John Smithson

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Awards

• 1999, Smithson won the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Analysis of a Single Current Story for "Decoding the Nazis".
• 2004, Smithson won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for Touching the Void.
• 2004, Smithson won the British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary for Touching the Void.
• 2004, Smithson won the Evening Standard British Film Award Best Film Award for Touching the Void
• 2005, Smithson was nominated for an Emmy for The Last Dragon in the category of Outstanding Animated Program.
• 2005, Smithson was nominated for the Online Film & Television Association Best Documentary Award for "Touching the Void"
• 2007, Smithson was nominated for a BAFTA Award for ' in the category of Flaherty Documentary Award.
• 2007, Smithson won the New York Festival World Gold Medal for Feature-Length Documentary for 9/11: The Falling Man
• 2007, Smithson won the Grierson Award for Best Cinema Documentary for Deep Water
• 2007, Smithson won the Focal Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Documentary or Film for Deep Water
• 2007, Smithson won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Documentary for Deep Water.
• 2007, Smithson won the Rome International Film Festival award for Best Cinema Documentary Deep Water.
• 2008, Smithson won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary for The Beckoning Silence.
• 2009, Smithson was nominated for BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Documentary for The Beckoning Silence.
• 2009, Smithson was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Documentary Award for Thrilla in Manilla.
• 2009, Smithson was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Thrilla in Manilla World Cinema - Documentary
• 2009, Smithson won the Banff Television Festival Award for Best Sports Documentary for Thriller in Manila.
• 2009, Smithson won the Grierson Award for Best Historical Documentary for Thriller in Manila.
• 2010, Smithson won the George Foster Peabody Award for Thriller in Manila.
• 2010, Smithson was nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming for Thriller in Manila.
• 2010, Smithson was nominated for International Emmy Award for Best Documentary for '.
• 2011, Smithson was nominated for an Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the year for 127 Hours.
• 2011, Smithson was nominated for the BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for 127 Hours.
• 2011, Smithson won the AFI Awards Movie of the Year Award for 127 Hours.
• 2011, Smithson was nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming for Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking, episode "Time Travel".
• 2012, Smithson was nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form for 9/11: Heroes of the 88th Floor: People Helping People.
• 2012, Smithson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming for Curiosity, episode "Did God Create the Universe".
• 2015, Smithson was nominated for an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best Feature Length Documentary for Sherpa.
• 2015, Smithson won the London Film Festival Grierson Award for Best Documentary Film for Sherpa.
• 2016, Smithson won the Film Critics Australia Award for the Best Feature Length Documentary for Sherpa.
• 2016, Smithson was nominated for BAFTA Film Awards for the Best Documentary Award for Sherpa''.

  Selected filmography

• Rough Justice
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• Everyman
• The Affair
• Black Box
• "Station X"
• Touching the Void
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• The Last Dragon
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• Deep Water
• Clapham Junction
• The Beckoning Silence
• Independent Lens
• Thrilla in Manila
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• '
• U Be Dead
• Masterpiece Classic
• Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
• 127 Hours
• Curiosity
• Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
• Dog's: Their Secret Lives
• Ultimate Airport Dubai
• Sherpa
• Secret History
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