In 2019, the film won Video Source Award awarded by International Documentary Association. "Mike Wallace Is Here" received various nominations including, Grand Jury Prize – Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, and Sheffield International Documentary Festival. The film was also nominated for Best International Film at the Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Cleveland International Film Festival, Phoenix Award at Film Festival Cologne, Best Archival Documentary, and Best Biographical Documentary at the Critics' Choice Movie Award, and Outstanding Achievement in Editing at Cinema Eye Honors.