David France Biography

Awards

• 2012BSFC Award-Best New Filmmaker: winner
• 2012Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2012ICP Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2012NYFCC Award-Best First Film: winner
• 2012Audience Award-The John Schlesinger Award for First-time Filmmaker: winner
• 2012Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2013Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: nominated
• 2013Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2013Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film: nominated
• 2013Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: nominated
• 2013DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2013Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2013Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2013INOCA-Best Documentary: winner
• 2013Audience Award-Documentary: winner
• 2013OFTA Film Award-Best Feature Debut: nominated
• 2014Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2017Freedom Award-: winner
• 2017Grand Jury Award-: nominated
• 2017Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2020Checkpoints Award-: winner
• 2020Teddy-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2020Panorama Audience Award-Documentary Film: winner
• 2020Amnesty International Film Prize-: winner
• 2020Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2020Best Film-International Competition: nominated
• 2020Audience Award-Special Presentations: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Top 20 Audience Favorites: nominated
• 2020Human Rights Film Award-Human Rights Competition: winner
• 2020Knight Documentary Achievement Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Amnesty International Award-: winner
• 2020Bydgoszcz ART.DOC Award - Special Mention-: winner
• 2020Right to Know Competition-: winner
• 2020New Waves Non-Fiction Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2020Audience Award-Best Foreign Documentary: winner
• 2020Mermaid Award-: winner
• 2020FIPRESCI Prize-International Competition: winner
• 2020Golden Alexander-International Competition: winner
• 2021Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2021Audience Award-Docs: nominated
• 2021BAFTA TV Award-International: winner
• 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking: winner
• 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: winner
• 2021Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: winner
• 2021DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2021Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2021Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation-: winner
• 2021IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2021Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: nominated
• 2022Publikumspreis-Lieblingsfilme des Publikums: winner
• 2023Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health: winner
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary: winner