List of awards and nominations received by American Experience

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Awards and nominations received by American Experience
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Totals [lower-alpha 1]
Wins52
Nominations150
Note
  1. ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries about important or interesting events and people in American history. As of 2020 the show has aired 32 seasons and a total of 350 episodes. Throughout its run the show has received multiple awards and nominations, several episodes have won a Peabody Award and many have been nominated to awards given by guilds like the Directors Guild of America Awards and the Writers Guild of America Awards. Three episodes of the series have been nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards ( D-Day Remembered in 1994, Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern and The Battle Over Citizen Kane in 1995). Also, the series was received twelve Primetime Emmy Award out of over forty nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series twice in 1998 and 1999, being the inaugural winners of the category, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for Scottsboro: An American Tragedy in 2001 and JFK in 2014 and Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for Two Days in October in 2006 and Freedom Riders in 2011.

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Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
1994 Best Documentary Feature D-Day Remembered Nominated [1]
1995 Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern Nominated
The Battle Over Citizen Kane Nominated

Cinema Audio Society Awards

YearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
2003Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music Series or SpecialsDominick Tavella, Mark Mandler, John Zecca (for "New York: Center of the World")Nominated
2004Roger Phenix, John Jenkins, Ken Hahn, Joe Hettinger (for "RFK")Nominated
2011G. John Garrett, Rick Angelella, Everett Wong, Coll Anderson (for "Triangle Fire")Nominated
2017John Jenkins, Ken Hahn (for "The Great War")Nominated [2]

Directors Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
1992 Outstanding Directing – Documentaries Ric Burns (for "The Donner Party")Nominated [3]
1996 Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher (for "Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern")Nominated [4]

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
1993Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: ResearchersRobert Levi (for "Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo")Won
2001Dan T. Carter, Sandra Guardado, Daniel McCabe, Matthew R. McClung, Paul Stekler (for "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire")Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: WritingSteve Fayer, Daniel McCabe, Paul Stekler (for "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire")Nominated
2002Chana Gazit (for "Fatal Food")Nominated
2004Best DocumentaryNew York: Center of the WorldNominated
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long FormWon
Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature ProgrammingThe PillWon
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and SoundMariusz Glabinski, Marlena Grzaslewicz, Bruce Kitzmeyer, Ira Spiegel, Dominick Tavella (for "New York: Center of the World")Nominated
2005Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: DirectionBarak Goodman (for "The Fight")Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: WritingDavid Grubin (for "RFK")Nominated
2006Outstanding Historical Programming - Long FormVictory in the PacificNominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: WritingAustin Hoyt (for "Victory in the Pacific")Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: ResearchKaren Colbron, Rose M. Compagine, Pamela Gaudiano (for "Fidel Castro")Nominated
Karen Colbron, Margaret Johnson, Tamio Ota, Polly Pettit, Andrea Ryan, Reiko Sakuma, Kristina Wood, Midori Yanagihara (for "Victory in the Pacific")Nominated
2007Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature ProgrammingThe Boy in the BubbleNominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: WritingRic Burns, Arthur Gelb, Barbara Gelb (for "Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film")Won
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Lighting Direction & Scenic DesignKatha Seidman (for "John & Abigail Adams")Won
2008Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: ResearchRich Remsberg, John Rubin (for "The Living Weapon")Won
2013 Outstanding Historical Programming - Long FormJesse OwensNominated [5]
Outstanding ResearchWon
The AmishNominated
Outstanding Music and SoundTom Phillips, Brian Bracken, Leslie Bloome, Benny Mouthon (for "Jesse Owens")Won
2015Outstanding Science and Technology ProgrammingThe Poisoner's HandbookNominated
2016Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long FormDon Kleszy (for "Last Days in Vietnam")Nominated
2017Outstanding ResearchThe Mine WarsNominated

Peabody Award

YearRecipientResultRef.
1993 The Donner Party Won
1996Battle of the Bulge, FDR, Malcolm X: Make It Plain Won
1997 The Battle Over Citizen Kane Won
1998The Presidents Series, Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern Won
1999 Riding the Rails , America 1900Won [6]
2001 Playing the China Card (Nixon's China Game) Won [7]
2002Monkey TrailWon [8]
2003 The Murder of Emmett Till Won [9]
2004Tupperware!Won [10]
2005 Two Days in October Won [11]
2010 My Lai Won [12]
2011Triangle Fire, Freedom Riders , Stonewall Uprising Won [13]
2014 Freedom Summer Won
2017Oklahoma CityWon

Primetime Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
1996 Outstanding Informational Special The Battle Over Citizen Kane Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Informational ProgrammingNominated
1998 Outstanding Non-Fiction Series American ExperienceWon [14]
1999 Won [15]
2000 New York: A Documentary Film Nominated [16]
Outstanding Achievement in Informational ProgrammingWon
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Allen Moore and Budyd Squires (for "New York: A Documentary Film")Nominated
2001 Outstanding Informational Special Scottsboro: An American Tragedy Won [17]
2002 Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Michael Chin, Jon Else and Buddy Squires (for "Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film")Nominated [18]
2003 Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Programming Stanley Nelson Jr. (for "The Murder of Emmett Till")Won [19]
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming Michelle Ferrari (for "Seabiscuit")Won [20]
Marcia A. Smith (for "The Murder of Emmett Till")Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera) Vicente Franco (for "Daughter from Danang")Nominated [21]
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera) Toby Shimin (for "Seabiscuit")Nominated [22]
Kim Roberts (for "Daughter from Danang")Nominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) Kevin Lee (for "Seabiscuit")Nominated [23]
2004 Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming Laurie Kahn (for "Tupperware!")Nominated [24]
2005 Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Nominated [25]
2006 Two Days in October Won [26]
Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera) Jack Levy, Daniel Colman, Vince Balunas, Jeff K. Brunello, Kim Roberts, Doug Madick (for "Two Days in October")Nominated
2007 Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Nominated [27]
2008 Oswald's GhostNominated [28]
Walt WhitmanNominated
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming Mark Zwonitzer (for "Walt Whitman")Nominated
2009 Outstanding Non-Fiction Series American ExperienceNominated [29]
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming David Grubin (for "The Trials Of J. Robert Oppenheimer")Nominated
2010 Outstanding Non-Fiction Series American ExperienceNominated [30]
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking My Lai Nominated [31]
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Barak Goodman (for "My Lai")Won
2011 Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Freedom Riders Won [32]
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming Stanley Nelson Jr. (for "Freedom Riders")Won
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil (for "Freedom Riders")Won
2012 Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking The Amish Nominated [33]
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming Barak Goodman (for "Clinton")Nominated [34]
2013 Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Death and the Civil WarNominated [35]
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series The AbolitionistsNominated
2014 Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking The Amish: ShunnedNominated [36]
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special JFKWon [37]
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming Mark Zwonitzer (for "JFK")Nominated
2015 Keven McAlester and Mark Bailey (for "Last Days in Vietnam")Nominated [38]
2016 Mark Zwonitzer, Sarah Colt and Tom Jennings (for "Walt Disney")Nominated [39]
2017 Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Oklahoma CityNominated [40]
2020 Chasing the Moon Nominated [41]

Television Critics Association Awards

YearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
1997 Outstanding Achievement in News and Information American ExperienceWon [42]
1998 Won [43]
1999 Nominated [44]
2009 We Shall Remain Nominated [45]

Writers Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
1992 Best Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events David Grubin (for "LBJ")Won [46]
Robert Levi and Geoffrey C. Ward (for "Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo")Nominated
1993 Ric Burns (for "The Donner Party")Won
1994 Marty Ostrow (for "America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference")Won
1995 Ric Burns (for "The Way West")Won
David Grubin (for "FDR: Part 1")Nominated
Thomas Lennon and Mark Zwonitzer (for "The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle")Nominated
1996 Chana Gazit (for "Chicago 1968")Nominated
Thomas Lennon and Richard Ben Cramer (for "The Battle Over Citizen Kane")Nominated
1997 Elena Mannes and L. Franklin DeVine (for "New York Underground")Nominated
1998 David Grubin (for "Truman")Won
Chana Gazit (for "Surviving the Dust Bowl")Nominated
Adriana Bosch (for "Reagan: Part 2")Nominated
1999 Stephen Stept (for "Hoover Dam")Won
Chana Gazit (for "Meltdown at Three Mile Island")Nominated
2001 Barak Goodman (for "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy")Won
Ken Emerson & Randy MacLowry (for "Steven Foster")Nominated
2002 Christine Lesiak (for "Monkey Trail")Won
2003 Marcia Smith (for "The Murder of Emmett Till")Won
Michelle Ferrari (for "Seabiscuit")Nominated
2004 Barak Goodman (for "The Fight")Won
Mel Bucklin (for "Emma Goldman")Nominated
David Grubin (for "RFK")Nominated
Llewellyn M. Smith and Elizabeth Deane (for "Reconstruction")Nominated
2005 Adriana Bosch (for "Fidel Castro")Nominated
Barak Goodman (for "Kinsey")Nominated
Mark Zwonitzer (for "The Massie Affair")Nominated
2006 Arthur Gelb, Barbara Gelb and Ric Burns (for "Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film")Nominated
Elizabeth Deane (for "John and Abigail Adams")Nominated
Mark Davis (for "The Alaska Pipeline")Nominated
Barak Goodman (for "The Boy in the Bubble")Nominated
2007 Ronald Blumer (for "Alexander Hamilton")Nominated
2008 Michelle Ferrari (for "Kit Carson")Nominated
2009 David Grubin (for "The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer")Won
Barak Goodman (for "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln")Nominated
Mark Zwonitzer (for "We Shall Remain: Episode Three: Trail of Tears")Nominated
Ric Burns (for "We Shall Remain: Episode Two: Tecumseh's Vision")Nominated
2010 Ronald H. Blumer (for "Dolley Madison")Nominated
2011 Mark Davis (for "Dinosaur Bone War")Nominated
Stanley Nelson (for "Freedom Riders")Nominated
Austin Hoyt (for "The Great Famine")Nominated
Mark Zwonitzer (for "Triangle Fire")Nominated
2012 David Belton (for "The Amish")Nominated
Barak Goodman (for "Clinton")Nominated
Ric Burns (for "Death and the Civil War")Nominated
2013 Randall MacLowry and Michelle Ferrari (for "Silicon Valley")Won
Rob Rapley (for "The Abolitionists")Nominated
2015 Chana Gazit (for "The Forgotten Plague")Nominated
2017 Stephen Ives (for "The Great War: Part II")Won
Michelle Ferrari (for "Rachel Carson")Nominated
Rob Rapley (for "The Great War: Part III")Nominated
2018 Michelle Ferrari (for "The Eugenics Crusade")Won
Sharon Grimberg (for "The Circus: Part One")Nominated
John Maggio (for "Into the Amazon")Nominated
2019 Robert Stone (for "Chasing The Moon Part One: A Place Beyond The Sky")Nominated
2020 John Maggio (for "The Poison Squad")Nominated [47]

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