Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film

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Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film
Awarded forBest Documentary Motion Picture
Location United States
Presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Currently held byAltars of the World (1976)
Website www.goldenglobes.com

The Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film is a Golden Globe Award that was introduced for the 11th Golden Globe Awards, followed by the 30th Golden Globe Awards before discontinuation after the 34th Golden Globe Awards. The award was first given to A Queen is Crowned (1953), which details the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. [1] It was last given to Altars of the World (1976). [2]

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Winners and nominees

1953
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976

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References

  1. "Winners & Nominees Documentary". GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. Coffin, Lesley L. (18 October 2012). Gates, Marya E. (ed.). Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 169. ISBN   9781617036378.