Lucy Walker (director) - Film Awards

Film Awards

• NOMINEE - Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series - BLUE'S CLUES, Daytime Emmy Awards 2001
• NOMINEE - Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series - BLUE'S CLUES, Daytime Emmy Awards 2002
• WINNER - Best Documentary - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, AFI DV Fest 2001
• WINNER - Grand Prize Best Film - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, AFI DV Fest 2001
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best Film - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, Sarasota International Film Festival 2002
• WINNER - Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, Karlovy-Vary International Film Festival 2002
• NOMINEE - Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction in a Documentary - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2003
• NOMINEE - Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing in a Documentary - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2003
• NOMINEE - Emmy Award for Best Documentary - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2003
• NOMINEE - Best Documentary - DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, Independent Spirit Awards 2003
• WINNER - Audience Award Panorama Publikumspreis for Best Film - BLINDSIGHT, Berlin International Film Festival 2007
• WINNER – Audience Award for Best Film (tie) - BLINDSIGHT, American Film Institute AFI Film Festival 2006
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best Documentary - BLINDSIGHT, Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best Film - BLINDSIGHT, Ghent Film Festival 2007
• NOMINEE – Best Documentary - BLINDSIGHT, British Independent Film Awards 2006
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary - WASTE LAND, Sundance Film Festival 2010
• NOMINEE - Grand Jury Prize for Best World Cinema Documentary - WASTE LAND, Sundance Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Audience Award Panorama Publikumspreis for Best Film- WASTE LAND, Berlin International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Amnesty International Award - WASTE LAND, Berlin International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best Film - WASTE LAND, Full Frame Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - HBO Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature - WASTE LAND, Provincetown International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary - WASTE LAND, Maui International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best Film - WASTE LAND, Paulinia Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Jury Award for Best Film - WASTE LAND, Paulinia Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, Dallas International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award - WASTE LAND, Dallas International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Best Documentary Golden Space Needle Award - WASTE LAND, Seattle International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, Durban International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Audience Choice Best Film - WASTE LAND, Durban International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award - WASTE LAND, Durban International Film Festival 2010
• NOMINEE - Peace Film Award - Unabhaengige - WASTE LAND, Filmfest Osnabrueck 2010
• NOMINEE - Humanitas Award - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, Humanitas Awards 2010
• WINNER - Crystal Heart Best Documentary Award - WASTE LAND, Heartland Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Human Spirit Award - WASTE LAND, EcoFocus Film Fest 2010
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best Feature Film - WASTE LAND, EcoFocus Film Fest 2010
• WINNER - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Jury Award - WASTE LAND, Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Roger's People's Choice Award - WASTE LAND, Vancouver International Film Festival 2010
• NOMINEE - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, Grierson Award for Best Documentary, London Film Festival 2010
• NOMINEE - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, British Independent Film Awards 2010
• WINNER - Prêmio Itamaraty for Best Documentary Feature - WASTE LAND, São Paulo International Film Festival, 2010
• WINNER - Special Jury Prize for Best Feature - WASTE LAND, Amazonas Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Audience Award - WASTE LAND, IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2010
• WINNER - Audience Award - WASTE LAND, Stockholm International Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - IDA Pare Lorentz Award - WASTE LAND, International Documentary Association Awards 2010
• WINNER - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, International Documentary Association Awards 2010
• WINNER - Grand Prix du Festival - WASTE LAND, International Environmental Film Festival 2010
• WINNER - Jury Award - WASTE LAND, Frozen River Film Festival 2011
• WINNER - Best of Festival - WASTE LAND, Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2011
• NOMINEE - Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Documentary of the Year - WASTE LAND, Cinema For Peace Awards 2011
• WINNER - Best in Festival - WASTE LAND, Princeton Environmental Film Festival 2011
• WINNER - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, Movies For Grownups Awards 2011
• WINNER - Best Documentary Feature Film Audience Choice Award - WASTE LAND, Sedona International Film Festival 2011
• WINNER - Keen Hybrid Life Filmmaker Grant - WASTE LAND, Boulder International Film Festival 2011
• WINNER - Audience Award (tie) - WASTE LAND, Environmental Film Festival at Yale 2011
• WINNER - Best Film, Investigation section - WASTE LAND, Levante International Film Festival 2011
• WINNER - Best Editing, Investigation section - WASTE LAND, Levante International Film Festival 2011
• WINNER - KEEN Hybrid Life Filmmaker Grant - WASTE LAND, Boulder International Film Festival 2011
• WINNER - Best Documentary - WASTE LAND, Sedona International Film Festival 2011
• NOMINEE - WASTE LAND, London Film Awards 2012
• WINNER - Green Fire Award, WASTE LAND, American Conservation Film Festival 2011
• NOMINEE - Best Documentary Feature - WASTE LAND, The 83rd Annual Academy Awards 2011
• WINNER - Audience Award - WASTE LAND, Addis Ababa International Film Festival 2012
• WINNER - Best Documentary Feature - WASTE LAND, Grande Premio do Cinema Brasileiro 2012
• WINNER - Best Documentary Editing - Pedro Kos - WASTE LAND, Grande Premio do Cinema Brasileiro 2012
• NOMINEE - Best Documentary - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO, International Press Academy Satellite Film Awards 2010
• NOMINEE - International Green Film Award - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO, Cinema For Peace Awards 2011
• NOMINEE - Arms Control Person(s) of the Year, Writer-Director Lucy Walker and her collaborators on COUNTDOWN TO ZERO, Arms Control Association 2010
• NOMINEE - Best Documentary Short - THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, The 84th Annual Academy Awards 2012
• WINNER - Short Film Jury Prize: Non-Fiction - THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, Sundance Film Festival 2012
• WINNER - Women In Film National Geographic All Roads Award - THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, Sundance Film Festival 2012
• WINNER - Polly Krakora Award for Artistry in Film – THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, DC Environmental Film Festival 2012
• WINNER - Laurissilva Award for Best Film - THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, Madeira Film Festival 2012
• WINNER - Audience Award for Best Short Film - THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, Florida Film Festival 2012
• WINNER - Best Documentary - THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, Nevada City Film Festival 2012
• WINNER - Best of the Fest - THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, Nevada City Film Festival 2012