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Nick Broomfield

Birth Name:
Nicholas Broomfield
Birth Place:
London, United Kingdom
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer, Sound department, Editor, Cinematographer, Actor
Nick Broomfield

Fast Facts

  • Awarded honorary doctorates from Essex and Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
  • Is a founding member of the Morecambe Bay Victims Fund
  • Received a Flaherty Documentary Award at the 1982 BAFTA Awards for "Soldier Girls․"
  • Recipient of an Amnesty International DOEN Award at the 2003 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival for "Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer․"
  • Recipient of Best Documentary - Special Jury Mention at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival for "Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer․"
  • Was awarded the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Documentary
  • Was the recipient of the California State Bar Award for his contribution to Legal Reform
  • Winner of a SIGNIS Award - Special Mention and a Silver Seashell at the 2007 San Sebastián International Film Festival for "Battle for Haditha․"
  • Winner of a Solidarity Award at the 2006 San Sebastián International Film Festival for "Ghosts․"
  • Winner of an Interfilm Award - Honorable Mention at the 1981 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival for "Soldier Girls․"
  • Quote: "A film is a portrait of an aspect of society․"
  • Quote: "I was taught by someone who loved observational films where people are made to feel completely adequate about the way they are․ That is what makes an insightful film․"

Awards

  • 1981Interfilm Award - Honorable MentionWinner
  • 1982Flaherty Documentary AwardWinner
  • 1982Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Winner
  • 1987Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
  • 1989Best FilmNominated
  • 1990International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1992Flaherty Documentary Award (TV)Nominated
  • 1993Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
  • 1997OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
  • 1999OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Picture:Nominated
  • 1999Golden Satellite Award - Best Motion Picture, Documentary:Nominated
  • 2003Amnesty International - DOEN AwardWinner
  • 2003Special Mention - Documentary > 2 Feature:Winner
  • 2003Jury Award - Best Documentary > 2 Feature:Nominated
  • 2004European Film Award - European Documentary:Nominated
  • 2004IDA Award - Feature Documentaries:Nominated
  • 2006Solidarity AwardWinner
  • 2006Golden SeashellNominated
  • 2007SIGNIS Award - Special MentionWinner
  • 2007Silver Seashell - Best Director:Winner
  • 2007Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Dramatic:Nominated
  • 2011Crystal ArrowNominated
  • 2014Felix - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2014Politiken's Audience AwardNominated
  • 2014F:ACT AwardNominated
  • 2014ICP Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2014IDA Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Nominated
  • 2017Best Storytelling in a DocumentaryWinner
  • 2019Sound & Vision Award - Music Films:Nominated
  • 2019Gold Hugo - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2019Documentary AwardNominated
  • 2019Audience Award - Documentary:Nominated
  • 2020FOCAL Award - Best Use of Footage in a Music Production:Winner
  • 2020Rose d'Or Award - Arts:Nominated
  • 2023Audience Award - Music on Screen:Nominated
  • 2024Sound & Vision Award - Music Films:Nominated
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