| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Currently held by | Moonage Daydream (2023) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) is awarded to one television documentary, nonfiction or reality series each year.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts[1][note 1] | |||
| Wide World in Concert | Doug Nelson, Norm Schwartz | ABC | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[2][note 2] | |||
| 30 Years of National Geographic Specials | Mark Linden, Paul Schremp, Eric Williams | NBC | ||
| 1996 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[3][note 3] | |||
| The Beatles Anthology | "Part 2" | Danny Longhurst, Andy Matthews | ABC | |
| 1998 [4] |
Rat | Patrick M. Griffith, Lisa Hannan, Paul N. J. Ottosson | TBS | |
| 4 Little Girls | Glenfield Payne, Eugene Gearty, Maisie Weissman | HBO | ||
| 1999 [5] |
Avalanche: The White Death | Cory Taylor, Mark Korba, Al Decker, Michael Marion | NBC | |
| Why Dogs Smile & Chimpanzees Cry | Derek Luff, George Leyva, Rick Norman | Discovery | ||
| The Farm: Angola, USA | Margaret Crimmins, Paul Hsu | A&E | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [6] |
Walking with Dinosaurs | Andrew Sherriff, Simon Gotel | Discovery | |
| Raising the Mammoth | Derek Luff, Rick Norman, Tania Wang, George Leyva, Glen Frazier, Emmanuel Mairesse, Mohamed Amrane, Benoît Hénaff | Discovery | ||
| 2001 [7] |
Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special | Andrew Sherriff, Simon Gotel, Ashley Bates | Discovery | |
| Jazz | "Dedicated to Chaos" | Ira Spiegel, Dan Korintus, Bruce Kitzmeyer, Jacob Ribicoff | PBS | |
| Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen | Charlton McMillan | HBO | ||
| Shooting War | Al Decker, Mark Korba, Michael Marion, Mark Linden, Tara A. Paul, Bryan McKenzie, Joan Rowe | ABC | ||
| Trauma: Life in the E.R. | "Trauma Season" | Chuck Hammer, Matthew Barbato, Benny Mouthon | TLC | |
| 2002 [8] |
When Dinosaurs Roamed America | Michael Payne, David Esparza, Nancy Nugent, Jonathan Wareham | Discovery | |
| The Blue Planet | "The Deep" | Lucy Rutherford | Discovery | |
| In Memoriam: New York City | Stuart Stanley | HBO | ||
| 9/11 | Ray Palagy, Tony Pipitone, Neil Cedar, John Bowen, Philippe Desloovere, John Hassler | CBS | ||
| The True Story of Black Hawk Down | Andrew McCracken, Paul Ray, Patrick McNulty | History | ||
| 2003 [9] |
Expedition: Bismarck | David Kitchens, Ben Zarai, Gonzalo Espinoza, Eric Lalicata, Chris McDonough, Eric Reuveni, Matthias Weber | Discovery | |
| American Experience | "Seabiscuit" | Kevin Lee | PBS | |
| American Masters | "Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind" | Jeffrey Stern | ||
| Before We Ruled the Earth | Michael Payne, Stephen P. Robinson, David Esparza, Nancy Nugent, Dean Grinsfelder, Laura Macias, Sean Rowe | Discovery | ||
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Ira Spiegel, Marlena Grzaslewicz | HBO | ||
| 2004 [10] |
Dinosaur Planet | "Pod's Travels" / "Alpha's Egg" | Michael Payne, Stephen P. Robinson, Nancy Nugent, David Esparza, Patrick Cusack, Lisa Varetakis, Dean Grinsfelder, Sean Rowe, Gregg Barbanell | Discovery |
| American Masters | "Judy Garland: By Myself" | Margaret Crimmins, Greg Smith | PBS | |
| The Apprentice | "DNA, Heads and the Undead Kitty" | Derek Luff, Ryan Owens, Mark Jasper, Rick Livingstone | NBC | |
| Jockey | Lynne Feldman, Kate Davis | HBO | ||
| Three Sisters: Searching for a Cure | John Bowen | |||
| 2005 [11] |
Pompeii: The Last Day | Simon Farmer | Discovery | |
| The Amazing Race | "We're Moving Up the Food Chain" | Matt Deitrich, Mike Bolanowski, Heeyeon Chang, Chris Dalzell, Evan Finn, Danny Flynn, Michael Friedman, Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Jeff Runyan, E. Wilson | CBS | |
| Broadway: The American Musical | "Syncopated City" | Deborah Wallach, Branka Mrkic | PBS | |
| Star Wars: Empire of Dreams | David Comtois, Troy Bogert, Scott B. Morgan, Molly Shock | A&E | ||
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | "Part 1" | Sean Huff, Erik Ewers, Jacob Ribicoff | PBS | |
| 2006 [12] |
Baghdad ER | Lila Yomtoob | HBO | |
| The Amazing Race | "Here Comes the Bedouin!" | Matt Deitrich, Mike Bolanowski, Evan Finn, Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Rick Livingstone | CBS | |
| American Experience | "Two Days in October" | Jack Levy, Daniel Colman, Vince Balunas, Jeff K. Brunello, Kim Roberts, Doug Madick | PBS | |
| American Masters | "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" | Philip Stockton, Allan Zaleski, Fred Rosenberg, Jennifer L. Dunnington, Annette Kudrak | ||
| Survivor | "Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise" | Ryan Owens, Mark Jasper, Vince Tennant, Matt Slivinski, Glen Frazier, Rick Livingstone, Michael Brake, Monique Reymond | CBS | |
| 2007 [13] |
Planet Earth | "Pole to Pole" | Kate Hopkins | Discovery |
| The Amazing Race | "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing" | Jon Bachmann, Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Rick Livingstone | CBS | |
| American Masters | "Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built" | Richard Fairbanks, Pamela Scott Arnold | PBS | |
| Ghosts of Abu Ghraib | Margaret Crimmins, Greg Smith | HBO | ||
| When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Fred Rosenberg, Allan Zaleski, Marko A. Costanzo, Marvin R. Morris | |||
| 2008 [14] |
The War | "When Things Get Tough" | Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford, Mariusz Glabinski, Magdaline Volaitis, Ira Spiegel, Marlena Grzaslewicz, Jacob Ribicoff | PBS |
| Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq | Stuart Stanley, Philippe Desloovere | HBO | ||
| The Amazing Race | "Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something" | Eric Goldfarb, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Steven J. Escobar, Julian Gomez, Rick Livingstone | CBS | |
| American Masters | "Les Paul: Chasing Sound" | John Paulson | PBS | |
| Autism: The Musical | Keith Rishkofski | HBO | ||
| Life After People | Dave Philips, Coby Taitano, Corey Morgan, Stephen Parise, Ryan Young, Nozomu Furuya, Jack Crosby | History | ||
| 2009 [15] |
102 Minutes That Changed America | Seth Skundrick | History | |
| The Amazing Race | "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me" | Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Rick Livingstone | CBS | |
| China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province | Paul Hsu, Branka Mrkic | HBO | ||
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (American Masters) | Stephen R. Smith, Peter D. Smith, Tom Heuzenroeder, Adrian Medhurst | PBS | ||
| Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | D.D. Stenehjem | HBO | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [16] |
America: The Story of Us | "Division" | Phitz Hearne | History |
| The Amazing Race | "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" | Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Rich Remis, Jennifer Nelson, Mike Bolanowski, Rick Livingstone | CBS | |
| Life | "Challenges of Life" | Kate Hopkins | Discovery | |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | "The Scripture of Nature" | Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish, Ryan Gifford, Dave Mast, Jacob Ribicoff, Margaret Shepardson-Legere, Meagan Frappiea | PBS | |
| Teddy: In His Own Words | Neil Cedar | HBO | ||
| 2011 [17] |
Gettysburg | Charles Maynes, Zach Seivers, Brent Kiser | History | |
| The Amazing Race | "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win" | Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Rich Remis, Jennifer Nelson, Mike Bolanowski, Bryan Parker | CBS | |
| American Idol | "Auditions No. 2: New Orleans" | Matt Slivinski, Bryan Parker | Fox | |
| American Masters | "Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides" | Deborah Wallach | PBS | |
| Baseball: The Tenth Inning | "Top of the Tenth" | Ira Spiegel, Mariusz Glabinski, Jacob Ribicoff, Dan Korintus, Marlena Grzaslewicz | ||
| Whale Wars | "To the Ends of the Earth" | Bryan Parker | Animal Planet | |
| 2012 [18] |
Frozen Planet | "Ends of the Earth" | Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens, Paul Fisher | Discovery Channel |
| The Amazing Race | "Let Them Drink Their Haterade" | Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Rich Remis, Jennifer Nelson, Mike Bolanowski, Bryan Parker, Graham Barclay | CBS | |
| George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Philip Stockton, Allan Zaleski, Jennifer L. Dunnington | HBO | ||
| Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies | Eric Milano, Chris Davis | A&E | ||
| Prohibition | "A Nation of Hypocrites" | Dan Korintus, Marlena Grzaslewicz, Ira Spiegel, Dave Mast, Erik Ewers, Jacob Ribicoff | PBS | |
| 2013 [19] |
The Men Who Built America | "Bloody Battles" | Tim W. Kelly, Jonathan Soule | History |
| The Amazing Race | "Be Safe and Don't Hit a Cow" | Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Andy Castor, Jennifer Nelson, Mike Bolanowski, Bryan Parker, Graham Barclay | CBS | |
| Crossfire Hurricane | Cameron Frankley, Jon Michaels | HBO | ||
| The Dust Bowl | "The Great Plow-Up" | Craig Mellish, Ryan Gifford, Dave Mast, Meagan Frappiea | PBS | |
| History of the Eagles | Philip Stockton, Ruy García, Annette Kudrak | Showtime | ||
| Survivor | "Create a Little Chaos" | John Warrin, Paul Meyer, Michael Brake, Michael Dobbins, Todd Babiak, Brooke Lowrey | CBS | |
| 2014 [20] |
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | "Standing Up in the Milky Way" | Christopher Harvengt, Richard S. Steele, Jeff Carson, Jason Tregoe Newman, Bob Costanza, Lisa Varetakis, Bill Bell, Tim Chilton, Jill Schachne | Fox |
| The Amazing Race | "Part Like the Red Sea" | Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Andy Castor, Jennifer Nelson, Ryan Leamy, Eric Beetner, Aaron Cross | CBS | |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Punjab" | Benny Mouthon, Hunter Gross | CNN | |
| Vice | "Terrorist University & Armageddon Now" | Sean Canada | HBO | |
| The World Wars | "Trial by Fire" | Tim W. Kelly, Jonathan Soule, Brian McAllister, John Kilgour, Mike Alfin | History | |
| 2015 [21] |
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways | "Seattle" | Justin Lebens | HBO |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Madagascar" | Benny Mouthon | CNN | |
| Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Bill Chesley, David Ellinwood, Daniel Timmons | HBO | ||
| The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy" | Duncan Clark, Matt Snedecor, Suzana Peric, John Carbonara | ||
| Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck | Cameron Frankley, Dan Kenyon, Jon Michaels | |||
| 2016 [22] |
Cartel Land | Tom Paul, Ryan Collison, Joanna Fang, Leslie Bloome, Mark Filip, Billy Orrico, Sean Garnhart | A&E | |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Okinawa" | Brian Bracken, Nick Brigden | CNN | |
| He Named Me Malala | Skip Lievsay, PK Hooker, Susan Dubek, Bill Bernstein | Nat Geo | ||
| Making a Murderer | "Lack of Humanity" | Daniel Ward, Leslie Bloome | Netflix | |
| What Happened, Miss Simone? | Joshua L. Pearson, Dan Timmons | |||
| 2017 [23] | ||||
| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years | Jon Michaels, Harrison Meyle, Dan Kenyon, Will Digby, Melissa Muik | Hulu | ||
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Hanoi" | Benny Mouthon | CNN | |
| Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath | "Golden Era" | David Crocco, Rolando Nadal | A&E | |
| Planet Earth II | "Cities" | Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens | BBC America | |
| 13th | Tim Boggs, Alex Lee, Julie Pierce, Lise Richardson | Netflix | ||
| 2018 [24] | ||||
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Seattle" | Brian Bracken, Nick Brigden | CNN | |
| Blue Planet II | "Coral Reefs" | Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens | BBC America | |
| The Defiant Ones | "Episode 1" | Jay Nierenberg, Todd Niesen, David Mann, Katrina Frederick, Del Spiva | HBO | |
| Jane | Warren Shaw, Joshua Paul Johnson, Odin Benitez, Peter Staubli, Will Digby, Suzana Peric, Tara Blume | Nat Geo | ||
| The Vietnam War | "Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)" | Erik Ewers, Mariusz Glabinski, Dave Mast, Jacob Ribicoff, Ryan Gifford, Margaret Shepardson-Legere, Ira Spiegel, Matt Rigby, Marlena Grzaslewicz, Dan Korintus | PBS | |
| Wild Wild Country | "Part 1" | Brent Kiser, Jacob Flack, Elliot Thompson, Danielle Price, Timothy Preston | Netflix | |
| 2019 [25] | ||||
| Free Solo | Deborah Wallach, Filipe Messeder, Jim Schultz, Roland Vajs, Nuno Bento | Nat Geo | ||
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Far West Texas" | Benny Mouthon, Hunter Gross | CNN | |
| Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened | Nathan Hasz, Tom Paul, Jeremy Bloom, Esther Regelson, Daniel Ward, Curtis Henderson | Netflix | ||
| Leaving Neverland | Ross Millership, Poppy Kavanagh | HBO | ||
| Our Planet | "Frozen Worlds" | Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens | Netflix | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [26] | ||||
| Apollo 11 | Eric Milano | CNN | ||
| Beastie Boys Story | Martyn Zub, Paul Aulicino, Pernell Salinas | Apple TV+ | ||
| Cheer | "Daytona" | Logan Byers, Kaleb Klinger, Sean Gray | Netflix | |
| Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time | Jonathan Greber | Epix | ||
| McMillion$ | "Episode 1" | Ben Freer, Jordan Meltzer, Jody McVeigh-Schultz | HBO | |
| Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness | "Cult of Personality" | Ian Cymore, Rachel Wardell, Steve Griffen | Netflix | |
| 2021 [27] | ||||
| The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | Jonathan Greber, Pascal Garneau | HBO | ||
| Allen v. Farrow | "Episode 2" | Dane A. Davis, Stephanie Flack, Jon Michaels, Ezra Dweck, Ellen Segal | HBO | |
| Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry | Richard E. Yawn, Rob Getty, Steven Avila, Shawn Kennelly, Michael Brake, Melissa Kennelly, Vince Nicastro | Apple TV+ | ||
| David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Tim Owens, Kate Hopkins, Tom Mercer, Gareth Cousins, Paul Ackerman | Netflix | ||
| The Social Dilemma | Richard Gould, James Spencer, Andrea Gard | |||
| Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre | John Moros | History | ||
| 2022 [28] | ||||
| The Beatles: Get Back | "Part 3: Days 17-22" | Martin Kwok, Emile de la Rey, Matt Stutter, Michael Donaldson, Stephen Gallagher, Tane Upjohn-Beatson, Simon Riley | Disney+ | |
| George Carlin's American Dream | Bobby Mackston, Miriam Cole, Matt Temple, Joseph Beshenkovsky | HBO Max | ||
| Lucy and Desi | Anthony Vanchure, Daniel Pagan, Mike James Gallagher, Jason Tregoe Newman, Bryant Furhman | Prime Video | ||
| McCartney 3,2,1 | "The People We Loved Were Loving Us!" | Jonathan Greber, Leff Lefferts, Bjorn Ole Schroeder, E. Larry Oatfield, Kim Foscato | Hulu | |
| The Tinder Swindler | Maria Kelly, Chad Orororo, Nirupama Rajendran | Netflix | ||
| 2023 [29] | ||||
| Moonage Daydream | John Warhurst, Nina Hartstone, Jens Rosenlund Petersen, Samir Foco, James Shirley, Elliott Koretz, Amy Felton, Louise Burton, Brett Morgen | HBO | ||
| Love, Lizzo | Vanessa Flores, Jessie Brewer | HBO Max | ||
| 100 Foot Wave | "Chapter V: Lost at Sea" | Max Holland, Eric Di Stefano, Kevin Senzaki | HBO | |
| Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Michael Feuser, Rich Bologna, Wyatt Sprague, Heather Gross, Bill Bernstein | Apple TV+ | ||
| Welcome to Wrexham | "Do or Die" | Will Harp, Jon Schell, Shaun Cromwell | FX | |