Waad al-Kateab

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

• ◦ 2020 Best Documentary Feature Film Nominated For Sama

BBC 100 Women 1 won

• ★ 2020 BBC 100 Women Won

European Film Award for Best Documentary 1 won

• ★ 2019 Best Documentary Won For Sama

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Syrian journalist, filmmaker, and activist. Her documentary, For Sama (2019) was nominated for four BAFTAs at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, winning for Best Documentary, and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards. Her coverage of the Battle for Aleppo won an International Emmy Award for Current Affairs & News for Channel 4 News. The pseudonymous surname Al-Kateab is used to protect her family.