Nick Broomfield:


Nicholas "Nick" Broomfield was born in 1948. He is an Englsih documentary film-maker who uses a minimum crew of just himself and one or two camera operators, which gives his documentaries a distinctive style. Broomfield is often in shot holding the sound boom.
Nick has won 6 awards and has had 10 nominations:

Wins:

Amnesty International - DOEN Award

Flaherty Documentary Award

Interfilm Award

SIGNIS Award

Solidarity Award

Best Director

Nominations:

IDA Award

Best Film

Best Director

Golden Satellite Award

Best Documentary Award

International Fantasy Film Award

Grand Jury Prize (2007)

Grand Jury Prize (1993)

Grand Jury Prize (1987)

Flaherty Documentary Award (TV)

This proves that Nick is a very succesful documentarist.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112374/

Nick has a wide filmography, including documentary films such as; Alieen, Battle for Haditha, Behind the rent strike, Biggie & Tupac, Chicken Ranch, Dark Obsession etc.