2004 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards: Nominees

FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill, Jo Human
Lafayette Films, Lantern Lane Entertainment, Channel 4 Television, HBO

Being Dorothy
Howard Goldberg, Ina Fichman
Distribution La Fete Inc., Productions La Fete Inc.

Born into Brothels (*Winner)
Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Pamela Boll
THINKFilm, HBO Cinemax Documentary Films

Control Room (*Honorable Mention)
Jehane Noujaim, Hani Salama, Rosadel Varela
Magnolia Pictures, Films Transit International

The Corporation
Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Bart Simpson
Big Picture Media Corp., Zeitgeist Films

Fahrenheit 9/11(*Winner)
Michael Moore, Kathleen Glynn, Jim Czarnecki
Dog Eat Dog Films, Lions Gate Films, IFC Films, The Fellowship Adventure Group, Sony/Columbia TriStar

Hiding and Seeking
Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Baum
Oren Rudavsky Productions, First Run Features, ITVS, PBS

Home of the Brave
Paola di Florio, Nancy Dickerson
Counterpoint Films, Emerging Pictures

Juvies
Leslie Neale, Traci Odom
Chance Films

La Vie Comme Elle Va (As Life Goes By)
Jean-Henri Meunier, Jacques Perrin, Christophe Barratier
Galatée Films

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
@radical.media, IFC Films

Music from the Inside Out
Daniel Anker
Anker Productions, Inc.

The Take
Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein
National Film Board of Canada, First Run/Icarus Films

Word Wars
Eric Chaikin, Julian Petrillo, Udy Epstein
E-Wolf, Seventh Art Releasing, Discovery Times Channel

IDA/ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Bataan Rescue
Peter Jones, David Axelrod, Mark Samels, Margaret Drain
WGBH-Boston, PBS

AMERICAN MASTERS: None without Sin—Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller and the Blacklist
Michael Epstein, Susan Lacy, Julie Sacks, Prudence Glass
Thirteen/WNET, PBS

Chisholm '72—Unbought & Unbossed
Shola Lynch, Ramon Hervey, Phil Bertelsen
Realside Productions, Lantern Lane Entertainment, P.O.V./PBS

Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore, Kathleen Glynn, Jim Czarnecki
Dog Eat Dog Films, Lions Gate Films, IFC Films, The Fellowship Adventure Group, Sony/Columbia TriStar

Home of the Brave
Paola di Florio, Nancy Dickerson
Counterpoint Films, Emerging Pictures

Imelda (*Winner)
Ramona S. Diaz
Cinediaz, Inc., Unico Entertainment, Independent Lens/PBS, ITVS, NAATA

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Sandra Dickson, Churchill Roberts
The Documentary Institute

Terror in Moscow
Dan Reed, Mark Franchetti
Mentorn, Channel 4 International

PARE LORENTZ AWARD

 AIDS Orphans: Lost Childhood
Brian Woods, John Grassie, Richard Klein
True Vision Productions, BBC, Discovery Health

Deadline
Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson, Dallas Brennan
Big Mouth Productions, Dateline/NBC, Home Vision Entertainment

God Sleeps in Rwanda
Kimberlee Acquaro, Stacy Sherman
Film Wranglers

Hong Kong Connection—Children in Need
Phoebe Chan, Yvonne Ng
Radio Television Hong Kong

Impact of Terror
Tim Wolochatiuk, Simcha Jacobovici, Ric Esther Bienstock
Associated Producers Ltd., Alliance Atlantis

Life Running Out of Control
Bertram Verhaag, Michel Morales
Denkmal Films Ltd., Haidisch Films Ltd., Dentmal Filmgesellschaft mbH

The New Americans
Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio, Jerry Blumenthal, Fenell Doremus, Evangeline Griego, Steve James, Indu Krishnan, Gordon Quinn, Renee Tajima-Peña, Gita Saedi
Kartemquin Films, Roco Films, ITVS/Independent Lens/PBS

Oil on Ice (*Winner)
Bo Boudart, Dale Djerassi
Oil on Ice Partners

Super Size Me
Morgan Spurlock
The Con, Samuel Goldwyn Films/Roadside Attractions, Showtime

Tales of the San Joaquin
Christopher Beaver, Judy Irving
Christopher Beaver Films

Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart
Amy Finkel
Zing! Productions

CONTINUING SERIES

American Experience
Mark Samels, executive producer; Sharon Grimberg, series producer
Episodes Submitted: Citizen King (Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker, dirs./prods.); Patriots Day (Marian Marzynski, dir./prod.); Golden Gate Bridge (Ben Loeterman and Laura Longsworth, dirs./prods.)
WGBH Boston, PBS

American Masters (*Winner)
Susan Lacy, executive producer; Julie Sacks, supervising producer; Prudence Glass, series producer.
Episodes Submitted: The Education of Gore Vidal (Deborah Dickson, dir./prod.); None without Sin: Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist (Michael Epstein, dir./prod.); Judy Garland By Myself (Susan Lacy and John Fricke, dirs./prods.; Roger Mayer and George Feltenstein, exec. prods. For Turner Entertainment)
Thirteen/WNET, PBS

CNN Presents (*Honorable Mention)
Sid Bedingfield, executive producer
Episodes Submitted: Easy Prey—Inside the Sex Trade (Liviu Tipurita, Andrew Smith, dirs./prods./cins.); True Believers—Inside the Dean Campaign (Kate Albright-Hanna, Nadia Kounang, prods./cins.; Kimberly Arp-Babboit, Emily Probst, Ted Rubinstein, Ken Shiffman, prods.); Fit to Kill (Candy Crowley, corr.; Andy Segal, sen. prod.)
CNN

Frontline
David Fanning, senior executive producer; Michael Sullivan, executive producer for special projects
Episodes Submitted: Ghosts of Rwanda (Greg Barker, prod.); Tax Me If You Can (Rick Young, prod.); Beyond Baghdad (Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith, prods.)
WGBH Boston, PBS

LIMITED SERIES

The Blues
Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton, Ulrich Felsberg, Peter Schwartzkopff, Alex Gibney, Margaret Bodde, Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Mike Figgis, Mark Levin, Richard Pearce, Wim Wenders
A Vulcan Productions/Reverse Angle production in association with Jigasaw Productions and Cappa Productions; Hanway Films Ltd; CS Associates; PBS

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb
Lyn Goldfarb Productions, Plug-In, Inc., Devillier Donegan Enterprises, PBS

The New Americans (*Winner)
Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio, Jerry Blumenthal, Fenell Doremus, Evangeline Griego, Steve James, Indu Krishnan, Gordon Quinn, Renee Tajima-Peña, Gita Saedi
Kartemquin Films, Roco Films, ITVS/Independent Lens/PBS

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: New York: A Documentary Film—The Center of the World, Episode Eight (1946-2003)
Ric Burns, Marilyn Ness, Donald Rosenfeld, Mark Samels, Margaret Drain
Steeplechase Films, WGBH-Boston, PBS

SHORTS

Chernobyl Heart
Maryann DeLeo
DCTV Inc., HBO

God Sleeps in Rwanda
Kimberlee Acquaro, Stacy Sherman
In association with Film Wranglers

The Life of Kevin Carter
Dan Krauss

Mighty Times Volume 2: The Children's March (*Winner)
Robert Hudson, Bobby Houston
Tell The Truth Pictures, HBO

Parents of the Year
James D. Scurlock
Trueworks, Inc., Buzztaxi, Inc.

IDA/DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

Backseat Bingo (*Honorable Mention)
Liz Blazer
University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television

Carnival Roots
Peter Chelkowski, Jason Benjamin
New York University

Family Portrait (*Winner)
Patricia Riggen, Alvaro Donado
Columbia University

Jumpers
Mark Rinehart
Stanford University

Time Lost
Carla Gutierrez
Stanford University