Ric Esther Bienstock - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	08-November-1959
Place of Birth	Montreal (Canada, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Québec)
Nationality	Canada
Profession	Television Director, Film Producer, Television producer, Screenwriter, Film director
Ric Esther Bienstock is an Emmy Award winning Canadian documentary filmmaker best known for her groundbreaking investigative documentaries. She was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at McGill University. She has produced and directed an eclectic array of films from award-winning investigative social issue documentaries like Sex Slaves, an investigation into the trafficking of women from former Soviet Bloc Countries into the global sex trade and Ebola: Inside an Outbreak which took viewers to ground zero of the Ebola outbreak in Zaire - to lighter more entertaining fare such as Penn & Teller’s Magic and Mystery Tour. She has garnered dozens of awards for her films including a U.S. Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism, an Edward R. Murrow Award, an Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, 2 Geminis, a Genie, a British Broadcast Award, a Royal Television Society Award, an Overseas Press Club of America Award, a Gracie Award, 2 Cine Golden Eagles, 2 Gold Hugos, a Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award from the IDA, 2 Hot Docs Awards, a Gold Worldmedia Award and a Cable Ace Award among others. She was also nominated for a BAFTA in the U.K.

Awards by Ric Esther Bienstock

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ric Esther Bienstock.

2014

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form	Tales from the Organ Trade HBO Documentary Film Series
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing	Tales from the Organ Trade HBO Documentary Film Series

2013

Edward R. Murrow Award for Best TV Interpretation or Documentary on International Affairs	Honored for : Tales from the Organ Trade

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best History Documentary Program	Discovery Channel Documentaries Finding Atlantis

2008

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best History Documentary Program	Charging the Rhino

2007

News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form	Honored for : Frontline (Sex Slaves)

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Documentary	Sex Slaves
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series	Frontline Sex Slaves

2002

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series	Magic and Mystery Tour
Gemini Award for Best Sports Program or Series	Boxing: In and Out of the Ring

1997

Gemini Award for Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

Honored for : Ebola: The Plague Fighters: Nova

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program	Ebola: The Plague Fighters: Nova
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series	Ebola: The Plague Fighters: Nova

1996

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

Honored for : Ms. Conceptions

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program	Ms. Conceptions

1992

Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary

Honored for : Deadly Currents

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary	Deadly Currents

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