Asif Kapadia Biography

Awards

• 2001Sutherland Trophy-: winner
• 2001Douglas Hickox Award-: winner
• 2001Golden Hitchcock-: winner
• 2001Golden Seashell-: nominated
• 2002European Film Award-European Discovery: nominated
• 2003BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
• 2003Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer-: winner
• 2003Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: winner
• 2003Evening Standard British Film Award-Most Promising Newcomer: winner
• 2003ALFS Award-British Newcomer of the Year: nominated
• 2011Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2011AFCA Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2011DFCC-Breakthrough Artist - International: nominated
• 2011Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2011Audience Award-Best International Feature: winner
• 2011Most Popular Documentary-: winner
• 2011NBR Award-Top Five Documentaries: winner
• 2011Audience Award-World Cinema - Documentary: winner
• 2011Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: nominated
• 2012BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2012Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
• 2012Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2012Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2012Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2012Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2012INOCA-Best Documentary: winner
• 2012ALFS Award-Documentary of the Year: winner
• 2015ACCA-Best Documentary Feature Film: winner
• 2015British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Golden Eye-: nominated
• 2015Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2015Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2015Best Documentary Feature Film-: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-: nominated
• 2015European Film Award-European Documentary: winner
• 2015Lost Weekend Award-Best Soundtrack: winner
• 2015Hollywood Film Award-Documentary of the Year: winner
• 2015IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2015LAFCA Award-Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: winner
• 2016Oscar-Best Documentary, Feature: winner
• 2016EDA Award-Best Documentary Feature Film: winner
• 2016Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
• 2016BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2016Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2016Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2016Grammy-Best Music Film: winner
• 2016INOCA-Best Documentary: winner
• 2016NTFCA Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019British Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019British Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Golden Eye-: nominated
• 2019CineDocs Prize-: nominated
• 2019Variety Piazza Grande Award-: nominated
• 2019Grand Jury Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature of the Decade: nominated
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
• 2024Documentary Director Award-: winner
• 2024Official Fantàstic Competition-Best Motion Picture: nominated
• 2025Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for The Political Film of the Year: nominated