AWARDS & HONORS

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Peace Officer

South by Southwest Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature

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South by Southwest Film Festival Audience Award for Documentary Feature

 

Named to Variety’s 10 Documakers to Watch list

 

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights

 

David Carr Award for Truth in Non-Fiction Filmmaking, Montclair Film Festival 

 

American Film Showcase, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and USC’s School of Cinematic Arts

 

Cinema Eye Honors nomination, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

 

Cinema Eye Honors, Unforgettables List, honoring “the unique collaboration between filmmakers and their subjects,” 2016 

 

Centerpiece Film, Milwaukee Film Festival

 

Sundance Film Forward Program Nominee, Sundance Institute

 

Montclair Film Festival Audience Award for Documentary Feature

 

IndieWire 2015 South by Southwest Critics Survey, Best Documentary Feature

 

Beehive Stories

Emmy Award winner, Human Interest - Program/Special, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2019

 

Emmy Award winner, Magazine Program - Feature/Segment (Producer/Creator), National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2019

 

Emmy Award nomination, Interstitial, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2017

 

Emmy Award winner, Interstitial, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2016

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Emmy Award nomination, Interstitial, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2015

 

Emmy Award nomination, Interstitial, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2014

 

Emmy Award winner, Interstitial, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2013

 

National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Award winner, Content Production – Best Short Form, 2013

 

Emmy Award winner, Magazine Program - Feature/Segment (Producer/Creator), National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter, 2012

 

Others

Mollie and Karl Butler Young Scholar Award in Western Studies winner, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies

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CINE Golden Eagle Award winner, CINE, 2010, (for Zero Currency)

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Honorable Mention for Best Documentary, University Film and Video Juried Competition, 2010, (for Zero Currency)    

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Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Editing, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences News and Documentary Emmy Awards, 2009, (for Resolved)

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Emmy Award nomination participant, Outstanding Informational Programming (Associate Producer, Cinematographer), National Academy of

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Television Arts and Sciences News and Documentary Emmy Awards, 2009, (for Resolved)

 

Audience Award for Best Documentary, Los Angeles Film Festival, (Associate Producer, Cinematographer, Editor), 2007, (for Resolved)

 

Finalist, Slamdance Global Anarchy Competition, 2005, (for How to Lawn Bowl)

 

Best Documentary, Utah Short Film and Video Festival, 2002, (for Inspire or Damage)