Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Zachary Heinzerling |
Cutie and the Boxer
Radius TWC","Ex Lion Tamer","Cine Mosaic |
| Jehane Noujaim |
The Square (Al Midan)
Netflix","Participant Media","Noujaim Films","Maktube Productions","Worldview Entertainment","Roast Beef Productions |
| Joshua Oppenheimer |
The Act of Killing
Final Cut for Real APS","Drafthouse Films","Piraya Films","Novaya Zemlya Ltd.","Spring Films Ltd. |
| Sarah Polley |
Stories We Tell
Roadside Attractions","The National Film Board of Canada |
| Lucy Walker |
The Crash Reel
HBO Documentary Films","KP Rides Again, LLC","Impact Partners","Tree Tree Tree Production |
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Malik Bendjelloul |
Searching for Sugar Man
|
| Kirby Dick |
The Invisible War
|
| David France |
How to Survive a Plague
|
| Lauren Greenfield |
The Queen of Versailles
|
| Alison Klayman |
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
|
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Martin Scorsese |
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Spitfire Pictures","Grove Street Pictures","Sikelia Productions |
| Steve James |
The Interrupters
BBC Storyville","The Independent Television Services","Rise Films","WGBH/Frontline","Kartemquin Films |
| Richard Press |
Bill Cunningham New York
Zeitgeist Films","First Thought Films |
| James Marsh |
Project Nim
BBC Films","Passion Pictures","Red Box Films","UK Film Council","HBO Documentary Films |
| Bruce Sinofsky |
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
HBO Documentary Films","Radical Media |
| Joe Berlinger |
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
HBO Documentary Films","Radical Media |
|
Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lixin Fan |
Last Train Home
Eye Steel Film, ITVS, Canada","Council for the Arts","Zeitgeist Films |
| Charles H. Ferguson |
Inside Job
Sony Pictures Classics","Representational Pictures |
| Alex Gibney |
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Magnolia Pictures","ES Productions","A&E IndieFilms |
| Davis Guggenheim |
Waiting for \"Superman\"
Paramount Vantage","Public Education LLC |
| Sebastian Junger |
Restrepo
Outpost Films","National Geographic Entertainment |
| Tim Hetherington |
Restrepo
Outpost Films","National Geographic Entertainment |
|
Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sacha Gervasi |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Metal On Metal Productions |
| Mai Iskander |
Garbage Dreams
Iskander Films, Inc. |
| Robert Kenner |
Food, Inc.
Robert Kenner Films |
| Louie Psihoyos |
The Cove
Oceanic Preservation Society And Roadside Attractions |
| Geoffrey Smith |
The English Surgeon
Eyeline Films |
| Agnès Varda |
The Beaches of Agnès
Cine-Tamaris, Paris |
|
Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gonzalo Arijon |
Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Ethan Productions / Zeitgeist Films |
| Elizabeth Farnsworth |
The Judge and the General
West Wind Productions |
| Patricio Lanfranco |
The Judge and the General
West Wind Productions |
| Ari Folman |
Waltz with Bashir
Les Films D'Ici, Razor Films / Sony Pictures Classics |
| Peter Gilbert |
At the Death House Door
Kartemquin Films / IFC |
| Steve James |
At the Death House Door
Kartemquin Films / IFC |
| James Marsh |
Man on Wire
Wall to Wall, Red Box Films / Magnolia Pictures |
|
Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ken Burns |
The War
Florentine Films |
| Lynn Novick |
The War
Florentine Films |
| Alex Gibney |
Taxi to the Dark Side
Jigsaw Productions |
| Asger Leth |
Ghosts of Cité Soleil
Sony BMG Feature Films |
| Richard E. Robbins |
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
The Documentary Group |
| Barbet Schroeder |
Terror's Advocate
Magnolia Pictures |
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Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Amy J. Berg |
Deliver Us From Evil
Lionsgate Films |
| Michael Glawogger |
Workingman's Death
Lotus Films & Quinte Film |
| James Longley |
Iraq in Fragments
Typecast Pictures / HBO Documentary Films |
| Ar?nas Matelis |
Before Flying Back to the Earth
Studio Nominum, Tag / Traum |
| Jean-Henri Meunier |
Ici Najac, A Vous La Terre
Little Bear |
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Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kief Davidson |
The Devil's Miner
Urban Landscape Productions / First Run Features |
| Richard Ladkani |
The Devil's Miner
Urban Landscape Productions / First Run Features |
| Werner Herzog |
Grizzly Man
Lions Gate Films / Discovery Documentaries |
| Sean McAllister |
The Liberace of Baghdad
Tenfoot Films |
| Rupert Murray |
Unknown White Male
Wellspring Media Inc. / Spectre Broadcast |
| Brent Renaud |
Off to War
|
| Craig Renaud |
Off to War
|
|
Nominations 2004 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ross Kauffman |
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
|
| Zana Briski |
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
|
| Ross McElwee |
Bright Leaves
Lions Gate Films / Discovery Documentaries |
| Michael Moore |
Fahrenheit 9/11
Tenfoot Films |
| Jehane Noujaim |
Control Room
Wellspring Media Inc. / Spectre Broadcast |
| Byambasuren Davaa |
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Wellspring Media Inc. / Spectre Broadcast |
| Luigi Falorni |
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Wellspring Media Inc. / Spectre Broadcast |
|
Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sam Green |
The Weather Underground
The Free History Project / Shadow Distribution |
| Bill Siegel |
The Weather Underground
The Free History Project / Shadow Distribution |
| Andrew Jarecki |
Capturing the Friedmans
Hit The Ground Running Films, LLC in association with HBO/Cinemax Original Programming / Magnolia Pictures |
| Nathaniel Kahn |
My Architect
The Louis Kahn Project, Inc. / HBO / Cinemax Documentary Films / New Yorker Films |
| Errol Morris |
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
@radical.media & SenArt Films Production in association with Globe Department Store Sony Pictures Classics |
| José Padilha |
Bus 174
Zazen Productions / THINKFilm |
|
Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Charles Braverman |
Bottom of the Ninth
White Whale Production |
| Stuart Sender |
Prisoner of Paradise
Media Vérité & Café Productions |
| Malcolm Clarke |
Prisoner of Paradise
Media Vérité & Café Productions |
| Rob Fruchtman |
Sister Helen
R & R Films, Inc. |
| Rebecca Cammisa |
Sister Helen
R & R Films, Inc. |
| Tasha Oldham |
The Smith Family
Small Town Productions |
| Leah Mahan |
Sweet Old Song
Two Cents Productions |
|
Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Charles Braverman |
Rocky and Rolanda
Tralfamador Corp. |
| Chris Hegedus |
Startup.com
Pennebaker Hegedus Films & Noujaim Films / Artisan Entertainment |
| Jehane Noujaim |
Startup.com
Pennebaker Hegedus Films & Noujaim Films / Artisan Entertainment |
| Stephen Ives |
Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
Production Company: Insignia Films / PBS |
| Martin Spinelli |
Life on Jupiter
Interaction Media / WNET Thirteen |
| Deborah Hoffmann |
Long Night's Journey into Day
Iris Films |
| Frances Reid |
Long Night's Journey into Day
Iris Films |
|
Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Charles Braverman |
High School Boot Camp
Braverman Productions, Inc. |
| Laurie Collyer |
Nuyorican Dream
Big Mouth Productions, Inc. |
| David Devries |
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Greystone Communications |
| Mark Lewis |
The Natural History of the Chicken
Radio Pictures, Inc. |
| Michael Mierendorf |
Broken Child
Mierendorf Productions |
|
Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barry W. Blaustein |
Beyond the Mat
Pennebaker Hegedus Films & Noujaim Films |
| Marc Levin |
Thug Life in DC
|
| Errol Morris |
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
Production Company: Insignia Films |
| Gary Weimberg |
The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez
|
| Nanette Burstein |
On the Ropes
Iris Films |
| Brett Morgen |
On the Ropes
Iris Films |
|
Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Matthew Diamond |
The Dancemaker
Four Oaks Foundation and Long Legs, Inc. |
| Susan Lacy |
American Masters: Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
Thirteen/WNET, PBS |
| Nigel Noble |
Great Performances: Porgy and Bess: An American Voice
Mojo Working Productions, PBS |
| Jerry Blumenthal |
Vietnam, Long Time Coming
Seventh Arts Releasing |
| Gordon Quinn |
Vietnam, Long Time Coming
Seventh Arts Releasing |
| Peter Gilbert |
Vietnam, Long Time Coming
Seventh Arts Releasing |
| Kyra Thompson |
Dying to Tell the Story
Turner Original Productions / Gamma Prods. Inc., TBS |
|
Nominations 1997 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Muffie Meyer |
Blows Must Decide: 1774-76
Middlemarch Films |
| Ellen Hovde |
Blows Must Decide: 1774-76
Middlemarch Films |
| John O’Hagan |
Wonderland
Good Machine |
| Michele Ohayon |
Colors Straight Up
Echo Pictures |
| Peter Rosen |
First Person Singular: I.M. Pei
Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. / Lives & Legacies Films |
| Michael Uys |
Riding the Rails
Out of the Blue Productions |
| Lexy Lovell |
Riding the Rails
Out of the Blue Productions |
|
Nominations 1996 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Al Pacino |
Looking for Richard
|
| Bruce Sinofsky |
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
|
| Joe Berlinger |
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
|
| Isaac Mizrahi |
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
|
| Leon Gast |
When We Were Kings
|
| Jeanne Jordan |
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
|
| Steven Ascher |
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
|
|
Nominations 1995 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Terry Zwigoff |
Crumb
|
| Bill Van Daalen |
Indianapolis: Ship Of Doom
|
| Deborah Hoffmann |
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
|
| Freida Lee Mock |
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
|
| Helen Whitney |
Richard Avedon: Darkness & Light
|
|
Nominations 1994 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Steve James |
Hoop Dreams
|
| Bethany Yarrow |
Mama Awethu!
|
| Dan Geller |
Frosh: Nine Months In A Freshman Dorm
|
| Dayna Goldfine |
Frosh: Nine Months In A Freshman Dorm
|
| Jyll Johnstone |
Martha & Ethel
|
| Suzanne Todd |
Lives In Hazard
|
| Andrew Young |
Lives In Hazard
|
|
Nominations 1993 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barbara Kopple |
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
|
| Bruce Kuerten |
From Fields Of Promise
|
| John Di Julio |
From Fields Of Promise
|
| Shari Cookson |
Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War
|
| Susan Raymond |
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
|
| Susan Steinberg |
Paul Simon: Born At The Right Time
|
|
Nominations 1992 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bruce Sinofsky |
Brother's Keeper
|
| Joe Berlinger |
Brother's Keeper
|
| Mark Stouffer |
Braving Alaska
|
| Ric Burns |
The Donner Party
|
|
Nominations 1991 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barbara Kopple |
American Dream
|
| Alan Raymond |
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
|
| Albert Maysles |
Soldiers Of Music: Rostorpovitch Returns To Russia
|
| Bob Eisenhardt |
Soldiers Of Music: Rostorpovitch Returns To Russia
|
| Peter Gelb |
Soldiers Of Music: Rostorpovitch Returns To Russia
|
| Susan Froemke |
Soldiers Of Music: Rostorpovitch Returns To Russia
|
| Eleanor Coppola |
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers's Apocalypse
|
| Fax Bahr |
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers's Apocalypse
|
| George Hickenlooper |
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers's Apocalypse
|
|
Nominations 1990 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Elena Mannes |
Amazing Grace
|
| Susan Steinberg |
Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter
|
| Vincent DeVito |
Let Me Be Brave
|
|
Nominations 1989 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter Rosen |
Here to Make Music
|
| Merrill Brockway |
Stella Adler: Awake and Dream!
|
| Gene Lasko |
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult
|
|
Nominations 1988 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Merrill Brockway |
Great Performances
For the episode On The Move |
| Ellen Hovde |
An Empire of Reason
|
| Muffie Meyer |
An Empire of Reason
|
| Lloyd Kramer |
No One Dies Alone
|
|
Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Peaslee |
How To Raise A Street Smart Kid
|
| Judd Pillot |
How To Raise A Street Smart Kid
|
| Terry Sanders |
Slow Fires
|
| Elena Mannes |
The Kingdom Divided - God And Politics
|
|
Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Perry Miller Adato |
Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts
|
| David Heeley |
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
|
| Kyle Good |
48 Hours On Crack Street
|
|
Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Harry Rasky |
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
|
| Jody Eldred |
The China Experience: Beyond the Wall
|
| John Cosgrove |
Missing: Have You Seen This Person?
|
|
Nominations 1984 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alfred R. Kelman |
The Body Human
For the episode The Journey Within |
| Howard Enders |
Ellis Island: The Odyssey of a Dream
|
| Merrill Brockway |
Great Performances: Dance in America
For episode Balanchine, parts 1 and 2 |
|
Nominations 1983 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Harry Moses |
Our Times With Bill Moyers
For the episode Willie Loman Comes To China |
| Alfred R. Kelman |
The Body Human
For episode The Living Code |
| Charles A. Bangert |
The Body Human
For episode The Living Code |
| Charles Stone |
For the episode Viewpoint: The Day After |
|
Nominations 1982 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Perry Miller Adato |
Echoes and Silences
|
| Marty Pasetta |
The 54th Annual Academy Awards
|
| Don Mischer |
5th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
|
|
Nominations 1981 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert Guenette |
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
| David Heeley |
Starring Katharine Hepburn
|
| Harry Moses |
Jean Seberg
|
|
Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alfred R. Kelman |
The Body Human
For the episode The Body Beautiful |
| Perry Miller Adato |
Picasso: A Painter's Diary
|
| David Heeley |
Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance
|
|
Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alfred R. Kelman |
The Body Human
For the episode The Body Beautiful |
| Perry Miller Adato |
Picasso: A Painter's Diary
|
| David Heeley |
Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance
|
|
Nominations 1979 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alfred R. Kelman |
The Body Human
For the episode The Magic Sense |
| John Cosgrove |
Angel Death
|
| William Peters |
Death of a Family
|
|
Nominations 1978 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Korty |
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
|
| Art Fisher |
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of The Wonderful World of Disney
|
| Richard Gerdau |
Arson: Fire for Hire
|
|
Nominations 1977 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Perry Miller Adato |
Georgia O'Keeffe
|
| Jack Haley, Jr. |
Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
|
| John Cosgrove |
Jill Kinmont - From Tragedy to Triumph
|
|
Nominations 1976 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Arthur Bloom |
Democratic and Republican National Convention
|
| Marty Pasetta |
The 48th Annual Academy Awards
|
| Vern Diamond |
In Celebration of US
|
|
Nominations 1975 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Irv Drasnin |
CBS Reports
For The Guns of Autumn |
| Howard Stringer |
A Tale Of Two Irelands
|
| Martin Morris |
Kennedy Assassination
|
|
Nominations 1974 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill Foster |
The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney
|
| Arthur Bloom |
60 Minutes
|
| Charles Braverman |
Birth & Babies
|
|
Nominations 1973 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Arthur Bloom |
60 Minutes
|
| Alvin R. Mifelow |
JFK: A Time To Remember
|
| Dennis Azzarella |
The Killer Instinct
|
|
Nominations 1972 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Aram Boyajian |
The American Indian: This Land Was His Land
|
| Arthur Bloom |
60 Minutes
|
| Julian Krainin |
Oceans, The silent crisis
|
|
Nominations 1971 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Phillip Beigel |
Anatomy of a Decision: The FBI and the Great American Dream Machine
|
| Joel Banow |
Louis Armstrong: 1900 - 1971
|
| Anthony Messuri |
Apollo: A trip to the moon
|
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