Matthew Heineman Biography

Awards

• 2012Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights-: winner
• 2012Crystal Heart Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2012Achievement Award-Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking: winner
• 2012Best Documentary Feature-Best Documentary: winner
• 2012React to Film Social Issue Award-: winner
• 2012Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2013Best Feature-Documentary: nominated
• 2014Emmy-Outstanding Science and Technology Programming: nominated
• 2015Honorable Mention-Best Documentary: winner
• 2015ACCA-Best Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Best American Feature Film: nominated
• 2015Best Feature Documentary Award-: nominated
• 2015George Polk Award-Documentary Film Award: winner
• 2015Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-: nominated
• 2015Political Film Award-: nominated
• 2015Courage Under Fire Award-: winner
• 2015Audience Award-IDFA Audience Award: nominated
• 2015Golden Rock Documentary Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2015Jury Bravery Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2015Festival Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2015Silver St. George-Best Film of the Documentary Competition: winner
• 2015Best Documentary Film-: winner
• 2015Audience Award-: winner
• 2015Grand Jury Award-: nominated
• 2015Tim Hetherington Award-: winner
• 2015Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2015Directing Award-Documentary: winner
• 2015Cinematography Award-Documentary: winner
• 2015Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2016Oscar-Best Documentary, Feature: nominated
• 2016Docs-: nominated
• 2016BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: nominated
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: winner
• 2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: winner
• 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2016Documentary of the Year-Documentary of the Year: winner
• 2016Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: winner
• 2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming: nominated
• 2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program: winner
• 2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: nominated
• 2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2016Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2017ACCA-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2017CPH:DOX Award-DOX:AWARD: nominated
• 2017Politiken's Audience Award-: winner
• 2017Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017Silver Heart Award-: winner
• 2017Jury Award-ConScience Award: winner
• 2017Audience Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2017IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2017Courage Under Fire Award-: winner
• 2017Video Source Award-: nominated
• 2017In Spirit for Freedom Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2017People's Choice Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2017Bruce Sinofsky Prize - Special Jury Prize-Direction: winner
• 2017Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature-: nominated
• 2017Fritz-Gerlich-Preis-: winner
• 2017SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2017Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2017Grand Jury Award-: winner
• 2017Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2018BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: 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 Production: nominated
• 2018Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: nominated
• 2018DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: winner
• 2018Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018IDA Award-Best Episodic Series: winner
• 2018OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: nominated
• 2018PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2018Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: nominated
• 2019Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast: nominated
• 2019DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film: nominated
• 2021Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2021Knight Documentary Achievement Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2021Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature-: nominated
• 2021David Carr Award for Truth in Non-Fiction Filmmaking-: winner
• 2021Emmy-Outstanding Direction: Documentary: winner
• 2021Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2021Emmy-Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary: nominated
• 2021Feature Competiton Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2021Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: winner
• 2022Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove on Global Health: nominated
• 2022Best Documentary-Best Political Documentary: nominated
• 2022Features Award-Producing Award: winner
• 2022Pare Lorentz Award-: winner
• 2022IDA Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2022Documentary Award-Best Film: winner
• 2022Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature-: nominated
• 2022Emmy-Outstanding Direction: Documentary: nominated
• 2022Emmy-Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary: winner
• 2022Emmy-Outstanding Editing: Documentary: winner
• 2022Emmy-Best Documentary: winner
• 2022NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2022PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2023Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2023Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2023Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2023DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2023Grierson Award-Best Current Affairs Documentary: winner
• 2023Director Spotlight Award-Documentary Spotlight Award: winner
• 2023Documentary Filmmaker Award-: winner
• 2023Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary: winner
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Editing: Documentary: winner
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Direction: Documentary: nominated
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary: winner
• 2023PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2023Directorial Achievement Award-: winner
• 2023Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2023Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024Eddie-Best Edited Documentary - Theatrical: nominated
• 2024BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2024Windie-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2024Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2024Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: nominated
• 2024Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024LEJA Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: winner