Joe Brewster Biography

Awards

• 1996Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: nominated
• 1997Someone to Watch Award-: nominated
• 2013Jury Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2013Best Documentary-: winner
• 2013Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2013Special Jury Prize-Documentary: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2014Bloggers Award-Bloggers Award: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best American Feature Film: nominated
• 2015Emmy-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2015Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Current News Story-Long Form: nominated
• 2015Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Audience Award-Audience Awards: winner
• 2021Canadian Screen Award-Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award: nominated
• 2023Rogue Award-Rogue Award: winner
• 2023Audience Award-Best Feature Documentary: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Short Documentary: nominated
• 2023Gold Hugo-Best Documentary Short: nominated
• 2023Maysles Brothers Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Audience Award: nominated
• 2023Jury Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-Outstanding Documentary Feature: winner
• 2023Freep Film Festival Award-Best of Festival: winner
• 2023Best Documentary Feature-: winner
• 2023IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2023Documentary Shorts Competition-: nominated
• 2023Jury Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2023Jury Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2023Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: winner
• 2023Best Documentary Short-Best Documentary Short: winner
• 2023Festival Prize-Best Documentary: winner
• 2024Black Reel-Outstanding Short Film: winner
• 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking: winner
• 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2024National Edward R. Murrow Award-Excellence in Video: winner
• 2024Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: winner