Wilson da Silva
Journalist
Commendations
- AFI Award for Best Documentary 2000, Australian Film Institute (The Diplomat, SBS TV)
- Human Rights Award for Journalism 1997, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("The politics of the prize", Australian Financial Review Magazine)
- Michael Daley Award for Science Journalism 1996, Minister for Science ("Welcome to the online frontline" and "The virus creators", The Age)
- George Munster Award, Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, 1996 ("Witnesses to testify on East Timor killing" and "A massacre they want us to forget" The Age)
- Austcare Media Award 2000, Austcare (The Diplomat, SBS TV)
- Excellence in Biotechnology Journalism Award 1996, Amgen Ltd ("Outbreak Outback", 21C Magazine)
- Bronze Award, International Medical Film Competition 2000, British Medical Association, London UK ("Passing the bug: The end of antibiotics?" ABC TV, 30 mins, 1998)
- Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science 2000 (joint winner as founder of 'Science in the pub').
- Highly Commended Award 1998, Amrad Medical Research Journalism Awards, Australian Society for Medical Research, Melbourne ("Passing the Bug", ABC TV, 30 mins, 1998)
- Commendation, Human Rights Award 1996, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (The Age)
- RACI Journalism Award 1992, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Reuters)
- Eureka Prize for Science Journalism 2002, Australian Museum ("Sudden Impact", Newton Magazine)
- Best Magazine Feature, Australian Society of Magazine Editors 1996 ("The Plague Bomb", AFR Magazine and "Birth Of A Rebel", HQ Magazine)
Other awards for The Diplomat
- Rudolf Vrba Award for Best Documentary 2000, International Human Rights Film Festival, Prague
- Golden Maile Award for Best Documentary 2000, Hawaii International Film Festival, Honolulu
- Margrit & Robert Mondavi Prize 2001, California Wine Country Film Festival
- Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking 2000 Real Life on Film Festival, Melbourne
- Best Documentary 2000, Audience vote: Sydney Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival
- Best Political Documentary 2001, New York Festivals
- Scriptwriting Prize, Premier's Literary Awards 2000, State Government of New South Wales, Australia
- U.N. Media Peace Award 2000, United Nations Association of Australia
- FIPA International Competition 2001, Festival International des Programmes Audiovisual, Biarritz, France
- Logie Awards 2001, TV Week magazine, Australia
- FCCA Best Documentary Award 2001, Film Critics Circle of Australia