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Jamila Wignot
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Primetime Emmy Awards (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
International Documentary Association (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (3)
Seattle International Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (1)
SXSW Film Festival (1)
São Paulo International Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (1)
Gotham TV Awards (1)
4 wins & 9 nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
2008 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
American Experience
For episode "Walt Whitman".
Shared with:
Mark Samels
·
Mark Zwonitzer
Image Awards (NAACP)
2022 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
Ailey
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2023 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Shared with:
Sierra Pettengill
·
Sara Archambault
International Documentary Association
2023 Winner
Video Source Award
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Shared with:
Sierra Pettengill
·
Sara Archambault
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2015 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
Makers: Women Who Make America
Shared with:
Peter W. Kunhardt
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Dyllan McGee
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Maureen Sullivan
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Bill Gardner
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Rachel Dretzin
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Michael Epstein
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Nancy Armstrong
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Caroline Waterlow
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Betsy West
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Mikaela Beardsley
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Heidi Ewing
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Melissa Gomez
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Rachel Grady
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Rory Kennedy
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Grace Lee
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Leah Williams
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Sara Wolitzky
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George Kunhardt
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Teddy Kunhardt
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Patricia Bischetti
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Deborah Clancy Porfido
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Mark Bailey
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Kristin Lesko
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Stef Gordon
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Linda Goldstein Knowlton
2014 Winner
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Shared with:
Julie Anderson
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Peter W. Kunhardt
·
Dyllan McGee
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Stephen Segaller
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Rachel Dretzin
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Leslie Asako Gladsjo
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Sabin Streeter
·
Phil Bertelsen
2014 Winner
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Shared with:
Julie Anderson
·
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Dyllan McGee
·
Peter W. Kunhardt
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Rebecca Brillhart
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Leslie Asako Gladsjo
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Rachel Dretzin
·
Phil Bertelsen
·
Sabin Streeter
·
Stephen Segaller
Seattle International Film Festival
2013 Nominee
Documentary Award
Town Hall
Shared with:
Sierra Pettengill
Sundance Film Festival
2021 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Ailey
SXSW Film Festival
2024 Winner
Audience Award
TV Premieres
STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.
Shared with:
Kara Elverson
São Paulo International Film Festival
2021 Nominee
New Directors Competition
Best Film
Ailey
Black Reel Awards
2022 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
Ailey
Gotham TV Awards
2024 Nominee
Gotham TV Award
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.
Shared with:
Nicholas Ferrall
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Jody Gerson
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Lisa Heller
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Tina Nguyen
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Scott Pascucci
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Nigel Sinclair
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Michele Smith
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Caroline Waterlow
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Ezra Edelman
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Sophia Dilley
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Charlie Cohen
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Ron Broitman
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David Blackman
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Nancy Abraham
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