Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Joshua Oppenheimer |
The Act of Killing
|
| Signe Byrge Sørensen |
The Act of Killing
|
| Zachary Heinzerling |
Cutie and the Boxer
|
| Lydia Dean Pilcher |
Cutie and the Boxer
|
| Rick Rowley |
Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield
|
| Jeremy Scahill |
Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield
|
| Jehane Noujaim |
The Square (Al Midan)
|
| Karim Amer |
The Square (Al Midan)
|
| Morgan Neville |
Twenty Feet from Stardom
|
| Gil Friesen |
Twenty Feet from Stardom
|
| Caitrin Rogers |
Twenty Feet from Stardom
|
|
Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Emad Burnat |
5 Broken Cameras
|
| Guy Davidi |
5 Broken Cameras
|
| Philippa Kowarsky |
The Gatekeepers
|
| Estelle Fialon |
The Gatekeepers
|
| Dror Moreh |
The Gatekeepers
|
| David France |
How to Survive a Plague
|
| Howard Gertler |
How to Survive a Plague
|
| Kirby Dick |
The Invisible War
|
| Amy Ziering |
The Invisible War
|
| Malik Bendjelloul |
Searching for Sugar Man
|
| Simon Chinn |
Searching for Sugar Man
|
|
Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mike Lerner |
Hell and Back Again
|
| Danfung Dennis |
Hell and Back Again
|
| Marshall Curry |
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
|
| Sam Cullman |
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
|
| Wim Wenders |
Pina
|
| Gian-Piero Ringel |
Pina
|
| Daniel Lindsay |
Undefeated
|
| Rich Middlemas |
Undefeated
|
| T. J. Martin |
Undefeated
|
| Joe Berlinger |
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
|
| Bruce Sinofsky |
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
|
|
Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Banksy |
Exit Through the Gift Shop
|
| Jaimie D'Cruz |
Exit Through the Gift Shop
|
| Josh Fox |
Gasland
|
| Trish Adlesic |
Gasland
|
| Charles H. Ferguson |
Inside Job
|
| Audrey Marrs |
Inside Job
|
| Tim Hetherington |
Restrepo
|
| Sebastian Junger |
Restrepo
|
| Lucy Walker |
Waste Land
|
| Angus Aynsley |
Waste Land
|
|
Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Anders Østergaard |
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
|
| Lise Lense-Moller |
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
|
| Rebecca Cammisa |
Which Way Home
|
| Judith Ehrlich |
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
|
| Rick Goldsmith |
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
|
| Robert Kenner |
Food, Inc.
|
| Elise Pearlstein |
Food, Inc.
|
| Louie Psihoyos |
The Cove
|
| Fisher Stevens |
The Cove
|
|
Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Werner Herzog |
Encounters at the End of the World
|
| Henry Kaiser |
Encounters at the End of the World
|
| James Marsh |
Man on Wire
|
| Simon Chinn |
Man on Wire
|
| Scott Hamilton Kennedy |
The Garden
|
| Carl Deal |
Trouble the Water
|
| Tia Lessin |
Trouble the Water
|
| Ellen Kuras |
Nerakhoon
|
| Thavisouk Phrasavath |
Nerakhoon
|
|
Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Charles H. Ferguson |
No End in Sight
|
| Audrey Marrs |
No End in Sight
|
| Richard E. Robbins |
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
|
| Michael Moore |
Sicko
|
| Meghan O'Hara |
Sicko
|
| Alex Gibney |
Taxi to the Dark Side
|
| Eva Orner |
Taxi to the Dark Side
|
| Andrea Nix |
War/Dance
|
| Sean Fine |
War/Dance
|
|
Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Davis Guggenheim |
An Inconvenient Truth
|
| Amy J. Berg |
Deliver Us From Evil
|
| Frank Donner |
Deliver Us From Evil
|
| James Longley |
Iraq in Fragments
|
| Yahya Sinno |
Iraq in Fragments
|
| Heidi Ewing |
Jesus Camp
|
| Rachel Grady |
Jesus Camp
|
| Laura Poitras |
My Country, My Country
|
| Jocelyn Glatzer |
My Country, My Country
|
|
Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Luc Jacquet |
March of the Penguins
|
| Yves Darondeau |
March of the Penguins
|
| Hubert Sauper |
Darwin's Nightmare
|
| Alex Gibney |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
|
| Jason Kliot |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
|
| Henry Alex Rubin |
Murderball
|
| Dana Adam Shapiro |
Murderball
|
| Marshall Curry |
Street Fight
|
|
Nominations 2004 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Luigi Falorni |
The Story of the Weeping Camel
|
| Byambasuren Davaa |
The Story of the Weeping Camel
|
| Ross Kauffman |
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
|
| Zana Briski |
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
|
| Morgan Spurlock |
Super Size Me
|
| Lauren Lazin |
Tupac: Resurrection
|
| Karolyn Ali |
Tupac: Resurrection
|
| Kirby Dick |
Twist of Faith
|
| Eddie Schmidt |
Twist of Faith
|
|
Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Errol Morris |
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
|
| Michael Williams |
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
|
| Carles Bosch |
Balseros
|
| Josep Maria Domenech |
Balseros
|
| Andrew Jarecki |
Capturing the Friedmans
|
| Marc Smerling |
Capturing the Friedmans
|
| Nathaniel Kahn |
My Architect
|
| Susan Rose Behr |
My Architect
|
| Sam Green |
The Weather Underground
|
| Bill Siegel |
The Weather Underground
|
|
Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Moore |
Bowling for Columbine
|
| Michael Donovan |
Bowling for Columbine
|
| Gail Dolgin |
Daughter from Danang
|
| Vicente Franco |
Daughter from Danang
|
| Jacques Perrin |
Winged Migration
|
| Malcolm Clarke |
Prisoner of Paradise
|
| Stuart Sender |
Prisoner of Paradise
|
| Jeffrey Blitz |
Spellbound
|
| Sean Welch |
Spellbound
|
|
Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jean-Xavier de Lestrade |
Murder on a Sunday Morning
|
| Denis Poncet |
Murder on a Sunday Morning
|
| Edet Belzberg |
Children Underground
|
| Susan Froemke |
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
|
| Deborah Dickson |
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
|
| Justine Shapiro |
Promises
|
| B.Z. Goldberg |
Promises
|
| Christian Frei |
War Photographer
|
|
Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Frances Reid |
Long Night's Journey into Day
|
| Deborah Hoffmann |
Long Night's Journey into Day
|
| Mark Jonathan Harris |
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
|
| Deborah Oppenheimer |
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
|
| Tod Lending |
Legacy
|
| Barak Goodman |
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
|
| Daniel Anker |
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
|
| Josh Aronson |
Sound and Fury
|
| Roger Weisberg |
Sound and Fury
|
|
Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Wim Wenders |
Buena Vista Social Club
|
| Ulrich Felsberg |
Buena Vista Social Club
|
| Arthur Cohn |
One Day in September
|
| Kevin Macdonald |
One Day in September
|
| Roko Belic |
Genghis Blues
|
| Adrian Belic |
Genghis Blues
|
| Nanette Burstein |
On the Ropes
|
| Brett Morgen |
On the Ropes
|
| Paola di Florio |
Speaking in Strings
|
| Lilibet Foster |
Speaking in Strings
|
|
Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| James Moll |
The Last Days
|
| Kenneth Lipper |
The Last Days
|
| Janet Cole |
Regret to Inform
|
| Barbara Sonneborn |
Regret to Inform
|
| Matthew Diamond |
The Dancemaker
|
| Jerry Kupfer |
The Dancemaker
|
| Jonathan Stack |
The Farm: Angola, USA
|
| Liz Garbus |
The Farm: Angola, USA
|
| Robert B. Weide |
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
|
|
Nominations 1997 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Spike Lee |
4 Little Girls
|
| Samuel D. Pollard |
4 Little Girls
|
| Marvin Hier |
The Long Way Home
|
| Richard Trank |
The Long Way Home
|
| Michael Paxton |
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
|
| Michele Ohayon |
Colors Straight Up
|
| Julia Schachter |
Colors Straight Up
|
| William Gazecki |
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
|
| Dan Gifford |
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
|
|
Nominations 1996 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Leon Gast |
When We Were Kings
|
| David Sonenberg |
When We Were Kings
|
| Susan Warms Dryfoos |
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
|
| Jo Menell |
Mandela
|
| Angus Gibson |
Mandela
|
| Anne Belle |
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
|
| Deborah Dickson |
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
|
| Rick Goldsmith |
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
|
|
Nominations 1995 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jon Blair |
Anne Frank Remembered
|
| Thomas Lennon |
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
|
| Michael Epstein |
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
|
| Allan Miller |
Small Wonders
|
| Walter Scheuer |
Small Wonders
|
| Mike Tollin |
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
|
| Fredric Golding |
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
|
| Jeanne Jordan |
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
|
| Steven Ascher |
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
|
|
Nominations 1994 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Freida Lee Mock |
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
|
| Terry Sanders |
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
|
| Deborah Hoffmann |
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
|
| Connie Field |
Freedom on My Mind
|
| Marilyn Mulford |
Freedom on My Mind
|
| Jean Bach |
A Great Day in Harlem
|
| Charles Guggenheim |
D-Day Remembered
|
|
Nominations 1993 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Susan Raymond |
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
|
| Alan Raymond |
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
|
| Susan Todd |
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
|
| Andrew Young |
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
|
| David Paperny |
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter
|
| Arthur Ginsberg |
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter
|
| David Collier |
For Better or For Worse
|
| Betsy Thompson |
For Better or For Worse
|
| D. A. Pennebaker |
The War Room
|
| Chris Hegedus |
The War Room
|
|
Nominations 1992 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barbara Trent |
The Panama Deception
|
| David Kasper |
The Panama Deception
|
| David Haugland |
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
|
| Sally Dundas |
Fires of Kuwait
|
| Bill Miles |
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
|
| Nina Rosenblum |
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
|
|
Nominations 1991 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Allie Light |
In the Shadow of the Stars
|
| Irving Saraf |
In the Shadow of the Stars
|
| Vince DiPersio |
Death on the Job
|
| Bill Guttentag |
Death on the Job
|
| Alan Raymond |
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
|
| Susan Raymond |
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
|
| Hava Kohav Beller |
The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945
|
| Lawrence R. Hott |
Wild by Law
|
| Diane Garey |
Wild by Law
|
|
Nominations 1990 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barbara Kopple |
American Dream
|
| Arthur Cohn |
American Dream
|
| Mark Kitchell |
Berkeley in the Sixties
|
| Mark Mori |
Building Bombs
|
| Susan Robinson |
Building Bombs
|
| Judith Montell |
Forever Activists
|
| Robert Hillman |
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
|
| Eugene Corr |
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
|
|
Nominations 1989 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill Jersey |
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
|
| Judith Leonard |
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
|
| Rob Epstein |
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
|
| Bill Couturié |
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
|
| Richard Kilberg |
Adam Clayton Powell
|
| Yvonne Smith |
Adam Clayton Powell
|
| Vince DiPersio |
Crack USA: County Under Siege
|
| Bill Guttentag |
Crack USA: County Under Siege
|
| Al Reinert |
For All Mankind
|
| Betsy Broyles Breier |
For All Mankind
|
|
Nominations 1988 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Marcel Ophüls |
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
|
| Robert Bilheimer |
The Cry of Reason
|
| Ronald Mix |
The Cry of Reason
|
| Bruce Weber |
Let's Get Lost
|
| Nan Bush |
Let's Get Lost
|
| Ginny Durrin |
Promises to Keep
|
| Renee Tajima-Peña |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
|
| Christine Choy |
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
|
|
Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Aviva Slesin |
The Ten-Year Lunch
|
| Callie Crossley |
Eyes on the Prize
|
| James A. DeVinney |
Eyes on the Prize
|
| John Junkerman |
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
|
| John W. Dower |
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
|
| Robert Stone |
Radio Bikini
|
| Barbara Herbich |
A Stitch for Time
|
| Cyril Christo |
A Stitch for Time
|
|
Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Brigitte Berman |
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
|
| Joseph Feury |
Down and Out in America
|
| Milton Justice |
Down and Out in America
|
| David Bradbury |
Chile: When Will It End?
|
| Kirk Simon |
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
|
| Amram Nowak |
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
|
| Sharon I. Sopher |
Witness to Apartheid
|
|
Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Brigitte Berman |
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
|
| Joseph Feury |
Down and Out in America
|
| Milton Justice |
Down and Out in America
|
| David Bradbury |
Chile: When Will It End?
|
| Kirk Simon |
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
|
| Amram Nowak |
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
|
| Sharon I. Sopher |
Witness to Apartheid
|
|
Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Susana Blaustein Muñoz |
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
|
| Lourdes Portillo |
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
|
| Maria Florio |
Broken Rainbow
|
| Victoria Mudd |
Broken Rainbow
|
| Japhet Asher |
Soldiers in Hiding
|
| Ken Burns |
The Statue of Liberty
|
| Buddy Squires |
The Statue of Liberty
|
| Steven Okazaki |
Unfinished Business
|
|
Nominations 1984 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Cheryl McCall |
Streetwise
|
| Rob Epstein |
The Times of Harvey Milk
|
| Richard Schmiechen |
The Times of Harvey Milk
|
| Charles Guggenheim |
High Schools
|
| Nancy Sloss |
High Schools
|
| Alex Drehsler |
In the Name of the People
|
| Frank Christopher |
In the Name of the People
|
| Zev Braun |
Marlene
|
| Karel Dirka |
Marlene
|
|
Nominations 1983 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Emile Ardolino |
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
|
| Richard Kotuk |
Children of Darkness
|
| Ara Chekmayan |
Children of Darkness
|
| Bob Connolly |
First Contact
|
| Robin Anderson |
First Contact
|
| Michael Bryans |
The Profession of Arms
|
| Tina Viljoen |
The Profession of Arms
|
| Jim Klein |
Seeing Red
|
| Julia Reichert |
Seeing Red
|
|
Nominations 1982 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Zaritsky |
Just Another Missing Kid
|
| Sturla Gunnarsson |
After the Axe
|
| Steve Lucas |
After the Axe
|
| John Karol |
Ben's Mill
|
| Michel Chalufour |
Ben's Mill
|
| Meg Switzgable |
In Our Water
|
| Joseph Wishy |
A Portrait of Giselle
|
|
Nominations 1981 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Arnold Schwartzman |
Genocide
|
| Marvin Hier |
Genocide
|
| Susanne Bauman |
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
|
| Paul Neshamkin |
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
|
| Jim Burroughs |
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
|
| Ken Burns |
Brooklyn Bridge
|
| Mary Benjamin |
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
|
| Susanne Simpson |
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
|
| Boyd Estus |
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
|
| Glenn Silber |
El Salvador: Another Vietnam
|
| Teté Vasconcellos |
El Salvador: Another Vietnam
|
|
Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Murray Lerner |
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
|
| Ross Spears |
Agee
|
| Jon H. Else |
The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
|
| David Bradbury |
Front Line
|
| Bengt von zur Mühlen |
The Yellow Star \u2013 The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45
|
| Arthur Cohn |
The Yellow Star \u2013 The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45
|
|
Nominations 1979 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ira Wohl |
Best Boy
|
| David Vassar |
Generation on the Wind
|
| Jacques Bobet |
Going the Distance
|
| Paul Cowan |
Going the Distance
|
| Steve Singer |
The Killing Ground
|
| Tom Priestley |
The Killing Ground
|
| Glenn Silber |
The War at Home
|
| Barry Alexander Brown |
The War at Home
|
|
Nominations 1978 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Arnold Shapiro |
Scared Straight!
|
| Albert Lamorisse |
The Lovers' Wind
|
| Alan Root |
Mysterious Castles of Clay
|
| Jean-Pierre Dutilleux |
Raoni
|
| Barry Hugh Williams |
Raoni
|
| Michel Gast |
Raoni
|
| Anne Bohlen |
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
|
| Lyn Goldfarb |
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
|
| Lorraine Gray |
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
|
|
Nominations 1977 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Korty |
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
|
| Dan McCann |
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
|
| Warren Lockhart |
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
|
| Robert Dornhelm |
The Children of Theatre Street
|
| Earle I. Mack |
The Children of Theatre Street
|
| Bill Brind |
High Grass Circus
|
| Torben Schioler |
High Grass Circus
|
| Tony Ianzelo |
High Grass Circus
|
| Harry Rasky |
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
|
| Jim Klein |
Union Maids
|
| Julia Reichert |
Union Maids
|
| Miles Mogulescu |
Union Maids
|
|
Nominations 1976 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barbara Kopple |
Harlan County, USA
|
| James C. Gutman |
Hollywood on Trial
|
| David Helpern |
Hollywood on Trial
|
| Michael Firth |
Off the Edge
|
| Anthony Howarth |
People of the Wind
|
| David Koff |
People of the Wind
|
| Donald Brittain |
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
|
| Robert A. Duncan |
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
|
|
Nominations 1975 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| F. R. Crawley |
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
|
| James Hager |
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
|
| Dale Hartleben |
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
|
| Walter F. Parkes |
The California Reich
|
| Keith F. Critchlow |
The California Reich
|
| Glen Pearcy |
Fighting for Our Lives
|
| Irwin Rosten |
The Incredible Machine
|
| Shirley MacLaine |
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
|
|
Nominations 1974 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter Davis |
Hearts and Minds
|
| Bert Schneider |
Hearts and Minds
|
| Judy Collins |
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
|
| Jill Godmilow |
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
|
| Herbert Kline |
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
|
| Jacques Ehrlich |
The 81st Blow
|
| David Bergman |
The 81st Blow
|
| Haim Gouri |
The 81st Blow
|
| Natalie R. Jones |
The Wild and the Brave
|
| Eugene S. Jones |
The Wild and the Brave
|
|
Nominations 1973 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kieth Merrill |
The Great American Cowboy
|
| John D. Goodell |
Always a New Beginning
|
| Bengt von zur Mühlen |
Battle of Berlin
|
| Alex Grasshoff |
Journey to the Outer Limits
|
| Gertrude Ross Marks |
Walls of Fire
|
| Edmund Penney |
Walls of Fire
|
|
Nominations 1972 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Howard Smith |
Marjoe
|
| Sarah Kernochan |
Marjoe
|
| Bert Haanstra |
Ape and Super-Ape
|
| Marvin Worth |
Malcolm X
|
| Arnold Perl |
Malcolm X
|
| Robert Hendrickson |
Manson
|
| Laurence Merrick |
Manson
|
| Eckehard Munck |
The Silent Revolution
|
|
Nominations 1971 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Walon Green |
The Hellstrom Chronicle
|
| Alan Landsburg |
Alaska Wilderness Lake
|
| Bruce Brown |
On Any Sunday
|
| Lennart Ehrenborg |
Ra
|
| Thor Heyerdahl |
Ra
|
| Marcel Ophüls |
The Sorrow and the Pity
|
|
Nominations 1970 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bob Maurice |
Woodstock
|
| Harald Reinl |
Chariots of the Gods
|
| Jimmy Jacobs |
Jack Johnson
|
| Ely Landau |
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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| David H. Vowell |
Say Goodbye
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Nominations 1969 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bernard Chevry |
Arthur Rubinstein \u2013 The Love of Life
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| Robert K. Sharpe |
Before the Mountain Was Moved
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| Emile de Antonio |
In the Year of the Pig
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| Section of the Organizing Committee for the XIX Olympic Games |
The Olympics in Mexico
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| Irwin Rosten |
The Wolf Men
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Nominations 1968 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill McGaw |
Journey into Self
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| James Blue |
A Few Notes on Our Food Problem
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| Bill Cayton |
Legendary Champions
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| David H. Sawyer |
Other Voices
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| Robert Cohn |
Young Americans
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.] |
| Alex Grasshoff |
Young Americans
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.] |
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Nominations 1967 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill Jersey |
A Time for Burning
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| Pierre Schoendoerffer |
The Anderson Platoon
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| Murray Lerner |
Festival
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| Carroll Ballard |
Harvest
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| Jack Levin |
A King's Story
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Nominations 1966 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter Watkins |
The War Game
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| Alfred R. Kelman |
The Face of a Genius
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| Peter Jones |
Helicopter Canada
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| Tom Daly |
Helicopter Canada
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| Haroun Tazieff |
Le Volcan interdit
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| Alex Grasshoff |
The Really Big Family
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Nominations 1965 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sidney Glazier |
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
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| Peter Mills |
The Forth Road Bridge
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| Laurence E. Mascott |
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
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| Marshall Flaum |
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
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| Frédéric Rossif |
To Die in Madrid
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Nominations 1964 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bert Haanstra |
The Human Dutch
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| Jacques-Yves Cousteau |
World Without Sun
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| Jack Levin |
The Finest Hours
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| Mel Stuart |
Four Days in November
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| Jean Aurel |
14-18
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Nominations 1963 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Marshall Flaum |
The Yanks Are Coming
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| Paul de Roubaix |
The Link and the Chain
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| Edgar Anstey |
Terminus
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After the nominations were announced, it was discovered that this film was first released prior to the eligibility period, and the nomination was withdrawn. |
| Robert Hughes |
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
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Nominations 1962 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Hugo Niebeling |
Alvorada
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| Louis Clyde Stoumen |
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
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Nominations 1961 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Arthur Cohn |
Sky Above and Mud Beneath
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| René Lafuite |
Sky Above and Mud Beneath
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| Cineriz |
The Grand Olympics
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Nominations 1960 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert D. Fraser |
Rebel in Paradise
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| Larry Lansburgh |
The Horse with the Flying Tail
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Nominations 1959 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David L. Wolper |
The Race for Space
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| Bernhard Grzimek |
Serengeti Shall Not Die
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Nominations 1958 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Nathan Zucker |
Psychiatric Nursing
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| James Carr |
Antarctic Crossing
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| Robert Snyder |
The Hidden World
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| Ben Sharpsteen |
White Wilderness
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Nominations 1957 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jerome Hill |
Albert Schweitzer
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| Manuel Barbachano Ponce |
Torero
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| Lionel Rogosin |
On the Bowery
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Nominations 1956 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bjarne Henning-Jensen |
Where Mountains Float
The Government Film Committee of Denmark |
| Louis Clyde Stoumen |
The Naked Eye
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| Jacques-Yves Cousteau |
The Silent World
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Nominations 1955 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Nancy Hamilton |
Helen Keller in Her Story
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| René Risacher |
Heartbreak Ridge
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Nominations 1954 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Guy Glover |
The Stratford Adventure
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| Walt Disney |
The Vanishing Prairie
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Nominations 1953 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Walt Disney |
The Living Desert
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| John Taylor |
The Conquest of Everest
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| Leon Clore |
The Conquest of Everest
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| Grahame Tharp |
The Conquest of Everest
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| Castleton Knight |
A Queen Is Crowned
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Nominations 1952 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Irwin Allen |
The Sea Around Us
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| Dore Schary |
The Hoaxters
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| Hall Bartlett |
Navajo
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Nominations 1951 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Olle Nordemar |
Kon-Tiki
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| Bryan Foy |
I Was a Communist for the FBI
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Nominations 1950 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jack Arnold |
With These Hands
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| Lee Goodman |
With These Hands
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| Robert Snyder |
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
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Nominations 1949 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Paul F. Heard |
Kenji Comes Home
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| Crown Film Unit |
Daybreak in Udi
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Nominations 1948 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Orville O. Dull |
The Secret Land
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| Janice Loeb |
The Quiet One
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Nominations 1947 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sid Rogell |
Design for Death
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| Theron Warth |
Design for Death
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| Richard Fleischer |
Design for Death
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| United States Department of State |
Journey into Medicine
U.S. Dept. of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange |
| Paul Rotha |
The World Is Rich
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Nominations 1945 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| United States Air Force |
The Last Bomb
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| Government of the United Kingdom |
The True Glory
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| Federal government of the United States |
The True Glory
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Nominations 1944 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| United States Navy |
The Fighting Lady
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| United States Air Force |
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
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Nominations 1943 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ministry of Information |
Desert Victory
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| United States Army |
Baptism of Fire
U.S. Army Fighting Men Series |
| United States. Army pictorial Service |
Report from the Aleutians
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| Office of Strategic Services |
War Department Report
Field Photographic Branch Office of Strategic Services |
| Special Services |
The Battle of Russia
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Nominations 1942 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| United States Navy |
The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle. |
| Australian Information Service |
Kokoda Front Line!
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| Artkino Pictures |
Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger. |
| The March of Time |
Africa, Prelude to Victory
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| Signal Corps |
Combat Report
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| Frederic Ullman Jr. |
Conquer by the Clock
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| Walt Disney |
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
Henry Browne, Farmer
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| National Film Board of Canada |
High Over the Borders
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| Netherlands Information Bureau |
High Stakes in the East
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| National Film Board of Canada |
Inside Fighting China
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| United States Office of War Information |
It's Everybody's War
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| Ministry of Information |
Listen to Britain
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| Belgian Ministry of Information |
Little Belgium
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| Victor Stoloff |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| Edgar Loew |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mr. Blabbermouth!
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mister Gardenia Jones
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| Walt Disney |
The New Spirit
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| United States Merchant Marine |
A Ship Is Born
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| Ministry of Information |
Twenty-One Miles
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| William C. Thomas |
We Refuse to Die
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| Concanen Films |
The White Eagle
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| United States Air Force |
Winning Your Wings
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| Special Services |
Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight. |
| William H. Pine |
The Price of Victory
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Nominations 1942 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| United States Navy |
The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle. |
| Australian Information Service |
Kokoda Front Line!
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| Artkino Pictures |
Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger. |
| The March of Time |
Africa, Prelude to Victory
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| Signal Corps |
Combat Report
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| Frederic Ullman Jr. |
Conquer by the Clock
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| Walt Disney |
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
Henry Browne, Farmer
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| National Film Board of Canada |
High Over the Borders
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| Netherlands Information Bureau |
High Stakes in the East
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| National Film Board of Canada |
Inside Fighting China
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| United States Office of War Information |
It's Everybody's War
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| Ministry of Information |
Listen to Britain
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| Belgian Ministry of Information |
Little Belgium
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| Victor Stoloff |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| Edgar Loew |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mr. Blabbermouth!
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mister Gardenia Jones
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| Walt Disney |
The New Spirit
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| United States Merchant Marine |
A Ship Is Born
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| Ministry of Information |
Twenty-One Miles
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| William C. Thomas |
We Refuse to Die
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| Concanen Films |
The White Eagle
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| United States Air Force |
Winning Your Wings
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| Special Services |
Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight. |
| William H. Pine |
The Price of Victory
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Nominations 1942 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| United States Navy |
The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle. |
| Australian Information Service |
Kokoda Front Line!
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| Artkino Pictures |
Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger. |
| The March of Time |
Africa, Prelude to Victory
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| Signal Corps |
Combat Report
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| Frederic Ullman Jr. |
Conquer by the Clock
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| Walt Disney |
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
Henry Browne, Farmer
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| National Film Board of Canada |
High Over the Borders
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| Netherlands Information Bureau |
High Stakes in the East
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| National Film Board of Canada |
Inside Fighting China
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| United States Office of War Information |
It's Everybody's War
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| Ministry of Information |
Listen to Britain
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| Belgian Ministry of Information |
Little Belgium
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| Victor Stoloff |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| Edgar Loew |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mr. Blabbermouth!
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mister Gardenia Jones
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| Walt Disney |
The New Spirit
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| United States Merchant Marine |
A Ship Is Born
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| Ministry of Information |
Twenty-One Miles
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| William C. Thomas |
We Refuse to Die
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| Concanen Films |
The White Eagle
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| United States Air Force |
Winning Your Wings
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| Special Services |
Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight. |
| William H. Pine |
The Price of Victory
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Nominations 1942 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| United States Navy |
The Battle of Midway
A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world - a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle. |
| Australian Information Service |
Kokoda Front Line!
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| Artkino Pictures |
Moscow Strikes Back
A special award to Moscow Strikes Back for its vivid presentation of the heroism of the Russian Army and of the Russian people in the defense of Moscow, and for its achievement in so doing under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger. |
| The March of Time |
Africa, Prelude to Victory
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| Signal Corps |
Combat Report
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| Frederic Ullman Jr. |
Conquer by the Clock
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| Walt Disney |
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
Henry Browne, Farmer
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| National Film Board of Canada |
High Over the Borders
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| Netherlands Information Bureau |
High Stakes in the East
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| National Film Board of Canada |
Inside Fighting China
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| United States Office of War Information |
It's Everybody's War
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| Ministry of Information |
Listen to Britain
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| Belgian Ministry of Information |
Little Belgium
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| Victor Stoloff |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| Edgar Loew |
Little Isles of Freedom
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mr. Blabbermouth!
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| United States Office of War Information |
Mister Gardenia Jones
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| Walt Disney |
The New Spirit
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| United States Merchant Marine |
A Ship Is Born
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| Ministry of Information |
Twenty-One Miles
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| William C. Thomas |
We Refuse to Die
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| Concanen Films |
The White Eagle
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| United States Air Force |
Winning Your Wings
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| Special Services |
Prelude to War
A special award to Prelude to War for its trenchant conception and authentic and stirring dramatization of the events which forced our nation into the war and of the ideals for which we fight. |
| William H. Pine |
The Price of Victory
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