Writer/Director/Cameraman
- Venice’s Primo San Georgio and The City of Venice Prize, at the Venice Film Festival, for Nothing But a Man
- Camera d’Or for Best First Feature at the Cannes Film Festival for Alambrista!
- Best Feature at the San Sebastian Film Festival, for Alambrista!
- Indie Spirit nomination for Best Picture as well as Best Cinematographer, The Plot Against Harry.
- Indie Spirit Nomination for Best Director, for Caught
- Cuba’s Golden Coral for Best Film
- Emmy
- 1960 Peabody Award
- 1960; 1961 George Polk Award for Journalism
- 1961 Hillman Prize
- Academy Award Nomination for Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
- Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family