Will & Harper
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Will & Harper is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Josh Greenbaum and following actor Will Ferrell and writer Harper Steele as the duo make a 17-day road trip across the United States, the latter having recently completed a gender transition. It was produced by Jessica Elbaum, Ferrell, Greenbaum, Christopher Leggett, and Rafael Marmor. Will & Harper premiered at the 40th Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2024, received a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 13, and began streaming worldwide on Netflix on September 27. It received positive reviews from critics and was named one of the top 5 documentary films of 2024 by the National Board of Review. The film won a Peabody Award at the 85th Annual Ceremony.
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| Award | Date | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Toronto International Film Festival | September 15, 2024 | People's Choice Award: Documentaries | Will & Harper | Runner-up | |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Won | ||
| Best Director | Josh Greenbaum | Nominated | |||
| Best Score | Nathan Halpern | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Zoë White | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | November 20, 2024 | Best Original Score – Documentary | Nathan Halpern | Nominated | |
| Best Original Song – Documentary | "Harper and Will Go West" – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, and Josh Greenbaum | Nominated | |||
| National Board of Review | December 4, 2024 | Top 5 Documentaries | Will & Harper | Won | |
| Astra Film Awards | December 8, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | ||
| Astra Creative Arts Awards | December 8, 2024 | Best Original Song | "Harper and Will Go West" – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, and Josh Greenbaum | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2024 | Best Documentary | Will & Harper | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | December 9, 2024 | Best Documentary | Nominated | ||
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | ||
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | December 15, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | ||
| Seattle Film Critics Society | December 16, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | Nominated | ||
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 18, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | 3rd place | ||
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 20, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | Won | ||
| Austin Film Critics Association | January 6, 2025 | Best Documentary Film | Won | ||
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | January 11, 2025 | Best Documentary | Nominated | ||
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 9, 2024 | Audience Choize Prize | Nominated | ||
| The Unforgettables | Harper Steele | Won | |||
| American Cinema Editors Awards | March 14, 2025 | Best Edited Documentary (Theatrical) | Monique Zavistovski | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 7, 2025 | Best Documentary Film | Will & Harper | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | February 15, 2025 | Documentary of the Year | Won | ||
| LGBTQ Documentary of the Year | Won | ||||
| Golden Reel Awards | February 23, 2025 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary | Zach Seivers, George Pereyra, Adam Parrish King, and Jared K. Neal | Nominated | |
| Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | May 1, 2025 | Television Academy Honors Award | A Netflix Documentary / A Wayfarer Studios Film / A Delirio Films Production / A Gloria Sanchez Production | Won | |
| Peabody Awards | May 1, 2025 | Documentary | Won | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | September 6–7, 2025 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Josh Greenbaum | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Josh Greenbaum | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program | Zoë White | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | "Harper and Will Go West" – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, and Josh Greenbaum | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Monique Zavistovski and Lori Lovoy-Goran | Nominated |
References
- Tied with Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple films.
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