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Questlove

Awards

Questlove

25 wins & 39 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

BAFTA Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Daytime Emmy Awards

  • Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage (2010)
    2011 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding New Approaches - Daytime Children's
    • Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage
    Shared with: Kay Wilson Stallings · Elly Kramer · Peter Feder · Tanya Van Court · Abby Pecoriello · Garson Yu · Kerri Grant · Kimberly Chalmers · Obi Onyejekwe · Joseph Ryan · Saxton Moore · Jim Stauffer · Jared Klegar · Lily Cosgrove · Lenique Vincent · Ted Walsh

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Gotham Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

Grammy Awards

  • Questlove
    2023 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
    For "Music Is History"
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Grammy
    • Best Music Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    (Various Artists)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein
  • Questlove
    2019 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
    For "Creative Quest"
  • Questlove
    2016 Winner Grammy
    • Best Musical Theater Album
    For the album "Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)."
    Shared with: Daveed Diggs · Renée Elise Goldsberry · Jonathan Groff · Chris Jackson · Jasmine Cephas Jones · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Leslie Odom Jr. · Okieriete Onaodowan · Anthony Ramos · Phillipa Soo · Alex Lacamoire · Bill Sherman · Tariq Trotter · Derik Lee · Tim Latham
  • Questlove
    2013 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Rap Album
    For the album "Undun."
    Shared with: The Roots · James Poyser · Tariq Trotter

Guldbagge Awards

  • The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
    2012 Winner Guldbagge
    • Best Music (Bästa musik)
    • The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
    Shared with: Om'Mas Keith

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey in Soul (2020)
    2021 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Motion Picture)
    • Soul

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

International Documentary Association

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner IDA Award
    • Best Director
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner IDA Award
    • Best Music Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein
  • Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (2019)
    2021 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Episodic Series
    • Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
    Shared with: Tariq Trotter · Shawn Gee · Alex Gibney · Stacey Offman · Richard Perello · Shea Serrano · Angie Day · One9 · Erik Parker · Isaac Bolden

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Chantel Akerman Award
    • Best Experimental Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Breakout Filmmaker of the Year
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner John Schlesinger Award
    • Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Sundance Film Festival

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Black Reel Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Emerging Director
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Chris Rock, Gabrielle Union, Cedric The Entertainer, Rosario Dawson, Hassan Johnson, Leslie Jones, Karlie Redd, Romany Malco, Tracy Morgan, Sherri Shepherd, Hayley Marie Norman, J.B. Smoove, Anders Holm, and Michael Che in Top Five (2014)
    2015 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Original Song
    • Top Five
    Song: "It Ain't Easy"
    Shared with: Eliza Colby

Boulder International Film Festival

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner BIFF Award
    • Best Music Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Special Presentations
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

FOCAL International Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner FOCAL Award
    • Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: Lizzy McGlynn · Joseph Patel

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)
    2017 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Song
    • Detroit
    For the song "It Ain't Fair".
    Shared with: Tariq Trotter · Phonte Coleman

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Documentary
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

Black Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Questlove
    2021 Winner Special Mention

Gold Derby Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee "Co Jest Grane 24" Big Screen Doc Award
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Nominee Chopin's Nose Award
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best First Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2021 Winner Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Tied with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin for The Rescue (2021).

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: Joseph Patel · Robert Fyvolent · David Dinerstein

North Dakota Film Society

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee NDFS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Nominee CIC Award
    • Best Independent Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel
  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner CIC Award
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Shared with: David Dinerstein · Robert Fyvolent · Joseph Patel

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Mavis Staples in Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    2022 Winner SFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

  • Questlove
    2021 Nominee iHeartRadio Podcast Award
    • Best Overall Host - Male

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