Awards
CBC documentaries are not just insightful, heartfelt and educational — they are award-winning as well!
documentary Channel
League of Exotique DancersWinner — Canadian Screen Award. Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Dreaming of a Jewish ChristmasNominee — International Emmy AwardWinner — 2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Direction, Documentary Program
The Nature of Things
Best Documentary or Series — 2013 Canadian Screen Awards
Equus: Story of the HorseWinner — 2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or SeriesWinner — 2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Original Music, Non-fictionWinner — 2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant SuperstarWinner — 2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or SeriesWinner — 2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Direction, Documentary of Factual Series
Ice BridgeWinner — 2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Best history Documentary Program or Series
Wild Canadian YearWinner — 2018 Canadian Screen Awards: Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
Lost Secrets of the PyramidWinner — 2018 Canadian Screen Awards: Best history Documentary Program or Series
Myth or Science: The Power of PooWinner — 2018 SMASH Science Ambassador Award
Vital BondsWinner — 2018 SMASH Special Jury Category
Moose: A Year in the Life of a Twig EaterScience or Nature Documentary Program Award or Series — 2017 Canadian Screen Awards
Sonic Magic: The Wonder and Science of SoundAward for Sound in a Non Fiction Program or Series — 2017 Canadian Screen Awards
Wild Canada: The Wild WestGold World Medal — The 2015 New York Festivals Television & Film Competition: Nature & Wildlife
The Allergy FixScience in Society Journalism Award — 2015 Canadian Science Writer's Association
It Takes GutsWinner — 2016 Yorkton Film & Video Festival Gold Sheaf Awards: Documentary Science/Nature/Technology
The Antibiotic HuntersGold World Medal — The 2016 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards: Health & Medical Information
Jellyfish Rule!Gold World Medal — The 2016 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards: Nature & EnvironmentBarbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research — 2016 Canadian Screen AwardsAward for best use of footage about the natural world — Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries (FOCAL)
Polar Bears: A Summer OdysseyBest Science or Nature Documentary Program — 2013 Canadian Screen AwardsBest Photography in a Documentary Program — 2013 Canadian Screen Awards
Smarty PlantsBest Direction in a Documentary Program or Series — 2013 Canadian Screen Awards
Journey to the Disaster ZoneBest Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series — 2013 Canadian Screen Awards
CBC Docs POV
Unstoppable: The Fentanyl EpidemicWinner — 2018 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Writing, Documentary
Firsthand
The Oka LegacyWinner — 2016 Yorkton Film & Video Festival Gold Sheaf Awards: Documentary Point of View
Guantanamo's Child: Omar KhadrWinner — 2016 Yorkton Film & Video Festival Gold Sheaf Awards: Documentary Social/PoliticalDonald Britton Award for Best Social/Political Documentary — 2017 Canadian Screen AwardsWinner: Direction in a Documentary Program — 2017 Canadian Screen AwardsWinner: Music in a Non-Fiction Program or Series — 2017 Canadian Screen Awards
The Woman Who Joined the TalibanWinner: Writing, Documentary — 2016 Canadian Screen AwardsWinner: Best Music, Non Fiction Program or Series — 2016 Canadian Screen Awards
CBC Short Docs
Fast HorseShort Film Special Jury Award for Directing — 2019 Sundance Film FestivalBest Documentary Work Short Format — 2018 ImagineNative Film & Arts FestivalThe Rising Director Mentorship Award (Alexandra Lazarowich) — 2018 ImagineNative Film & Arts Festival
Frame 394Best Canadian Short — 2016 NorthwestFestBest Documentary Short — 2016 Sidewalk Film Festival
Grandma Learns to DriveAudience Award — 2016 Calgary Underground Film Festival
I Hold The Dehcho in my Heart / Sedze Tah Dehcho E'TohBest Documentary — NWT Media and Film Awards
One Leg In, One Leg OutBest Short Documentary — LA Film Festival