Awards & Winners

David Riker

Date of Birth 1963
Place of Birth Boston
(Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Screenwriter, Film director, Film Editor
David Riker is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his award-winning film The City, a neo-realist film about the plight of Latin American immigrants living in New York City. Riker is also the writer and director of The Girl, and the co-writer of the films Sleep Dealer and Dirty Wars. Born in Boston, Riker moved to Brussels, Belgium, at the age of five, where he attended a French-speaking school. In 1973 his family moved to London where he studied at The American School. Riker is a graduate of New York University's Graduate Film School where, in 1992, he made his first fictional film, The City. The short received critical acclaim and, among other accolades, won the Gold Medal for Dramatic Film at the Student Academy Awards and the Student Film Award from the Directors Guild of America.

Awards by David Riker

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Riker.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay Dirty Wars

2008


Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Honored for : Sleep Dealer

2000


Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
(Film)

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award The City

1999


Gotham Open Palm Award
Honored for : The City

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gotham Open Palm Award The City