Rachel Grady Biography

Awards

• 2005Gold Hugo-Best Documentary: winner
• 2005IDA Award-Feature Documentaries: nominated
• 2005Jury Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2005Special Jury Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2005SXSW Grand Jury Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2005Audience Award-: winner
• 2006EDA Special Mention Award-Don't Stick Your Head in the Sand: winner
• 2006EDA Award-Best Documentary by or About Women: winner
• 2006Feature Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2006Grand Jury Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2006Special Jury Prize-: winner
• 2006Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2006WFCC Award-Best Documentary: Groundbreaker: winner
• 2007Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: nominated
• 2007Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2010Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2010Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2010Best Documentary-: nominated
• 2012Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: winner
• 2012Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2012Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2012Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2012Founders Prize-Best American Film - Honorable Mention: winner
• 2012Festival Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2013EDA Female Focus Award-Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry: winner
• 2013Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: winner
• 2013Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2013IDA Award-Best Short: nominated
• 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television: nominated
• 2015Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2016Rogue Award-: winner
• 2016Video Source Award-: nominated
• 2016Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2016Best Storytelling in a Documentary-: winner
• 2016Stanley Kubrick Award-Special Mention: winner
• 2017Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018Humanitas Prize-Documentaries - Special Awards Category: nominated
• 2018Golden Goblet-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Bruce Sinofsky Award-: winner
• 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast: nominated
• 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: nominated
• 2022IDA Award-Best TV Feature Documentary or Mini-Series: nominated
• 2025Best Documentary-: nominated