'Citizenfour, 'Vivian Maier,' 'Last Days in Vietnam' Win 2014 IDA Documentary Awards

International Documentary Association revealed the 2014 IDA Documentary Awards winners Friday night in Los Angeles.
'Citizenfour'
 
Hosted by Carol Leifer at the Paramount Theatre, the night's top honors predictably went to Best Feature winner "Citizenfour," directed by Laura Poitras. Last year, she received IDA's Courage Under Fire Award back when her Oscar-shortlisted Snowden doc was still shrouded in mystery. (Full list of winners below.)
Two other Oscar-shortlisted documentaries also got boosts at the IDA Awards: "Last Days in Vietnam" editor Don Kleszy picked up the Best Editing prize, and "Finding Vivian Maier" scribes John Maloof & Charlie Siskel took Best Writing.
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Though no longer an Oscar contender, first-time filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe won the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award in honor of his autobiographical, Indie Spirit-nominated crime doc "Evolution of a Criminal." Director Rithy Panh, a 2014 Foreign Language Oscar nominee for "The Missing Picture," received the Scholarship and Preservation Award.
Veteran doc filmmaker Barbara Kopple presented Career Achievement honors to Robert Redford, who's getting ready for his 31st Sundance next month. Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, founders of World of Wonder Productions, shared IDA’s Pioneer Award, which was presented by Monica Lewinsky, the subject of their film "Monica in Black and White."
2014 IDA Documentary Awards Honorees and Winners

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARDRobert Redford

PIONEER AWARDFenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

PRESERVATION AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDRithy Panh

EMERGING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AWARD sponsored by Red Fire Films and Modern VideoFilmDarius Clark Monroe

BEST FEATURE AWARDCITIZENFOUR
Director: Laura Poitras
RADiUS-TWC, Participant Media, and
HBO Documentary Films

BEST SHORT AWARDTASHI AND THE MONK
Directors: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke
HBO Documentary Films

BEST CURATED SERIES AWARDINDEPENDENT LENS
Executive Producer: Sally Jo Fifer
Deputy Executive Producer: Lois Vossen
Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with PBS

BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARDTIME OF DEATH
Executive Producers: Cynthia Childs, Dan Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Alexandra Lipsitz
Co-Executive Producer: Miggi Hood, Sandy Shapiro
Showtime
BEST EPISODIC SERIES AWARDOUR AMERICA WITH LISA LING
Executive Producers: Amy Bucher, Gregory Henry, Lisa Ling, David Shadrack Smith
OWN

BEST SHORT FORM SERIES AWARDPLANET MONEY MAKES A T-SHIRT
Executive Producer: Alex Blumberg
NPR

DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARDMY DAD’S A ROCKER
Director: Zuxin Hou
University of Southern California

HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARDLIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Director: Thomas G. Miller
PBS / Independent Lens

PARE LORENTZ AWARDTASHI AND THE MONK
Directors: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke
HBO Documentary Films

ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD1971
Director: Johanna Hamilton
Independent Lens/ PBS

CREATIVE RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY presented by CanonELEVATOR
Cinematography By: Hatuey Viveros Lavielle

BEST EDITINGLAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
Editing By: Don Kleszy

BEST MUSICALFRED AND JAKOBINE
Music By: Nick Urata

BEST WRITINGFINDING VIVIAN MAIER
Written By: John Maloof & Charlie Siskel