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Jennifer Baichwal

Birth Name:
Jennifer Baichwal
Birth Place:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer, Assistant director
Jennifer Baichwal

Fast Facts

  • Has received the Jury Prize at the 2007 RiverRun International Film Festival
  • In 2007, she was awarded the Genie Award for Best Documentary
  • Was nominated for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema award
  • Won the 2003 Gemini Award for Best Arts Documentary
  • Earned her Master's degree before deciding to become a filmmaker
  • Attended McGill University, where she studied philosophy
  • Is widely recognized for her work on documentaries

Awards

  • 1999Genie - Best Feature Length Documentary:Nominated
  • 1999Jury Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2000Gemini - Best Direction in a Documentary Series:Winner
  • 2007Genie - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2007Best World DocumentaryNominated
  • 2007Jury Prize - Best Documentary:Winner
  • 2007Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary:Nominated
  • 2008Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2008Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
  • 2008Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2012Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Documentary:Nominated
  • 2013Rogers Award - Best Canadian Film:Winner
  • 2014Canadian Screen Award - Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award:Winner
  • 2014DGC Team Award - Allan King Award For Excellence in Documentary:Winner
  • 2014Depth of Field CompetitionNominated
  • 2017Best Canadian Feature FilmNominated
  • 2017People's Choice Award - Documentary:Nominated
  • 2018Excellence in Documentary - Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary:Winner
  • 2018Rogers Award - Best Canadian Film:Winner
  • 2018Best Canadian Feature FilmNominated
  • 2019Canadian Screen Award - Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award:Winner
  • 2019Global Health Competition - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2019Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Narration:Nominated
  • 2019Excellence in Documentary - Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary:Winner
  • 2019Jury Award - Best International Documentary:Nominated
  • 2019Green DoxNominated
  • 2019Documentary Award - Best International Feature Documentary:Nominated
  • 2019Pare Lorentz Award - Honorable MentionWinner
  • 2019Best Testimony on NatureWinner
  • 2019Documentary AwardNominated
  • 2019International AwardNominated
  • 2025Canadian Screen Award - Best Feature Length Documentary:Nominated
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