Bradley was named Best Director and she also earned the previously-announced Emerging Filmmaker Award.
In another victory for Netflix, the streamer’s short John Was Trying to Contact Aliens, won the IDA Award for Best Short.The IDA Award for Best Music Documentary went to Universe, directed by Nicholas Capezzera and Sam Osborn, a film about an unrecorded piece of music by Miles Davis.Among the show’s directors and executive producers is Sam Pollard, who received the IDA’s Career Achievement Award
Crip Camp (USA / Netflix. Directors and Producers: Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Producer: Sara Bolder)John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (USA / Netflix. Director and Producer: Matthew Killip)Last Chance U (USA / Netflix. Director and Executive Producer: Greg Whiteley. Executive Producers: JoePOV Shorts (USA / PBS. Producer: Opal H. Bennett. Executive Producers: Justine Nagan, Chris White)Somebody (USA / Topic Studios, The Intercept, the Invisible Institute, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV. Reporters and Producers: Alison Flowers, Bill Healy and Sarah Geis. Host: Shapearl Wells. Reporters: Sam Stecklow, Annie Nguyen, Kahari Blackburn, Rajiv Sinclair, Henri Adams, Matilda Vojak, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Frances McDonald, Diana Akmajian, Andrew Fan and Maddie Anderson. Associate Producer: Ellen Glover. Executive Producers: Jamie Kalven, Maria Zuckerman, Christy Gressman, Leital Molad)Best Music DocumentaryWolper Student Documentary Award
Crip Camp (USA / Netflix. Directors/Producers: Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht. Producer: Sara Bolder)Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award