Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony. The category was called Outstanding Nonfiction Special prior to 2013 and Outstanding Informational Special before 1998.

Winners and nominations

1990s

Year Program Producers Network
19971998
(50th)
Vietnam POWs: A Story of Survival Bob Reid (executive producer), Jacinda A. Davis (coordinating producer), Brian Leonard (producer/director/writer) Discovery Channel
4 Little Girls Spike Lee (producer/director), Samuel D. Pollard, Daphne McWilliams (line producer), Jacqueline Glover (co-ordinating producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer) HBO
Dead Blue: Surviving Depression John Parsons Peditto, Sara M. Chereskin, Blanka Nedela, Nancy Abraham (supervising producer), Eames Yeates (director), Sheila Nevins (executive producer)
Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes (American Masters) Susan Lacy (executive producer), Susan Steinberg (producer/director), Tamar Hacker (senior producer) PBS
Wolves at Our Door Gaynelle Evans (executive producer), Jim Dutcher, Mose Richards (writer) Discovery Channel
19981999
(51st)
Thug Life in D.C. Marc Levin (producer/director), Daphne Pinkerson, Nancy Abraham (supervising producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer) HBO
Avalanche: The White Death Nicolas Noxon (producer), Barry Nye (producer/director), Steven Reich (writer) NBC
Dying to Tell the Story Kathy Eldon (executive producer), Kyra Thompson (producer/writer/director), Victoria Waldock, Jacoba Atlas (supervising producer) TBS
The Farm: Angola, USA Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus, Gayle Gilman (supervising producer), Michael Cascio (executive producer) A&E
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth Robert B. Weide (producer/director/writer), Anthony Stanislas Radziwill (supervising producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer) HBO
Little Dieter Needs to Fly Werner Herzog (producer/writer/director), Lucki Stipetić, Andre Singer, Nancy Abraham (supervising producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer) Cinemax

2000s

Year Program Producers Network
19992000
(52nd)[1]
Children in War Sheila Nevins (executive producer), John Hoffman (supervising producer), Alan Raymond (producer/writer/director), Susan Raymond (producer/writer/director) HBO
American Hollow Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Jacqueline Glover (supervising producer), Rory Kennedy (producer/director) HBO
Cancer: Evolution to Revolution Anthony Stanislas Radziwill (executive producer), Kenneth Paul Rosenberg (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), John Hoffman (supervising producer), Joseph F. Lovett (producer/writer/director)
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (supervising producer), Joe Berlinger (producer/director), Bruce Sinofsky (producer/director)
Raising the Mammoth Adrienne Ciuffo (producer/writer), Jean-Charles Deniau (director), Maurice Paleau (executive producer) Discovery Channel
20002001
(53rd)[2]
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (American Experience) Barak Goodman (producer/director/writer), Daniel Anker (producer/co-director), Margaret Drain (executive producer), Mark Samels (supervising producer) PBS
Dwarfs: Not a Fairy Tale Lisa Abelow Hedley (producer/director), Bonnie Strauss (producer/director), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (supervising producer) HBO
Egypt Beyond the Pyramids Nancy Dubuc (executive producer), Craig Haffner (executive producer), Donna E. Lusitana (executive producer), David de Vries (producer/director/writer), Peter Woodward (host), Raymond Bridgers (supervising producer) History
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks Cecil Cox (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Craig Laurence Rice (executive producer/director), St. Clair Bourne (producer), Denzel Washington (producer), Jacqueline Glover (supervising producer), Lisa Heller (supervising producer), Lou Potter (writer) HBO
Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (supervising producer), Linda Otto (producer), Shari Cookson (producer/director/writer), Jean Guest (producer)
20012002
(54th)[3]
9/11 Jules Naudet (executive producer/director), Gédéon Naudet (executive producer/director), James Hanlon (executive producer/director), Susan Zirinsky (executive producer), Graydon Carter (executive producer), David Friend (executive producer), Hal Gessner (supervising producer), Tom Forman (senior producer/writer), Richard Barber (producer), Michael Maloy (producer), Bruce Spiegel (producer), Mead Stone (producer), Paul Larossa (producer), Rob Klug (director), Greg Kandra (writer) CBS
The Human Face Michael Mosley (executive producer), Nicholas Rossiter (executive producer), Nancy Lavin (executive producer), Sally George (producer), Sharon Gillooly (producer), James Erskine (producer/director), David Stewart (producer/director), John Cleese (writer/host) TLC
In Memoriam: New York City Jon Liebman (executive producer), Peter W. Kunhardt (executive producer), Dyllan McGee (supervising producer), Lisa Heller (senior producer), John Hoffman (producer), Sheila Nevins (producer), Brad Grey (producer) HBO
Inside the Actors Studio: 100th Guest Special James Lipton (executive producer/writer/host), Christian Barcellos (executive producer for Bravo), Frances Berwick (executive producer for Bravo), Michael Kostel (producer), John Servidio (producer), Jeff Wurtz (director) Bravo
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company Tom Hanks (executive producer), Steven Spielberg (executive producer), Gary Goetzman (co-executive producer), Tony To (co-executive producer), Mark Cowen (producer/director), William Richter (producer/writer) HBO
20022003
(55th)[4]
Benjamin Franklin Catherine Allan (executive producer), Ellen Hovde (producer), Muffie Meyer (producer) PBS
Christopher Reeve: Courageous Steps Rudy Bednar (executive producer), Alastair Waddington (executive producer), Stuart Watts (producer), Ian A. Hunt (producer), Christopher Reeve (narrator) ABC
The Day the Towers Fell Lou Reda (executive producer), Dolores Gavin (supervising producer), Sammy Jackson (producer) History
Journeys with George Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Julie Anderson (supervising producer), Alexandra Pelosi (producer) HBO
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Donna Brown Guillaume (executive producer), Jacqueline Glover (producer), Thomas Lennon (producer), Lisa Heller (senior producer)
20032004
(56th)[5]
The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's Naomi S. Boak (executive producer), Elizabeth Arledge (producer) PBS
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Gary Smith (executive producer), Dann Netter (executive producer), Frederick S. Pierce (executive producer for AFI), Bob Gazzale (producer) CBS
Born Rich Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Dirk Wittenborn (produced by), Jamie Johnson (producer) HBO
A Decade Under the Influence Alison Palmer Bourke (executive producer), Caroline Kaplan (executive producer), Jonathan Sehring (executive producer), Gini Reticker (producer), Jerry Kupfer (producer), Richard LaGravenese (producer), Ted Demme (producer) IFC
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor Jocelyn Hough (executive producer), William H. Isler (co-executive producer), Robert F. Petrilli (co-executive producer), Margaret Whitmer (producer), Joseph J. Kennedy IV (producer), Rick Sebak (producer), Michael Keaton (host) PBS
20042005
(57th)[6]
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson David Schaye (producer), Paul Barnes (producer), Ken Burns (producer) PBS
Beyond the Da Vinci Code Margaret Kim (executive producer), Robb Weller (executive producer), Gary Grossman (executive producer), Steve Lange (executive producer), Thomas Quinn (supervising producer), Rob Blumenstein (producer) History
Cary Grant: A Class Apart Tom Brown (executive producer for TCM), Roger Mayer (executive producer for Turner), George Feltenstein (executive producer for Turner), Melissa Roller (supervising producer for TCM), Robert Trachtenberg (producer) TCM
Inside the Actors Studio: 10th Anniversary Special James Lipton (executive producer/host), Frances Berwick (executive producer for Bravo), Christian Barcellos (executive producer for Bravo), Alice Siess (producer) Bravo
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live Ken Aymong (supervising producer), Rachel Talbot (supervising producer), Kenneth Bowser (produced by) NBC
20052006
(58th)[7]
Rome: Engineering an Empire Dolores Gavin (executive producer), Vincent Kralyevich (executive producer), Bill Hunt (executive producer), Kristine Sabat (executive producer), Christopher Cassel (producer) History
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Kelli O'Donnell (executive producer), Rosie O'Donnell (executive producer), John Hoffman (producer), Shari Cookson (produced by) HBO
How William Shatner Changed the World Susan Werbe (executive producer), Alan Handel (executive producer), Malcolm Clark (executive producer) History
Inside 9/11 Jonathan Towers (executive producer), Michael Cascio (executive producer), Nicole Rittenmeyer (supervising producer), Colette Beaudry (supervising producer), Bernard Dudek (producer), Rachel Milton (producer), Lance Hori (producer), Alex Flaster (producer) Nat Geo
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story Tom Brown (executive producer), George Feltenstein (executive producer), Roger Mayer (executive producer), Brian Tessier (supervising producer), Melissa Roller (supervising producer), Peter Jones (producer) TCM
20062007
(59th)[8]
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Rory Kennedy (producer), Liz Garbus (producer), Jack Youngelson (producer), Diana Barrett (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer) HBO
AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies Gary Smith (executive producer), Frederick S. Pierce (executive producer for AFI), Dann Netter (producer), Bob Gazzale (producer) CBS
Blood Diamonds Margaret Kim (executive producer), Bill Brummel (executive producer), June Molgaard (producer) History
Brando Tom Brown (executive producer), Leslie Greif (producer), Mimi Freedman (producer), Joanne Rubino (producer), Melissa Roller (supervising producer) TCM
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed Kevin Burns (executive producer), Beth Dietrich (executive producer for THC), Jim Ward (executive producer for Lucasfilm LTD), Tom Warner (executive producer for Lucasfilm LTD), Kim Sheerin (co-executive producer), Scott Hartford (co-executive producer), Steven Smith (producer), David Comtois (producer) History
20072008
(60th)[9]
Autism: The Musical Jonathan Murray (executive producer), Janet Grillo (executive producer), Kristen Stills (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer), Perrin Chiles (producer), Tricia Regan (producer), Sasha Alpert (producer) HBO
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Gary Smith (executive producer), Frederick S. Pierce (executive producer for AFI), Dann Netter (producer), Bob Gazzale (producer) CBS
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq Sheila Nevins (executive producer), James Gandolfini (executive producer), Alexandra E. Ryan (co-executive producer), Sara Bernstein (supervising producer), Ellen Goosenberg Kent (produced by), Jon Alpert (produced by), Matthew O'Neill (produced by) NBC
Pioneers of Television: "Late Night: Johnny, Jack, Steve, and Merv" Steve Boettcher (producer), Mike Trinklein (producer) PBS
The Pixar Story Leslie Iwerks (producer) Starz
20082009
(61st)[10]
102 Minutes That Changed America Greg Jacobs (executive producer), Jon Siskel (executive producer), Susan Werbe (executive producer), Nicole Rittenmeyer (producer) History
The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum in Science Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Maria Shriver (executive producer), John Hoffman (series producer/produced by), Susan Froemke (produced by) HBO
Farrah's Story Farrah Fawcett (executive producer), Craig J. Nevius (executive producer), Alexandra Gleysteen (executive producer for NBC), Robert Dean (producer for NBC), Alana Stewart (produced by) NBC
Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist Michael J. Fox (executive producer), Nelle Fortenberry (executive producer), Rudy Bednar (executive producer), Ann Reynolds (senior producer), Mary Hanan (producer) ABC
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Steven Soderbergh (executive producer), Randy Wooten (executive producer), Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte (produced by), Lila Yacoub (produced by), Marina Zenovich (produced by) HBO

2010s

Year Program Producers Network
20092010
(62nd)[11]
Teddy: In His Own Words Dyllan McGee (executive producer), Jacqueline Glover (supervising producer), Peter W. Kunhardt (produced by), Sheila Nevins (produced by) HBO
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story Max Burgos (executive producer), John Gore (executive producer), James Goddard (producer), Sarah Townsend (producer) Epix
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama Amy Rice (produced by), Alicia Sams (produced by), Edward Norton (produced by), Stuart Blumberg (produced by), Bill Migliore (produced by) HBO
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me Clint Eastwood (executive producer), Bruce Ricker (produced by) TCM
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again Ken Aymong (supervising producer), Kenneth Bowser (produced by), Declan Baldwin (produced by) NBC
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! Morgan Spurlock (executive producer), Jeremy Chilnick (executive producer) Fox
20102011
(63rd)[12]
Gettysburg Mary Lisio (executive producer), Ridley Scott (executive producer), Tony Scott (executive producer), Julian Hobbs (executive producer for history), Mary Donahue (executive producer for History), Christopher G. Cowen (producer), David McKillop (executive producer for History) History
Becoming Chaz Fenton Bailey (produced by), Randy Barbato (produced by), Chaz Bono (producer) OWN
His Way Steven Soderbergh (executive producer), Audrey Rosenberg (executive producer), Graydon Carter (produced by), Alan Polsky (produced by), Gabe Polsky (produced by) HBO
Jaws: The Inside Story Thomas Moody (executive producer for Bio), Peter Tarshis (executive producer for Bio), Kevin Bachar (executive producer for Pangolin Pictures), Amelia Hanibelsz (supervising producer), Georgia Manukas (producer) Bio
Stand Up to Cancer Laura Ziskin (executive producer), Pamela Oas Williams (executive producer), Michael B. Seligman (supervising producer) ABC / CBS / NBC
20112012
(64th)[13]
George Harrison: Living in the Material World Margaret Bodde (executive producer), Emma Tillinger Koskoff (executive producer for Sikelia Productions), Blair Foster (supervising producer), Olivia Harrison (produced by), Nigel Sinclair (produced by), Martin Scorsese (produced by) HBO
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park Arthur Bradford (executive producer), Jennifer Ollman (supervising producer) Comedy Central
Bobby Fischer Against the World Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Dan Cogan (executive producer), Liz Garbus (producer), Stanley F. Buchthal (producer), Rory Kennedy (producer), Matthew Justus (producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer) HBO
Gloria: In Her Own Words Dyllan McGee (executive producer), Jacqueline Glover (supervising producer), Peter W. Kunhardt (producer), Sheila Nevins (producer)
Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies Molly Thompson (executive producer), David McKillop (executive producer), Robert DeBitetto (executive producer), Eddie Simon (executive producer), Jon Kamen (producer), Justin Wilkes (producer), Joe Berlinger (producer) A&E
20122013
(65th)[14]
Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer), John Battsek (produced by), Julie Goldman (produced by), Greg Barker (produced by) HBO
All the President's Men Revisited Robert Redford (executive producer), Andrew Lack (executive producer), Laura Michalchyshyn (executive producer), Nancy Daniels (executive producer), Denise Contis (executive producer), Peter Schnall (producer) Discovery Channel
Crossfire Hurricane Mick Jagger (produced by), Victoria Pearman (produced by) HBO
Death and the Civil War (American Experience) Mark Samels (executive producer), Sharon Grimberg (senior producer), Ric Burns (produced by), Robin Espinola (produced by), Bonnie Lafave (produced by) PBS
Ethel Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer), Rory Kennedy (producer), Jack Youngelson (producer) HBO
20132014
(66th)[15]
JFK (American Experience) Mark Samels (executive producer), Sharon Grimberg (senior producer), Susan Bellows (produced by) PBS
Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You Whoopi Goldberg (executive producer/produced by), Tom Leonardis (executive producer/produced by), George Schlatter (executive producer) HBO
Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Maria Shriver (executive producer), Nancy Abraham (senior producer), Sascha Weiss (producer), Shari Cookson (produced by), Nick Doob (produced by)
Running from Crazy Erica Forstadt (executive producer), Mariel Hemingway (executive producer), Barbara Kopple (executive producer/produced by), Lisa Erspamer (executive producer), Oprah Winfrey (executive producer), David Cassidy (produced by) OWN
The Sixties: The Assassination of President Kennedy Tom Hanks (executive producer), Gary Goetzman (executive producer), Mark Herzog (executive producer), Jonathan Buss (producer), Stephen J. Morrison (producer), Christopher G. Cowen (co-executive producer), Kirk Saduski (co-executive producer) CNN
The Square Jodie Evans (executive producer), Lekha Singh (executive producer), Sarah E. Johnson (executive producer), Mike Lerner (executive producer), Gavin Dougan (executive producer), Karim Amer (produced by), Jehane Noujaim (produced by) Netflix
20142015
(67th)[16]
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Chris Wilson (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Sara Bernstein (supervising producer), Alex Gibney (producer), Lawrence Wright (producer), Kristen Vaurio (producer) HBO
The Case Against 8 Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Sara Bernstein (supervising producer), Ben Cotner (produced by), Ryan White (produced by) HBO
Cobain: Montage of Heck Frances Bean Cobain (executive producer), David Byrnes (executive producer), Lawrence Mestel (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Sara Bernstein (senior producer), Brett Morgen (produced by), Danielle Renfrew (produced by)
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All Frank Marshall (executive producer), Blair Foster (executive producer), Alex Gibney (executive producer), Sharon Hall (executive producer), Andrew Kosove (executive producer), Broderick Johnson (executive producer), Charles Pignone (executive producer), Jeffrey Pollack (producer), Erin Edeiken (producer), Samuel D. Pollard (producer)
Virunga Leonardo DiCaprio (executive producer), Howard G. Buffett (executive producer), Maxyne Franklin (executive producer), Jess Search (executive producer), Jon Drever (executive producer), Orlando von Einsiedel (producer), Joanna Natasegara (producer) Netflix
20152016
(68th)[17]
What Happened, Miss Simone? Sidney Beaumont (executive producer), Amy Hobby (producer), Liz Garbus (producer), Justin Wilkes (producer), Jayson Jackson (producer) Netflix
Becoming Mike Nichols Frank Rich (executive producer), Jack O'Brien (executive producer), Douglas McGrath (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Lisa Heller (supervising producer), Ellin Baumel (produced by) HBO
Everything Is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted Graydon Carter (executive producer), Annabelle Dunne (executive producer), Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Lisa Heller (supervising producer), Carly Hugo (produced by), Matt Parker (produced by)
Listen to Me Marlon Andrew Ruhemann (executive producer), John Battsek (produced by), R. J. Cutler (produced by), George Chignell (produced by) Showtime
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Sheila Nevins (executive producer), Sara Bernstein (senior producer), Fenton Bailey (produced by), Randy Barbato (produced by), Katharina Otto-Bernstein (produced by), Mona Card (produced by) HBO

References

  1. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  2. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-informational-special
  3. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-informational-special
  4. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  5. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  6. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  7. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  8. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  9. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  10. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  11. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  12. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  13. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  14. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2013/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  15. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2014/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  16. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-documentary-or-nonfiction-special
  17. "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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