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Waiting for Superman (2010)

Awards

Waiting for Superman

21 wins & 28 nominations

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Jay Cassidy
    2011 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Documentary
    • Jay Cassidy
    • Greg Finton
    • Kim Roberts

Critics Choice Awards

  • John Legend at an event for The Oscars (2019)
    2011 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Song
    • John Legend (Performer) (Writer)
    For the song "Shine".
  • Davis Guggenheim
    2011 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Davis Guggenheim

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2010 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2010 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2011 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim

Satellite Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

Gotham Awards

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Davis Guggenheim
    • Lesley Chilcott
    • Michael Birtel

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2011 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

  • Skip Lievsay
    2011 Nominee Golden Reel Award
    • Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in a Feature Documentary
    • Skip Lievsay (supervising sound editor)
    • Byron Wilson (dialogue editor)
    • Joel Dougherty (sound effects editor)
    • Phil Barrie (sound effects editor)
    • Erica Weis (music editor)

National Board of Review, USA

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2011 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

PGA Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2011 Winner PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Lesley Chilcott

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

Sundance Film Festival

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim
  • Davis Guggenheim
    2010 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim

Young Artist Awards

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2011 Winner Jackie Coogan Award

AFI Awards, USA

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2011 Winner Special Award
    • Lesley Chilcott
    WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN" is a call-to-arms for all who believe in a greater America. Director Davis Guggenheim voices the conscience of a country, using the documentary form to shine a bright light on the dark realities of the American public school system. To see the challenge ahead in young faces - the boys and girls who are often lost in statistics - is heartbreaking, anger-inducing, and yet inspires as to the possibilities. In the end, the simple truth is that when America looks for a solution, the answer will not come from the sky, but from you and me.

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2011 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

Black Reel Awards

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2011 Winner Black Reel
    • Best Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim
  • John Legend at an event for The Oscars (2019)
    2011 Winner Black Reel
    • Best Song
    • John Legend (Writer, Performer)
    For the song "Shine"

San Diego Film Festival

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2010 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim
  • Davis Guggenheim
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2011 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2011 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Davis Guggenheim
    • Lesley Chilcott

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2011 Winner NTFCA Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Lesley Chilcott

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2011 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • Davis Guggenheim
  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2011 Nominee EDA Special Mention Award
    • Movie You Wanted to Love, But Just Couldn't

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

  • Davis Guggenheim
    2010 Winner AAFCA Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Davis Guggenheim
    • Lesley Chilcott

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2011 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Film
  • John Legend at an event for The Oscars (2019)
    2011 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Original Song
    • John Legend (music and lyrics)
    Song: "Shine"

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • Christophe Beck
    2011 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for a Documentary Film
    • Christophe Beck

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2011 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Documentary of the Year

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • Lesley Chilcott

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • John Legend at an event for The Oscars (2019)
    2010 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Original Song
    • John Legend
    Song: "Shine"
  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Lesley Chilcott

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)

  • Christophe Beck
    2010 Winner HMMA Award
    • Best Original Score - Indie Film / Documentary / Short
    • Christophe Beck

Online Film & Television Association

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2011 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
  • John Legend at an event for The Oscars (2019)
    2011 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Original Song
    • John Legend (music, lyrics, and performed by)
    For the song "Shine".

Heartland Film

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Winner Truly Moving Picture Award
    • Top 10 Truly Moving Picture Award
    • Lesley Chilcott

Women's Image Network Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Winner WIN Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Lesley Chilcott

Milwaukee Film Festival

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Feature Film
    • Lesley Chilcott

Black Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Lesley Chilcott
    2010 Winner BFCC Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Lesley Chilcott (producer)

Gold Derby Awards

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2011 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Waiting for Superman (2010)
    2010 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Documentary

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

  • 2011 Nominee GMS Award
    • Best Music Supervision for Film
    • John Houlihan
    Shared with: Letters to Juliet

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