| Sundance Film Festival |
Paragraph 175 |
Best Director - Documentary |
2000 |
Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards |
Paragraph 175 |
Best Documentary |
2000 |
Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards |
The Celluloid Closet |
Truer Than Fiction Award |
1996 |
Nominated |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt |
Best Documentary Feature |
1989 |
Won |
| Sundance Film Festival |
The Times of Harvey Milk |
Special Award: Documentary |
1985 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
The Times of Harvey Milk |
Best Documentary Feature |
1984 |
Won |