Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture

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Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture
Awarded forOutstanding Production of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Country United States
Presented by Producers Guild of America
First awarded 2007
Currently held byLauren Domino, Matthew Heineman, and Joedan Okun for American Symphony (2023)

The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures is an award annually given by Producers Guild of America since 2007.

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Winners and nominees

2000s

YearFilmProducer(s)Ref.
2007
(19th)		 Sicko Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara [1]
Body of War Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro
Hear and Now Irene Taylor Brodsky
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Jim Brown, Michael Cohl, and William Eigen
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Steven Okazaki
2008
(20th)		 Man on Wire Simon Chinn [2]
Standard Operating Procedure Julie Ahlberg and Errol Morris
Trouble the Water Carl Deal and Tia Lessin
2009
(21st)		 The Cove Fisher Stevens and Paula DuPré Pesmen [3]
Burma VJ Lise Lense-Møller
Sergio John Battsek, Greg Barker, and Julie Goldman
Soundtrack for a Revolution Joslyn Barnes, Jim Czarnecki, Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman, and Dylan Nelson

2010s

YearFilmProducer(s)Ref.
2010
(22nd)		 Waiting for "Superman" Lesley Chilcott [4]
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Maiken Baird, Alex Gibney, Jedd Wider, and Todd Wider
Earth Made of Glass Reid Carolin and Deborah Scranton
Inside Job Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Smash His Camera Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger
The Tillman Story John Battsek
2011
(23rd)		 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Michael Rapaport, Edward Parks, Frank Mele, and Debra Koffler [5]
Bill Cunningham New York Philip Gefter
Project Nim Simon Chinn
Senna James Gay-Rees
The Union Cameron Crowe and Michelle Panek
2012
(24th)		 Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn [6]
A People Uncounted Marc Swenker and Aaron Yegerr
The Gatekeepers Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky, and Dror Moreh
The Island President Richard Berge and Bonni Cohen
The Other Dream Team Marius Markevicius and Jon Weinbach
2013
(25th)		 We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks Alexis Bloom, Alex Gibney, and Marc Shmuger [7]
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Brad Bernstein and Rick Cikowski
Life According to Sam Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine, and Miriam Weintraub
A Place at the Table Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington, Kristi Jacobson, and Lori Silverbush
Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington James Brabazon and Nick Quested
2014
(26th)		 Life Itself Zak Piper, Steve James, and Garrett Basch [8]
The Green Prince Nadav Schirman, John Battsek, and Simon Chinn
Merchants of Doubt Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo
Particle Fever David E. Kaplan, Mark Levinson, Andrea Miller, and Carla Solomon
Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
2015
(27th)		 Amy James Gay-Rees [9]
The Hunting Ground Amy Ziering
The Look of Silence Signe Byrge Sørensen
Meru Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Something Better to Come Sigrid Dyekjær and Hanna Polak
2016
(28th)		 O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow [10]
Dancer Gabrielle Tana
The Eagle Huntress Stacey Reiss and Otto Bell
Life, Animated Julie Goldman and Roger Ross Williams
Tower Keith Maitland, Susan Thomson, and Megan Gilbride
2017
(29th)		 Jane Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, Tony Gerber, and James Smith [11]
Chasing Coral Jeff Orlowski and Larissa Rhodes
City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman
Cries from Syria Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, and Aaron I. Butler
Earth: One Amazing DayStephen McDonogh
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower Matthew Torne, Mark Rinehart, and Joe Piscatella
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee Teddy Kunhardt and George Kunhardt
2018
(30th)		 Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville, Nicholas Ma, and Caryn Capotosto [12] [13]
The Dawn Wall Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, and Philipp Manderla
Free Solo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, and Shannon Dill
Hal Christine Beebe, Jonathan Lynch, and Brian Morrow
Into the Okavango Neil Gelinas
RBG Betsy West and Julie Cohen
Three Identical Strangers Becky Read and Grace Hughes-Hallett
2019
(31st)		 Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller and Thomas Petersen [14] [15]
Advocate Philippe Bellaïche and Rachel Leah Jones
American Factory Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, and Jeff Reichert
The Cave Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjaer
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab
Honeyland Atanas Georgiev and Ljubomir Stefanov
One Child Nation Christoph Jörg, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Nanfu Wang, and Jialing Zhan

2020s

YearFilmProducer(s)Ref.
2020
(32nd)		 My Octopus Teacher Craig Foster [16]
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Jonnie Hughes
Dick Johnson Is Dead Kirsten Johnson, Katy Chevigny, and Marilyn Ness
Softie Toni Kamau and Sam Soko
A Thousand Cuts Ramona S. Diaz, Leah Marino, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn
Time Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn, and Garrett Bradley
The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
2021
(33rd)		 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Joseph Patel, David Dinerstein, and Robert Fyvolent [17]
[18] [19]
Ascension Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy, and Nathan Truesdell
The First Wave
Flee
In the Same Breath Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn
The Rescue
Simple as Water Robin Hessman and Megan Mylan
Writing with Fire Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
2022
(34th)		 Navalny Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris [20] [21]
[22]
All That Breathes Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, and Teddy Leifer
Descendant Margaret Brown, Kyle Martin, and Essie Chambers
Fire of Love Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman
Nothing Compares Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie
Retrograde Matthew Heineman and Caitlin McNally
The Territory Sigrid Dyekjaer, Will Miller, Lizzie Gillett, Darren Aronofsky, Gabriel Uchida, and Alex Pritz
2023
(35th)		 American Symphony Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman, and Joedan Okun [23] [24]
20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
The Mother of All Lies
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
2024
(36th)		 Gaucho Gaucho [25]
Mediha
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Porcelain War
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
We Will Dance Again

Multiple nominations and wins

WinsNominationsName (Year)
25 Simon Chinn (2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018)
13 Matthew Heineman (2017, 2022, 2023)
2 Alex Gibney (2010, 2013)
James Gay-Rees (2011, 2015)
Lauren Domino (2020, 2023)
Shane Boris (2022)
05 Julie Goldman (2009, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020)
3 John Battsek (2009, 2010, 2014)
Sigrid Dyekjær (2015, 2019, 2022)
2 Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (2015, 2018)
Jimmy Chin (2015, 2018)
Christopher Clements (2019, 2020)
Carolyn Hepburn (2019, 2020)

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