Nominations & Winners by Category:
Documentary
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Documentary. The
symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the nominees and winners in that category.
1941 (14th)
(Short Subject)
Adventures in the Bronx, Film Associates.Bomber, United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit; Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for National Defense.Christmas Under Fire, British Ministry of Information; Warner Bros.Churchill’s Island, National Film Board of Canada; United Artists.Letter from Home, British Ministry of Information; United Artists.Norway in Revolt, March of Time; RKO Radio.A Place to Live, Philadelphia Housing Authority; Philadelphia Housing Association.Russian Soil, Amkino.War Clouds in the Pacific, National Film Board of Canada; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.NOTE: Documentary was a new category in 1941. No features were nominated this year.
1942 (15th)
Africa, Prelude to Victory, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox.The Battle of Midway, United States Navy; 20th Century-Fox. [“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.”]Combat Report, United States Army Signal Corps.Conquer by the Clock, United States Office of War Information; RKO Pathe. [America Speaks Series] Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer.The Grain That Built a Hemisphere, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Walt Disney, Producer.Henry Browne, Farmer, United States Department of Agriculture; Republic.High over the Borders, National Film Board of Canada.High Stakes in the East, The Netherlands Information Bureau; The Netherlands Information Bureau/Service.Inside Fighting China, National Film Board of Canada; United Artists. [World in Action Series]It’s Everybody’s War, United States Office of War Information; 20th Century-Fox.Kokoda Front Line!, Australian News & Information Bureau. [“A special award to Kokoda Front Line! for its effectiveness in portraying, simply yet forcefully, the scene of war in New Guinea and for its moving presentation of the bravery and fortitude of our Australian comrades in arms.”]Listen to Britain, British Ministry of Information.Little Belgium, Belgian Ministry of Information.Little Isles of Freedom, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series] Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew, Producers.Mr. Blabbermouth!, United States Office of War Information; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Mr. Gardenia Jones, United States Office of War Information; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Moscow Strikes Back, Artkino (Russian). [“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 doing so under conditions of extreme difficulty and danger.”]Prelude to War, United States Army Special Services. [“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.”]The Price of Victory, United States Office of War Information; Paramount. William H. Pine, Producer.A Ship Is Born, United States Merchant Marine; Warner Bros.Twenty-One Miles, British Ministry of Information.White Eagle, Concanen Films (Polish).Winning Your Wings, United States Army Air Force; Warner Bros.1943 (16th)
(Feature)
Baptism of Fire, United States Army. [Fighting Men’s Series]The Battle of Russia, United States Department of War Special Service Division; 20th Century-Fox.Desert Victory, British Ministry of Information; 20th Century-Fox.Report from the Aleutians, United States Army Pictorial Service. [Combat Film Series]War Department Report, United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.](Short Subject)
Children of Mars, RKO Radio. [This Is America Series]December 7th, United States Navy; United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.]Plan for Destruction, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Swedes in America, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.To the People of the United States, Walter Wanger; United States Public Health Service. Walter Wanger, Producer.Tomorrow We Fly, United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.]Youth in Crisis, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series]1944 (17th)
(Feature)
The Fighting Lady, United States Navy; 20th Century-Fox.Resisting Enemy Interrogation, United States Army Air Force.(Short Subject)
Arturo Toscanini, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.New Americans, RKO Radio. [This Is America Series]With the Marines at Tarawa, United States Marine Corps.1945 (18th)
(Feature)
The Last Bomb, United States Army Air Force.The True Glory, United States Office of War Information; Columbia. The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America.(Short Subject)
Library of Congress, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.To the Shores of Iwo Jima, United States Marine Corps.1946 (19th)
(Short Subject)
Atomic Power, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series]Life at the Zoo, Artkino (U.S.S.R.).Seeds of Destiny, United States Department of War.NOTE: No features were nominated this year.
1947 (20th)
(Feature)
Design for Death, RKO Radio. Sid Rogell, Executive Producer; Theron Warth and Richard O. Fleischer, Producers.Journey into Medicine, United States Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange.(Short Subject)
First Steps, United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information (Canada).School in the Mailbox, Australian News & Information Bureau (Australia).1948 (21st)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
Operation Vittles, United States Army Air Force.Toward Independence, United States Army.1949 (22nd)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
A Chance to Live, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series] Richard de Rochemont, Producer.The Rising Tide, National Film Board of Canada. St. Francis-Xavier University (Nova Scotia), Producer.1950 (23rd)
(Feature)
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Company; Classic Pictures, Inc. Robert Snyder, Producer.(Short Subject)
The Fight: Science Against Cancer, National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Medical Film Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Canada/U.S.A.). Guy Glover, Producer.The Stairs, Film Documents, Inc.1951 (24th)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
Benjy, Paramount. Fred Zinnemann, Producer. [Made by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital.]One Who Came Back, United States Department of Defense; Association of Motion Picture Producers. Owen Crump, Producer. [Film sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense and the Association of Motion Picture Producers.]1952 (25th)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema), Cristallo Films; I.F.E. Releasing Corporation (Italian). Alberto Ancilotto, Producer.Man Alive!, UPA (United Productions of America); American Cancer Society. Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer.Neighbours, National Film Board of Canada; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc. (Canadian). Norman McLaren, Producer.1953 (26th)
(Feature)
The Conquest of Everest, Countryman Films, Ltd. & Group 3 Ltd.; United Artists. John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp, Producers.The Living Desert, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventures Series] Walt Disney, Producer.A Queen Is Crowned, J. Arthur Rank Organization, Ltd.; Universal-International. Castleton Knight, Producer.(Short Subject)
The Alaskan Eskimo, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.Operation Blue Jay, United States Army Signal Corps.1954 (27th)
(Feature)
The Stratford Adventure, National Film Board of Canada; Continental Distributing, Inc. Guy Glover, Producer.The Vanishing Prairie, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventures Series] Walt Disney, Producer.(Short Subject)
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait, Morrie Roizman Production; Distributors Corporation of America. Morrie Roizman, Producer.Thursday’s Children, World Wide Pictures and Morse Films; British Information Services.1955 (28th)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
The Face of Lincoln, University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc. Wilbur T. Blume, Producer.Men Against the Arctic, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.1956 (29th)
(Feature)
Where Mountains Float, Arno Studios, Copenhagen; Brandon Films, Inc. The Government Film Committee of Denmark.(Short Subject)
A City Decides, Charles Guggenheim & Associates, Inc.1957 (30th)
(Feature)
Albert Schweitzer, Hill and Anderson Production; Louis de Rochemont Associates. Jerome Hill, Producer.NOTE: No short subjects were nominated this year.
1958 (31st)
(Feature)
White Wilderness, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventure Series] Ben Sharpsteen, Producer.(Short Subject)
Ama Girls, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series] Ben Sharpsteen, Producer.Overture, United Nations Film Services; Kingsley International Pictures. Thorold Dickinson, Producer.1959 (32nd)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
From Generation to Generation, Cullen Associates; Maternity Center Association. Edward F. Cullen, Producer.1960 (33rd)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
Beyond Silence, United States Information Agency.A City Called Copenhagen, Statens Filmcentral, The Danish Government Film Office.George Grosz’ Interregnum, Educational Communications Corporation. Charles Carey and Altina Carey, Producers.1961 (34th)
(Feature)
La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960), dell Instituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade; Cineriz.Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath), Ardennes Films and Michael Arthur Film Productions; Rank Film Distributors of America, Inc. Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers.(Short Subject)
Breaking the Language Barrier, United States Air Force. [Travel Adventure Series]Cradle of Genius, Plough Productions; Irving M. Lesser Film Presentation. Jim O’Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers.Kahl, Dido Film GmbH; AEG-Filmdienst.Project Hope, MacManus, John & Adams, Inc./Klaeger Film Production; Ex-Cell-O Corporation. Frank P. Bibas, Producer.1962 (35th)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
The Road to the Wall, CBS Films, Inc.; United States Department of Defense. Robert Saudek, Producer.1963 (36th)
(Feature)
Le Maillon et la Chaine (The Link and the Chain), Films Du Centaure-Filmartic. Paul de Roubaix, Producer.Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World, WGBH Educational Foundation; Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc. Robert Hughes, Producer.Terminus, British Transport Films. Edgar Anstey, Producer. [NOTE: After the nominations were announced, it was discovered that this film was first released prior to the eligibility period, and the nomination was withdrawn.](Short Subject)
1964 (37th)
(Feature)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s World Without Sun, Filmad-Les Requins Associes-Orsay-CEIAP; Columbia. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer.(Short Subject)
Breaking the Habit, American Cancer Society; Modern Talking Picture Service. Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers.Children Without, Guggenheim Productions; National Education Association. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.Kenojuak, National Film Board of Canada.Nine from Little Rock, Guggenheim Productions; United States Information Agency. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.140 Days Under the World, New Zealand National Film Unit; Rank Film Distributors of New Zealand. Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers.1965 (38th)
(Feature)
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story, Sidney Glazier Production; American International Pictures. Sidney Glazier, Producer.The Forth Road Bridge, Random Film Productions, Ltd.; Shell-Mex and B.P. Film Library. Peter Mills, Producer.(Short Subject)
Ouverture, Mafilm Studios Production; Hungarofilm-Pathe Contemporary Films.Point of View, Vision Associates Production; National Tuberculosis Association.Yeats Country, Aengus Films, Ltd. for the Department of External Affairs of Ireland. Patrick Carey and Joe Mendoza, Producers.1966 (39th)
(Feature)
Helicopter Canada, National Film Board of Canada Centennial Commission; National Film Board of Canada. Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers.Le Volcan Interdit (The Forbidden Volcano), Cine Documents Tazieff; Athos Films. Haroun Tazieff, Producer.The War Game, BBC Production for the British Film Institute; Pathe Contemporary Films. Peter Watkins, Producer.(Short Subject)
Cowboy, Ahnemann/Schlosser Productions; United States Information Agency. Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers.The Odds Against, Vision Associates Production; American Foundation Institute of Corrections. Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers.Saint Matthew Passion, Mafilm Studios Production; Hungarofilm.A Year Toward Tomorrow, Sun Dial Films, Inc.; Office of Economic Opportunity. Edmond A. Levy, Producer.1967 (40th)
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
A Place to Stand, T.D.F. Production for The Ontario Department of Economics and Development; Columbia. Christopher Chapman, Producer.While I Run This Race, Sun Dial Films for VISTA, An Economic Opportunity Program. Carl V. Ragsdale, Producer.1968 (41st)
(Feature)
Young Americans, The Young Americans Production. Robert Cohn and Alex Grasshoff, Producers. [Declared ineligible; see note below.]NOTE: 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.
(Short Subject)
The Revolving Door, Vision Associates Production for The American Foundation Institute of Corrections. Lee R. Bobker, Producer.A Space to Grow, Office of Economic Opportunity for Project Upward Bound. Thomas P. Kelly, Jr., Producer.1969 (42nd)
(Feature)
Before the Mountain Was Moved, Robert K. Sharpe Productions for The Office of Economic Opportunity. Robert K. Sharpe, Producer.The Olympics in Mexico, Comite Organizador de los Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada.(Short Subject)
Czechoslovakia 1968, Sanders-Fresco Film Makers for The United States Information Agency. Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco, Producers.An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer, Donald Wrye Productions for The United States Information Agency. Donald Wrye, Producer.The Magic Machines, Fly-By-Night Productions; Manson Distributing Corporation. Joan Keller Stern, Producer.1970 (43rd)
(Feature)
King: A Filmed Record . . . Montgomery to Memphis, Commonwealth United Corporation Production. Ely Landau, Producer.(Short Subject)
The Gifts, Richter-McBride Productions for the Water Quality Office of the Environmental Protection Agency. Robert McBride, Producer.1971 (44th)
(Feature)
The Ra Expeditions, Swedish Broadcasting Company; Interwest Film Corporation. Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl, Producers.The Sorrow and the Pity, Television Rencontre-Norddeutscher Rundfunk-Television Swiss Romande; Cinema 5, LTd. Marcel Ophuls, Producer.(Short Subject)
Adventures in Perception, Hans van Gelder Filmproduktie; The Netherlands Information Bureau/Service. Han van Gelder, Producer.Art Is . . ., Henry Strauss Associates; The Sears Roebuck Foundation. Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers.The Numbers Start with the River, WH Picture; United States Information Agency. Donald Wrye, Producer.Somebody Waiting, Snider Productions; University of California Medical Film Library. Hal Riney, Dick Snider and Sherwood Omens, Producers.1972 (45th)
(Feature)
Ape and Super-Ape, Bert Haanstra Film Production; The Netherlands Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Welfare. Bert Haanstra, Producer.(Short Subject)
This Tiny World, Charles Huguenot van der Linden Production. Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers.1973 (46th)
(Feature)
The Great American Cowboy, Kieth Merrill Associates-Rodeo Film Productions. Kieth Merrill, Producer.Journey to the Outer Limits, National Geographic Society and Wolper Productions. Alex Grasshoff, Producer.(Short Subject)
Princeton: A Search for Answers, Krainin-Sage Productions. Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers.1974 (47th)
(Feature)
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, Rocky Mountain Productions. Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, Producers.The 81st Blow, Ghetto Fighters House Film. Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, Producers.Hearts and Minds, Touchstone-Audjeff-BBS Production; Howard Zucker/Henry Jaglom-Rainbow Pictures Presentation. Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers.The Wild and the Brave, E.S.J. Productions in association with Tomorrow Entertainment Inc. & Jones/Howard Ltd. Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones, Producers.(Short Subject)
1975 (48th)
(Feature)
The Man Who Skied down Everest, Crawley Films Presentation. F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, Producers.(Short Subject)
Arthur and Lillie, Stanford University Department of Communications. Jon Else, Steven Kovacs and Kristine Samuelson, Producers.1976 (49th)
(Feature)
Hollywood on Trial, October Films/Cinema Associates Production. James Gutman and David Helpern, Jr., Producers.Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry, National Film Board of Canada. Donald Brittain and Robert Duncan, Producers.(Short Subject)
1977 (50th)
(Feature)
High Grass Circus, National Film Board of Canada. Bill Brind, Torben Schioler and Tony Ianzelo, Producers.Union Maids, Klein, Reichert, Mogulescu Production. James Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu, Producers.Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, Korty Films and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates in association with Sanrio Films. John Korty, Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart, Producers.(Short Subject)
Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country, Moctesuma Esparza Production. Moctesuma Esparza, Producer.Of Time, Tombs and Treasure, Charlie/Papa Productions, Inc. James R. Messenger and Paul N. Raimondi, Producers.1978 (51st)
(Feature)
Raoni, Franco-Brazilian Production. Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, Barry Williams and Michel Gast, Producers.With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade, Women’s Labor History Film Project Production. Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb and Lorraine Gray, Producers.(Short Subject)
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor, Shedd Production. Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers.1979 (52nd)
(Feature)
The War at Home, Catalyst Films/Madison Film Production Company. Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown, Producers.(Short Subject)
1980 (53rd)
(Feature)
The Yellow Star—The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45, Chronos Film GmbH. Bengt von zur Muehlen and Arthur Cohn, Producers.(Short Subject)
Don’t Mess with Bill, John Watson and Pen Densham’s Insight Productions Inc. John Watson and Pen Densham, Producers.Luther Metke at 94, U.C.L.A. Ethnographic Film Project. Richard Hawkins and Jorge Preloran, Producers.1981 (54th)
(Feature)
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey, Seven League Productions, Inc. Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs, Producers.Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott, The Caldicott Project. Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson and Boyd Estus, Producers.El Salvador: Another Vietnam, Catalyst Media Productions. Glenn Silber and Tete Vasconcellos, Producers.(Short Subject)
See What I Say, Michigan Women Filmmakers Productions. Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens, Producers.1982 (55th)
(Feature)
A Portrait of Giselle, ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. in association with Wishupon Productions, Inc. Joseph Wishy, Producer.(Short Subject)
If You Love This Planet, National Film Board of Canada. Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash, Producers.The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America, Guggenheim Productions. Charles Guggenheim and Werner Schumann, Producers.1983 (56th)
(Feature)
The Profession of Arms, National Film Board of Canada. [War Series Film #3] Michael Bryans and Tina Viljoen, Producers.(Short Subject)
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?, Impact Production. Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, Producers.1984 (57th)
(Feature)
The Times of Harvey Milk, Black Sand Educational Productions, Inc. Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, Producers.(Short Subject)
The Children of Soong Ching Ling, UNICEF and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation. Gary Bush and Paul T. K. Lin, Producers.Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing, The Nursing Ethics Project/Fanlight Productions. Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer, Producers.1985 (58th)
(Feature)
Las Madres—The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Sponsored by Film Arts Foundation. Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, Producers.(Short Subject)
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date, Production of the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities. Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, Producers.Making Overtures—The Story of a Community Orchestra, Rhombus Media, Inc. Production. Barbara Willis Sweete, Producer.1986 (59th)
(Feature)
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, Film by Amram Nowak Associates. Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, Producers.(Short Subject)
Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse, Polaris Entertainment Production. Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, Producers.1987 (60th)
(Feature)
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965, Blackside, Inc Production. Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney, Producers.Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima, Muraki Film Project. John Junkerman and John W. Dower, Producers.A Stitch for Time, Production of Peace Quilters Production Company, Inc. Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, Producers.The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table, Aviva Films Production. Aviva Slesin, Producer.(Short Subject)
Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller, Winterlude Films, Inc. Production. Deborah Dickson, Producer.In the Wee Wee Hours . . ., University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television. Dr. Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir, Producers.1988 (61st)
(Feature)
The Cry of Reason—Beyers Naude: An Afrikaner Speaks Out, Worldwide Documentaries, Inc. Robert Bilheimer and Roland Mix, Producers.Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, The Memory Pictures Company. Marcel Ophuls, Producer.Who Killed Vincent Chin?, Film News Now Foundation and Detroit Educational Television Foundation Production. Renee Tajima and Christine Choy, Producers.(Short Subject)
Gang Cops, University of Southern California Center for Visual Anthropology and the School of Cinema/Television. Thomas B. Fleming and Daniel J. Marks, Producers.You Don’t Have to Die, Tiger Rose Production in association with Filmworks, Inc. William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke, Producers.1989 (62nd)
(Feature)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Telling Pictures and The Couturie Company Production. Robert Epstein and Bill Couturie, Producers.Crack USA: County Under Siege, Half-Court Productions, Ltd. Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers.For All Mankind, Apollo Associates/FAM Productions Inc. Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers.Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren, Quest Production. Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers.(Short Subject)
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future, Ray Errol Fox Production. Ray Errol Fox, Producer.1990 (63rd)
(Feature)
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Judith Montell Production. Judith Montell, Producer.Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey, Waldo Productions, Inc. Production. Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, Producers.(Short Subject)
Chimps: So Like Us, Simon and Goodman Picture Company Production. Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, Producers.Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn, ABC/Kane Productions International, Inc. Production. Derek Bromhall, Producer.Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember, Sanders & Mock Productions and American Film Foundation. Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, Producers.1991 (64th)
(Feature)
Death on the Job, Half-Court Pictures, Ltd. Production. Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers.Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House, Video Verité Production. Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers.(Short Subject)
Birdnesters of Thailand, Antenne 2/National Geographic Society/M.D.I./Wind Horse Production. Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers.Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment, Women’s Educational Media, Inc. Production. Debra Chasnoff, Producer.Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers, Couturie Company Production. Bill Couturie and Bernard Edelman, Producers.1992 (65th)
(Feature)
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II, Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc. Production. William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, Producers.Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, Alternate Current Inc./Les Films d’Ici Production. Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran, Producers.(Short Subject)
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai, Realis Pictures Inc. Production. Geoffrey O’Connor, Producer.Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the “Little Review”, Wendy L. Weinberg Production. Wendy L. Weinberg, Producer.The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein, Imageries P.B. Ltd. Production in coproduction with the National Film Board of Canada. Richard Elson and Sally Bochner, Producers.Educating Peter, State of the Art, Inc. Production. Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, Producers.1993 (66th)
(Feature)
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/HBO Films Production. David Paperny and Arthur Ginsberg.I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School, Verité Films Production. Susan Raymond and Alan Raymond.The War Room, R. J. Cutler/Wendy Ettinger/Frazer Pennebacker Production. D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.(Short Subject)
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, Moving Target Production. Steven Cantor and Peter Spirer.Chicks in White Satin, University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television. Elaine Holliman and Jason Schneider.Defending Our Lives, Cambridge Documentary Films Production. Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlich.1994 (67th)
(Feature)
D-Day Remembered, Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production for the National D-Day Museum. Charles Guggenheim.Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, American Film Foundation/Sanders and Mock Production. Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders.(Short Subject)
Blues Highway, Half-Court Pictures, Ltd./National Geographic Society Production. Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag.89mm od Europy (89mm from Europe), Studio Filmowe “Kalejdoskop”/Telewizja Polska Production. Marcel Lozinski.A Time for Justice, Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Charles Guggenheim.1995 (68th)
(Feature)
Anne Frank Remembered, Jon Blair Film Company Limited Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Jon Blair.The Battle over Citizen Kane, Lennon Documentary Group Producton for The American Experience. Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein.Fiddlefest—Roberta Tzavaras and Her East Harlem Violin Program, Four Oaks Foundation Production. Allan Miller and Walter Scheuer.(Short Subject)
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls, Outside in July, Inc. Production. Nancy Dine and Richard Stilwell.Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper, American Film Foundation. Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock.One Survivor Remembers, Home Box Office and The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Production. Kary Antholis.The Shadow of Hate, Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Charles Guggenheim.1996 (69th)
(Feature)
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story, New York Times History Production; Castle Hill. Susan W. Dryfoos.Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press, Never Tire Production. Rick Goldsmith.(Short Subject)
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien, Inscrutable Films/Pacific News Service Production. Jessica Yu.1997 (70th)
(Feature)
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, A G Media Corporation Limited Production; Strand Releasing. Michael Paxton.4 Little Girls, HBO Documentary Film/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production. Spike Lee and Sam Pollard.The Long Way Home, Moriah Films Production at the Simon Wiesenthal Center; Seventh Art. Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank.Waco: The Rules of Engagement, SomFord Entertainment/Fifth Estate Production. Dan Gifford and William Gazecki.(Short Subject)
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, Little Apple Film Production. Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund.1998 (71st)
(Feature)
The Last Days, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Production; October Films. James Moll and Ken Lipper.(Short Subject)
1999 (72nd)
(Feature)
Speaking in Strings, CounterPoint Films Production; Seventh Art. Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster.(Short Subject)
King Gimp, Whiteford-Hadary/University of Maryland/Tapestry International Production. Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford.The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo, Gabriel Films Production; Seventh Art. Simeon Soffer and Jonathan Stack.2000 (73rd)
(Feature)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, Sabine Films Production; Warner Bros. Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer.Long Night’s Journey into Day, Iris Films Production; Seventh Art. Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann.Sound and Fury, Production of Aronson Film Associates and Public Policy Productions; Artistic License Films. Josh Aronson and Roger Weisberg.(Short Subject)
2001 (74th)
(Feature)
Murder on a Sunday Morning, Maha Productions/Pathé Doc/France 2/HBO Production. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet.(Short Subject)
2002 (75th)
(Feature)
Bowling for Columbine, Salter Street Films/VIF 2/Dog Eat Dog Films Production; United Artists and Alliance Atlantis. Michael Moore and Michael Donovan.Daughter from Danang, Interfaze Educational Production; Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures. Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco.Prisoner of Paradise, Média Vérité/Café Production; Alliance Atlantis. Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender.Winged Migration, Galatée Films/France 2 Cinéma/France 3 Cinéma/Les Productions de la Guéville/Bac Films/Pandora Film/Les Productions JMH/Wanda Vision/Eyescreen Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Jacques Perrin.(Short Subject)
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks, Tell the Truth Pictures Production. Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston.Twin Towers, Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production. Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port.2003 (76th)
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Capturing the Friedmans, Hit the Ground Running Production; Magnolia Pictures. Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling.The Fog of War, Globe Department Store Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Errol Morris and Michael Williams.My Architect, Louis Kahn Project, Inc. Production; New Yorker Films. Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr.The Weather Underground, Free History Project Production; Shadow Distribution. Sam Green and Bill Siegel.(Short Subject)
2004 (77th)
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The Story of the Weeping Camel, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München Production; THINKFilm. Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa.Super Size Me, Kathbur Productions/The Con Production; Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn Films. Morgan Spurlock.Tupac: Resurrection, MTV - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Production; Paramount. Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali.(Short Subject)
Hardwood, Hardwood Pictures and National Film Board of Canada Production. Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young.Mighty Times: The Children’s March, Tell the Truth Pictures Production. Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston.2005 (78th)
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, HDNet Films Production; Magnolia Pictures. Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot.March of the Penguins, Bonne Pioche Production; Warner Independent Pictures. Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau.(Short Subject)
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, NomaFilms Production. Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson.2006 (79th)
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An Inconvenient Truth, Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production; Paramount Classics and Participant Productions. Davis Guggenheim.Iraq in Fragments, Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production; Typecast Releasing in association with HBO Documentary Films. James Longley and John Sinno.My Country, My Country, Praxis Films Production; Zeitgeist Films. Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer.(Short Subject)
2007 (80th)
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No End in Sight, Representational Pictures Production; Magnolia Pictures. Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs.Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, The Documentary Group Production; The Documentary Group. Richard E. Robbins.Sicko, Dog Eat Dog Films Production; Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company. Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara.(Short Subject)
2008 (81st)
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The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), Pandinlao Films Production; Cinema Guild. Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath.Encounters at the End of the World, Creative Differences Production; THINKFilm and Image Entertainment. Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser.Man on Wire, Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films Production; Magnolia Pictures. James Marsh and Simon Chinn.(Short Subject)
The Final Inch, Vermilion Films in association with Google.org Production. Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant.The Witness—From the Balcony of Room 306, Rock Paper Scissors Production. Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde.2009 (82nd)
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Burma VJ, Magic Hour Films Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller.The Cove, Oceanic Preservation Society Production; Roadside Attractions. Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens.The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Kovno Communications Production. Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.(Short Subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, Downtown Community Television Center Production. Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill.The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, Just Media Production. Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher.The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Community Media Production. Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.2010 (83rd)
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Exit Through the Gift Shop, Paranoid Pictures Production; Producers Distribution Agency. Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz.Inside Job, Representational Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs.Restrepo, Outpost Films Production; National Geographic Entertainment. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger.Waste Land, Almega Projects and O2 Filmes Production; Arthouse Films. Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley.(Short Subject)
2011 (84th)
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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Marshall Curry Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman.Undefeated, Spitfire Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas.(Short Subject)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Purposeful Production. Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin.The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Supply & Demand Integrated Production. Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen.2012 (85th)
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The Gatekeepers, Les Films du Poisson/Dror Moreh/Cinephil; Sony Pictures Classics. Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon.How to Survive a Plague, How to Survive a Plague Production; Sundance Selects. David France and Howard Gertler.The Invisible War, Chain Camera Pictures Production; Cinedigm/Docurama Films. Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering.Searching for Sugar Man, Red Box Films and Passion Pictures in association with Canfield Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn.(Short Subject)
2013 (86th)
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The Act of Killing, A Final Cut for Real Production; Drafthouse Films. Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen.Cutie and the Boxer, An Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic Production; RADiUS-TWC. Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher.The Square, A Noujaim Films and Maktube Production; Netflix in association with Worldview Entertainment and Participant Media. Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.20 Feet from Stardom, A Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Production; RADiUS-TWC. Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers.(Short Subject)
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, A Reed Entertainment Production. Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed.Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, A Prison Terminal LLC Production. Edgar Barens.2014 (87th)
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Finding Vivian Maier, a Ravine Pictures Production; Sundance Selects. John Maloof and Charlie Siskel.Last Days in Vietnam, a Moxie Firecracker Films Production; American Experience Films. Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester.The Salt of the Earth, a Decia Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier.(Short Subject)
2015 (88th)
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Cartel Land, an Our Time Projects/The Documentary Group Production; The Orchard. Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin.The Look of Silence, a Final Cut for Real Production; Drafthouse Films/Participant Media. Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen.What Happened, Miss Simone?, a RadicalMedia/Moxie Firecracker Production; Netflix. Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes.Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, a Pray for Ukraine Production; Netflix. Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor.(Short Subject)
Chau, Beyond the Lines, a Cynasty Films Production; 7th Art Releasing. Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck.2016 (89th)
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Life, Animated, A Motto Pictures/A&E IndieFilms/Roger Ross Williams Productions production; The Orchard. Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman.O.J.: Made in America, An ESPN Films/Laylow Films production; ESPN Films. Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow.(Short Subject)
2017 (90th)
(Feature)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, A Mitten Media/Motto Pictures/Kartemquin Educational Films/WGBH/FRONTLINE Production; PBS Distribution. Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman.Icarus, A Netflix Documentary in assoc. with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago Media Project and Alex Production; Netflix. Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan.Last Men in Aleppo, A Larm Film and Aleppo Media Center Production; Grasshopper Film. Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen.Strong Island, A Yanceville Films and Louverture Films Production; Netflix. Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes.(Short Subject)
Edith+Eddie, A Heart is Red/Kartemquin Films Production; Kartemquin Films. Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright.Heroin(e), A Netflix Original Documentary in assoc. with The Center for Investigative Reporting/Requisite Media Production; Netflix. Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon.2018 (91st)
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Free Solo, A National Geographic Documentary Films/Little Monster Films/Itinerant Media/Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Production; National Geographic. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill.Hale County This Morning, This Evening, A Louverture Films Production; Cinema Guild. RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim.Minding the Gap, A Hulu in assoc. with Kartemquin/American Documentary | POV/ITVS Production; Magnolia Pictures. Bing Liu and Diane Quon.Of Fathers and Sons, A BASIS BERLIN Production; Kino Lorber. Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert.RBG, A Storyville Films/CNN Films Production; Magnolia Pictures/Participant Media/CNN Films. Betsy West and Julie Cohen.(Short Subject)
A Night at The Garden, A Field of Vision and Marshall Curry Production; Field of Vision. Marshall Curry.2019 (92nd)
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American Factory, A Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media Production; Netflix. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert.The Edge of Democracy, A Busca Vida Filmes in association with Violet Films Production; Netflix. Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan.For Sama, A Channel 4 News/ITN Productions/Channel 4/Frontline/PBS Production; PBS Distribution/Channel 4/Frontline. Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.Honeyland, A Pharmachem/Apolo Media/Trice Films Production; Neon. (North Macedonia) Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevksa and Atanas Georgiev.(Short Subject)
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl), A Grain Media Production; A+E Networks. Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva.St. Louis Superman, An AJE Witness and Meralta Films Production; MTV Documentary Films/AJE Witness. Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan.Walk Run Cha-Cha, A Concordia Studio Production; The New York Times Op-Docs. Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt.2020 (93rd)
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Collective, An Alexander Nanau Production/Samsa Film/HBO Europe Production; Magnolia Pictures/Participant. (Romania) Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana.Crip Camp, A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke in assoc. with Little Punk, JustFilms, Ford Foundation Production; Netflix. Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder.The Mole Agent, A Micromundo Producciones/Motto Pictures/Sutor Kolonko/Volya Films/Malvalanda Production; Gravitas Ventures. Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez.My Octopus Teacher, A Netflix Original Documentary in assoc. with Off the Fence and The Sea Change Project Production; Netflix. Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster.Time, A Concordia Studio in assoc. with The New York Times, Outer Piece and Hedgehog Films Production; Amazon Studios. Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn.(Short Subject)
Colette, A Respawn Entertainment/Oculus Studios/Time Travel Unlimited Production. Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard.A Concerto Is a Conversation, A Breakwater Studios Production; New York Times Ops-Docs. Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers.Hunger Ward, A Spin Film/Vulcan Production; MTV Documentary Films. Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman.A Love Song for Latasha, A Black Dreams LLC Production; Netflix. Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan.2021 (94th)
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Ascension, A Mouth Numbing Spicy Crab/XTR/Visit Films Production; MTV Documentary Films. Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell.Flee, A Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Vivement Lundi !/MostFilm/Mer Film/VICE/Left HandFilms
Production; Neon. (Denmark) Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sorensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie.Summer of Soul, A Vulcan Productions/Concordia Studio/Play/Action
Pictures/LarryBilly Productions/Mass Distraction; Searchlight/Onyx Collective/Hulu. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein.Writing with Fire, A Black Ticket Films Production; Music Box Films. Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.(Short Subject)
Audible, A Film 45 in assoc. with Forager and Vision Film Co. Production; Netflix. Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean.The Queen of Basketball, A Breakwater Studios Production; The New York Times Op-Docs. Ben Proudfoot.Three Songs for Benazir, A Mirzaei Films Production; Netflix. Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei.2022 (95th)
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All That Breathes, Kiterabbit Films and Rise Films in collab. with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios Prod.; Submarine Deluxe and Sideshow in assoc. with HBO Doc. Films. Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer.All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Participant Production; Neon. Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov.Fire of Love, National Geographic Doc. Films/Sandbox Films/Intuitive Pictures & Cottage M Prod.; National Geographic. Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman.Navalny, Fishbowl Films/RaeFilm Studios/Cottage M Prod.; Warner Bros./CNN Films/HBO Max. Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris.(Short Film)
The Elephant Whisperers, Netflix Documentary/Sikhya Entertainment Prod.; Netflix. Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga.Stranger at the Gate, Smartypants Pictures Prod.; The New Yorker Studios. Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones.2023 (96th)
(Feature Film)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President, National Geographic Documentary Films/Southern Films and Ventureland Production; National Geographic. Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek.The Eternal Memory, Micromundo/Fabula Production; MTV Documentary Films.To Kill a Tiger, Notice Pictures/National Film Board of Canada Production; Notice Pictures. Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim.20 Days in Mariupol, Frontline/The Associated Press Production; PBS Distribution. Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath.(Short Film)
The ABCs of Book Banning, MTV Documentary Films/Ruby River Production; MTV Documentary Films. Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic.The Barber of Little Rock, Story Syndicate/59th & Prairie Entertainment Production; The New Yorker. John Hoffman and Christine Turner.Island in Between, CNEX Studio Production; The New York Times Op-Docs. S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien.The Last Repair Shop, Breakwater Studios/Et Al. Studios Production; Searchlight/L.A. Times Studios. Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers.2024 (97th)
(Feature Film)
Black Box Diaries, Hanashi Films/Cineric Creative/Star Sands Production; MTV Documentary Films. Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin.Porcelain War, Songbird Studios/Imaginary Lane Production; Picturehouse. Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen.Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Onomatopee Films/Warboys Films Production; Kino Lorber. Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety.Sugarcane, Hedgehog Films/Kassie Films/Impact Partners/Fit Via Vi Production; National Geographic Documentary Films. Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn.(Short Film)
I Am Ready, Warden, Meralta Films/MTV Documentary Films Production; MTV Documentary Films. Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp.Instruments of a Beating Heart, Cineric Creative/NHK Production; The New York Times Op-Docs/Cineric Creative. Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari.The Only Girl in the Orchestra, Netflix Documentary/Mobworks/LFR Industries Production; Netflix. Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington.2025 (98th)
(Feature)
The Alabama Solution, An HBO Documentary Films/Alabama Film Project
Production; HBO Documentary Films. Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman.Come See Me in the Good Light, An Apple Original Films/Tripod Media/Amplify Pictures in assoc. with Treat Media/Something Fierce Production; Apple. Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen.Mr. Nobody Against Putin, A PINK Production; PINK. David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková.The Perfect Neighbor, A Netflix Documentary/Message Pictures in assoc. with SO’B/Park Pictures Production; Netflix. Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee.