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Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)

Awards

Frederick Wiseman

48 wins & 55 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2017 Winner Honorary Award
    Whose masterful and distinctive documentaries examine the familiar and reveal the unexpected.

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2006 Winner Award of Distinction

Tromsø International Film Festival

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2018 Nominee Aurora Award
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Near Death (1989)
    1990 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Forum of New Cinema
    • Near Death

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2020 Winner Special Commendation
    To Frederick Wiseman, who at the age of 90 released City Hall, made in our own backyard, and to Zipporah Films for their dissemination of the film within a new exhibition landscape.

Cannes Film Festival

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2021 Winner Golden Coach
  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2016 Winner France Culture Award
    • Cinéma Consécration
  • Boxing Gym (2010)
    2010 Nominee C.I.C.A.E. Award
    • Boxing Gym

César Awards, France

  • National Gallery (2014)
    2015 Nominee César
    • Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire)
    • National Gallery
    Shared with: Pierre-Olivier Bardet
  • Crazy Horse - Les coulisses du temple de la sensualité (2011)
    2012 Nominee César
    • Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire)
    • Crazy Horse - Les coulisses du temple de la sensualité
    Shared with: Pierre-Olivier Bardet
  • La Danse: Le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris (2009)
    2010 Nominee César
    • Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire)
    • La Danse: Le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

Chicago International Film Festival

  • In Jackson Heights (2015)
    2015 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • In Jackson Heights
  • National Gallery (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • Audience Choice Award
    • National Gallery
  • At Berkeley (2013)
    2013 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • At Berkeley
  • Domestic Violence (2001)
    2001 Winner Silver Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Domestic Violence
  • Belfast, Maine (1999)
    1999 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Belfast, Maine

Cork International Film Festival

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise (Cinematic Documentary Award)
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Denver Film Festival

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2020 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2002 Winner Career Award

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Hospital (1970)
    1970 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Programs
    • Hospital
  • Hospital (1970)
    1970 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Individuals
    • Hospital
  • La Loi et l'ordre (1969)
    1969 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Programs
    • La Loi et l'ordre

Figueira da Foz International Film Festival

  • Manoeuvre (1979)
    1980 Winner First Prize
    • Images and Documents (Imagens e Documentos)
    • Manoeuvre

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Art Cinema Award
    • Best Feature
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Satellite Awards

  • Public Housing (1997)
    1999 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Documentary
    • Public Housing

Gotham Awards

  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • City Hall
    Shared with: Karen Konicek
  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Nominee Audience Award
    • City Hall
    Shared with: Karen Konicek
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Audience Award
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2000 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

International Documentary Association

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    1990 Winner Career Achievement Award

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

  • Titicut Follies (1967)
    1967 Winner Mannheim Film Ducat
    • Titicut Follies

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2008 Winner Contribution to World Cinema

London Film Festival

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Grierson Award
    • Documentary Film
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • In Jackson Heights (2015)
    2015 Nominee Grierson Award
    • Documentary Film
    • In Jackson Heights
  • National Gallery (2014)
    2014 Nominee Grierson Award
    • Documentary Film
    • National Gallery
  • At Berkeley (2013)
    2013 Nominee Grierson Award
    • At Berkeley

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2012 Winner Career Achievement Award
  • Public Housing (1997)
    1998 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
    • Public Housing

Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille (FIDMarseille)

  • Public Housing (1997)
    1998 Winner Grand Prix
    • Public Housing

Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest)

  • Belfast, Maine (1999)
    2000 Winner Documentary Film Award of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation
    • Belfast, Maine

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2018 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Non-Fiction Film
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros (2023)
    2023 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Non-Fiction Film
    • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2013 Winner Special Award

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2010 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2021 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Peabody Awards

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    1991 Winner Personal Award

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • Monrovia, Indiana (2018)
    2018 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Monrovia, Indiana

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Zabaltegi Section
    • Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Sundance Film Festival

  • Missile (1988)
    1988 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Missile

Venice Film Festival

  • Un couple (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • Un couple
  • City Hall (2020)
    2020 Winner Fair Play Cinema Award - Special Mention
    • City Hall
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Winner Fair Play Cinema Award
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Competition
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
    • Best Documentary
    • City Hall
  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Winner Award of Excellence
    • City Hall
  • Monrovia, Indiana (2018)
    2019 Winner Special Prize
    • Monrovia, Indiana
  • Monrovia, Indiana (2018)
    2019 Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
    • Best Documentary
    • Monrovia, Indiana
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
    • Best Documentary
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Editing
    • City Hall
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2018 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2018 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • Titicut Follies (1967)
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Titicut Follies
  • Welfare (1975)
    2016 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • The Influentials
    • Welfare

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Documentary
    • City Hall

Prix de l'Age d'Or

  • Near Death (1989)
    1989 Winner Prix de l'Age d'Or
    • Near Death

Online Film & Television Association

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2018 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • Public Housing (1997)
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • Public Housing

Seville European Film Festival

  • Un couple (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Giraldillo
    • Best Film
    • Un couple

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2018 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Documentary
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Runner-up
  • In Jackson Heights (2015)
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Documentary
    • In Jackson Heights
    3rd place.
  • National Gallery (2014)
    2015 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Documentary
    • National Gallery
    3rd place.

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • National Gallery (2014)
    2014 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Documentary
    • National Gallery
    6th place.

Glasgow Film Festival

  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Nominee Audience Award
    • Official Competition
    • City Hall

Torino Film Festival

  • Frederick Wiseman at an event for La dernière lettre (2002)
    2003 Winner Career Cipputi Award

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Winner Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Oslo Pix

  • City Hall (2020)
    2021 Winner Oslo Grand Pix
    • Best International Film
    • City Hall

Americana Film Fest

  • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros (2023)
    2024 Winner Audience Award
    • Dxcs
    • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
  • Monrovia, Indiana (2018)
    2019 Nominee Audience Award
    • Docs
    • Monrovia, Indiana
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2018 Nominee Audience Award
    • Docs
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  • In Jackson Heights (2015)
    2016 Nominee Docs
    • In Jackson Heights

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • City Hall (2020)
    2020 Winner Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • City Hall

Días de Cine Awards

  • National Gallery (2014)
    2016 Winner Días de Cine Award
    • Best Documentary
    • National Gallery

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros (2023)
    2024 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
  • Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)
    2017 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Film Comment Magazine, USA

  • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros (2023)
    2023 Nominee Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll
    • Best Film
    • Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
    16th place

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