Ryan White Biography

Awards

• 2010SXSW Grand Jury Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2013Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award-Best Film: winner
• 2013Audience Award-Documentary Spotlight: nominated
• 2014Rogue Creamery Audience Award-Feature Length Documentary: winner
• 2014Les Blank Award-Feature Length Documentary: winner
• 2014ACCA-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2014Jury Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Audience Award-: nominated
• 2014Humanitas Prize-Documentaries - Special Awards Category: nominated
• 2014People's Choice Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Jury Prize-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Best LGBT Film-: winner
• 2014Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Audience Choice Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Festival Favorites: winner
• 2014Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Special Jury Award-: nominated
• 2014Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2014Directing Award-Documentary: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2014Festival Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2015Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: nominated
• 2017IDA Award-Best Limited Series: nominated
• 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: nominated
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2019Audience Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Knight Documentary Achievement Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2020Award for International Cinema-The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film: nominated
• 2020Bronze Horse-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2021Grand Jury Prize-Short Documentary: nominated
• 2021Audience Award-Docs: nominated
• 2021Best of the Festival-Best of Festival: winner
• 2021Amnesty International Febio Fest Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2021First Prize-Best Documentary Short: winner
• 2021Best Documentary Short-Best Documentary Short: winner
• 2022Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: winner
• 2022Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Narration: winner
• 2022Truly Moving Picture Award-Truly Moving Picture Award: winner
• 2022Golden Conch-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2022Student Choice Award-: nominated
• 2022Student Choice Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2023EDA Award-Best Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2023Windie-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2023Emmy-Outstanding Writing: Documentary: winner
• 2023Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: nominated
• 2023SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025Peoples Choice Award-Feature Length Film: winner
• 2025BIFF Award-Best Feature Documentary: winner
• 2025Best International Documentary-Best International Documentary: nominated
• 2025Honorable Mention-Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition: winner
• 2025Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award-Best Film: winner
• 2025Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2025Audience Award-Hot Docs Audience Awards: winner
• 2025IDA Award - Honorable Mention-Feature Documentaries: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2025SFCS Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2025Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2025Golden Space Needle Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Festival Favorite Award-: winner
• 2025Allan King Documentary Award-: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2026Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2026EDA Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2026Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2026NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated