Ira Glass to Host 2009 IDA Documentary Awards

The International Documentary Association is proud to announce that Ira Glass will host the 2009 IDA Documentary Awards, Fri. Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Directors Guild of America, 7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA.

IDA welcomes back Ira Glass, himself an IDA Award recipient, as host of the 2009 Awards. Glass is host and producer of This American Life, heard on more than 500 public radio stations each week by over 1.8 million listeners. This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including several Peabody and DuPont-Columbia awards. In March 2007, the television adaptation of This American Life premiered on Showtime to great acclaim winning IDA's Distinguished Continuing Series Award in 2008 as well as several Emmy awards in 2008 and 2009.

That evening, the IDA will also award its prestigious 2009 Career Achievement Award to legendary and innovative filmmaker Errol Morris. 

Join Ira and IDA as we honor the best documentaries of the year!