Michael Cuesta Biography

Awards

• 2001BSFC Award-Best New Filmmaker: winner
• 2001New Director's Award-: winner
• 2001Open Palm Award-: nominated
• 2001Grand Jury Award-Outstanding American Narrative Feature: winner
• 2001Festival Prize-Best Feature Film - 35mm: winner
• 2001Bronze Horse-: nominated
• 2001Best Directorial Debut-: winner
• 2001Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: nominated
• 2002Jury Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2002Jury Prize-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2002Jury Special Prize-: winner
• 2002Grand Special Prize-: nominated
• 2002Independent Spirit Award-Best First Screenplay: nominated
• 2002Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2002Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2002Best Film-: winner
• 2002Best Feature Film-: nominated
• 2002Special Jury Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2003Directors' Week Award-Best Director: winner
• 2003Directors' Week Award-Best Film: winner
• 2006Grand Special Prize-: nominated
• 2007John Cassavetes Award-: nominated
• 2008PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
• 2011Best Feature-: winner
• 2012DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series: nominated
• 2012INOCA TV-Best Episode of a Drama Series: nominated
• 2012OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Drama Series: nominated
• 2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: nominated
• 2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
• 2013BAFTA TV Award-Best International: nominated
• 2013DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series: nominated
• 2013OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Drama Series: nominated
• 2013PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
• 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
• 2014PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
• 2015Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Best American Film: winner