National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film
The National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual awards given (since 1940) to the producer of the film by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1] Winners generally are announced in early December.
Past winners
- 1940: The Fight for Life
- 1941: Target for Tonight; The Forgotten Village; Ku Kan; The Land
- 1942: Moscow Strikes Back; Native Land; Word in Action
- 1943: Desert Victory; Battle of Russia; Prelude to War; Saludos Amigos; The Silent Village
- 1944: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress; Attack! The Battle for New Britain; With the Marines at Tarawa; Battle for the Marianas; Tunisian Victory
1980s
| Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 (59th) | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | Taylor Hackford |
| 1988 (60th) | The Thin Blue Line | Errol Morris |
| 1989 (61st) | Roger & Me | Michael Moore |
1990s
| Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (62nd) | N/A | N/A |
| 1991 (63rd) | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper |
| 1992 (64th) | Brother's Keeper | Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky |
| 1993 (65th) | The War Room | Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker |
| 1994 (66th) | Hoop Dreams | Steve James |
| 1995 (67th) | Crumb | Terry Zwigoff |
| 1996 (68th) | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills | Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky |
| 1997 (69th) | Fast, Cheap and Out of Control | Errol Morris |
| 1998 (70th) | Wild Man Blues | Barbara Kopple |
| 1999 (71st) | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders |
2000s
| Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 (72nd) | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | Aviva Kempner |
| 2001 (73rd) | The Endurance | George Butler |
| 2002 (74th) | Bowling for Columbine | Michael Moore |
| 2003 (75th) | The Fog of War | Errol Morris |
| 2004 (76th) | Born into Brothels | Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman |
| 2005 (77th) | March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur) | Luc Jacquet |
| 2006 (78th) | An Inconvenient Truth | Davis Guggenheim |
| 2007 (79th) | Body of War | Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro |
| 2008 (80th) | Man on Wire | James Marsh |
| 2009 (81st) | The Cove | Louie Psihoyos |
2010s
| Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 (82nd) | Waiting for "Superman" | Davis Guggenheim |
| 2011 (83rd) | Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory | Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky |
| 2012 (84th) | Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjelloul |
| 2013 (85th) | Stories We Tell | Sarah Polley |
| 2014 (86th) | Life Itself | Steve James |
| 2015 (87th) | Amy | Asif Kapadia |
References
- ↑ "Best Documentary Archives - National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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