Academy Awards, USA
1995
Nominee
Best Film Editing
Frederick Marx ,
Steve James ,
William Haugse ,
20/20 Awards
2015
Winner
Best Documentary
2015
Nominee
Best Film Editing
William Haugse ,
Steve James ,
Frederick Marx ,
American Cinema Editors, USA
1995
Winner
Best Edited Documentary
Frederick Marx ,
Steve James ,
William Haugse ,
Amiens International Film Festival
1994
Winner
Best Documentary
Steve James ,
Frederick Marx ,
Peter Gilbert ,
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1994
Winner
Honorable Mentions
Steve James ,
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1994
Winner
Best Documentary
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1995
Winner
Best Picture
1995
Nominee
Best Director
Steve James ,
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2016
Winner
The Influentials
Steve James ,
2014
Winner
The Influentials
Steve James ,
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1995
Nominee
Best Picture
Directors Guild of America, USA
1995
Winner
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Steve James ,
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1995
Winner
Steve James
Frederick Marx ,
Peter Gilbert ,
Image Awards (NAACP)
1996
Nominee
Outstanding News, Talk or Information Special
International Documentary Association
1994
Winner
Feature Documentaries
Frederick Marx ,
Steve James ,
Peter Gilbert ,
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1994
Winner
Best Documentary
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1994
Winner
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Steve James ,
Peter Gilbert ,
MTV Movie + TV Awards
1995
Winner
Best New Filmmaker
Steve James ,
National Board of Review, USA
1994
Winner
Best Documentary
National Film Preservation Board, USA
2005
Winner
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1995
Winner
Best Documentary
1995
Nominee
Best Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1994
Winner
Best Non-Fiction Film
Peabody Awards
1996
Winner
Winner
Steve James ,
Frederick Marx ,
Catherine Allan ,
Peter Gilbert ,
William Haugse ,
Prix Italia
1995
Winner
Documentary
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards
1994
Winner
Best Documentary
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1995
Nominee
Best Picture
Sundance Film Festival
1994
Winner
1994
Nominee
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
1995
Nominee
Steve James
