Simon Chinn Biography

Awards

• 2008Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2008IDA Award-Feature Documentary: winner
• 2009Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: winner
• 2009Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: winner
• 2009Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer-: nominated
• 2009Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: winner
• 2009Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: winner
• 2009PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
• 2012BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2012Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2012IDA Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2012PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2013Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: winner
• 2013BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2013Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2013Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: nominated
• 2013Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2013Guldbagge-Best Film (Bästa film): nominated
• 2013Emmy-Outstanding Science and Technology Programming: nominated
• 2013Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2013PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
• 2015PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2016Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2017Jury Award-Best Short Documentary: winner
• 2017IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2017Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: winner
• 2018Northern Film School Award for Best Screenplay-: winner
• 2018Camden Cartel Award-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2018Cork Film Festival Candidate for the European Film Award-: winner
• 2018IDA Award-Best Music Documentary: nominated
• 2018IDA Award-Best Short: nominated
• 2018Jury Award-Best Film: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2018Student's Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019British Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2019Best Documentary Short-: winner
• 2020Grierson Award-Best Single Documentary - International: nominated
• 2020The Grierson Awards-Best Single Documentary: nominated
• 2021Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: nominated
• 2022IDA Award-Best Music Documentary: nominated
• 2022Promax-Documentary: Program Campaign: nominated
• 2022Televisual Bulldog Award-Best Documentary Series: nominated
• 2023Broadcast Award-Best Documentary Series: nominated
• 2023Realscreen Award-Non-Fiction - Crime & Investigation Program: nominated
• 2024BAFTA TV Award-Single Documentary: nominated
• 2026Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: nominated