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Kevin Macdonald
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
BAFTA Awards (4)
BAFTA Awards, Scotland (1)
British Independent Film Awards (3)
Cannes Film Festival (2)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Krakow Film Festival (1)
Edinburgh International Film Festival (1)
European Film Awards (3)
Evening Standard British Film Awards (2)
International Documentary Association (2)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (3)
Mar del Plata Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (1)
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (1)
Palic Film Festival (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Heartland Film (1)
Adelaide Film Festival (1)
Social Impact Media Awards, US (1)
FEST International Film Festival (1)
Glasgow Film Festival (1)
10 wins & 25 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2000 Winner
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
One Day in September
Shared with:
Arthur Cohn
BAFTA Awards
2021 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Outstanding British Film of the Year
The Mauritanian
Shared with:
Adam Ackland
·
Leah Clarke
·
Beatriz Levin
·
Lloyd Levin
·
Rory Haines
·
Sohrab Noshirvani
·
Michael Bronner
2013 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Film
Marley
Shared with:
Steve Bing
·
Charles Steel
2007 Winner
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
The Last King of Scotland
Shared with:
Andrea Calderwood
·
Lisa Bryer
·
Charles Steel
·
Peter Morgan
·
Jeremy Brock
2004 Winner
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Touching the Void
Shared with:
John Smithson
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
2021 Nominee
BAFTA Scotland Award
Best Director (Fiction)
The Mauritanian
British Independent Film Awards
2006 Winner
British Independent Film Award
Best Director
The Last King of Scotland
2004 Nominee
British Independent Film Award
Best Director
Touching the Void
2000 Winner
Douglas Hickox Award
One Day in September
Cannes Film Festival
2018 Nominee
Golden Eye
Whitney
2018 Nominee
Queer Palm
Whitney
Chicago International Film Festival
2013 Nominee
Audience Choice Award
How I Live Now
Krakow Film Festival
2011 Winner
Audience Award
Life in a Day
Edinburgh International Film Festival
2018 Winner
Best Documentary Feature Film
Whitney
"An assured film which delivers on every count, from narrative momentum to superb journalism and flawless editing, exposing a story which has timely and timeless resonance."
European Film Awards
2007 Nominee
European Film Award
European Director
The Last King of Scotland
2007 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Best European Film
The Last King of Scotland
2000 Nominee
European Film Award
European Documentary
One Day in September
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2012 Nominee
Evening Standard British Film Award
Best Documentary
Life in a Day
2004 Winner
Evening Standard British Film Award
Best Film
Touching the Void
International Documentary Association
2018 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Music Documentary
Whitney
Shared with:
Jonathan Chinn
·
Simon Chinn
·
Lisa Erspamer
2000 Nominee
IDA Award
Feature Documentaries
One Day in September
Shared with:
Arthur Cohn
·
John Battsek
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2021 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
The Mauritanian
2010 Nominee
ALFS Award
British Director of the Year
State of Play
2007 Nominee
ALFS Award
British Director of the Year
The Last King of Scotland
Mar del Plata Film Festival
2004 Nominee
Best Film
International Competition
Touching the Void
Sundance Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
World Cinema - Documentary
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Black Reel Awards
2013 Nominee
Black Reel
Best Documentary
Marley
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
2024 Winner
Audience Award
Film Under 45' - International Selection
Last Song from Kabul
Shared with:
Ruhi Hamid
Palic Film Festival
2021 Nominee
Golden Tower
Best Film
The Mauritanian
Cinema for Peace Awards
2021 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year
The Mauritanian
Heartland Film
2021 Winner
Truly Moving Picture Award
Truly Moving Picture Award
The Mauritanian
Adelaide Film Festival
2013 Nominee
International Feature Award
Best Feature
How I Live Now
Social Impact Media Awards, US
2024 Nominee
Social Impact Media Award
Best Short Documentary
Last Song from Kabul
FEST International Film Festival
2024 Nominee
Merlinka Queer Film Award
Best Film
High & Low - John Galliano
Glasgow Film Festival
2021 Nominee
Audience Award
Official Competition
The Mauritanian
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