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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Nonfiction Programming

Primetime Emmy Award

The Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming is one of the awards presented every year at the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony

Check all the winners of Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Nonfiction Programming presented under Primetime Emmy Award since 2003 .


Ann Druyan, Steven Soter

Honored for : Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
(Standing Up In The Milky Way)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ann Druyan Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Standing Up In The Milky Way
Steven Soter Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Standing Up In The Milky Way
Mark Zwonitzer American Experience
JFK
David C. White The World Wars
Trial By Fire
Stephen David The World Wars
Trial By Fire
John Ealer The World Wars
Trial By Fire
Alec Michod The World Wars
Trial By Fire
Chelsea Coates The World Wars
Trial By Fire
Randy Counsman The World Wars
Trial By Fire
Russ McCarroll The World Wars
Trial By Fire
Jordan Rosenblum The World Wars
Trial By Fire
David Schaye The World Wars
Trial By Fire
Adam Bolt Years of Living Dangerously
The Surge
Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Congo

Alex Gibney

Honored for : Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Libya
Mark Bailey Ethel
Alex Gibney Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Dayton Duncan The Dust Bowl
The Great Plow Up
Stephen David The Men Who Built America
A New War Begins
Patrick Reams The Men Who Built America
A New War Begins
David C. White The Men Who Built America
A New War Begins
Randy Counsman The Men Who Built America
A New War Begins
Keith Palmer The Men Who Built America
A New War Begins
Ed Fields The Men Who Built America
A New War Begins

Geoffrey Ward

Honored for : Prohibition
(A Nation Of Hypocrites)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barak Goodman American Experience
Clinton
Peter Jones American Masters
Johnny Carson: King Of Late Night
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations
Cuba
Christine Ferraro Sesame Street
Growing Hope Against Hunger
Geoffrey Ward Prohibition
A Nation of Hypocrites

Stanley Nelson Jr.

Honored for : Freedom Riders

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Josh Fox Gasland
Richard Bedser Gettysburg
Ed Fields Gettysburg
Jon Wilkman Moguls and Movie Stars
The Birth Of Hollywood
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations
Haiti Travel Channel
Stanley Nelson Jr. Freedom Riders

Dayton Duncan

Honored for : The National Parks: America's Best Idea
(The Last Refuge)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jenny Ash America: The Story of Us
Division
Ed Fields America: The Story of Us
Division
David Grubin The Buddha
Paul Spillenger Life
Challenges Of Life
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations
Prague
Dayton Duncan The National Parks: America's Best Idea
The Last Refuge

Joe Bini, P.G. Morgan, Marina Zenovich

Honored for : Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Bini Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
P.G. Morgan Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Marina Zenovich Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Amanda Vaill American Masters
Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About
Penn Jillette Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
New Age Medicine Showtime
Rich Nathanson Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
New Age Medicine Showtime
Michael Goudeau Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
New Age Medicine Showtime
David Wechter Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
New Age Medicine Showtime
Cliff Schoenberg Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
New Age Medicine Showtime
Sheryl Zohn Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
New Age Medicine Showtime
Michael Kantor Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
When I'm Bad, I'm Better--The Groundbreakers
Laurence Maslon Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
When I'm Bad, I'm Better--The Groundbreakers
David Grubin American Experience
The Trials Of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Geoffrey Ward

Honored for : The War
(Pride Of Our Nation)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Geoffrey Ward The War
Pride Of Our Nation
David de Vries Life After People: The Series
Jeff Grogan Intervention
Caylee
Ira Glass This American Life
Escape
Mark Zwonitzer American Experience
Walt Whitman

James Sanders, Ric Burns

Honored for : American Masters
(Andy Warhol: A Documentary)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Vanessa Berlowitz Planet Earth
Mountains
Gary Parker Planet Earth
Mountains
Steven Smith Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
David Comtois Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Kevin Burns Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Teller Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
Sheryl Zohn Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
Jon Hotchkiss Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
Michael Goudeau Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
Star Price Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
Cliff Schoenberg Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
David S. Weiss Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
Penn Jillette Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Wal-Mart
Nancy Updike This American Life
God's Close-Up
James Sanders American Masters
Andy Warhol: A Documentary
Ric Burns American Masters
Andy Warhol: A Documentary

Peter Jones

Honored for : Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Goudeau Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Jon Hotchkiss Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Penn Jillette Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Star Price Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Cliff Schoenberg Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Teller Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Peter Jones Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Alan Handel How William Shatner Changed the World
Julian Jones How William Shatner Changed the World
Kenneth Bowser American Masters
DeWitt Sage American Masters

Geoffrey Ward

Honored for : Unforgivable Blackness
(Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Geoffrey Ward Unforgivable Blackness
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
JoAnn Young Broadway The American Musical
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, For Episode: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'!
Saira Shah Death in Gaza
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Thomas Quinn Time Machine: Beyond The Da Vinci Code
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Rob Blumenstein Time Machine: Beyond The Da Vinci Code
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Penn Jillette Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, For Episode: Profanity
Teller Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, For Episode: Profanity
Jon Hotchkiss Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, For Episode: Profanity
Star Price Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, For Episode: Profanity
Michael Goudeau Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, For Episode: Profanity

Susan Lacy, Stephen Stept

Honored for : American Masters

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rick Sebak Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
Mark Bailey Pandemic: Facing AIDS
Susan Lacy American Masters
Stephen Stept American Masters
David C. Taylor JFK: A Presidency Revealed
Terry Jones Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Michael Goudeau Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Penn Jillette Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Star Price Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Teller Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Emma Webster Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

Michelle Ferrari

Honored for : American Experience

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michelle Ferrari American Experience
Mark Jonathan Harris Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Alexandra Pelosi Journeys with George
James Bobin Da Ali G Show
Sacha Baron Cohen Da Ali G Show
Jamie Glassman Da Ali G Show
Anthony Hines Da Ali G Show
Dan Mazer Da Ali G Show
Marcia Smith American Experience