The Passionate Eye: Awards

Academy Awards

Nominated Best Documentary 2007
No End in Sight

WINNER Best Documentary 2005
Born into Brothels

WINNER Best Documentary 2002
Bowling for Columbine

Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival

WINNER Best Documentary 2007
Stranded

Asian Pacific Film Festival

WINNER Special Jury Prize 2008
Up the Yangtze

Banff TV Festival

WINNER Best Canadian TV Program 2008
Up the Yangtze

WINNER Best Political Documentary 2008
Iron Ladies of Liberia

WINNER Best Investigative and Current Affairs Program 2008
On Tour with the Taliban

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, Best Over-all Program 2008
51 Birch Street

Emmys

WINNER Best Documentary 2007
Shake Hands with the Devil

WINNER Best Investigative Documentary 2008
Sex Slaves

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

WINNER Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award 2008
Up the Yangtze

WINNER Best Documentay 2008
Burma VJ

Gemini Awards

WINNER Best Social Political Documentary 2005
Runaway Grooms

WINNER Best Editing 2005
Shake Hands with the Devil

George Polk Award in Journalism

WINNER Documentary Reporting
Boogieman: Lee Atwater, King of Dirty Tricks

Genie Awards

WINNER Best Documentary 2008
Up the Yangtze

Golden Horse Film Festival

WINNER Best Documentary 2008
Up the Yangtze

Hot Docs Film Festival

WINNER Don Haig Award 2008
Up the Yangtze

International Human Rights Film Festival

WINNER 2007
Enemies of Happiness

The Peabody Awards

WINNER 2008
Mapping Stem Cell Research

RiverRun International Film Festival

WINNER Jury Prize 2008
Up the Yangtze

San Francisco International Film Festival

WINNER Documentry Feature 2008
Up the Yangtze

Sundance Film Festival

WINNER Grand Jury Prize 2007
Enemies of Happiness

WINNER Special Jury Prize 2007
No End in Sight

WINNER Audience Choice Award 2005
Shake Hands with the Devil

WINNER Grand Jury Prize 2005
Why We Fight

Vancouver Film Festival

WINNER Best Documentary 2007
Up the Yangtze

Yorkton Film Festival

WINNER Best Nature/Environment 2008
Buried At Sea

See awards from earlier years.