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Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel

Awards

Sheila Nevins

99 wins & 193 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • The ABCs of Book Banning (2023)
    2024 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary Short Film
    • The ABCs of Book Banning
    Shared with: Trish Adlesic

Banff Television Festival

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2003 Winner Special Lifetime Achievement Award

CableACE Awards

  • Heart of a Child (1997)
    1997 Winner CableACE
    • Documentary Special
    • Heart of a Child
    Shared with: Karen Goodman · Kirk Simon · Nancy Abraham · Elizabeth Westrate
  • Wonderland (1997)
    1997 Winner CableACE
    • Historical Documentary Special or Series
    • Wonderland
    Shared with: Ted Hope · David Linde · James Schamus · John O'Hagan · Mary Jane Skalski · Nancy Abraham · Sheri Bylander · Anne Carey
  • Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? (1998)
    1997 Nominee CableACE
    • Historical Documentary Special or Series
    • Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
    Shared with: John Edginton · Sarah Teale · Nancy Abraham
  • Sports Illustrated for Kids: Slam Dunk, Home Run, Touchdown TV Sports Quiz (1993)
    1995 Nominee CableACE
    • Children's Educational or Informational Special or Series
    • Sports Illustrated for Kids: Slam Dunk, Home Run, Touchdown TV Sports Quiz
    Shared with: Ross Greenburg · Carole Rosen · Michael Whelan · Paulette Douglas
  • Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock (1994)
    1995 Winner CableACE
    • Documentary Special
    • Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock
    • America Undercover
    For episode "Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock"
    Shared with: Kary Antholis · Alan Levin · Daphne Pinkerson · Marc Levin

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Brother's Keeper (1992)
    1992 Winner Silver Hugo
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Brother's Keeper
    Shared with: Joe Berlinger · Bruce Sinofsky

Christopher Awards

  • God Is the Bigger Elvis (2012)
    2013 Winner Christopher Award
    • Television & Cable
    • God Is the Bigger Elvis
    Shared with: Rebecca Cammisa · Julie Anderson · Sara Bernstein
  • Nicholas Winton, la Force d'un Juste (2002)
    2006 Winner Christopher Award
    • Outstanding TV and Cable Award
    • Nicholas Winton, la Force d'un Juste
    Shared with: Patrik Pass · Matej Minac
  • Broken Silence (2002)
    2003 Winner Christopher Award
    • Television & Cable
    • Broken Silence
    Shared with: Pavel Chukhray · Andrzej Wajda · János Szász · Vojtech Jasný · Luis Puenzo · Marcel Lozinski · James Moll · Anya Verkhovskaya · John Ballon · Christopher Pavlick · Lew Rywin · Andrew G. Vajna · Steven Spielberg
  • Un coupable idéal (2001)
    2003 Winner Christopher Award
    • Television & Cable
    • Un coupable idéal
    Shared with: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade · Denis Poncet · Yves Jeanneau · Christine Le Goff
  • 2001 Winner Christopher Award
    • Television & Cable
    • Cancer: Evolution to Revolution
    Shared with: Joseph F. Lovett · John Hoffman · Anthony Radziwill · Kenneth Paul Rosenberg

CINE Competition

  • China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009)
    2011 Winner CINE Masters' Series Award
    • Professional News Division
    • China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
    Shared with: Jon Alpert · Matthew O'Neill
  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2003 Winner CINE Lifetime Achievement Award

Daytime Emmy Awards

  • The Weight of the Nation for Kids (2012)
    2014 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding New Approaches - Original Daytime Program or Series
    • The Weight of the Nation for Kids
    For episode: "Kebreeya's Salad Days".
    Shared with: John Hoffman · Shari Cookson · Nick Doob
  • Bong & Donnell (1997)
    1998 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding Children's Special
    • Bong & Donnell
    Shared with: Susan Hannah Hadary · William A. Whiteford
  • Brett Killed Mom: A Sister's Diary (1996)
    1997 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding Children's Special
    • Brett Killed Mom: A Sister's Diary
    Shared with: Carole Rosen · Alissa Reider · Ellen Goosenberg Kent
  • 1996 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding Children's Special
    • Eagle Scout: The Story of Henry Nicols
    Shared with: Michael Ryan · Debora Gilbert Ryan · Ellen Stokes

DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2000 Winner Industry Award

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements (2019)
    2020 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
    • Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
    Shared with: Tahria Sheather · Irene Taylor · Nancy Abraham · Lisa Heller · Sara Bernstein
  • Les journaux zen de Garry Shandling (2018)
    2018 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Les journaux zen de Garry Shandling
    Shared with: Judd Apatow · Joe Beshenkovsky · Michael Bonfiglio · Sara Bernstein · Josh Church · Sam Fishell · Amanda Glaze
  • Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
    2017 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
    • Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
    Shared with: Alexis Bloom · Fisher Stevens · Brett Ratner · Nancy Abraham
  • Becoming Mike Nichols (2016)
    2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Becoming Mike Nichols
    Shared with: Frank Rich · Jack O'Brien · Douglas McGrath · Lisa Heller · Ellin Baumel
  • Nora Ephron in Everything Is Copy (2015)
    2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • Everything Is Copy
    Shared with: Graydon Carter · Annabelle Dunne · Lisa Heller · Carly Hugo · Matthew Parker · Jacob Bernstein

Gotham Awards

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2008 Winner Tribute Award

International Documentary Association

  • The Education of Mohammad Hussein (2013)
    2013 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Short
    • The Education of Mohammad Hussein
    Shared with: Heidi Ewing · Rachel Grady · Sadia Shepard · Sara Bernstein
  • Saving Face (2012)
    2012 Winner IDA Award
    • Best Short
    • Saving Face
    Shared with: Daniel Junge · Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy · Davis Coombe · Alison L. Greenberg · Sabiha Sumar · Aaron Kopp · Fazeelat Aslam · Lisa Heller
  • God Is the Bigger Elvis (2012)
    2012 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Short
    • God Is the Bigger Elvis
    Shared with: Rebecca Cammisa · Julie Anderson · Sara Bernstein
  • Mondays at Racine (2012)
    2012 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Short
    • Mondays at Racine
    Shared with: Cynthia Wade · Robin Honan · Vanessa Bergonzoli · Lisa Heller
  • The Weight of the Nation (2012)
    2012 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Limited Series
    • The Weight of the Nation
    Shared with: John Hoffman · Dan Chaykin · Sarah Teale · Tomek Gross · Alexandra Moss · Sonia Dulay

National Board of Review, USA

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2002 Winner Humanitarian Award

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Death Without Mercy (2024)
    2025 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
    • Death Without Mercy
    Official nomination 2025
    Shared with: Lawrence Elman · Sophie Daniel · Hasan Kattan · Duncan Heath · Liza Burnett Fefferman · Nina L. Diaz · Nick Fraser · Waad Al-Kateab · Leopold Hoesch · Ahmad Attar · Mayar Al-Bakkar · Ben de Pear · Barbara Truyen
  • Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney (2023)
    2024 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Short Documentary
    • Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
    Shared with: Lauren Wimbush · Nazenet Habtezghi · Stanley Nelson · Steven J. Golliday
  • The Fire That Took Her (2022)
    2023 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary
    • The Fire That Took Her
    Shared with: Christopher Clements · Courtney Crockett · Abby Davis · Patricia E. Gillespie · Julie Goldman · Carolyn Hepburn · Marissa Heringer · Kristi Jacobson · Tracy Jarrett · Alejandra Leipen · Gretchen McGowan · Nick Quested · Melissa Silverstein · J. Daniel Torres
  • Art & Krimes by Krimes (2021)
    2023 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary
    • Art & Krimes by Krimes
    Shared with: Alysa Nahmias · Benjamin Murray · Amanda Spain · Miranda Yousef · Hallee Adelman · Nion McEvoy · Leslie Berriman · Ivy Herman · Jenifer Westphal · Joe Plummer · Patty Quillin · Sheri Sobrato-Brisson · Marie Hinson · Kristen Nutile · Benedict Kasulis
  • Finding Yingying (2020)
    2021 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Investigative Documentary
    • Finding Yingying
    Shared with: Jiayan 'Jenny' Shi · Brent E. Huffman · Diane Moy Quon · Shilin Sun · Mark Mitten · Ken Pelletier · Gordon Quinn · Jolene Pinder · Peng Zhao · Cherry Chen · Shizuka Asakawa · John Farbrother

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2022 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Peabody Awards

  • To Die in Jerusalem (2007)
    2007 Winner Peabody Award
    • Documentary (To Die In Jerusalem)
    • To Die in Jerusalem
    Shared with: John Priddy · Ed Priddy · Hella Medalia · Sara Bernstein
  • Baghdad ER (2006)
    2006 Winner Peabody Award
    • Baghdad ER
    Shared with: Jon Alpert · Joseph Feury · Matthew O'Neill
  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2000 Winner Personal Award
    One of the true independent spirits in television today, whose passion and vision consistently creates excellence.

PGA Awards

  • The Weight of the Nation for Kids (2012)
    2013 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Children's Program
    • The Weight of the Nation for Kids
    Episode: "The Great Cateferia Takeover"
    Shared with: Shari Cookson · John Hoffman · Nick Doob

Prism Awards

  • Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010)
    2011 Winner Prism Award
    • Documentary Program - Mental Health
    • Wartorn: 1861-2010
    Shared with: Jon Alpert · James Gandolfini · Ellen Goosenberg Kent · Matthew O'Neill

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2009 Winner Doc Mogul Award

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2016 Winner Creative Leadership Award

New York Women in Film & Television

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    1998 Winner Muse Award

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Abortion: Stories Women Tell (2016)
    2018 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • Abortion: Stories Women Tell
    Shared with: Tracy Droz Tragos · Sara Bernstein
  • Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
    2018 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
    Shared with: Alexis Bloom · Fisher Stevens · Julie Nives · Todd Fisher · Nancy Abraham
  • 8m² de solitude - Une prison de haute sécurité aux USA (2016)
    2018 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking
    • 8m² de solitude - Une prison de haute sécurité aux USA
    Shared with: Kristi Jacobson · Katie Mitchell · Julie Goldman · Nancy Abraham
  • Heroin: Cape Cod, USA (2015)
    2017 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television
    • Heroin: Cape Cod, USA
    Shared with: Steven Okazaki · Sara Bernstein
  • How to Dance in Ohio (2015)
    2017 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television
    • How to Dance in Ohio
    Shared with: Alexandra Shiva · Bari Pearlman · Nancy Abraham

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2008 Winner EDA Female Focus Award
    • Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
    For producing and programming at HBO.

The Television Academy Honors

  • Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
    2014 Winner Television Academy Honors
    • The Television Academy Honors - Documentary
    • Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
    Shared with: Alex Gibney · Todd Wider · Jedd Wider · Lori Singer

Women's Image Network Awards

  • The ABCs of Book Banning (2023)
    2024 Nominee WIN Award
    • Film Director (Short)
    • The ABCs of Book Banning

Overseas Press Club Of America Awards

  • Tales from the Organ Trade (2013)
    2013 Winner Edward R. Murrow Award
    • Edward R. Murrow Award
    • Tales from the Organ Trade
    Shared with: Ric Esther Bienstock · Felix Golubev · Simcha Jacobovici · Nancy Abraham

Athena Film Festival

  • Sheila Nevins at the Carlyle Hotel
    2015 Winner Athena List Winner
    • President's Visionary Award

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