Lucy Walker Biography

Awards

• 2001Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series: nominated
• 2002Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series: nominated
• 2002Best Documentary - Special Mention-: winner
• 2002Audience Award-Best Comedy: winner
• 2003Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2003Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Direction: nominated
• 2006Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2007Panorama Audience Award-: winner
• 2007Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2007Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2010Special Jury Award-Best Film: winner
• 2010Grierson Award-: nominated
• 2010Amnesty International Film Prize-: winner
• 2010Panorama Audience Award-: winner
• 2010Amnesty Award-: nominated
• 2010Gold Hugo-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2010Target Filmmaker Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2010Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2010Best Documentary-: winner
• 2010Special Jury Prize-Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award: winner
• 2010Crystal Heart Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2010Humanitas Prize-Documentaries - Special Awards Category: nominated
• 2010IDA Award-Distinguished Feature Documentary: winner
• 2010Pare Lorentz Award-: winner
• 2010Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2010Audience Award-Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário): winner
• 2010Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2010Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2010Audience Award-: winner
• 2010Audience Award-World Cinema - Documentary: winner
• 2010Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: nominated
• 2010Itamaraty Award-Best Brazilian Documentary: winner
• 2010Most Popular Film-: winner
• 2011Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: nominated
• 2011BIFF Award-Keen Hybrid Life Filmmaker Grant: winner
• 2011Cinema for Peace Award-International Green Film Award: nominated
• 2011Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2011Honorable Mention-Feature Film (Longa Metragem): winner
• 2011Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2011Satellite Award-Best Documentary DVD: nominated
• 2011Director's Choice Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2011Audience Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2011Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2011Audience Award-: winner
• 2011Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2012ACIE Award-Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário): winner
• 2012Oscar-Best Documentary, Short Subjects: nominated
• 2012Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário): winner
• 2012Premio Guarani-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2012EDA Award-Best Female-Directed Film: nominated
• 2012Women in Film National Geographic All Roads Award-: winner
• 2012Short Film Jury Prize-Non-Fiction: winner
• 2012Short Film Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
• 2013Audience Award-Audience Award: winner
• 2013Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2013Most Popular Documentary-: winner
• 2013Grand Jury Prize-Knight Documentary Competition: nominated
• 2013Festival Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2013Silver St. George-Best Film of the Documentary Competition: nominated
• 2013Best Documentary Film-: winner
• 2013Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2013Emmy-Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form: nominated
• 2013Best Documentary Film-: winner
• 2013Audience Award-Festival Favourites: winner
• 2013Audience Award-Festival Favorites: winner
• 2013Documentary Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2013Documentary Award-: nominated
• 2013Kids Film Award-Student Film Award: winner
• 2013Best Mountain Culture Film-Mountain Culture Compeition: winner
• 2013Audience Award-: nominated
• 2013Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2014Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television: winner
• 2014Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2014DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2014Youth Jury Award-: winner
• 2014Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: winner
• 2014Sheffield Short Doc Award-: nominated
• 2014Short Film Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
• 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking: winner
• 2016Emmy-Outstanding Short Documentary: nominated
• 2021Emmy-Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology: nominated
• 2021Bronze Horse-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023People's Choice Award-Documentary: nominated
• 2024Golden Gate Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2025Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment: nominated
• 2025Emmy-Outstanding Long Sports Documentary: winner