life itself
Producer / Sound
Based on his memoir of the same name, Life Itself recounts the surprising and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert - a story that's by turns personal, wistful, funny, painful, and transcendent.
Produced by
Zak Piper and Steve James
Directed by
Steve James
Distinctions
2014 Sundance Film Festival World Premiere
2014 Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection
2014 Telluride Film Festival, Special Screening
SHORTLISTED 2015 Academy Awards ®, Best Documentary Feature
WINNER 2014 Producer’s Guild Awards, Best Documentary Feature
WINNER 2015 Critics Choice Awards, Best Documentary Feature
WINNER 2014 National Board of Review, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Golden Tomato Awards, Rotten Tomatoes Best Reviewed Documentary of the Year
WINNER 2014 Broadcast Film Critics Association, Critic’s Choice
WINNER 2014 Online Film Critics Association, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Women’s Film Critics Circle Association, Best Equality of the Sexes
WINNER 2014 Washington DC Area Film Critics, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 North Texas Film Critics Association, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 New York Online Film Critics, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Indiana Film Journalists Association, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Traverse City Film Festival Founder’s Prize
WINNER 2014 Georgia Film Critics Association, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Florida Film Critics Circle, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 Film Club’s The Lost Weekend, Best Film
WINNER 2014 Documentary Edge Festival, Jury Award
WINNER 2014 Boston Online Film Critics, Best Documentary
WINNER 2014 African American Film Critics Association, Best Documentary
WINNER 2015 Cine Golden Eagle Award, Best Nonfiction Feature: Historical Events and Biographies
WINNER 2016 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Best Editing
NOMINEE 2016 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Indiana Film Journalists Association, Best Picture
NOMINEE 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 St. Louis Film Critics, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Sheffield Doc/Fest, Special Jury Award
NOMINEE 2014 San Francisco Film Critics, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Dorian Awards, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Houston Film Critics Society, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Phoenix Film Critics, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Georgia Film Critics Association, Best Original Score
NONINEE 2014 Denver Film Critics Society, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2014 Central Ohio Film Critics Association, Best Documentary
NOMINEE 2015 Grierson Awards, Best Cinema Documentary
FINALIST 2014 Los Angeles Film Critics, Best Documentary
FINALIST 2014 Iowa Film Critics Awards, Best Picture
FINALIST 2014 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Society, Best Documentary