Presenters and honourees stand on stage at the Canadian Screen Awards, with a golden award statue beside them.

Awards & nominations

From a 1991 Genie nomination for The Falls to a 2026 Canadian Screen Award win for The Birdman of Cooper Island — the full record, year by year.

2026
WonRob Stewart Award, Best Science or Nature Documentary, Canadian Screen Awards — The Birdman of Cooper Island
2024
NominatedDonald Brittain Award, Best Social/Political Documentary, CSA — Naked: Sex and Gender
2023
WonGrand Award, New York Festivals — Naked: Sex and Gender
NominatedBest News or Information Program, CSA — Arctic Blue
NominatedBest Host or Interviewer (Peter Mansbridge), CSA — Arctic Blue
NominatedBest Photography (John Minh Tran), CSA — Arctic Blue
2022
WonRob Stewart Award, Best Science or Nature Documentary, CSA — Borealis
WonBest Photography, Documentary (Jon Minh Tran), CSA — Borealis
NominatedBest Direction, Documentary Series (Stephanie Weimar), CSA — Writing The Land
NominatedBest Biography or Arts Documentary, CSA — Writing The Land
2021
WonHomeland Earth Award, Silbersalz Science & Media Festival — Borealis
2020
WonGerman Biodiversity Film Award, NaturVision — Die Wälder des Nordens
WonFirst Prize, Città di Sondrio Documentary Film Festival — Die Wälder des Nordens
NominatedRob Stewart Award, Best Science or Nature Documentary, CSA — Equator: A New World View
NominatedBest Direction, Documentary Series (Kevin McMahon), CSA — Equator: A New World View
NominatedBest Picture Editing, Documentary, CSA — Equator: A New World View
NominatedDonald Brittain Award, Best Social/Political Documentary, CSA — In Search of a Perfect World
2019
WonNiagara Falls Wall of Fame Inductees — Kevin & Michael McMahon
WonTop Ten Canadian Films at TIFF, The Globe and Mail — Coppers
NominatedDer Deutsche Fernsehpreis, Best Documentary Series — Equator: A New World View
NominatedCanadian Cinema Editors Award, Best Documentary Editing (Short Form) — In Search of a Perfect World
NominatedDer Deutsche Fernsehpreis, Best Documentary — In Search of a Perfect World
2017
WonGrand Prix, International Science Film Festival, St Petersburg — Spaceship Earth
WonBest Documentary, New York Sci-Fi Film Festival — How To Build A Time Machine
WonOutstanding Film Award, Berlin Sci-Fi Film Festival — How To Build A Time Machine
WonHonourable Mention, World Documentary, Whistler Film Festival — There Is A House Here
NominatedEstablished Producer Award, CMPA Indiescreen Awards — There Is A House Here
2016
WonStudent Jury Award, InScience Dutch International Science Film Festival — How To Build A Time Machine
2015
WonGrimme Online Award, Culture & Entertainment — The Polar Sea
2012
WonGenie Award, Best Documentary Short (Sirmilik) — The National Parks Project
NominatedBest Feature Length Documentary, Genie Awards — Beauty Day
2011
WonBronze, Transmedia AToMIC Awards — The National Parks Project
WonGemini Award, Best Performing Arts or Documentary Program — The National Parks Project
WonBest Documentary, Flyway Film Festival — Beauty Day
WonPlatinum Award (Animation), Pixie Awards — Canadian Made
WonGold Award (Use of Effects), Pixie Awards — Canadian Made
NominatedGemini Award, Best Cross-Platform Project — The National Parks Project
NominatedBest Limited Series, International Documentary Association — The National Parks Project
NominatedBest Cross Platform, Factual Digi Awards — The National Parks Project
2010
WonGenie Award, Best Feature Length Documentary — A Hard Name
WonToyota Earth Grand Prize, Tokyo International Film Festival — Waterlife
WonWebby Award, Documentary, Individual Episode — Waterlife
WonSXSW Web Award, Activism — Waterlife
NominatedGemini Award, Best Original Program for Digital Media — Waterlife
NominatedEmmy Award, Outstanding Nature Programming — Four Wings and A Prayer
NominatedGemini Award, Best Direction, Documentary Series — Ancestors in the Attic
2009
WonSpecial Jury Prize, Canadian Feature, Hot Docs — Waterlife
WonBest Cross Platform Project, Canadian New Media Awards — Waterlife
WonBest of Show, Digital Marketing Awards — Waterlife
WonGold, Entertainment, Arts & Tourism, Digital Marketing Awards — Waterlife
WonTop Ten Audience Favourite, Hot Docs — A Hard Name
NominatedGemini Award, Best Documentary Series — Ancestors in the Attic
2008
WonBest Wildlife & Natural History Program, Banff World Media Festival — Four Wings and A Prayer
WonSpecial Jury Award, WorldFest Houston — Four Wings and A Prayer
NominatedCMPA Indie Award, Best Documentary Series — Working Over Time
NominatedGemini Award, Best Host or Interviewer — Working Over Time
NominatedCMPA Indie Award, Best Documentary Series — Ancestors in the Attic
NominatedGemini Award, Best Direction, Lifestyle Program — Ancestors in the Attic
NominatedGemini Award, Best Host or Interviewer — Ancestors in the Attic
NominatedGemini Award, Best Biography Documentary — Lovable
2007
WonGrand Prize, Pariscience Film Festival — Four Wings and A Prayer
WonJules Verne Nature Award, Jules Verne Film Festival — Four Wings and A Prayer
2006
WonGold Ribbon Award, Aboriginal Programming, Canadian Association of Broadcasters — In The Reign of Twilight
WonGold Award, Opening Title Animation, WorldFest Houston — Things That Move
WonTwo Special Jury Remi Awards, WorldFest Houston — The Face of Victory
2005
WonGrand Prix Rigoberta Menchú, Montreal First Peoples' Festival — Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
WonGemini Award, Best Direction in a Documentary — Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
WonGemini Award, Best History Documentary — In The Reign of Twilight
WonThe Silver Hugo, Chicago International Television Awards — I, Curmudgeon
WonHonorary Mention, Brooklyn Underground Film Festival — I, Curmudgeon
WonSilver Plaque, Chicago International Television Awards — A Perfect Fake
2004
WonBronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival — Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
2003
WonJohn Culkin Award for Outstanding Media Praxis, Media Ecology Association — McLuhan's Wake
2002
WonThe Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival — McLuhan's Wake
2001
WonGemini Award, Best Writing in a Documentary — Cod: The Fish That Changed The World
WonBronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival — Cod: The Fish That Changed The World
WonHonourable Mention, Columbus International Film & Video Festival — The Team
1998
WonHonourable Mention, Columbus International Film & Video Festival — Intelligence
NominatedGemini Award, Best Direction in a Documentary — Intelligence
NominatedBest Feature Length Documentary, Hot Docs — Intelligence
1997
WonFinalist, International Wildlife Film Festival — In The Reign of Twilight
WonMerit Award, Portrayal of Native People vs. Global Turmoil — In The Reign of Twilight
WonMerit Award, Creative Use of Archival Material — In The Reign of Twilight
1996
WonBronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival — In The Reign of Twilight
WonFinalist, New York Festivals — In The Reign of Twilight
1992
WonFinalist, Documentary Feature Films, WorldFest Houston — The Falls
1991
WonFinalist, Earth Peace International Film Festival — The Falls
NominatedGenie Award, Best Feature Length Documentary — The Falls