2006 IDA Awards, Winners Announced

Iraq in Fragments, Angel''s Fire, and the other IDA award recepients were honored at the IDA awards ceremony held Friday, Dec. 8, 2006.

Distinguished FEATURE Documentary Award
Iraq in Fragments
James Longley
Typecast Pictures, Typecast Releasing, HBO Documentary Films

Distinguished SHORT Documentary Award
ANGEL'S FIRE (Fuego de Angel)
Marcelo Bukin
Rec Stop and Play, Global Humanitaria

Career Achievement Award
Haskell Wexler

2006 IDA/ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD Winner
JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLE
Stanley Nelson
Firelight Media, Seventh Art Releasing, WGBH, PBS

2006 PARE LORENTZ AWARD WINNER
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Davis Guggenheim
Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns
A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production, Participant Productions, Paramount Classics

2006 IDA/CONTINUING SERIES AWARD WINNER
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Mark Samels, executive producer Sharon Grimberg, series producer
PBS
Episodes Submitted: "The Boy in the Bubble" (Barak Goodman, John Maggio, dirs./prods.), "Eugene O'Neill" (Ric Burns, dir./wtr.); Marilyn Ness, Steve Rivo, Robin Espinola, Mary Recine, prods.) "John and Abigail Adams"(Peter Jones, dir.; Elizabeth Deane, prod./wtr.), "Las Vegas" (Stephen Ives, dir./prod.; Amanda Pollak, prod.)

2006 IDA LIMITED SERIES AWARD WINNER
OFF TO WAR
Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud
DCTV, Discovery Times Channel

2006 IDA/DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER
REPORTER ZERO
Carrie Lozano - University of California, Berkeley

JACQUELINE DONNET EMERGING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AWARD
Christopher Quinn

COURAGE UNDER FIRE AWARD
Andrew Berends

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