Justin Simien Biography

Awards

• 2014CFCA Award-Most Promising Filmmaker: nominated
• 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
• 2014Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award-: nominated
• 2014Audience Award-: nominated
• 2014ICP Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2014Nexty-Best Motion Picture By a New Filmmaker: winner
• 2014Directors to Watch-: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2014Futurewave Youth Jury Award-: winner
• 2014Special Jury Prize-Dramatic: winner
• 2014Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: nominated
• 2015Tops-: nominated
• 2015Black Reel-Outstanding Motion Picture: nominated
• 2015Black Reel-Outstanding Director, Motion Picture: nominated
• 2015Black Reel-Outstanding Screenplay (Original or Adapted), Motion Picture: nominated
• 2015COFCA Award-Breakthrough Film Artist: nominated
• 2015Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Independent Spirit Award-Best First Screenplay: winner
• 2015Independent Spirit Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2015Image Award-Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2015OFTA Film Award-Best Feature Debut: nominated
• 2017Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Series - Longform: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-Episodic: winner
• 2018Black Reel-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
• 2018Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2018Image Award-Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2019Image Award-Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2020Black Reel-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
• 2020Rondo Statuette-Best Independent Film: nominated
• 2023IDA Award-Best Multi-Part Documentary: nominated
• 2025Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2025Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: winner
• 2025Gotham TV Award-Breakthrough Nonfiction Series: nominated
• 2025News and Documentary Emmy-Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary: nominated