Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film explained
The Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.
Winners and nominees
1990s
2000s
| Year | Film | Director(s) |
|---|
2000
[4] | Reckless Indifference | William Gazecki |
| Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies | Hugh Munro Neely |
| Dark Days | Marc Singer |
| The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato |
| | Mark Jonathan Harris |
| One Day in September | Kevin Macdonald |
2001
[5] [6] | In Cane for Life (A Vida em Cana) | Jorge W. Atalla |
| Calle 54 | Fernando Trueba |
| My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia) | Martin Scorsese |
| | Jan Harlan |
2002
[7] | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen |
| Biggie and Tupac | Nick Broomfield |
| Bowling for Columbine | Michael Moore |
| The Cockettes | Bill Weber, David Weissman |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | Stacy Peralta |
2003
[8] | | Lee Hirsch |
| Capturing the Friedmans | Andrew Jarecki |
| The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara | Errol Morris |
| Lost in La Mancha | Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe |
| My Flesh and Blood | Jonathan Karsh |
| Stevie | Steve James |
2004
[9] | Super Size Me | Morgan Spurlock |
| Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman |
| The Fuente Family: An American Dream | James Orr |
| Lightning in a Bottle | Antoine Fuqua |
| Touching the Void | Kevin Macdonald |
| | Lauren Lazin |
2005
[10] | Mad Hot Ballroom | Marilyn Agrelo |
| | Alex Gibney |
| Favela Rising | Matt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist |
| March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur) | Luc Jacquet |
| Murderball | Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro |
| New York Doll | Greg Whiteley |
2006
[11] [12] | Deliver Us from Evil | Amy Berg |
| An Inconvenient Truth | David Guggenheim |
| | Stanley Nelson |
| | Lian Lunson |
| The U.S. vs. John Lennon | David Leaf, John Scheinfeld |
| The War Tapes | Deborah Scranton |
2007
[13] [14] | Sicko | Michael Moore |
| The 11th Hour | Nadia Conners, Leila Conners |
| Darfur Now | Ted Braun |
| The King of Kong | Seth Gordon |
| Lake of Fire | Tony Kaye |
| No End in Sight | Charles Ferguson |
2008
[15] | | Robbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden |
| Man on Wire | James Marsh |
| Encounters at the End of the World | Werner Herzog |
| Pray the Devil Back to Hell | Gini Reticker |
| Religulous | Larry Charles |
| Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) | Ari Folman |
2009
[16] [17] | Every Little Step | James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo |
| The Beaches of Agnès | Agnès Varda |
| The Cove | Louie Psihoyos |
| It Might Get Loud | Davis Guggenheim |
| The September Issue | R.J. Cutler |
| | Matt Tyrnauer |
|
2010s
| Year | Film | Director(s) |
|---|
2010
[18] | Restrepo | Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington |
| Behind the Burly Q | Leslie Zemeckis |
| | Alex Gibney |
| Countdown to Zero | Lucy Walker |
| A Film Unfinished | Yael Hersonski |
| Inside Job | Charles Ferguson |
| | Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg |
| Sequestro | Jorge Wolney Atalla Junior |
| The Tillman Story | Amir Bar-Lev |
| Waiting for "Superman" | Davis Guggenheim |
2011
[19] [20] | Senna | Asif Kapadia |
| | Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas |
| Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Werner Herzog |
| The Interrupters | Steve James |
| My Perestroika | Robin Hessman |
| One Lucky Elephant | Lisa Leeman |
| Pina | Wim Wenders |
| Project Nim | James Marsh |
| Tabloid | Errol Morris |
| Under Fire: Journalists in Combat | Martyn Burke |
2012
[21] [22] | Chasing Ice | Jeff Orlowski |
| | Alison Klayman |
| The Central Park Five | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon |
| The Gatekeepers | Dror Moreh |
| Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present | Matthew Akers |
| The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | Chad Freidrichs |
| Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjelloul |
| West of Memphis | Amy J. Berg |
2013
[23] [24] | Blackfish | Gabriela Cowperthwaite |
| 20 Feet from Stardom | Morgan Neville |
| The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| After Tiller | Martha Shane, Lana Wilson |
| American Promise | Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson |
| | Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger |
| Sound City | Dave Grohl |
| The Square | Jehane Noujaim |
| Stories We Tell | Sarah Polley |
| Tim's Vermeer | Teller |
2014
[25] [26] | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras |
| Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq | Nancy Buirski |
| Art and Craft | Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman |
| Finding Vivian Maier | John Maloof, Charlie Siskel |
| | James Keach |
| Jodorowsky's Dune | Frank Pavich |
| Keep on Keepin' On | Alan Hicks |
| | Chuck Workman |
| Red Army | Gabe Polsky |
| Virunga | Orlando von Einsiedel |
2015
[27] | Amy | Asif Kapadia |
| The Look of Silence | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| Becoming Bulletproof | Michael Barnett |
| Best of Enemies | Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville |
| Cartel Land | Matthew Heineman |
| Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Alex Gibney |
| He Named Me Malala | Davis Guggenheim |
| The Hunting Ground | Kirby Dick |
| | Douglas Tirola |
| Where to Invade Next | Michael Moore |
2016
[28] | 13th | Ava DuVernay |
| | Ron Howard |
| The Eagle Huntress | Otto Bell |
| Fire at Sea | Gianfranco Rosi |
| Gleason | Clay Tweel |
| The Ivory Game | Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson |
| Life, Animated | Roger Ross Williams |
| | Ezra Edelman |
| Tower | Keith Maitland |
| Zero Days | Alex Gibney |
2017
[29] [30] | Chasing Coral | Jeff Orlowski |
| City of Ghosts | Matthew Heineman |
| Cries from Syria | Evgeny Afineevsky |
| | Frederick Wiseman |
| Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS | Sebastian Junger, Nick Quested |
| Human Flow | Ai Weiwei |
| Icarus | Bryan Fogel |
| Kedi | Ceyda Torun |
| Legion of Brothers | Greg Barker |
2018
[31] | Minding the Gap | Bing Liu |
| Crime + Punishment | Stephen Maing |
| Free Solo | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin |
| RBG | Betsy West, Julie Cohen |
| Three Identical Strangers | Tim Wardle |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville |
2019
[32] | 63 Up | Michael Apted |
| The Apollo | Roger Ross Williams |
| Apollo 11 | Todd Douglas Miller |
| The Cave | Feras Fayyad |
| Citizen K | Alex Gibney |
| For Sama | Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts |
| Honeyland | Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov |
| One Child Nation | Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang |
|
2020s
Multiple wins
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Satellite Awards 1998. IMDb. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: 1999 3rd Annual SATELLITE™ Awards. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20080201175700/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1999.shtml. February 1, 2008.
- Web site: ‘Hollow’ nabs quartet of Golden Satellites. Variety. Jill. Feiwell. January 16, 2000. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: 2001 5th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110626174346/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2001.shtml. June 26, 2011.
- Web site: ‘Moulin Rouge’ in orbit, topping Satellite noms. Variety. Geoff. Berkshire. December 17, 2001. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: 2002 6th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110626174353/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml. June 26, 2011.
- Web site: 2003 7th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110626174413/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2003.shtml. June 26, 2011.
- Web site: 2004 8th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110626174413/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2004.shtml. June 26, 2011.
- Web site: 2005-A 9th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards - January 2005. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715112923/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2005a.shtml. July 15, 2011.
- Web site: 2005-B 10th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards - December 2005. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715112933/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2005b.shtml. July 15, 2011.
- Web site: Satellite Awards nominate seven dramas. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. December 1, 2006. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ‘Departed,’ ‘Dreamgirls’ win at Satellite Awards. Variety. Jeff. Sneider. December 18, 2006. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: 2007 12th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718091834/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2007.shtml. July 18, 2011.
- Web site: Satellite Award winners announced. Variety. Erin. Maxwell. December 17, 2007. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: 2008 13th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718092650/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2008.shtml. July 18, 2011.
- Web site: ‘Nine,’ ‘Red Cliff’ Lead Satellite Nominations. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. November 30, 2009. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ‘Hurt Locker,’ ‘Nine’ top Satellite Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. December 21, 2009. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards: Complete Winners List. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. February 16, 2015. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards 2011. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ‘The Descendants’ Takes Top Prize from Satellite Awards. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. December 18, 2011. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards Nominates 10 Films for Best Motion Picture. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. December 3, 2012. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Wins Five Satellite Awards, Including Best Picture. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. December 16, 2012. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ’12 Years a Slave’ Tops Satellite Award Nominations. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. December 2, 2013. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards: ’12 Years a Slave’ Wins Best Motion Picture. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. February 23, 2014. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ‘Birdman’ Leads Satellite Awards Nominations. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. December 1, 2014. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards: Complete Winners List. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. February 16, 2015. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards (2015). International Press Academy. pressacademy.com. IPA. December 2, 2015. December 2, 2015.
- Web site: Satellite Awards 2016. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘The Shape of Water’ Lead Satellite Award Nominations. TheWrap. December 1, 2017. November 30, 2017.
- Web site: Satellite Awards 2017. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards 2018. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards 2019. International Press Academy. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: ‘One Night in Miami’ and ‘Nomadland’ Lead Nominations for 25th Satellite Awards. Vimooz. February 1, 2021. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: Satellite Awards winners: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Forty-Year Old Version’ top film prizes; ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Better Call Saul’ take TV. Awards Watch. Erik. Anderson. February 15, 2021. October 15, 2021.
- Web site: 2021 Nominees. International Press Academy. December 1, 2021. December 5, 2021.
- Web site: The International Press Academy Announces Winners for the 27th Annual Satellite™ Awards . March 3, 2023 . . March 15, 2023.
- Web site: IPA Reveals Nominations for the 28th Satellite Awards . . December 18, 2023 . March 26, 2024.
- Web site: The International Press Academy Announces Winners for the 28th Annual SATELLITE Awards . International Press Academy . March 26, 2024 . March 3, 2024.
