Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

The Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2004–2005 (57th)^[1]
	Death in Gaza	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (supervising producer), James Miller (producer), Saira Shah (producer)	HBO
	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (American Experience)	Mark Samels (executive producer), Nick Fraser (executive producer), Robert Stone (producer)	PBS
	Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq	John Hoffman (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Jane Bornemeier (executive producer), Bill Couturié (produced by)	HBO
	With All Deliberate Speed	Steve Carlis (executive producer), Steve Rosenbaum (executive producer), Don Baer (executive producer), Peter Gilbert (produced by)	Discovery Channel
2005–2006 (58th)^[2]
	Baghdad ER	Jon Alpert (produced by), Matthew O'Neill (produced by), Joseph Feury (produced by), Sheila Nevins (executive producer)	HBO

	Two Days in October (American Experience)	Steven Bognar (producer), Julia Reichert (producer), Sally Jo Fifer (executive producer), Lois Vossen (series producer)	PBS
	Beslan: Three Days in September	Joe Halderman (produced by), Peter Van Sant (producer), Michael McHugh (producer), Michael Vele (producer)	Showtime
	Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company	Michael Epstein (produced by), Jonathan Yellen (produced by), Nancy Dubuc (executive producer for A&E), Dierdre O'Hearn (executive producer for A&E)	A&E
In the Realms of the Unreal (POV)	Jessica Yu (producer), Susan West (producer), Sally Jo Fifer (executive producer), Cara Mertes (executive producer)	PBS
2006–2007 (59th)^[3]
	A Lion in the House (Independent Lens)	Steven Bognar (producer), Julia Reichert (producer), Sally Jo Fifer (executive producer), Lois Vossen (series producer)	PBS

	When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts	Samuel D. Pollard (producer), Spike Lee (producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Jacqueline Glover (supervising producer)	HBO
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (American Experience)	Stanley Nelson (producer), Sharon Grimberg (series producer), Mark Samels (executive producer)	PBS
2007–2008 (60th)^[4]
	White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Robert Richter (executive producer), Steven Okazaki (producer), Sara Bernstein (supervising producer)	HBO
	Oswald's Ghost (American Experience)	Mark Samels (executive producer), Sharon Grimberg (senior producer), Robert Stone (producer)	PBS
	Walt Whitman (American Experience)	Mark Samels (executive producer), Patrick Long (producer), Jamila Wignot (producer), Mark Zwonitzer (filmmaker)	PBS
2008–2009 (61st)^[5]
	The Alzheimer's Project: "The Memory Loss Tapes"	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Maria Shriver (executive producer), John Hoffman (series producer), Shari Cookson (produced by), Nick Doob (produced by)	HBO
	Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Jacqueline Glover (supervising producer), Jon Alpert (produced by), Matthew O'Neill (produced by)	HBO

2010s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2009–2010 (62nd)^[6]
	The Betrayal – Nerakhoon (POV)	Simon Kilmurry (executive producer), Cara Mertes (executive producer), Ellen Kuras (produced by), Flora Fernandez-Marengo (produced by)	PBS
	Brick City	Marc Levin (executive producer), Mark Benjamin (executive producer), Forest Whitaker (executive producer), Mala Chapple (executive producer)	Sundance
	My Lai (American Experience)	Max Burgos (executive producer), John Gore (executive producer), James Goddard (producer), Sarah Townsend (producer)	PBS
	Patti Smith: Dream of Life (POV)	Simon Kilmurry (executive producer), Steven Sebring (executive producer), Margaret Smilow (executive producer/producer)	PBS
	Pressure Cooker	Jeff Skoll (executive producer), Diane Weyermann (executive producer), Jennifer Grausman (producer)	BET
	Sergio	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer), Greg Barker (produced by), John Battsek (produced by), Julie Goldman (produced by)	HBO
2010–2011 (63rd)^[7]
	Freedom Riders (American Experience)	Stanley Nelson (produced by), Laurens Grant (produced by), Mark Samels (executive producer), Sharon Grimberg (senior producer)	PBS
	Gasland	Trish Adlesic (producer), Josh Fox (producer), Molly Gandour (producer)	HBO
	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (POV)	Rick Goldsmith (producer), Judith Ehrlich (producer)	PBS
2011–2012 (64th)^[8]
	Have You Heard from Johannesburg? (Independent Lens)	Connie Field (producer), Lois Vossen (series senior producer), Sally Jo Fifer (executive producer)	PBS
	The Amish (American Experience)	Mark Samels (executive producer), Sharon Grimberg (senior producer), Callie T. Wiser (producer), David Belton (producer)	PBS
	Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Joe Berlinger (producer), Jonathan Silberberg (producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer)	HBO
2012–2013 (65th)^[9]
2012–2013 (65th)^[9]	Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God	Alex Gibney (producer), Alexandra Johnes (producer), Todd Wider (producer), Jedd Wider (producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Sara Bernstein (supervising producer)	HBO
2013–2014 (66th)^[10]
	Life According to Sam	Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer), Sean Fine (produced by), Andrea Nix Fine (produced by)	HBO
	The Amish: Shunned (American Experience)	Mark Samels (executive producer), Sharon Grimberg (senior producer), Callie T. Wiser (producer)	PBS
	Brave Miss World	Cecilia Peck (producer), Inbal B. Lessner (producer), Motty Reif (producer), Lati Grobman (executive producer)	Netflix
	Hillsborough (30 for 30 Soccer Stories)	Connor Schell (executive producer), John Dahl (executive producer), John Battsek (executive producer), Daniel Gordon (producer), Deirdre Fenton (producer)	ESPN
2014–2015 (67th)^[11]
	Citizenfour	Laura Poitras (produced by), Mathilde Bonnefoy (produced by), Dirk Wilutzky (produced by)	HBO
	The Great Invisible (Independent Lens)	Margaret Brown (produced by), Jason Orans (produced by), Julie Goldman (produced by), Lois Vossen (senior series producer)	PBS
	Hot Girls Wanted	Jill Bauer (produced by), Ronna Gradus (produced by), Rashida Jones (produced by)	Netflix
2015–2016 (68th)^[12]
	*Cartel Land*	Kathryn Bigelow (executive producer), Molly Thompson (executive producer), Robert DeBitetto (executive producer), Tom Yellin (producer), Matthew Heineman (producer)	A&E
	*Jim: The James Foley Story*	Eva Lipman (produced by), George Kunhardt (produced by), Teddy Kunhardt (produced by), Peter Kunhardt (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Jacqueline Glover (executive producer)	HBO
	The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution	Stanley Nelson (produced by), Laurens Grant (produced by), Sally Jo Fifer (executive producer), Lois Vossen (executive producer)	PBS
	The Hunting Ground	Amy Entelis (executive producer), Vinnie Malhotra (executive producer), Maria Cuomo Cole (executive producer), Amy Ziering (producer)	CNN
	Racing Extinction	Olivia Ahnemann (produced by), Fisher Stevens (produced by), Dieter Paulmann (executive producer), John Hoffman (executive producer)	Discovery Channel
	Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom	Evgeny Afineevsky (produced by), Den Tolmor (produced by), Lati Grobman (executive producer), David Dinerstein (executive producer)	Netflix

References

↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 6, 2016.

Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited Series Television Movie Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Reality-Competition Program Animated Program Children's Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Informational Series or Special Short-Format Animation Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Short Form Variety Series Special Class Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for Nonfiction Programming

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Creative Arts	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Cinematography for a Reality Program Commercial Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Achievement in Animation Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Special and Visual Effects / Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie

Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Picture Editing for Reality Programming Program of the Year Reality Program Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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