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Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
Awarded forExceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded2005
Currently held by When Claude Got Shot ( 2022)
Website emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony since 2005. Entries are reviewed by a jury on the basis of the "filmmaker's expressed vision, compelling power of storytelling, artistry or innovation of craft, and the capacity to inform, transport, impact, enlighten, and create a moving and indelible work that elevates the art of documentary filmmaking." Entrants are ineligible for Outstanding Informational Series or Special and Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. [1]

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year Program Producers Network
2005
(57th)
[2]
Death in Gaza Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Nancy Abraham, supervising producer; James Miller and Saira Shah, producers HBO
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst ( American Experience) Mark Samels and Nick Fraser, executive producers; Robert Stone, producer PBS
Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq John Hoffman, Sheila Nevins and Jane Bornemeier, executive producers; Bill Couturié, produced by HBO
With All Deliberate Speed Steve Carlis, Steve Rosenbaum and Don Baer, executive producers; Peter Gilbert, produced by Discovery
2006
(58th)
[3]
Baghdad ER Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill and Joseph Feury, produced by HBO
Two Days in October ( American Experience) Sally Jo Fifer, executive producer; Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, producers; Lois Vossen, series producer PBS
Beslan: Three Days in September Joe Halderman, produced by; Peter Van Sant, Michael McHugh and Michael Vele, producers Showtime
Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company Nancy Dubuc and Dierdre O'Hearn, executive producers for A&E; Michael Epstein and Jonathan Yellen, produced by A&E
In the Realms of the Unreal ( POV) Sally Jo Fifer and Cara Mertes, executive producers; Jessica Yu and Susan West, producers PBS
2007
(59th)
[4]
A Lion in the House ( Independent Lens) Sally Jo Fifer, executive producer; Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, producers; Lois Vossen, series producer PBS
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Samuel D. Pollard and Spike Lee, producers; Jacqueline Glover, supervising producer HBO
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Stanley Nelson, producer; Sharon Grimberg, series producer PBS
2008
(60th)
[5]
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sheila Nevins and Robert Richter, executive producers; Steven Okazaki, producer; Sara Bernstein, supervising producer HBO
Oswald's Ghost ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Sharon Grimberg, senior producer; Robert Stone, producer PBS
Walt Whitman ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Patrick Long and Jamila Wignot, producers; Mark Zwonitzer, filmmaker
2009
(61st)
[6]
The Alzheimer's Project: "The Memory Loss Tapes" Sheila Nevins and Maria Shriver, executive producers; John Hoffman, series producer; Shari Cookson and Nick Doob, produced by HBO
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Jacqueline Glover, supervising producer; Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, produced by HBO

2010s

Year Program Producers Network
2010
(62nd)
[7]
The Betrayal – Nerakhoon ( POV) Simon Kilmurry and Cara Mertes, executive producers; Ellen Kuras and Flora Fernandez-Marengo, produced by PBS
Brick City Marc Levin, Mark Benjamin, Forest Whitaker and Mala Chapple, executive producers Sundance
My Lai ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Barak Goodman], producer PBS
Patti Smith: Dream of Life ( POV) Simon Kilmurry and Steven Sebring, executive producers; Margaret Smilow, executive producer/producer
Pressure Cooker Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann, executive producers; Jennifer Grausman, producer BET
Sergio Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Nancy Abraham, senior producer; Greg Barker, John Battsek and Julie Goldman, produced by HBO
2011
(63rd)
[8]
Freedom Riders ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Stanley Nelson and Laurens Grant, produced by; Sharon Grimberg, senior producer PBS
Gasland Trish Adlesic, Josh Fox and Molly Gandour, producers HBO
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers ( POV) Rick Goldsmith and Judith Ehrlich, producers PBS
2012
(64th)
[9]
Have You Heard from Johannesburg? ( Independent Lens) Sally Jo Fifer, executive producer; Connie Field, producer; Lois Vossen, series senior producer PBS
The Amish ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Sharon Grimberg, senior producer; Callie T. Wiser and David Belton, producers PBS
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Joe Berlinger and Jonathan Silberberg, producers; Nancy Abraham, senior producers HBO
2013
(65th)
[10]
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Alex Gibney, Alexandra Johnes, Todd Wider and Jedd Wider, producers; Sara Bernstein, supervising producer HBO
2014
(66th)
[11]
Life According to Sam Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Nancy Abraham, senior producer; Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, produced by HBO
The Amish: Shunned ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Sharon Grimberg, senior producer; Callie T. Wiser, producer PBS
Brave Miss World Lati Grobman, executive producer; Cecilia Peck, Inbal B. Lessner and Motty Reif, producers Netflix
Hillsborough ( 30 for 30 Soccer Stories) Connor Schell, John Dahl and John Battsek, executive producers; Daniel Gordon and Deirdre Fenton, producers ESPN
2015
(67th)
[12]
Citizenfour Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky, produced by HBO
The Great Invisible ( Independent Lens) Margaret Brown, Jason Orans and Julie Goldman, produced by; Lois Vossen, senior series producer PBS
Hot Girls Wanted Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus and Rashida Jones, produced by Netflix
2016
(68th)
[13]
Cartel Land Kathryn Bigelow, Molly Thompson and Robert DeBitetto, executive producers; Tom Yellin and Matthew Heineman, producers A&E
Jim: The James Foley Story Peter Kunhardt, Sheila Nevins and Jacqueline Glover, executive producers; Eva Lipman, George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt, produced by HBO
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Sally Jo Fifer and Lois Vossen, executive producers; Stanley Nelson and Laurens Grant, produced by PBS
The Hunting Ground Amy Entelis, Vinnie Malhotra and Maria Cuomo Cole, executive producers; Amy Ziering, producer CNN
Racing Extinction Dieter Paulmann and John Hoffman, executive producers; Olivia Ahnemann and Fisher Stevens, produced by Discovery
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Lati Grobman and David Dinerstein, executive producers; Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor, produced by Netflix
2017
(69th)
[14]
LA 92 [15] T. J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay, a film by; Jonathan Chinn and Simon Chinn, produced by Nat Geo
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Sheila Nevins and Brett Ratner, executive producers; Nancy Abraham, senior producer; Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens, produced by HBO
O.J.: Made in America Connor Schell and Libby Geist, executive producers; Tamara Rosenberg and Nina Krstic, producers; Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow, produced by ESPN
Oklahoma City ( American Experience) Mark Samels, executive producer; Susan Bellows, senior producer; Barak Goodman and Emily Singer Chapman, produced by PBS
The White Helmets Joanna Natasegara, produced by Netflix
2018
(70th)
[16]
Strong Island [17] Joslyn Barnes and Yance Ford, produced by Netflix
City of Ghosts Alex Gibney, Molly Thompson and Stacey Offman, executive producers; Matthew Heineman, produced by A&E
Jane Tim Pastore, executive producer; Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk and James Smith, produced by Nat Geo
What Haunts Us Frank Marshall and Matt Tolmach, executive producers; Paige Goldberg Tolmach and Sarah Gibson, producers Starz
2019
(71st)
[18]
RBG Julie Cohen and Betsy West, produced by; Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton, executive producers CNN
The Sentence Sam Bisbee and Jackie Kelman Bisbee, produced by; Rudy Valdez and Theodora Dunlap, executive producers HBO
Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes Alexis Bloom and Will Cohen, produced by; Molly Thompson and Alex Gibney, executive producers A&E
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim, produced by; Lois Vossen, executive producer PBS
Three Identical Strangers Becky Read, produced by; Grace Hughes-Hallett, producer CNN

2020s

Year Program Producers Network
2020
(72nd)
[19]
The Cave Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær, produced by; Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Eva Mulvad, Carolyn Berstein, Ryan Harrington and Matt Renner, executive producers Nat Geo
Chasing the Moon ( American Experience) Robert Stone, produced by; Ray Rothrock, Daniel Aegerter and Keith Haviland, producers; Susan Bellows, senior producer; Mark Samels, executive producer PBS
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements Tahria Sheather and Irene Taylor Brodsky, produced by; Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sheila Nevins and Sara Bernstein, executive producers HBO
One Child Nation Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements and Carolyn Hepburn, produced by; Sally Jo Fifer and Lois Vossen, executive producers PBS
2021
(73rd)
[20]
76 Days Hao Wu and Jean Tsien, produced by Pluto TV
Dick Johnson Is Dead Katy Chevigny and Marilyn Ness, producers; Kirsten Johnson, produced by Netflix
Welcome to Chechnya Alice Henty, David France, Joy A. Tomchin, Askold Kurov and Igor Myakotin, produced by HBO
2022
(74th)
[21]
When Claude Got Shot Lois Vossen, executive producer; Brad Lichtenstein, Steven Cantor and Jamie Schutz, producers PBS
Changing the Game Clare Tucker and Alex Schmider, produced by Hulu
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches Henry Louis Gates Jr., Dyllan McGee, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Sara Rodriguez, executive producers; Oluwaseun Babalola, producer HBO
2023
(75th)
[22]
The Territory [23] Alex Pritz, Darren Aronofsky, Sigrid Dyekjær, Will N. Miller, Gabriel Uchida and Lizzie Gillett, produced by; Txai Suruí, executive producer Nat Geo
The Accused: Damned or Devoted? Mohammed Ali Naqvi, produced by/directed by PBS
Aftershock Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee, a film by Hulu
Last Flight Home Ondi Timoner and David Turner, produced by Paramount+

Total awards by network

  • HBO – 10
  • PBS – 5
  • Nat Geo – 3
  • A&E – 1
  • CNN – 1
  • Netflix – 1
  • Pluto - 1

References

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  23. ^ NatGeo’s ‘The Territory’, About Indigenous Brazilian Group’s Daring Fight To Protect Their Land, Wins Emmy For Exceptional Merit|Deadline
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