Awards
Deeyah Khan is Norway's most successful documentary filmmaker. She has received over 30 major international awards and 14 nominations including:
![Deeyah Khan wins her first International Emmy for her debut film Banaz A Love Story](https://deeyah.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Deeyah-Khan-wins-Emmy-award-for-Banaz-A-Love-Story.jpg)
Deeyah Khan wins her first International Emmy for her debut film Banaz A Love Story
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Deeyah Khan pictured with academy president Bruce L. Paisner accepting her second Emmy.
![Deeyah Khan accepts the WFTV award in 2018](https://deeyah.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Deeyah-Khan-wins-the-Women-in-Film-and-TV-Award.jpg)
Deeyah Khan wins the WFTV award in 2018
![Deeyah Khan wins Royal Television Society award for Best Director - White Right Meeting the Enemy](https://deeyah.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Deeyah-Khan-wins-Royal-Television-Society-award-for-Best-Director-White-Right-Meeting-the-Enemy.jpg)
Deeyah Khan wins Royal Television Society award for Best Director - White Right Meeting the Enemy
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Deeyah Khan becomes the first UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and creativity
![Deeyah Khan awarded the University of Oslo’s Human Rights Award](https://deeyah.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/deeyah-khan.32541.jpg)
Deeyah Khan awarded the University of Oslo’s Human Rights Award
2023: Global Pluralism Award finalist
2022: Anders Jahres Humanitarian Foundation’s Culture Prize
2021: BAFTA Award winner
2021: Peabody Award winner
2021: Edinburgh TV Festival award-winner
2021: BAFTA TV Craft Award nominee
2021: Årets Ladejarl prize winner
2021: Broadcast Awards nominee
2021: AIB Media Awards nomination
2021: British Journalism Award nomination
2020: Fritt Ord Foundation Prize award-winner
2020: Schwarzkopf-Europe Prize winner
2019: Winner of the American Psychological Association's 'Best Short Film Award'
2019: Jury award at the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
2019: Asian Woman of Achievement nomination
2018: Emmy Award
2018: BAFTA nomination
2018: Rory Peck Award
2018: Royal Television Society award for 'Best documentary director'
2018: Asian Media Award
2018: Honorary degree
2018: PeaceJam Special Jury Prize at the Monte Carlo TV Festival
2018: Frontline Club Award nomination
2017: Asian Media Award nomination
2017: Creative Diversity Network nomination
2017: CDN nomination
2016: UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
2016: Telenor Culture Prize
2016: Grierson nomination
2016: Asian Media Award
2016: BAFTA nomination
2016: NYCIFF Award
2016: Peer Gynt Prize
2016: Golden Nymph Award nomination
2016: Red Woman of the Year nomination
2016: Gunnar Sønstebys Memorial Award
2015: Ministry of Arts & Culture Human Rights Award
2015: University of Oslo’s Human Rights Award
2015: Plan Jentepris Award
2014: German Phonographic Critics Award
2013: Liberty Human Rights Arts Award
2013: Bergen International Film Festival Award
2013: Emmy Award
2013: Peabody Award
2013: Royal Television Society nomination
2012: Ossietzky prize