NON-FICTION FILM & SERIES
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
“Quite possibly one of the best love stories seen on film in over two decades.” - Clayton Davis, Variety
Netflix / Higher Ground Productions / An Our Time Projects production; Directed by Matthew Heineman; Produced by Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman, and Joedan Okun; Cinematography by Tony Hardmon, Matthew Heineman, and Thorsten Thielow; Music by Jon Batiste; Edited by Sammy Dane, Mathew Heineman, Fernando Villegas, and Jim Hession.
Nominated: BAFTA Film Award, 2024 - Best Documentary
Nominated: Academy Awards (Shortlist), 2024 - Best Documentary Feature
Nominated: Academy Awards, 2024 - Best Original Song
Awarded: Producers Guild Award, 2024 - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Nominated: ACE Eddie Awards, 2024 - Best Edited Documentary
Awarded: American Cinematheque Tribute to the Crafts Honor - Best Score
Awarded: Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2023 - Best Music Documentary
Awarded: Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2023 - Best Score
Awarded: Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2024 - The Unforgettables
Awarded: Woodstock Film Festival, 2023 - Documentary Feature Audience Award
Awarded: Middleburg Film Festival, 2023 - Documentary Spotlight Award
Awarded: Montclair Film Festival, 2023 - Filmmaker Award
Awarded: Montclair Film Festival, 2023 - Documentary Feature Audience Award
Awarded: Philadelphia Film Festival, 2023 - Documentary Feature Audience Award
Awarded: Virginia Film Festival, 2023 - Directorial Achievement Award
Awarded: Virginia Film Festival, 2023 - Documentary Feature Audience Award
Nominated: Telluride Film Festival, 2023 - Official Selection
Nominated: Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2023 - Best Documentary Feature
Nominated: Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2023 - Best Director
Nominated: Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2023 - Best Cinematography
Nominated: Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2023 - Best Editing
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2024 - Outstanding Production
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2024 - Outstanding Original Score
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors Awards, 2024 - Audience Choice Prize
RETROGRADE
National Geographic Documentary Films / An Our Time Projects production; Directed by Matthew Heineman; Produced by Caitlin McNally; Story Producing by Javed Rezayee; Cinematography by Tim Grucza, Matthew Heineman, Oliver Sarbil; Music by H. Scott Salinas; Edited by Pablo Garza, Mathew Heineman, Grace Zahrah; Additional Editing by Andrew Gersh, David Zieff, and Jim Hession.
Nominated: Academy Awards (Shortlist), 2023 - Best Documentary Feature
Awarded: News & Documentary Emmy Awards, 2023 - Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Awarded: News & Documentary Emmy Awards, 2023 - Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Awarded: News & Documentary Emmy Awards, 2023 - Outstanding Editing: Documentary
Awarded: Edward R. Murrow Award, 2023 - Feature Documentary
Awarded: Grierson Trust Award - Best Current Affairs Documentary
Awarded: DOC NYC Features Award, 2023 - Producing Award
Nominated: News & Documentary Emmy Awards, 2023 - Outstanding Direction: Documentary
Nominated: News & Documentary Emmy Awards, 2023 - Outstanding Sound
Nominated: News & Documentary Emmy Awards, 2023 - Outstanding Promotional Announcement
Nominated: Telluride Film Festival, 2022 - Official Selection
Nominated: Directors Guild of America Award, 2023 - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Nominated: Producers Guild of America Award, 2023 - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
Nominated: Critics Choice Documentary Award, 2023 - Best Political Documentary
Nominated: Montclair Film Festival, 2022 - Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature
THE DEEP END
Hulu / Freeform / A Documentary Group production; Directed by Jon Kasbe; Produced by Jon Kasbe and Bits Sola; Story Producing by Sam Broadwin; Cinematography by David Bolen, Jon Kasbe, Justin Zweifach; Music by West Dylan Thordson; Editing by Dan Duran, Jeff Gilbert, Frederick Shanahan, Aleks Gezentsvey, and Jim Hession.
PHILLY D.A.
PBS / An Independent Lens Original Series / In Association with Topic / A Co-Production of All Ages Productions, Department of Motion Pictures, and ITVS; Created by Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar; Directed by Ted Passon & Yoni Brook; Produced by Nicole Salazar, Josh Penn, and Michael Gottwald; Cinematography by Yoni Brook; Music by Dan Deacon; Assistant Editors: John Tarquinio & Julian Turner; Series Editing by Dita Gruze, Adriana Pacheco, Rubin Daniels Jr., Hemal Trivedi, and Jim Hession.
Awarded: George Foster Peabody Award, 2022
Awarded: Gotham Award, 2021 - Best Breakout Non-Fiction Series
Awarded: Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, 2022
Awarded: Hot Docs Film Festival, 2021 - Deep Dive
Nominated: Sundance Film Festival, 2021 - Premieres
Nominated: Berlin International Film Festival, 2021 - Series
Nominated: IDA Documentary Award, 2022 - Best Multi-Part Documentary
Nominated: Independent Spirit Award, 2022 - Best New Documentary Series
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors, 2022 - Outstanding Non-Fiction Series
BLOOD RIDER
Directed and Produced by Jon Kasbe; Produced by Kristen Lewis, April Hayes, Jon Campbell; Cinematography by Jon Kasbe & David Bolen; Music by Nathan Halpern & Chris Ruggiero; Sound Design by Paul Hsu; Editing by Jim Hession, Jon Kasbe, Federico Conforti.
Nominated: We Are One: A Global Film Festival, 2020 - Official Selection
THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT
Magnolia Pictures / BFI / Creative England / BBC Storyville; In association with The Documentary Company, Influence Film, ZDF/Arte, SVT, and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program; In co-production with NRT, Pumpernickel Films, and Submarine; A Hellflower and Tigerlily production; Produced and Directed by Rob Cannan & Ross Adam; Produced by Natasha Dack Ojumu; Sound Design by Al Sirkett; Music by Nathan Halpern; Edited by Jim Hession.
Nominated: Sundance Film Festival, 2016 - Official Selection: World Cinema Documentary
Nominated: Berlin International Film Festival, 2016 - Panorama Dokumente
Nominated: IDA Documentary Award, 2016 - ABC News VideoSource Award
Nominated: Stockholm Film Festival, 2016 - World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Nominated: Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016 - Best Documentary Feature Film
Nominated: Cleveland International Film Festival, 2016 - Official Selection
RICH HILL
“A documentary to rank alongside such classics about indigence and family as “Grey Gardens” and “Hoop Dreams.” - RogerEbert.com
PBS / Independent Lens / Opus Docs / Journeyman Pictures; A Dinky Pictures production; Produced and Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos & Andrew Droz Palermo; Cinematography by Andrew Droz Palermo; Sound Design by Pete Horner (Skywalker Sound); Music by Nathan Halpern; Edited by Jim Hession.
Awarded: Sundance Film Festival, 2014 - U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Awarded: Traverse City Film Festival, 2014 - Founders Grand Prize: Best Film
Awarded: Sarasota Film Festival, 2014 - Special Jury Prize For Direction
Awarded: Kansas City FilmFest, 2014 - Best Heartland Feature Documentary
Nominated: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, 2014 - Official Selection
Nominated: Champs-Elysée Film Festival, 2014 - Best American Feature Film
Nominated: True/False Film Fest, 2014 - Official Selection
Nominated: Full Frame Film Festival, 2014 - Official Selection
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors, 2014 - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Nominated: 2016 Emmy Award: Outstanding Economic Reporting - Documentary and Long Form
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT
"Maybe the most perfect documentary ever made about an artist." - John Waters
HBO Films / Dogwoof / Films We Like; A Show of Force production; Directed by Matthew Akers, Co-Directed by Jeff Dupre; Produced by Maro Chermayeff & Jeff Dupre; Cinematography by Matthew Akers; Sound Editing by Marlena Grzaslewicz & Ira Spiegel; Music by Nathan Halpern; Edited by E. Donna Shepherd, Co-Edited by Jim Hession.
Awarded: George Foster Peabody Award, 2013
Awarded: 2013 Emmy Award - Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming
Awarded: Berlin International Film Festival, 2012 - Panorama Dokumente Audience Award
Awarded: Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 2012 - Grand Jury Prize
Awarded: Dublin Critics Circle Awards. 2012 - Best Documentary
Awarded: Champs-Elysée Film Festival, 2012 - Audience Award
Awarded: Sarajevo Film Festival, 2012 - Audience Award
Nominated: Sundance Film Festival, 2012 - Official Selection: U.S. Documentary
Nominated: Independent Spirit Award, 2012 - Best Documentary
Nominated: Gotham IFP Award, 2012 - Best Documentary
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors, 2013 - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors, 2013 - Audience Choice Prize
Nominated: Cinema Eye Honors, 2013 - Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Nominated: Grierson Award, 2012 - Best Cinema Documentary
Nominated: 2013 Emmy Award - Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form