Matthew Heineman is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker based in New York. His latest film Cartel Land was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and Best Cinematography. It premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the ...
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Cinema Eye Honors Award | Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Documentary of the Year | Los Angeles Italia Film Festival, US | Documentary of the Year | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Honorable Mention | Ashland Independent Film Festival | Best Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Courage Under Fire Award | International Documentary Association | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Silver St. George | Moscow International Film Festival | Best Film of the Documentary Competition | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Best Documentary Film | New Hampshire Film Festival | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Audience Award | Reykjavik International Film Festival | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Tim Hetherington Award | Sheffield International Documentary Festival | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Cinematography Award | Sundance Film Festival | Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Directing Award | Sundance Film Festival | Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2012 | Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights | Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
| 2012 | Crystal Heart Award | Heartland Film Festival | Documentary Feature | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
| 2012 | Achievement Award | Newport Beach Film Festival | Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
| 2012 | Best Documentary Feature | Ojai Film Festival | Best Documentary | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
| 2012 | React to Film Social Issue Award | Silverdocs Documentary Festival | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 2016 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Documentary, Feature | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Cinema Eye Honors Award | Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US | Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Cinema Eye Honors Award | Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US | Outstanding Achievement in Direction | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Cinema Eye Honors Award | Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US | Outstanding Achievement in Production | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Documentary Feature | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2016 | Seattle Film Critics Award | Seattle Film Critics Awards | Best Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Audience Award | Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival | IDFA Audience Award | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Documentary Feature Film | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Audience Award | Champs-Élysées Film Festival | Best American Feature Film | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Best Feature Documentary Award | Dallas International Film Festival | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Audience Award | Gotham Awards | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Political Film Award | Hamburg Film Festival | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Golden Rock Documentary Award | Little Rock Film Festival | Best Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Festival Prize | Milwaukee Film Festival | Best Film | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Grand Jury Award | Sheffield International Documentary Festival | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Best Documentary | Stockholm Film Festival | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2015 | Grand Jury Prize | Sundance Film Festival | Documentary | Cartel Land (2015) |
| 2014 | Emmy | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
| 2012 | Grand Jury Prize | Sundance Film Festival | Documentary | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
