Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Critics' Choice Documentary Award Description Best in documentary filmmaking Country United States Presented by Critics Choice Association First awarded 2016 Website criticschoice.com
The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony was held on November 3, 2016.[ 1]
Categories
Current categories
For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented:
Best Documentary Feature
Best Director
Best New Documentary Film-maker
Best Narration
Best Archival Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Political Documentary
Best Sports Documentary
Best Historical Documentary
Best Biographical Documentary
Best Science/Nature Documentary
Best Music Documentary
Best True Crime Documentary
Best Score
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Short Documentary
Other categories previously presented include:
Best Limited Documentary Series
Best Ongoing Documentary Series
D.A. Pennebaker Award (formerly known as the Lifetime Award)
Discontinued categories
Best Song in a Documentary
Most Innovative Documentary
Landmark Award
Ceremonies
The following is a listing of all Critics' Choice Documentary Awards ceremonies since 2016.
Ceremony
Date
Best Documentary Feature winner
Best Director winner
Best First Documentary Feature winner
Venue
1st [ 2]
November 3, 2016
30 for 30 : O.J.: Made in America
Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made in America
Weiner
BRIC, Brooklyn, New York , United States
2nd [ 3]
November 2, 2017
Jane
Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria
Kedi
3rd [ 4]
November 11, 2018
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Morgan Neville – Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Science Fair
4th [ 5]
November 10, 2019
Apollo 11
Peter Jackson – They Shall Not Grow Old /Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory
Honeyland
5th [ 6]
November 16, 2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead
Mr. Soul!
Virtual
6th [ 7]
November 14, 2021
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue / Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
BRIC, Brooklyn, New York , United States
7th [ 8]
November 13, 2022
Good Night Oppy
Ryan White – Good Night Oppy
Bad Axe
Edison Ballroom , New York City , United States
8th [ 9]
November 12, 2023
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Davis Guggenheim - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
20 Days in Mariupol
9th
November 10, 2024
TBA
TBA
TBA
See also
External links
References
^ Critics' Choice Group Launches Documentary Film Awards|Hollywood Reporter
^ Tapley, Kristopher (November 3, 2016). " 'O.J.: Made in America,' '13th' Top First Annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards" . Variety . Retrieved November 10, 2020 .
^ "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Full Winners List" . Hollywood Reporter . November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ "Mr. Rogers Film 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' Tops Critics' Choice Documentary Awards" . The Hollywood Reporter . November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020 .
^ "Fourth Annual Critics' Choice Documentary Award Winners Revealed" . Critics' Choice Association . November 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021 .
^ " 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Wins Best Feature at Critics Choice Documentary Awards" . Variety . November 16, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2021 .
^ Lattanzio, Ryan (October 8, 2021). " 'Ascension' and 'Summer of Soul' Lead Critics Choice Documentary Nominations" . IndieWire . Retrieved October 18, 2021 .
^ Zilko, Christian (November 13, 2022). " 'Good Night Oppy,' 'Get Back' Dominate Critics Choice Documentary Awards (Complete Winners List)" . IndieWire . Retrieved September 30, 2023 .
^ Zilko, Christian (November 12, 2023). " 'Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Sweeps the Critics Choice Documentary Awards (Complete Winners List)" . IndieWire . Retrieved November 13, 2023 .