Jeff Zimbalist Biography

Awards

• 2005Best Documentary-: winner
• 2005Best of Festival-: winner
• 2005Best Feature Documentary-: winner
• 2005IDA Award-Feature Documentaries: winner
• 2005Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2005Best Documentary Film-: winner
• 2005Audience Favorite-Feature: winner
• 2005Audience Choice Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2005Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2005Jury Award-Best New Documentary Director: winner
• 2006Best Feature-Best Feature: winner
• 2006Best of the Fest-Documentary Feature Competition: winner
• 2006Sydney Film Prize-Best Documentary: winner
• 2006Best Editing-Festival Competition: winner
• 2007Christopher Award-Television & Cable: winner
• 2007Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming: nominated
• 2007Open Eyes Jury Award-: winner
• 2010Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2010Best Film Editing-: winner
• 2010Best Screenplay-: winner
• 2010International Jury Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2010Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2010Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2011Gold World Medal-Biographies/Profiles: winner
• 2011Gold World Medal-Best Editing: winner
• 2011Gold World Medal-Feature Documentaries: winner
• 2011Grand Award-Documentary: winner
• 2011Gold World Medal-Feature Documentaries: winner
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Sports Documentary: nominated
• 2011Jury Prize-Best Feature Doc: winner
• 2014Emmy-Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology: winner
• 2018Jury Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2018Best International Film-The International Competition: nominated
• 2018Golden Star-Feature Documentary Competition: nominated
• 2018Best Feature Film-: winner
• 2018Best Documentary Feature-: nominated
• 2018Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2018LAFA August Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2018LAFA August Award-Best Inspirational Film: winner
• 2018Best Documentary-Documentary: nominated
• 2018Best of Fest Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Silver Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2018Gold Award-: winner
• 2018Best Documentary Feature-: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Documentary: nominated
• 2018World Documentary Award-: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production: winner
• 2019Gold World Medal-Community Portraits: winner
• 2019Gold World Medal-Feature Documentaries: winner
• 2019Grand Award-Documentary: winner
• 2019Gold World Medal-Best Editing: winner
• 2019Gold World Medal-Best Direction Television Craft Program: winner
• 2019Gold World Medal-Best Writing: winner
• 2019Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: nominated
• 2019Emmy-Outstanding Research: nominated
• 2019January - Zeus-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019December - Ares-GRAND JURY PRIZE: winner
• 2019Emmy-Outstanding Long Sports Documentary: winner
• 2019Emmy-Outstanding Long Sports Documentary: nominated
• 2019Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics: nominated
• 2020Image Award-Outstanding Documentary (Television - Series or Special): nominated
• 2020Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: winner
• 2020Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: nominated
• 2020Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: winner
• 2020Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming - Editing: nominated
• 2022Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2022Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Documentary: nominated
• 2022Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2022Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Documentary: nominated
• 2023Christopher Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023Audience Award-Runner Up: nominated
• 2023Grand Jury Prize-U.S. Competition: nominated
• 2023IDA Award-Best TV Feature Documentary or Mini-Series: nominated
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary: nominated
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2023Audience Award-Industry Audience Award Winner: winner
• 2024Movies for Grownups Award-Best Movie for Grownups: nominated
• 2024Jury Prize-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment: nominated
• 2024Image Award-Outstanding Documentary (Film): winner
• 2024Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2024Knight Documentary Achievement Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024Emmy-Outstanding Documentary Series - Serialized: nominated
• 2024Emmy-Outstanding Graphic Design: nominated
• 2024Emmy-Outstanding Documentary Series - Serialized: winner
• 2024Emmy-Outstanding Graphic Design - Specialty: winner
• 2024Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated