Amy
Amy is a 2015 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia and produced by James Gay-Rees.
The film covers British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse’s life and her struggle with substance abuse, both before and after her career blossomed, and which eventually caused her death.
Awards
// Won
Academy Awards – Best Documentary Feature – Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
ACE Eddie Awards- Best Edited Documentary – Chris King
Boston Society of Film Critics – Best Documentary Film
British Academy Film Awards – Best Documentary
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards – Best Documentary Feature
Chicago Film Critics Association – Best Documentary
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association – Best Documentary Film
Detroit Film Critics Society – Best Documentary
Empire Awards – Best Documentary
European Film Awards – Best European Documentary
Evening Standard British Film Awards – Best Documentary
Film Club’s The Lost Weekend Awards – Best Soundtrack
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Documentary
Golden Trailer Awards – Best Foreign Documentary – Amy (“Trailer 2”)
Grammy Awards – Best Music Film – Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Hollywood Film Awards – Documentary of the Year
London Film Critics’ Circle – Documentary of the year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association – Best Documentary Film
MTV Movie Awards – Best Documentary
National Board of Review – Best Documentary Film
National Film Awards – Best Director – Asif Kapadia
National Film Awards – Best Documentary
New York Film Critics Online – Best Documentary
Vancouver Film Critics Circle – Best Documentary
Producers Guild of America Award – Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures – James Gay-Rees
Satellite Awards – Best Documentary Film
St. Louis Film Critics Association – Best Documentary Film
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association – Best Documentary
Women Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Documentary by or About Women
// Nominated
British Academy Film Awards – Outstanding British Film
British Independent Film Awards – Best British Independent Film
British Independent Film Awards – Best Director – Asif Kapadia
British Independent Film Awards – Best Documentary – Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
British Independent Film Awards – Producer of the Year – James Gay-Rees
British Independent Film Awards – Outstanding Achievement in Craft – Chris King
Austin Film Critics Association – Best Documentary
Bodil Awards[36] – Best Non-US Film
Cannes Film Festival -L’Œil d’or
Cannes Film Festival – Queer Palm
East End Film Festival – Best Documentary
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Audience Award
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature Film
Golden Trailer Awards – Best Documentary – Amy (“Trailer 2”)
Houston Film Critics Society – Best Documentary Feature
Indiewire Critics Poll – Best Documentary
International Documentary Association – Best Feature Award
London Film Critics’ Circle – Film of the Year
London Film Critics’ Circle – British / Irish Film of the Year
Online Film Critics Society – Best Documentary Film
San Diego Film Critics Society – Best Documentary
San Francisco Film Critics Circle – Best Documentary
St. Louis Film Critics Association – Best Soundtrack