1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards explained

Number:	1
Award:	Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Date:	November 3, 2016
Site:	BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Next:	2nd

The 1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 3, 2016 at the BRIC House in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television.^[1] This was the inaugural ceremony for these awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association. The nominees were announced on October 10, 2016.^{[2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

13th Cameraperson Fire at Sea Gleason Life, Animated Tickled Tower Weiner The Witness	Ezra Edelman – Ron Howard – Kirsten Johnson – Cameraperson Keith Maitland – Tower Clay Tweel – Gleason Roger Ross Williams – Life, Animated
13th Fantastic Lies Amanda Knox Audrie & Daisy Before the Flood Holy Hell Into the Inferno Rats	Ava DuVernay – 13th Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato – Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn – Amanda Knox Werner Herzog – Into the Inferno Morgan Spurlock – Rats Fisher Stevens – Before the Flood
Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg – Weiner Otto Bell – The Eagle Huntress David Farrier and Dylan Reeve – Tickled Adam Irving – Off the Rails James D. Solomon – The Witness Nanfu Wang – Hooligan Sparrow	13th Audrie & Daisy Newtown Weiner Zero Days
Everything is Copy Holy Hell Mavis! My Beautiful Broken Brain Team Foxcatcher	The Eighties The Hunt Jackie Robinson Soundbreaking: Stories From the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
30 for 30 Frontline Last Chance U Morgan Spurlock Inside Man POV This Is Life with Lisa Ling	Fantastic Lies Dark Horse The Eagle Huntress Gleason Jackie Robinson Keepers of the Game
Gimme Danger Miss Sharon Jones! The Music of Strangers Presenting Princess Shaw We Are X	Tower Cameraperson Kate Plays Christine Life, Animated Nuts Under the Sun
“I’m Still Here” – Miss Sharon Jones! – Written by Sharon Jones, Performed by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “Angel by the Wings” – The Eagle Huntress – Written and performed by Sia “The Empty Chair” – – Written by Sting and J. Ralph, Performed by Sting “Flicker” – Audrie & Daisy – Written and performed by Tori Amos “Hoping and Healing” – Gleason – Written and performed by Mike McCready “Letters to the Free” – 13th – Written by Common, Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper – Performed by Common featuring Bilal

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
5
13th
4	Gleason
3	Audrie & Daisy
Life, Animated
Cameraperson
The Eagle Huntress
Towe
Weiner
2	Holy Hell
Amanda Knox
Rats
The Witness
Into the Inferno
Miss Sharon Jones!
Tickled
Jackie Robinson
Fantastic Lies
Before the Flood

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
4
3	13th

See also

• 89th Academy Awards
• 69th Primetime Emmy Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ ‘13th’ Top First Annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. Tapley. Kristopher. November 3, 2016 . Variety . November 10, 2020.
2. Web site: ’13th,’ ‘O.J.: Made In America’ & ‘Gleason’ Lead Nominations For First Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. Hammond . Pete . October 10, 2016 . . November 10, 2020.
3. Web site: Inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Heap Nominations on ’13th,’ ‘O.J.: Made In America’ and ‘Gleason’. Erbland . Kate. October 10, 2016 . . November 10, 2020.