Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best screenplay^[1] of the year for a documentary feature.^[2] It has been presented annually^[3] since the 57th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 2005.^[4] The winners are indicated in bold.

2000s

2005 (57th)

• Bright Leaves – Narration written by Ross McElwee
• Control Room – Julia Bacha and Jehane Noujaim
• Home of the Brave – Paola di Florio
• The Hunting of the President – Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry
• In the Realms of the Unreal – Jessica Yu
• Super Size Me – Morgan Spurlock

2006 (58th)

• Cowboy del Amor – Michèle Ohayon
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – Written by Alex Gibney; Based on the book The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
• The Fall of Fujimori – Ellen Perry and Zack Anderson and Kim Roberts
• March of the Penguins – Narration written by Jordan Roberts; Based on the story by Luc Jacquet and screenplay by Luc Jacquet and Michel Fessler
• Street Fight – Marshall Curry

2007 (59th)

• Deliver Us from Evil – Amy Berg
• The Heart of the Game – Ward Serrill
• Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos – Screenplay by Mark Monroe; Story by Mark Monroe and John Dower
• Who Killed the Electric Car? – Chris Paine
• Why We Fight – Eugene Jarecki

2008 (60th)

• The Camden 28 – Anthony Giacchino
• Nanking – Screenplay by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman and Elisabeth Bentley; Story by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
• No End in Sight – Charles Ferguson
• The Rape of Europa – Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen
• Sicko – Michael Moore
• Taxi to the Dark Side – Alex Gibney

2009 (61st)

• Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story – Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker
• Chicago 10 – Brett Morgen
• Fuel – Johnny O'Hara
• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson – Screenplay by Alex Gibney; From the words of Hunter S. Thompson
• Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman

2010s

2010 (62nd)

• Against the Tide – Screenplay by Richard Trank; Based on original material written by Richard Trank and Rabbi Marvin Hier
• Capitalism: A Love Story – Michael Moore
• The Cove – Mark Monroe
• Earth Days – Robert Stone
• Good Hair – Chris Rock and Jeff Stilson and Lance Crouther and Chuck Sklar
• Soundtrack for a Revolution – Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman

2011 (63rd)

• Enemies of the People – Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath
• Freedom Riders – Written by Stanley Nelson; Based in part on the book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault
• Gasland – Josh Fox
• Inside Job – Written by Charles Ferguson; Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt
• The Two Escobars – Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist
• Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? – John Scheinfeld

2012 (64th)

• Better This World – Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek
• Nostalgia for the Light – Patricio Guzman
• Pina – Wim Wenders
• Position Among the Stars – Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich
• Senna – Manish Pandey

2013 (65th)

• The Central Park Five – Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns
• The Invisible War – Kirby Dick
• Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God – Alex Gibney
• Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul
• We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists – Brian Knappenberger
• West of Memphis – Amy Berg and Billy McMillin

2014 (66th)

• Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley
• Dirty Wars – Jeremy Scahill and David Riker
• Herblock – The Black and The White – Sara Lukinson and Michael Stevens
• No Place on Earth – Janet Tobias and Paul Laikin
• We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks – Alex Gibney

2015 (67th)

• The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz – Brian Knappenberger
• Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
• Last Days in Vietnam – Mark Bailey and Kevin McAlester
• Red Army – Gabe Polsky

2016 (68th)

• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Alex Gibney
• Being Canadian - Robert Cohen
• Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - Brett Morgen
• Prophet's Prey - Amy J. Berg

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