Mock has received an
Academy Award (for her film
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision), five Academy Award nominations (for films she either directed or produced), two prime-time
Emmy Awards, and three prime-time Emmy Award nominations. The
Maya Lin award was mired in controversy as acclaimed films such as
Hoop Dreams failed to receive a nomination. Film critic
Roger Ebert also suggested that the nomination of
Maya Lin stemmed from
cronyism as Mock was the chair of the committee which makes the nominations (though she stepped aside for the year that
Maya Lin was under consideration), and was thus close friends with many of the committee members. Mock denied that the nomination in any way stemmed from cronyism and hired an attorney to respond to the press criticism. Ebert and his associate
Gene Siskel publicly apologized to Mock after seeing
Maya Lin, with Ebert saying "I think it's a good film and deserved to be nominated.", but other prominent critics such as
Janet Maslin maintained that while
Maya Lin was a good film it was clearly outshone by documentaries such as
Hoop Dreams and
Crumb which were passed up for nomination. Mock is the recipient of grants from organizations such as the
National Endowment for the Arts, the
National Endowment for the Humanities, the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the
American Film Institute, Women in Film, the Robeson Fund and numerous foundations in support of her film projects. ==Selected filmography==