Eight Nest-supported Films Receive Emmy® Nominations!
Chicken & Egg Pictures sends massive congratulations to the eight Nest-supported films that received a nomination for the 43rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards. The honors will be presented live in two ceremonies, with Documentary Categories taking place on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 7:30 pm EDT.
“Through our mission to advance gender equity in the documentary film industry, Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to support women and nonbinary filmmakers whose work expands our collective consciousness. We congratulate all Nest-supported filmmakers for their tremendous achievements, and for crafting stories that advance social change.” -Jenni Wolfson, Executive Director of Chicken & Egg Pictures.
Check out each nomination below and celebrate the filmmakers and their teams with us:
A Thousand Cuts
dir. & prod. Ramona S. Diaz
prods. Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Leah Marino
![Reflection of Maria Ressa talking on the phone on a rearview mirror.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/a-thousand-cuts-1024x576.webp)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
- Best Documentary
Supported through Ramona’s 2018 Chicken & Egg Award
Coded Bias
dir. & prod. Shalini Kantayya
![](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PH20_Shalini-Kantayya_Coded-Bias-1024x612.png)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Coded Bias was a Project: Hatched 2020 grantee
Picture a Scientist
dirs. & prods. Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney
prod. Manette Pottle
![](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PH-2020_Picture-A-Scientist_Sharon-Shattuck_Ian-Cheney_PICTUREASCIENTIST_UprisingLLC_2.jpg)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
Picture a Scientist was a Project: Hatched 2020 grantee
Pray Away
dir. & prod. Kristine Stolakis
prod. Jessica Devaney and Anya Rous
![](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/PRAY-AWAY-Primary-Still-Square-1024x934.jpg)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Pray Away was a 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee
Simple As Water
dirs. & prod. Megan Mylan
prod. Robin Hessman
![Simple As Water still](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-17-at-10.29.27-AM-1024x677.png)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Direction: Documentary
Simple As Water was a 2018 Nest-supported project
Storm Lake
dirs. Beth Levison & Jerry Risius
prod. Beth Levison
![](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Beth-Levison-FS_StormLake_Pulitzer-Front-Page_Small-1024x677.png)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
Storm Lake was a Project: Hatched 2021 grantee
Takeover
dir. Emma Francis-Snyder
prod. Tony Gerber
![A photography of a demonstration, there are men an women, some of them wear berets, some raise their fists up, some hold signs, many are screaming something](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PH-2022_Takeover_Emma-Francis-Snyder_Film-Still_02-1024x683.jpeg)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Short Documentary
Takeover is a Project: Hatched 2022 grantee
The Changing Same: An American Pilgrimage
dirs. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
prods. Scatter, Rada Studio
![A digitally constructed environment in which a cabin is surrounded by enlightened particles. A woman in a bigger scale than the house is in the back.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Stephenson-Michele-07-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg)
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation
The Changing Same: An American Pilgrimage was supported through the 2017 Impact and Innovation Grant
From the AlumNest
- In the Same Breath
dir. Nanfu Wang
prods. Jialing Zhang, Carolyn Hepburn, Sara Rodriguez, Julie Goldman, and Christopher Clements
Nominated for: Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary, Best Documentary - Through Our Eyes: Apart
dirs. Geeta Gandbhir, Rudy Valdez
prods. Beth Miranda Botshon, Jessica Devaney, Lisa Diamond, Anya Rous
Nominated for: Best Short Documentary
Check out the full nominations list with this link.