2024Winner
Best Director
Democracy Noir
Connie Field
Director · Producer · Writer
Washington, D.C., United States of America
October 23, 1948
Biography
Connie Field is an American film director known for her work in documentaries. Her works include The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980), Forever Activists (1990), Freedom on My Mind (1994) and Have You Heard from Johannesburg (2010). Field's works have received numerous awards and nominations. Among other recognitions, Freedom on My Mind won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 67th Academy Awards; Have You Heard from Johannesburg won the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2014Nominee
Best Director
Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine
1994Nominee
Best Director
Freedom on My Mind
Career Highlights
2010Highlight
Best Director
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The New Generation
2010Highlight
Best Director
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The Road to Resistance
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Democracy Noir
Freedom on My Mind
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Fair Play