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JR Biography

Profession Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Cinematographer

Awards

  • 2010Golden Camera-: nominated
  • 2017International Documentary Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2017Grierson Award-Documentary Film: nominated
  • 2017Golden Eye-: winner
  • 2017CIFCC Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
  • 2017Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2017Maysles Brothers Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2017Golden Anchor Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2017IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
  • 2017Master of Short Art-Shorts: winner
  • 2017People's Choice Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2017Audience Award-Mind the Gap: winner
  • 2017SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2017Audience Award-Best Foreign Documentary: winner
  • 2017People's Choice Award-Documentary: winner
  • 2017Most Popular International Documentary Film-Documentary: winner
  • 2017VVFP Award-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2018Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
  • 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: nominated
  • 2018César-Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire): nominated
  • 2018Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2018Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2018Lumiere Award-Best Documentary (Meilleur documentaire): winner
  • 2018Master of Art-Best Film: winner
  • 2018OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: winner
  • 2019Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2019Gopo Award-Best European Film (Cel mai bun film european): nominated
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature of the Decade: nominated
  • 2021Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution-Best Film: winner
  • 2021Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice-: winner
  • 2021Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2022Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: nominated