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Michael Zimbalist Biography

Birth Name:Michael N. Zimbalist

Birth Place:Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

Profession Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

Awards

  • 2010Audience Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2010Best Screenplay-: winner
  • 2010International Jury Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2010Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
  • 2010Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
  • 2011Gold World Medal-Feature Documentaries: winner
  • 2011Gold World Medal-Biographies/Profiles: winner
  • 2011Gold World Medal-Feature Documentaries: winner
  • 2011Grand Award-Documentary: winner
  • 2011Emmy-Outstanding Sports Documentary: nominated
  • 2011Jury Prize-Best Feature Doc: winner
  • 2014Emmy-Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology: winner
  • 2018Jury Award-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2018Best International Film-The International Competition: nominated
  • 2018Golden Star-Feature Documentary Competition: nominated
  • 2018Best Feature Film-: winner
  • 2018Best Documentary Feature-: nominated
  • 2018Best Documentary-: nominated
  • 2018LAFA August Award-Best Picture: winner
  • 2018LAFA August Award-Best Inspirational Film: winner
  • 2018Best Documentary-Documentary: nominated
  • 2018Best of Fest Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2018Audience Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2018Silver Award-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2018Gold Award-: winner
  • 2018Best Documentary Feature-: nominated
  • 2018Audience Award-Documentary: nominated
  • 2018World Documentary Award-: winner
  • 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production: winner
  • 2019FOCAL Award-Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production: winner
  • 2019Gold World Medal-Community Portraits: winner
  • 2019Gold World Medal-Best Direction Television Craft Program: winner
  • 2019Gold World Medal-Feature Documentaries: winner
  • 2019Grand Award-Documentary: winner
  • 2019Gold World Medal-Best Writing: winner
  • 2019Gold World Medal-Best Editing: winner
  • 2019Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: nominated
  • 2019Emmy-Outstanding Research: nominated
  • 2019January - Zeus-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2019December - Ares-GRAND JURY PRIZE: winner
  • 2019Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics: nominated
  • 2019Emmy-Outstanding Long Sports Documentary: winner
  • 2019Emmy-Outstanding Long Sports Documentary: nominated
  • 2020Image Award-Outstanding Documentary (Television - Series or Special): nominated
  • 2020Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: winner
  • 2020Emmy-Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary: winner