Honors
Shortlisted for an Academy Award
Winner, SXSW
Jury Award Documentary Short
Winner, International Documentary Association
Best Short Documentary
Winner, Ashland Indpendent Film Festival
Audience Award
Winner, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Best Short Film
Winner, AFI Docs
Audience Award Best Short Documentary
Winner, Independent Film Festival Boston
Special Jury Prize Best Short Film
Winner, Sheffield Doc/Fest
Audience Award and Best Short Documentary
Winner, The Smalls Film Festival
Best Documentary
Winner, RiverRun Film Festival
Best Short Documentary
Winner, Yuma Film Festival
Best in Show
Winner, Conscious Media Film Festival
Best Short Documentary
Winner, Indy Film Fest
Best Short Documentary
Winner, Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Best of Bernal
Winner, Flickerfest Australia
Best Short Documentary
Winner, Cinema Vérité Iran
Best Short Documentary
LA CORONA
Winner, IDA Documentary Awards
Best Short Film
Nominee, Academy Awards
Best Documentary Short Subject
Winner, Sundance Film Festival
Honorable Mention
Winner, Outfest
Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Doc Short
Audience Award for Outstanding Doc Short
Winner, Sarasota Film Festival
Audience award for Best Short Film
Winner, West County Film Festival 2008
Best Documentary Film
Official Selection, Hot Docs Film Festival 2008
Official Selection, Full Frame Film Festival 2008
Official Selection, San Francisco Int’l Film Festival 2008
Official Selection, Newport Int’l Film Festival 2008
Official Selection, Woodstock Film Festival 2008
Official Selection, Independent Film Festival Boston 2008
DOUBLE DARE
Sundance Institute Documentary Fellowship
Roy Dean Film Award
Pacific Pioneer Fund
Fleishhacker Foundation Award
S.F. Film Arts Foundation Filmmaker Grant
Official Selection, Toronto Int’l Film Festival
Official Selection, South By Southwest Film Festival
Winner, AFI Film Festival
Audience Award Best Documentary)
Winner, San Francisco Int’l Film Festival
Audience Award Best Documentary
Winner, Woodstock Film Festival
Best Documentary & Best Editing
Winner, Independent Film Festival of Boston
Audience Award & Special Jury Prize
Winner, Sonoma Film Festival
Audience Award Best Documentary
Winner, Feminale Festival
Audience Award Best Documentary
JUST FOR THE RIDE
Winner, Student Academy Award
Silver Documentary
Winner, Int’l Documentary Association
Student Achievement Award
Winner, National Educational Media Network
Gold Apple Award
Winner, Chicago Int’l Film Festival
Gold Hugo Award
Winner, Ft. Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival
Best Student Documentary
Winner, Big Muddy Film Festival
Best Documentary
Winner, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Isabella Liddell Art Award
Winner, New England Film and Video Festival
Documentary Award
Winner, Sinking Creek Film Festival
Best Film-Originated Film
Winner, Heart of America Award
Motion Picture Category
OTHER AWARDS
SF WEEKLY: BEST OF
Best Local Filmmaker, 2008
CAT DANCERS
South by Southwest Film Festival
Special Jury Prize
THIN
Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection
Independent Film Festival of Boston
Best Documentary
Newport Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize
Jackson Hole Film Festival
Best Documentary
The Times BFI 50th London Film Festival
John Grierson Award for Best Documentary
MY FLESH AND BLOOD
Sundance Film Festival
Audience Award & Director’s Award
Emmy Award
Best Documentary & Best Editing
IDFA
Audience Award & Critics Prize
WITCHES IN EXILE
South by Southwest Film Festival
Special Jury Prize
THE FLUTE PLAYER
South by Southwest Film Festival
Audience Award
THE SAME RIVER TWICE
Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection
Chicago Int’l Film Fest
Audience Award Best Documentary
Independent Spirit Award nominee
YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME
Independent Spirit Award nominee, AFI Silverdocs Film Festival
Music Doc Award
TEACHING / JURIES
STANFORD (2012-2013)
Visiting lecturer at Stanford’s MFA in Documentary Film program.
JULIE FOUDY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (2006)
Panelist for girls’ leadership seminar created by the former captain of the US Women’s Soccer Team.
SAN FRANCISCO INT’L FILM FEST (2006)
Jury member for Golden Gate Awards feature documentary competition.
LUNAFEST (2006)
Board member for Lunafest, a women’s film festival that raises money for the Breast Cancer Fund.
PROJECT ADVISOR (2003-2006)
Advisor for KEY OF G, an ITVS sponsored film by first-time director Robert Arnold.
CAL ARTS (2006)
Visiting artist at graduate filmmaking class.
GIRLS FILM SCHOOL (2005)
Visiting artist at summer program for high school girls at the College of Santa Fe.