Awards
MELODY 1963: LOVE HAS TO WIN, AN AMERICAN GIRL STORY
Common Sense
Common Sense Seal Honoree – Great Family Programming
Parents’ Choice Foundation
Directors Guild of America
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programming
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Children’s Programming
QUEEN SUGAR
African American Film Critics Association
NAACP Image Awards
TIGER ORANGE
Outfest 2014
Grand Jury Award Best Actor, Mark Strano
LesGaiCineMad 2014
Grand Jury Award Best Film
Grand Jury Award Best Actor, Frankie Valenti
Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2014
Audience Award
Cinema Diverse: Palms Springs Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Audience Award
Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival
Bronze Reel in Narrative Features
BURN
2013 Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Documentary
2012 Tribeca Film Festival
COUNTY LINE
2011 Film Independent Fast Track at the Los Angeles Film Festival
2011 Tribeca All Access
2011 Tribeca Film Institute Awards
Creative Promise Award (Fiction)
Mississippi Damned
2011 PRISM Awards
Best Original DVD
2010 Black Reel Awards
Outstanding Independent Feature Film
2010 Hayti Heritage Film Festival
Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film
2009 Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Grand Jury Award for Outstanding US Dramatic Feature
2009 Chicago International Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Feature Film – Gold Hugo
Jury Award for Best Screenplay
Jury Award for Best Supporting Actress – Jossie Harris Thacker
2009 American Black Film Festival
Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film
Grand Jury Award for Best Actor – Tessa Thompson
2009 Philadelphia Film Festival
Jury Award for Best American Independent Feature Film
2009 Atlanta Film Festival
Special Jury Award for Narrative Breakthrough Film
2009 Newfest: The New York LGBT Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Feature Film
2009 Urbanworld Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Film
2009 AfterEllen.com Visibility Award
Best Festival Release with Lesbian/Bi Characters
2009 Queer Black Cinema International Film Festival
2009 Cheryl Dunye First Lady Award – Best Writer/Director
2009 Cheryl Dunye First Lady Award – Best Producer
One Bad Cat
2008 Cleveland International Film Festival
2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Documentary
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007 Q Cinema: Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Lesbian Feature
2007 South by Southwest Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
2007 Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
2007 Outtakes New Zealand GLBT Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
2007 Mostra Lambda Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Lesbian Feature
2007 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
Walk in the Light
2006 Cine Golden Eagle Awards
Jury Award for Best Documentary – Student Divison
2006 Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Documentary
Brooklyn’s Bridge to Jordan
2006 Independent Black Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Short
2006 Oakland International Black LGBT Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Director
2005 Out on Film: Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Short Film
2005 Outtakes Dallas Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Short Film