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Charles Burnett
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
American Film Institute, USA (1)
Arizona International Film Festival (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (2)
Locarno International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Nantes Three Continents Festival (1)
Nashville Film Festival (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
Sundance Film Festival (2)
WorldFest Houston (2)
Sarasota Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (1)
New Media Film Festival (1)
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) (1)
Village Voice Film Poll (1)
Pan African Film Festival (1)
City of Angels Women's Film Festival (1)
Ogeechee International History Film Festival (1)
20 wins & 7 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2018 Winner
Honorary Award
American Film Institute, USA
1991 Winner
Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award
Arizona International Film Festival
2000 Winner
Arizona Independent Film Award
Berlin International Film Festival
1981 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Forum of New Cinema
Killer of Sheep
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1991 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Director
To Sleep with Anger
1991 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Screenplay
To Sleep with Anger
Locarno International Film Festival
1994 Nominee
Golden Leopard
The Glass Shield
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1990 Winner
Special Award
For the body of work.
1990 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Screenplay
To Sleep with Anger
Nantes Three Continents Festival
1983 Nominee
Golden Montgolfiere
My Brother's Wedding
Nashville Film Festival
1999 Winner
Freedom in Film Award
For his lifetime achievement.
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1998 Winner
Special Citation
Nightjohn
For a film whose exceptional quality and origin challenge strictures of the movie marketplace.
1991 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Screenplay
To Sleep with Anger
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 Winner
Special Award
Killer of Sheep
1990 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
To Sleep with Anger
Tied with
Metropolitan (1989)
.
Sundance Film Festival
1990 Winner
Special Jury Recognition
Dramatic
To Sleep with Anger
1990 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Dramatic
To Sleep with Anger
WorldFest Houston
2000 Winner
Silver Award
Independent Theatrical Feature Films - Comedy
The Annihilation of Fish
2000 Winner
Silver Award
Independent Theatrical Feature Films - Family/Children
Finding Buck McHenry
Sarasota Film Festival
2001 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
The Annihilation of Fish
Black Reel Awards
2000 Nominee
Black Reel
Network/Cable - Best Director
Selma, Lord, Selma
New Media Film Festival
2021 Winner
New Media Film Festival Award
Best Music Video
After the LockDown: Black in LA
Shared with:
Jonathan Burnett
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Joy Shannon
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2007 Winner
Special Achievement Award
Village Voice Film Poll
2007 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Film
Killer of Sheep
8th place.
Pan African Film Festival
2019 Winner
Board of Directors Award
Best Short Film
Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
City of Angels Women's Film Festival
2022 Winner
Angel Award
ANGEL AWARD Extraordinary Work as a Director
Ogeechee International History Film Festival
2019 Winner
Jury Prize
Best Short Film
Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
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