Awards & Winners

Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature

Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.

Check all the winners of Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature presented under Independent Spirit Awards since 2001 .


Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James

Honored for : The Interrupters

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jarreth J. Merz An African Election
Richard Press Bill Cunningham New York
Philip Gefter Bill Cunningham New York
Steve James The Interrupters
Alex Kotlowitz The Interrupters
Eric Strauss The Redemption of General Butt Naked
Daniele Anastasion The Redemption of General Butt Naked
David Weissman We Were Here

Banksy

Honored for : Exit Through the Gift Shop

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Banksy Exit Through the Gift Shop
Sebastian Junger Restrepo
Tim Hetherington Restrepo
Jeff Malmberg Marwencol
Mark Landsman Thunder Soul
Ilisa Barbash Sweetgrass
Lucien Castaing-Taylor Sweetgrass

Sacha Gervasi

Honored for : Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Donal Mosher October Country
Michael Palmieri October Country
Rebecca Cammisa Which Way Home
Sacha Gervasi Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Robert Kenner Food, Inc.
Kristopher Belman More Than a Game

James Marsh

Honored for : Man on Wire

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Werner Herzog Encounters at the End of the World
James Marsh Man on Wire
Thavisouk Phrasavath Nerakhoon
Ellen Kuras Nerakhoon
Margaret Brown The Order of Myths
Yung Chang Up the Yangtze

Dan Klores

Honored for : Crazy Love

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dan Klores Crazy Love
Tony Kaye Lake of Fire
Pernille Rose Grønkjær The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
Michael Tucker The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Petra Epperlein The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Jennifer Baichwal Manufactured Landscapes

Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross

Honored for : The Road to Guantanamo

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Bognar A Lion in the House
Julia Reichert A Lion in the House
Laura Poitras My Country, My Country
Michael Winterbottom The Road to Guantanamo
Mat Whitecross The Road to Guantanamo
Annie Sundberg The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Ricki Stern The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Keven McAlester You're Gonna Miss Me

Alex Gibney

Honored for : Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alex Gibney Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Werner Herzog Grizzly Man
Scott Dalton La Sierra
Margarita Martinez La Sierra
Mark Becker Romántico
David Zeiger Sir! No Sir!

Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Honored for : Some Kind of Monster

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ross McElwee Bright Leaves
Shola Lynch Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed
Menachem Daum Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
Oren Rudavsky Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
Joe Berlinger Some Kind of Monster
Bruce Sinofsky Some Kind of Monster
Jonathan Caouette Tarnation

Errol Morris

Honored for : The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
George Hickenlooper Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Nathaniel Kahn My Architect
Scott Hamilton Kennedy OT: our town
Paul Devlin Power Trip
Errol Morris The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Michael Moore

Honored for : Bowling for Columbine

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Moore Bowling for Columbine
Lucy Walker Devil's Playground
John W. Walter How to Draw a Bunny
Steve James Stevie
Bill Weber The Cockettes
David Weissman The Cockettes

Stacy Peralta

Honored for : Dogtown and Z-Boys

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stacy Peralta Dogtown and Z-Boys
Kenneth Carlson Go Tigers!
Susan Froemke LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Deborah Dickson LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Albert Maysles LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Justine Shapiro Promises
B.Z. Goldberg Promises
Carlos Bolado Promises
Doug Pray Scratch

Marc Singer

Honored for : Dark Days

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marc Singer Dark Days
Rob Epstein Paragraph 175
Jeffrey Friedman Paragraph 175
Josh Aronson Sound and Fury
Randy Barbato The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Fenton Bailey The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Deborah Hoffmann Long Night's Journey into Day
Frances Reid Long Night's Journey into Day