spence@spence.worldInsta / Vimeo Spencer MacDonald is a Berlin-based director, born in NYC and raised in San Francisco. Some Press:Short of the Week, The Short Awards 2026, Audience Award Winner: A Body Called LifeVimeo Staff Pick - Best of the Year: AllTrailsCiclope Finalist 2025 - AllTrailsDirector’s Library: AllTrailsNOWNESS: A Body Called Life97th Academy Award Longlist: A Body Called LifeWinner, Best Documentary Short, 32nd Raindance Film Festival 2024 (Academy Award qualified): A Body Called Life’Special Jury Award Documentary Short’, Santa Fe International Film Festival 2024: A Body Called LifeHonorable Mention, 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2024: A Body Called LifeGrand Jury Prize, Dallas International Film Festival 2024: A Body Called Life’From the Booth’ Award, 51st Athens International Film and Video Festival 2024: A Body Called Life’Special Jury Prize: Best Short’ Deadcenter Film Festival 2024: A Body Called LifeBest Original Score, Brooklyn Film Festival 2024: A Body Called LifeBest International Documentary Short, Evollution Mallorca International Film Festival 2024: A Body Called Life’In Vivo Award’ Science New Wave Festival 2024: A Body Called LifeBest Documentary Short, Cannes Indie Shorts Awards 2024: A Body Called LifeBest Documentary Short, NYC Indie Shorts Awards 2024: A Body Called LifeBest Cinematography, Centre Film Festival 2024Best Poetic Documentary Film, Doc.Berlin 2024Best of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles 2025, Best Short Documentary, NomineeBest of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles 2025, Best Score, WinnerThe Telly Awards 2025, Best Director, Gold WinnerThe Telly Awards 2025, Best Experimental Film, Gold WinnerOfficial Selection @ over twenty Academy Award Qualifying Festivals: A Body Called LifeVimeo’s Best of the Year: Switzerland Tourism ‘Even if It Takes Awhile’ (with Director’s Commentary), 20231.4 Awards Shortlist: Dear TravelersDirectors’ Library: Dear Travelers, 2022Vimeo Staff Pick: Dear Travelers, 2022Shots: On My Radar, 2021Directors’ Library: VW - Down Tools, 2021Vimeo Staff Pick: Lyft - The Sound of Y, 2021Honorable Mention, Documentary Shorts, Atlanta Film Festival 2021, Scarlet MedusaOfficial Selection, Palm Springs International Shortfest 2021, Scarlet Medusa1.4 Awards “On the Cusp” Shortlist: Scarlet MedusaVimeo Staff Pick: Scarlet Medusa, 2020NOWNESS: Scarlet MedusaDirectors’ Library: Scarlet MedusaFilmsupply: Editing with a Director’s PerspectiveWebby Nomination, Best Editing, Rapha Rides LA, 2019National Geographic Short Film Showcase: 'Thousand Hills of Hope'Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Rapha Rides LA'HYPEBEAST, 'Rapha Rides LA'The Radavist, 'Rapha Rides LA'Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Age of the Farmer'The Atlantic's Editors' Picks: 'Age of the Farmer'National Geographic's Short Film Showcase: 'Age of the Farmer'Official selection Environmental Film Festival: 'Age of the Farmer'Official selection Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival: 'Age of the Farmer'Official selection Best Coast Film Festival: 'Age of the Farmer'Alaska Airlines' SIFF Channel (In-Flight Entertainment): 'Age of the Farmer'Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Rapha Rides Boulder'The Atlantic's Editors' Picks: 'Kukimbia'Outside Magazine: 'Kukimbia'Huck Magazine: 'Kukimbia'Outside Online: 'Hells Canyon'Vimeo Staff Picks: 'Rapha Rides Seattle'Official Selection Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival 2017: 'Conservation Generation'Official selection Telluride Mountainfilm 2017: 'Conservation Generation'Official selection Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2018: 'Conservation Generation' it’s all in your head