Awards
A Hard Name
Best Feature Length Documentary - Genie Awards, 2010
Top Ten Audience Favourite - Hot Docs, 2009
Finalist - Special Jury Prize, Canadian Feature- Hot Docs, 2009
Ancestors in the Attic
Nominated: Best Direction in a Documentary Series - Gemini Awards, 2010
Nominated: Best Documentary Series - Gemini Awards, 2009
Nominated: Best Documentary Series - CFTPA Indie Awards, 2008
Nominated: Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series - Gemini Awards, 2008
Nominated: Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series - Gemini Awards, 2008
A Perfect Fake
The Silver Plaque - Chicago International Television Awards, 2005
Nomination: Golden Sheaf Award, Documentary Arts/Culture
Yorkton Short Film and Video Awards, 2005
Beauty Day
Best Documentary - Flyway Film Festival, 2011
Nomination: Best Feature Length Documentary - Genie Awards, 2012
Canadian Made
Platimun Award (Animation) - Pixie Awards, 2011
Gold Award (Use Of Effects) - Pixie Awards, 2011
Cod: The Fish That Changed The World
Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series - Gemini Awards 2001Bronze Plaque - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2001
Four Wings and a Prayer
Nominated: Outstanding Nature Programming - Emmy Awards, 2010
Best Wildlife and Natural History Program - Banff World Television Festival, 2008
Special Jury Award - WorldFest Houston, 2008
Grand Prize - Pariscience Film Festival, 2007
Jules Verne Nature Award - Jules Verne Film Festival, 2007
Nominated: Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program - Gemini Awards, 2008
Nominated: Best Direction in a Documentary Program - Gemini Awards, 2008
Nominated: Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series - Gemini Awards, 2008
I, Curmudgeon
The Silver Hugo - Chicago International Television Awards, 2005
Honorary Mention - Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, 2005
Intelligence
Nominated: Best Direction in a Documentary - Gemini Awards, 1998
Nominated: Best Feature Length Documentary - Hot Docs, 1998
Honourable Mention - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1998
In the Reign of Twilight
Nomination: Best Documentary Feature - Hot Docs, 1995
Finalist - New York Festivals, 1996
Bronze Plaque - Columbus International Film & Video Festival, 1996
Finalist - International Wildlife Film Festival, 1997
Merit Award for Comprehensive Portrayal of Native People versus Global Turmoil - International Wildlife Film Festival, 1997
Merit Award for the Creative use of Archival Material - International Wildlife Film Festival, 1997
Lovable
Nominated: Best Biography Documentary Program - Gemini Awards, 2008
McLuhan's Wake
2003 John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology - The Media Ecology Association
The Chris Award - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2002
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
Gold Ribbon Award - Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Aboriginal Programming, 2006
Grand Prix Rigoberta Menchu - Montreal First People's Festival, 2005
Best Direction in a Documentary Program - Gemini Awards, 2005
Best History Documentary Program - Gemini Awards, 2005
The Face of Victory
Two Special Jury Remi Awards - WorldFest Houston, 2006
The Falls
Nomination: Best Feature Length Documentary - Genie Awards, 1991
Finalist - Earth Peace International Film Festival, 1991
Finalist - Documentary Feature Films, Worldfest Houston, 1992
The National Parks Project
Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series - Gemini Awards , 2011
Nomination: Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction - Gemini Awards, 2011
Bronze Award, Transmedia - AToMIC Awards, 2011
Nomination: Best Limited Series - International Documentary Association Awards, 2011
Nomination: Best Documentary Short (Sirmilik)
Genie Awards, 2012
Nomination: SXSW Interactive Award, Art, 2012
The Team
Honourable Mention - Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2001
Things That Move
Gold Award, Opening Title Animation - WorldFest Houston, 2006
Waterlife
Toyota Earth Grand Prize, Tokyo International Film Festival, 2010
Webby Award, Documentary: Individual Episode, 2010
SXSW Interactive Award, Activisim, 2010
Nomination: Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction - Gemini Awards, 2010
Special Jury Prize, Canadian Feature - Hot Docs, 2009
Best Cross Platform Project - Canadian New Media Awards, 2009
Best Of Show - Digital Marketing Awards, 2009
Gold, Entertainment, Arts & Tourism, Digital Marketing Awards, 2009
Working Over Time
Nominated: Best Documentary Series - CFTPA Indie Award, 2008
Nominated: Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series - Gemini Awards, 2000