Leon Lee Biography

Awards

• 2014Festival Prize-Best Documentary: winner
• 2015Best Documentary - Feature-Documentary: winner
• 2015Festival Award-Best Picture - Documentary: winner
• 2015Special Jury Award-Documentaries: winner
• 2015Leo-Best Short Documentary Program: nominated
• 2015Leo-Best Direction in a Documentary Program: nominated
• 2015Leo-Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series: nominated
• 2015Peabody Award-: winner
• 2015Board Choice Award-: winner
• 2015The Michael Sullivan FRONTLINE Award for Journalism in a Documentary Film-: winner
• 2016Canadian Screen Award-Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program: nominated
• 2016Grand Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2017Leo-Best Feature Length Documentary Program: winner
• 2017Leo-Best Direction in a Documentary Program: winner
• 2017Leo-Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Audience Award: winner
• 2018Festival Prize-Naked Message: winner
• 2018CINE Golden Eagle-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Canadian Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Silver Punt Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2018Best International Documentary-Best International Documentary: winner
• 2018Grand Jury Prize-Best International Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Jury Award-Breaking Docs: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Top 20 Audience Favorites: nominated
• 2018Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Audience Award: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2018St. Louis Film Critics Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Golden Strands-Outstanding Animated Film: winner
• 2019Banff Rockie Award-Investigative & Current Affairs Programs: nominated
• 2019Canadian Screen Award-Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award: nominated
• 2019Jury Award-Best Feature-Length Documentary: winner
• 2019Leo-Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Documentary: winner
• 2019Leo-Best Feature Length Documentary: nominated
• 2019Leo-Best Direction in a Feature Length Documentary: nominated
• 2021Audience Award-Narrative Feature: winner
• 2021Interfaith Award-Interfaith Competition: nominated
• 2022Stanley Award-Best Film On Human Rights: nominated
• 2022Stanley Award-Best Film Exposé: nominated