International Documentary Association Awards - 2007
December 6th, 2007 by Andre Soares
International Documentary Association Awards - 2007
The 2007 International Documentary Association winners will be announced at the Directors Guild of America in West Hollywood on December 07, 2007.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
CRAZY LOVE
Dan Klores, director/producer
Fisher Stevens, producer
Dan Klores, writer
Shoot the Moon Productions, Greenstreet Productions, Magnolia Pictures
OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE
Richard E. Robbins, director/producer
Tom Yellin, executive producer
The Documentary Group, PBS
SICKO
Michael Moore, director
Michael Moore, Meghan O’Hara, producers
Michael Moore, writer
Dog Eat Dog Films, Lionsgate Films, The Weinstein Company
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
Alex Gibney, director/producer
Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman, producers
Alex Gibney, writer
X-Ray Productions, THINKFilm, Discovery Channel
* A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL
Mary Olive Smith, director
Amy Bucher, co-director
Steve Engel, Mary Olive Smith, producers
Steve Engel, exec. producer
Engel Entertainment, Inc.
PBS/WGBH International/NOVA
SHORT DOCUMENTARIES
BLACK AND WHITE
Zam Salim, director
John Archer, producer
Hopscotch Films
BODY & SOUL: DIANA & KATHY
Alice Elliott, director/producer
Simone Pero Audi, producer
Welcome Change Productions, Laverne Berry, Esq.
THE FIGHTING CHOLITAS
Mariam Jobrani, director/producer
Kenny Krauss, producer
Moto Films, At Risk Films/Sarah Jo Marks
FREEHELD
Cynthia Wade, director
Vanessa Roth, Matthew Syrett, producers
Lieutenant Films Inc.
* A SON’S SACRIFICE
Yoni Brook, director
Musa Syeed, producer
Marco Williams, executive producer
Foment Films, ITVS/PBS
IDA/ALAN ETT MUSIC DOCUMENTARY AWARD
4
Director/Producer: Tim Slade
Producer: Joanna Buggy
Vast Productions, ITVS International
CHOPS
Director/Producer: Bruce Broder
Producer: Tim Cremin
Winnercomm, Inc., Arts Alliance America
NOTE BY NOTE: The Making of Steinway L1037
Director/Producer: Ben Niles
Plow Productions, LLC
* WE ARE TOGETHER (THINA SIMUNYE)
Director/Producer: Paul Taylor
Producer: Teddy Leifer
Writers: Paul Taylor and Slindile Moya
Rise Films, HBO Documentary Films, The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation
WAR/DANCE
Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine
Producer: Albie Hecht
Fine Films, Shine Global, THINKFilm, Sundance Channel
LIMITED SERIES AWARD
* THE SUPREME COURT
Thomas Lennon, director
Mark Zwoniter, series producer
Jody Sheff, executive producer
Hidden Hill Productions for Thirteen/WNET New York, PBS
ADDICTION
Jon Alpert, Joe Berlinger, Kate Davis, Susan Froemke, Liz Garbus, Chris Hegedus, David
Heilbroner, Eugene Jarecki, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Barbara Kopple, Albert Maysles, D.A.
Pennebaker, Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond, Bruce Sinofsky, Jessica Yu, directors
John Hoffman, Susan Froemke, producers
Sheila Nevins, executive producer
HBO Documentary Films, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Drug
Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, HBO
COMING OUT STORIES
Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon, directors/producers
Lauren Lazin, Eileen Opatut, executive producers
Simon & Goodman Picture Company, LOGO, a Viacom company
THE HILL
Ivy Meeropol, director/producer
Xan Parker, Elizabeth Holder, producers
Lynne Kirby, executive producer
Roland Park Pictures/Sundance Channel
CONTINUING SERIES AWARD
* THIS AMERICAN LIFE
Created By Ira Glass/Chicago Public Radio
Chris Wilcha, director
Diane Cooke, Jane Feltes, Sarah Koenig, Lisa Pollak, Alissa Shipp, Nancy Updike, producers
Julie Snyder, Alex Blumberg, Ira Glass, Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman, Christine Vachon, Jocelyn Hayes, executive producers
Left/Right, Killer Films, Chicago Public Radio, Showtime Networks
Episodes Submitted: "Reality Check," "Growth Spurt," "The Cameraman," "God’s Close-Up"
30 DAYS
Morgan Spurlock, RJ Cutler, Ben Silverman, H.T. Owens, executive producers
Keith Hoffman, Max Swedlow, supervising producers
Actual Reality, Reveille, FX Networks
Episodes Submitted: "Atheist/Christian," "Immigration," "Jail," "Outsourcing"
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Mark Samels, executive producer
Sharon Grimberg, series producer
PBS
Episodes Submitted: "Alexander Hamilton" (Muffie Meyer, dir.), "The Gold Rush" (Randall MacLowry, dir.), "New Orleans" (Stephen Ives, dir.), "Summer of Love" (Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco, dirs.)
AMERICAN MASTERS
Susan Lacy, executive producer
Prudence Glass, series producer
Julie Sacks, series supervising producer
Thirteen/WNET New York, PBS
Episodes Submitted: "Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film" (Ric Burns, dir./prod., Donald Rosenfeld, Daniel Wolf, prods.), "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend" (Sam Pollard, dir., Ken Browser, prod.), "Novel Reflections on the American Dream" (Michael Epstein, dir./prod., Julie Sacks, prod.), "Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home" (Peter Frumkin, dir./prod., Susan Levene, prod.)
WIDE ANGLE: SEASON FIVE
Pamela Hogan, Andy Halper, series producers
Stephen Segaller, executive producer
Thirteen/WNET New York, PBS
Episodes Submitted: "18 with a Bullet" (Ricardo Pollack, dir./prod.), "Back to School" (Judy Katz, prod./writer), "Class of 2006" (Gini Reticker, dir./prod./writer.; Charlotte Mangin, prod.), "Democracy in the Rough" (Fred de Sam Lazaro, prod./writer)
ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD
* SPUTNIK MANIA
David Hoffman, director
Eric Reid, producer
Jay Walker, executive producer
Varied Directions International
AMERICAN/SANDINISTA
Jason Blalock, director/producer
University of California at Berkeley
HALF-LIFE: A JOURNEY TO CHERNOBYL
Phil Grabsky, David Bickerstaff, directors
Phil Grabsky, producer
Seventh Art Productions
MY KID COULD PAINT THAT
Amir Bar-Lev, director/producer
John Battsek, executive producer
Axis Films, Passion Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, A&E IndieFilms
NANKING
Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman, directors
Ted Leonsis, Michael Jacobs, producers
Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, writers (screenplay)
Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, writers (story)
Agape Multimedia Partners, LLC; THINKFilm; HBO
RAPSODIA DO ABSURDO
Cláudia Nunes, director/executive producer
STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME
Michele Ohayon, director/producer
Theo Van De Sande, producer
Michele Ohayon, writer
Diamond Lane Films Inc., Red Envelope Entertainment
WHITE LIGHT/ BLACK RAIN
Steven Okazaki, director/producer
Farallon Films/ HBO Documentary Films, HBO
PARE LORENTZ AWARD
* WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS
Spike Lee, director/producer
Sam Pollard, producer
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/HBO Documentary Films, HBO
AMERICAN/SANDINISTA
Jason Blalock, director/producer
University of California at Berkeley
GOOD MORNING DANGME
Takaya Kawasaki, director/producer
New York University, Takaya Kawasaki
MADE IN LA
Almudena Carracedo, director/producer
Robert Bahar, producer
Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo and Lisa Leeman, writers
Semilla Verde Productions, PBS/P.O.V.
OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE
Richard E. Robbins, director/producer
Tom Yellin, executive producer
The Documentary Group, PBS
RAPSODIA DO ABSURDO
Cláudia Nunes, director/executive producer
RIBBON OF SAND
John Grabowska, director/producer
Harpers Ferry Center, PBS
STANDING SILENT NATION
Suree Towfighnia, director
Courtney Herman, producer
Prairie Dust Films, PBS/P.O.V.
A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL
Mary Olive Smith, director
Amy Bucher, co-director
Steve Engel, Mary Olive Smith, producers
Steve Engel, exec. producer
Engel Entertainment, Inc.
PBS/WGBH International/NOVA
WHITE LIGHT/ BLACK RAIN
Steven Okazaki, director/producer
Farallon Films/ HBO Documentary Films, HBO
IDA/DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOC AWARD
* LONG HAUL
Erin Hudson, director
Rotation Films
Stanford University
ALAGADOS: SIM, NÃO MAU CONDUTO
Sylvia Johnson, director/producer
Joselito Crispim, producer
Ondina Filmes, Santaluzia Filmes
American University
BISMILLAH: IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
Jolene Pinder, Sarah Zaman, directors/producers
Zeppelin Films
University of Florida
BULLET PROOF VEST
May Lin Au Yong, director/producer
Steadfast Films
Stanford University
PBS/P.O.V.
GOOD MORNING, DANGME
Takaya Kawasaki, director/producer
New York University
TIJUANA NADA MAS
Yolanda Pividal, director/producer
Masood Maque, co-producer
Placer Prodicciones
City College of New York
PBS/P.O.V.
Career Achievement Award: Michael Moore
Preservation and Scholarship Award: National Geographic Digital Motion — Jocelyn Shearer
Pioneer Award: Paula S. Apsell
Courage Under Fire Award: Christiane Amanpour
Outstanding Documentary Cinematography Award: Buddy Squires
Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: Ted Braun
International Documentary Association Site
International Documentary Association Awards: 2007
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New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2007
Leeds Film Festival Awards 2007
Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards 2007
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