Emily Kassie Biography

Awards

• 2015Student Academy Award-Documentary: winner
• 2024Audience Award-Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2024Best Indigenous Feature-: winner
• 2024Checkpoints Award-Best Human Rights Documentary: nominated
• 2024Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award-: nominated
• 2024Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s): nominated
• 2024Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2024Human Rights Award-Human Rights Dox: nominated
• 2024Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024Political Film Award-Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Prize: winner
• 2024Special Jury Prize-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024IDA Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2024IDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2024Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award-Best Film: winner
• 2024Best Documentary-: winner
• 2024Grand Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024John Schlesinger Award-Best Director of a Documentary Film: winner
• 2024Red Nation Film Award of Excellence-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024Golden Gate Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2024Grand Jury Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2024Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention-: winner
• 2024Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2024Directing Award-U.S. Documentary: winner
• 2024New Directors Competition-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2025Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025EDA Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2025Windie-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: winner
• 2025Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for Justice: nominated
• 2025DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2025Truer Than Fiction Award-: nominated
• 2025LEJA Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025Social Impact Media Award-Documentary Feature: nominated