Awards & Winners

Firelight Media

Firelight Media is a non-profit filmmaking company founded by filmmaker Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith, located in New York City. Firelight Media began in 1998 as an independent non-profit documentary production company that produced stories on topics that are typically underrepresented in the mainstream media, with most films airing nationally on PBS. In 2008, Firelight Media transitioned to focusing on supporting emerging filmmakers, while Firelight Films was launched as the new for-profit documentary production company led by Stanley Nelson.

Awards by Firelight Media

Check all the awards nominated and won by Firelight Media.

2011


Peabody Award
Honored for : American Experience
(For the documentaries Triangle Fire, Freedom Riders and Stonewall Uprising)

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

2003


Peabody Award
Honored for : American Experience
(The Murder of Emmett Till)