Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film

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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film
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The first recipient: Michael Moore
Awarded forBest Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking
Country United States
Presented by Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
First awarded Michael Moore
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Currently held by Matthew Heineman
American Symphony (2023)
Website dfwcritics.com

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) to honor an outstanding documentary film.

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History

Although the DFWFCA began handing out awards in 1990, they first added this category in 2002. To date, only three directors have earned the honor more than once: Davis Guggenheim (2006, 2010), Michael Moore (2002, 2004), Matthew Heineman (2017, 2023) and Morgan Neville (2013, 2018)

Winners

2000s

YearWinnerDirector(s)
2002 Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore [1]
2003 Capturing the Friedmans Andrew Jarecki [2]
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore [3]
2005 Murderball Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro [4]
2006 An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim [5]
2007 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Seth Gordon [6]
2008 Man on Wire James Marsh [7]
2009 The Cove Louie Psihoyos [8]

2010s

YearWinnerDirector
2010 Waiting for "Superman" Davis Guggenheim [9]
2011 Cave of Forgotten Dreams Werner Herzog [10]
2012 Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul [11]
2013 20 Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville [12]
2014 Citizenfour Laura Poitras [13]
2015 Amy Asif Kapadia [14]
2016 Tower Keith Maitland [15]
2017 City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman [16]
2018 Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville [17]
2019 Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller [18]

2020s

YearWinnerDirector
2020 Time Garrett Bradley [19] [20] [21]
2021 Summer of Soul Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson [22] [23] [24]
2022 Good Night Oppy Ryan White [25] [26] [27]
2023 American Symphony Matthew Heineman [28]

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