Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Biography

Awards

• 2008Audience Award-Best Foreign Documentary: winner
• 2009Pare Lorentz Award-: nominated
• 2009Impact of Music Award-: winner
• 2009Emerging Woman Award-: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2015Lost Weekend Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2015Audience Award-IDFA Audience Award: nominated
• 2015Documentary Award-: nominated
• 2015Grand Jury Prize-Documentary Competition: nominated
• 2015Golden Goblet-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2015Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Documentary: winner
• 2015Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2016Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: winner
• 2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2016Truer Than Fiction Award-: winner
• 2016Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2018Harrell Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018Capri Documentary Award-: winner
• 2018Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-IDFA Audience Award: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Valley of the Docs: winner
• 2018SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018People's Choice Award-Documentary: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019EDA Award-Best Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Docs: nominated
• 2019ACCA-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2019BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2019Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: winner
• 2019Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: winner
• 2019DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-: winner
• 2019Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2019INOCA-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019MCFCA Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2019OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: nominated
• 2019PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program: winner
• 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature of the Decade: nominated
• 2020WIN Award-Outstanding Film Directed by a Woman: nominated
• 2021Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021Audience Choice Award-Documentary Special Presentation: winner
• 2021Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2021Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2021Audience Award-Documentary: winner
• 2021People's Choice Award-Documentary: winner
• 2022BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2022CIC Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2022Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: winner
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2022Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: nominated
• 2022DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2022Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2022LEJA Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2022Wyborcza.pl Big Screen Doc Award-: nominated
• 2022Emmy-Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary: winner
• 2022Emmy-Outstanding Direction: Documentary: winner
• 2022SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Documentary Spotlight: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2024Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment: nominated
• 2025Best International Documentary-Best International Documentary: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Anthology Series: nominated
• 2025Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: nominated
• 2025Gracie-Director - Documentary: winner
• 2025Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution-Best Film: nominated
• 2025Documentary Award-Best Film: winner
• 2025Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature-: nominated