7 wins & 9 nominations
- 2002 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety
- Joel Gallen
- Beth McCarthy-Miller
- Wendy Acey (associate director) (plaque)
- Stefani Cohen (associate director) (plaque)
- Gary Natoli (stage manager) (plaque)
- Christopher J. Kelly (stage manager) (plaque)
- Arthur Lewis (stage manager) (plaque)
- Lynn Finkel (stage manager) (plaque)
- Alan Breton (stage manager) (plaque)
- John Esposito (stage manager) (plaque)
- Rita Cossette (stage manager) (plaque)
- Denny Barry (stage manager) (plaque)
- Lionel Pasamonte (stage manager) (plaque)
- Harve Levine (stage manager) (plaque)
For multiple episodes.
- 2002 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Joel Gallen (director)
- Beth McCarthy-Miller (director)
- 2002 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for VMC Programming
- Kieran Healy (lighting designer: LA)
- Leroy Bennett (lighting designer: NY)
- Rod Yamane (lighting director: LA)
- Patrick Dierson (lighting director: NY)
- Matt Ford (lighting director: LA)
- 2002 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
- Joel Gallen (executive producer)
- 2002 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special
- Paul Sandweiss (production mixer)
- Al Centrella (production mixer)
- Biff Dawes (music mixer)
- Jay Vicari (music mixer)
- John Harris (music mixer)
Tied with Ed Greene, Patrick Baltzell, David Greene, Shawn Murphy and Joel Iwataki for XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (2002). - 2002 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
- Kenneth Shapiro (technical director)
- Steven Cimino (technical director)
- Diane Biederbeck (camera operator)
- Warren Forman (camera operator)
- John Gillis (camera operator)
- Randy Gomez (camera operator)
- Larry Heider (camera operator)
- John Repczynski (camera operator)
- Irv Waitsman (camera operator)
- Kris Wilson (camera operator)
- Easter Xua (camera operator)
- Rob Balton (camera operator)
- Charlie Huntley (camera operator)
- Jay Kulick (camera operator)
- Stephen Murello (camera operator)
- Jeff Muhlstock (camera operator)
- John Pinto (camera operator)
- Mark Whitman (camera operator)
- David Rudd (camera operator)
- Chris Gray (senior video control)
- Matty Randazzo (senior video control)
- 2002 Winner Peabody Award
- Winner
- Ben Stiller
- Bruce Springsteen
- Sylvester Stallone
- Take 6
- U2
- Eddie Vedder
- Mark Wahlberg
- Sela Ward
- Don Was
- Robin Williams
- Stevie Wonder
- Neil Young
- Pope John Paul II
- Eli Attie
- Chris Connelly
- Marshall Herskovitz
- David Leaf
- Ann F. Lewis
- Peggy Noonan
- David Wild
- Edward Zwick
- Mike Campbell
- Robert Shrum
- Muhammad Ali
- Bill Clark
- Terry Edmonds
- Phil Rosenthal
- Amy Brenneman
- Wes Borland
- Eugene Pack
- Mariah Carey
- Adam Clayton
- Jim Carrey
- Bono
- Tom Fontana
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Beth McCarthy-Miller
- Halle Berry
- Joel Gallen
- Sheryl Crow
- Tom Cruise
- Cindy Crawford
- George Clooney
- The Edge
From the beginning of the program with Bruce Springsteen singing "My City in Ruins" to the closing moments with Willy Nelson leading a panoply of stars in singing "America, the Beautiful," America: A Tribute to Heroes is an exceptional salute to those lost in the events of September 11, 2001. Bare stages lit with hundreds of candles in New York, Los Angeles, and London provided the somber, unadorned setting for this unique program carried live, commercial free, by more than 30 radio, television and cable networks, including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, UPN, the WB, BET, Comedy Central, Court TV, the Discovery Channel, E!, Fox Family, FX, HBO, HBO Latino, Lifetime, MTV, PAX, Showtime, Sundance Channel, Telemundo, TLC, TNN, TNT, Univision, and VH-1. A number of Westwood One and Clear Channel Communications radio affiliates also simulcast the special telethon, which raised more than $150 million for the victims of 9/11. Leading this unprecedented cross-network effort was Executive Producer and Director Joel Gallen, Coordinating Producers Michael Dempsey and Carol Donovan, Director Beth McCarthy, and Writers David Wild, Peggy Noonan, Phil Rosenthal, Bob Shrum, Anne Lewis, Eli Attie, Tom Fontana, Chris Connelly, Terry Edmonds, Marshall Herskovitz, Ed Zwick, David Leaf, Gene Pack and Bill Clark. Moving musical numbers alternated with equally moving tributes. Those performing included Springsteen, Tom Hanks, Stevie Wonder featuring Take 6, George Clooney, U2, Will Smith, Muhammad Ali, Faith Hill, Kelsey Grammer, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jim Carrey, Enrique Iglesias, Neil Young, Cameron Diaz, Alicia Keys, Robin Williams, Limp Bizkit with John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls, Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits, Billy Joel, Calista Flockhart and Dixie Chicks. All involved donated their talent and time, while ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX underwrote costs surrounding the production of this outpouring of honor for those lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
- 2002 Nominee TCA Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials
- 2002 Nominee OFTA Television Award
- Best Variety, Musical, or Comedy Special
- 2002 Nominee OFTA Television Award
- Best Ensemble of a Variety, Musical, or Comedy Special
- 2010 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
- Variety Special of the Decade
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