for:
"Awful Truth, The" (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:
"Awful Truth, The" (1999) Shared
with: Annie Cohen Francis
Gasparini Henriette Mantel Jay
Martel Nick McKinney For the
segment "HMO Funeral". |
| |