Awards & Winners

Alanis Obomsawin

Date of Birth 31-August-1932
Place of Birth Lebanon
(Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America)
Nationality Canada, United States of America
Also know as Alanis Obomsawin, OC
Profession Film director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Engraver, Musician
Alanis Obomsawin, OC is a Canadian filmmaker of Abenaki descent. Born in New Hampshire, and raised primarily in Quebec, she has produced and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations culture and history. Her best known documentary is Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, about the 1990 siege at Oka, Quebec.

Awards by Alanis Obomsawin

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alanis Obomsawin.

2014


Canadian Screen Awards - Humanitarian Award
Canadian Screen Award - Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Honored for : The People of the Kattawapiskak River

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Canadian Screen Award - Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program The People of the Kattawapiskak River
Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program The People of the Kattawapiskak River

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Is the Crown at War with Us?

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Rocks at Whiskey Trench

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance