AWARDS
2006 27th ANNUAL News & Documentary Emmy® AWARDS - Best Documentary for Born into Brothels
2005 77TH ACADEMY AWARDS® - Best Documentary Feature for Born into Brothels
2005 FLYING ELEPHANTS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
2005 LUCIE HUMANITARIAN AWARD
2005 IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS DIRECTV/IFC - Truer Than Fiction Award
2004 L.A. FILM CRITICS - Best Documentary of the Year
2004 INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION - Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award
2004 NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW - Best Documentary of the Year
2004 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - Nestor Almendros Prize for Courage in Filmmaking
2004 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Best Documentary Award
2004 SILVERDOCS FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004 FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004 ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL - Turner Broadcasting Audience Award
2004 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL - Best Documentary and Audience Awards
2004 CLEVELAND FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004 BERMUDA FILM FESTIVAL - Best Documentary and Audience Awards
2004 DURANGO FILM FESTIVAL - Best Documentary, Filmmaker's and Audience Awards
2004 NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL - Special Merit Award
2004 ARTIVIST FILM FESTIVAL - Children's Day Award
2004 SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004 BENDFILM - Audience Award and Best Score
2004 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - The Gold Hugo for Best Documentary
2004 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Level Above the Rest Prize
2004 HIGH FALLS FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
2004 PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL - Best Documentary
2004 ASHLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Best Documentary
2004 PLANETE DOC REVIEW, WARSAW - Best Documentary
2002 SUNDANCE INSTITUTE - grant for Born Into Brothels
2002 JEROME FOUNDATION - grant for Born Into Brothels
2002 NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, grant for Born Into Brothels
2001 HOWARD CHAPNICK GRANT, New York
2000 WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOUNDATION, Amsterdam - 1st prize, daily life stories
2000 DOROTHEA LANGE-PAUL TAYLOR PRIZE, Center for Documentary Studies, N.C.
2000 LOWER EAST SIDE PRINTSHOP, New York - Special Editions Fellowship
2000 ALICIA PATTERSON FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP, Washington D.C.
1999 OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP, New York
1998 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP
1998 LIGHT WORK ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, Syracuse, New York
1996 WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOUNDATION MASTER CLASS, Amsterdam
1996 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP
1995 NPPA, Pictures of the Year award - Global News Picture Story - Female Infanticide
1992 EDDIE ADAMS WORKSHOP V - 1st prize, Eastman Kodak Grant