Melissa Haizlip Biography

Awards

• 2018Audience Award-Feature Documentary: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Documentary Film: winner
• 2018aGLIFF Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Top 20 Audience Favorites: nominated
• 2018Best Sounds Feature-: winner
• 2018IDA Award-Best Music Documentary: winner
• 2018HBO Competition Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2018Jury Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2018Jury Prize-Best Documentary: winner
• 2018Documentary Prize-Feature Length: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in an Arts Production: nominated
• 2019FOCAL Award-Student Jury Award for Most Inspiring Use of Archive: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a History Production: nominated
• 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production: winner
• 2019FOCAL Award-Student Jury Award for Most Inspiring Use of Archive: winner
• 2020Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best First Documentary Feature: winner
• 2021Black Reel-Outstanding Independent Documentary: winner
• 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film: nominated
• 2021Image Award-Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture): nominated
• 2021Image Award-Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture): winner