Satellite Award for Best Documentary
Awarded forBest Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Press Academy
First awarded1997 (awarded to 4 Little Girls)
Currently held byFire of Love (2022)

The Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Film Director(s)
1997
[1]		 4 Little Girls Spike Lee
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Errol Morris
Hype! Doug Pray
Shooting Porn Ronnie Larsen
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist Kirby Dick
1998
[2]		 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Michael Paxton
The Cruise Bennett Miller
The Farm: Angola, USA Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack
Kurt & Courtney Nick Broomfield
Public Housing Frederick Wiseman
1999
[3]		 Buena Vista Social Club Wim Wenders
42: Forty Two Up Michael Apted
American Movie Chris Smith
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Errol Morris
Return with Honor Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders
The Source Chuck Workman

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
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 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
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 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]		 Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony 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
Tupac: Resurrection Lauren Lazin
2005
[10]		 Mad Hot Ballroom Marilyn Agrelo
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 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
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Stanley Nelson
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man 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]		 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer 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
Valentino: The Last Emperor Matt Tyrnauer

2010s

Year Film Director(s)
2010
[18]		 Restrepo Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington
Behind the Burly Q Leslie Zemeckis
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney
Countdown to Zero Lucy Walker
A Film Unfinished Yael Hersonski
Inside Job Charles Ferguson
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work 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
American: The Bill Hicks Story 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
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry 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
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie 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
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me James Keach
Jodorowsky's Dune Frank Pavich
Keep on Keepin' On Alan Hicks
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles 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
National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead Douglas Tirola
Where to Invade Next Michael Moore
2016
[28]		 13th Ava DuVernay
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week 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
O.J.: Made in America 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
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 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

Year Film Director(s)
2020
[33][34]		 Collective Alexander Nanau
Acasă, My Home Radu Ciorniciuc
Circus of Books Rachel Mason
Coup 53 Rachel Mason
Crip Camp Nicole Newnham, James Lebrecht
The Dissident Bryan Fogel
Gunda Viktor Kossakovsky
MLK/FBI Sam Pollard
A Most Beautiful Thing Mary Mazzio
The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
2021
[35]		 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Amir "Questlove" Thompson
Ascension Jessica Kingdon
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road Brent Wilson
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Introducing, Selma Blair

Rachel Fleit

Julia Julie Cohen and Betsy West
Procession Robert Greene
The Rescue Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Val Leo Scott and Ting Poo
The Velvet Underground Todd Haynes
2022
[36]		 Fire of Love Sara Dosa
All That Breathes Shaunak Sen
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras
Descendant Margaret Brown
Good Night Oppy Ryan White
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile Kathlyn Horan
The Territory Alex Pritz
Young Plato Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin

Multiple wins

See also

References

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