Matt Wolf Biography

Awards

• 2008Teddy-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2008Sound & Vision Award-: nominated
• 2008Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2013No Violence Award-: winner
• 2013Grierson Award-: nominated
• 2013Best International Documentary-: nominated
• 2013Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2015Short Film Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2019Golden Athena-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Grand Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2019Best Documentary Feature-: nominated
• 2020Knight Documentary Achievement Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Sitges Documenta Award-: nominated
• 2020Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2021Audience Award-Docs: nominated
• 2021FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural World Production: nominated
• 2025Gotham TV Award-Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming: winner
• 2025Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program: winner
• 2025Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: winner
• 2026Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film: nominated
• 2026DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Series / News: nominated
• 2026Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: nominated