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Dava Whisenant Biography

Profession Editorial department, Editor, Producer, Director, Writer, Actress, Assistant director, Camera department

Awards

  • 2018Lost Weekend Award-Lost Weekend Audience Favorite: winner
  • 2018Lost Weekend Award-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2018SummerDocs Audience Award-: winner
  • 2018Grand Prize-Documentary Feature: nominated
  • 2018Humor & Humanity Award-: winner
  • 2018Audience Award-Top 20 Audience Favorites: nominated
  • 2018IDA Award-Best Music Documentary: nominated
  • 2018Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2018Honorable Mention-Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition: winner
  • 2018Grand Jury Prize-Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition: nominated
  • 2018Student Choice Award-: nominated
  • 2018Audience Choice Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2018Special Mention-Exuberance in Documentary Filmmaking: winner
  • 2018Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award-: winner
  • 2018Most Popular International Documentary Film-Documentary: winner
  • 2019Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
  • 2019Best Documentary Feature-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2019Audience Award-IFFR Audience Award: nominated
  • 2019John Schlesinger Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
  • 2019John Schlesinger Award-: nominated
  • 2019WGA Award (Screen)-Documentary Screenplay: winner
  • 2020Eddie-Best Edited Documentary - Non-Theatrical: nominated
  • 2025News and Documentary Emmy-Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary: nominated