Ben Cotner Biography

Awards

• 2014Les Blank Award-Feature Length Documentary: winner
• 2014Rogue Creamery Audience Award-Feature Length Documentary: winner
• 2014ACCA-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2014Jury Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Audience Award-: nominated
• 2014Humanitas Prize-Documentaries - Special Awards Category: nominated
• 2014People's Choice Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Jury Prize-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Best LGBT Film-: winner
• 2014Audience Choice Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Festival Favorites: winner
• 2014Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Special Jury Award-: nominated
• 2014Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2014Directing Award-Documentary: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2014Festival Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2015Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: nominated
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking: nominated
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking: nominated
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking: winner
• 2020Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: winner
• 2024Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: nominated
• 2024Emmy-Outstanding Long Sports Documentary: winner
• 2025News and Documentary Emmy-Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary: winner