Honors

  • Emmy Award (Regional) - Topical Documentary, 2024

  • Telly Award - Gold and Silver - Power Trip: the Story of Energy, 2024

  • EMMY AWARDS (Regional) - Four Heartland Emmy Awards, 2023

  • NETA Public Television Award 2023 - Best Documentary Series

  • NETA Public Television Award 2021- Best Cultural Documentary

  • IDA Award Nominee - Best Music Documentary, “When I Rise”

  • 5 Emmy Awards - Lone Star Chapter - Documentary Series, Various Categories

  • 2017 Webby Award — RTDocs (Rooster Teeth)

  • Best Feature, Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase, “What Was Ours”

  • NETA Public Television Award 2020 - Education Resources Award

  • Social Justice Award, Santa Barbara Film Festival, “When I Rise”

  • Cleveland International Film Festival — Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition, “Waiting for the Punchline”

  • Best Documentary and Jury Prize, Indianapolis Film Festival, ‘When I Rise”

  • Best Documentary — American Indian Film Festival, “What Was Ours”

  • Grand Jury Prize, Wild and Scenic Film Festival, “Fighting Goliath”

  • Western Heritage Award — Best Documentary, “What Was Ours”

  • 2017 SXSW Faces of Austin — Semi-Finalist Judge Award, “Century of Change”

  • Best Feature — SWAIA Santa Fe, “What Was Ours”

  • Best of Class — SWAIA Santa Fe, “What Was Ours”

  • Audience Choice Award, Barcelona International Environmental Film Festival, “Fighting Goliath”

  • The Golden Sun Award, Barcelona International Environmental Film Festival, “Fighting Goliath”

  • Best Editing and Best Documentary, World Cinema Festival, UK (Kent), “When I Rise”

  • Grand Jury Prize, Red Rock Film Festival, “When I Rise”

  • Audience Award, Best Documentary Short, Red Rock Film Festival, “Fighting Goliath”

  • Silver Hugo Television Award, Chicago International Film Festival, “Last Best Hope”, “When I Rise”

  • People’s Choice Award, Texas Independent Filmmakers Festival, “When I Rise”

  • (1) Lone Star Emmy Nomination, “The Hunt” (Short)

  • Big Sky Award, Best Film About the American West - Nomination, “What Was Ours”

  • Order of Knight of the Crown (Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne, Ridder in de Kroonorde) - Kingdom of Belgium