Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film

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The Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.

Awarded forBest Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Press Academy
First award1997 (awarded to 4 Little Girls)
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Satellite Award for Best Documentary
Awarded forBest Documentary
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Press Academy
First award1997 (awarded to 4 Little Girls)
Currently held bySuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
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Winners and nominees

1990s

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Year Film Director(s)
1997
[1]		4 Little GirlsSpike Lee
Fast, Cheap & Out of ControlErrol Morris
Hype!Doug Pray
Shooting PornRonnie Larsen
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, SupermasochistKirby Dick
1998
[2]		Ayn Rand: A Sense of LifeMichael Paxton
The CruiseBennett Miller
The Farm: Angola, USALiz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack
Kurt & CourtneyNick Broomfield
Public HousingFrederick Wiseman
1999
[3]		Buena Vista Social ClubWim Wenders
42: Forty Two UpMichael Apted
American MovieChris Smith
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.Errol Morris
Return with HonorFreida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders
The SourceChuck Workman
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2000s

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Year Film Director(s)
2000
[4]		Reckless IndifferenceWilliam Gazecki
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion DaviesHugh Munro Neely
Dark DaysMarc Singer
The Eyes of Tammy FayeFenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the KindertransportMark Jonathan Harris
One Day in SeptemberKevin Macdonald
2001
[5][6]		In Cane for Life (A Vida em Cana)Jorge W. Atalla
Calle 54Fernando Trueba
My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia)Martin Scorsese
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesJan Harlan
2002
[7]		The Kid Stays in the PictureNanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Biggie and TupacNick Broomfield
Bowling for ColumbineMichael Moore
The CockettesBill Weber, David Weissman
Dogtown and Z-BoysStacy Peralta
2003
[8]		Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part HarmonyLee Hirsch
Capturing the FriedmansAndrew Jarecki
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamaraErrol Morris
Lost in La ManchaKeith Fulton, Louis Pepe
My Flesh and BloodJonathan Karsh
StevieSteve James
2004
[9]		Super Size MeMorgan Spurlock
Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light KidsZana Briski, Ross Kauffman
The Fuente Family: An American DreamJames Orr
Lightning in a BottleAntoine Fuqua
Touching the VoidKevin Macdonald
Tupac: ResurrectionLauren Lazin
2005
[10]		Mad Hot BallroomMarilyn Agrelo
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomAlex Gibney
Favela RisingMatt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist
March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)Luc Jacquet
MurderballHenry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
New York DollGreg Whiteley
2006
[11][12]		Deliver Us from EvilAmy Berg
An Inconvenient TruthDavid Guggenheim
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples TempleStanley Nelson
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your ManLian Lunson
The U.S. vs. John LennonDavid Leaf, John Scheinfeld
The War TapesDeborah Scranton
2007
[13][14]		SickoMichael Moore
The 11th HourNadia Conners, Leila Conners
Darfur NowTed Braun
The King of KongSeth Gordon
Lake of FireTony Kaye
No End in SightCharles Ferguson
2008
[15]		Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz SingerRobbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden
Man on WireJames Marsh
Encounters at the End of the WorldWerner Herzog
Pray the Devil Back to HellGini Reticker
ReligulousLarry Charles
Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)Ari Folman
2009
[16][17]		Every Little StepJames D. Stern, Adam Del Deo
The Beaches of AgnèsAgnès Varda
The CoveLouie Psihoyos
It Might Get LoudDavis Guggenheim
The September IssueR.J. Cutler
Valentino: The Last EmperorMatt Tyrnauer
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2010s

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Year Film Director(s)
2010
[18]		RestrepoSebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington
Behind the Burly QLeslie Zemeckis
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerAlex Gibney
Countdown to ZeroLucy Walker
A Film UnfinishedYael Hersonski
Inside JobCharles Ferguson
Joan Rivers: A Piece of WorkRicki Stern, Anne Sundberg
SequestroJorge Wolney Atalla Junior
The Tillman StoryAmir Bar-Lev
Waiting for "Superman"Davis Guggenheim
2011
[19][20]		SennaAsif Kapadia
American: The Bill Hicks StoryMatt Harlock, Paul Thomas
Cave of Forgotten DreamsWerner Herzog
The InterruptersSteve James
My PerestroikaRobin Hessman
One Lucky ElephantLisa Leeman
PinaWim Wenders
Project NimJames Marsh
TabloidErrol Morris
Under Fire: Journalists in CombatMartyn Burke
2012
[21][22]		Chasing IceJeff Orlowski
Ai Weiwei: Never SorryAlison Klayman
The Central Park FiveKen Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
The GatekeepersDror Moreh
Marina Abramović: The Artist is PresentMatthew Akers
The Pruitt-Igoe MythChad Freidrichs
Searching for Sugar ManMalik Bendjelloul
West of MemphisAmy J. Berg
2013
[23][24]		BlackfishGabriela Cowperthwaite
20 Feet from StardomMorgan Neville
The Act of KillingJoshua Oppenheimer
After TillerMartha Shane, Lana Wilson
American PromiseJoe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. MovieSeth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger
Sound CityDave Grohl
The SquareJehane Noujaim
Stories We TellSarah Polley
Tim's VermeerTeller
2014
[25][26]		CitizenfourLaura Poitras
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le ClercqNancy Buirski
Art and CraftSam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman
Finding Vivian MaierJohn Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Glen Campbell: I'll Be MeJames Keach
Jodorowsky's DuneFrank Pavich
Keep on Keepin' OnAlan Hicks
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesChuck Workman
Red ArmyGabe Polsky
VirungaOrlando von Einsiedel
2015
[27]		AmyAsif Kapadia
The Look of SilenceJoshua Oppenheimer
Becoming BulletproofMichael Barnett
Best of EnemiesRobert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Cartel LandMatthew Heineman
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefAlex Gibney
He Named Me MalalaDavis Guggenheim
The Hunting GroundKirby Dick
National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadDouglas Tirola
Where to Invade NextMichael Moore
2016
[28]		13thAva DuVernay
The Beatles: Eight Days a WeekRon Howard
The Eagle HuntressOtto Bell
Fire at SeaGianfranco Rosi
GleasonClay Tweel
The Ivory GameRichard Ladkani, Kief Davidson
Life, AnimatedRoger Ross Williams
O.J.: Made in AmericaEzra Edelman
TowerKeith Maitland
Zero DaysAlex Gibney
2017
[29][30]		Chasing CoralJeff Orlowski
City of GhostsMatthew Heineman
Cries from SyriaEvgeny Afineevsky
Ex Libris: The New York Public LibraryFrederick Wiseman
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISISSebastian Junger, Nick Quested
Human FlowAi Weiwei
IcarusBryan Fogel
KediCeyda Torun
Legion of BrothersGreg Barker
2018
[31]		Minding the GapBing Liu
Crime + PunishmentStephen Maing
Free SoloElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
RBGBetsy West, Julie Cohen
Three Identical StrangersTim Wardle
Won't You Be My Neighbor?Morgan Neville
2019
[32]		63 UpMichael Apted
The ApolloRoger Ross Williams
Apollo 11Todd Douglas Miller
The CaveFeras Fayyad
Citizen KAlex Gibney
For SamaWaad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
HoneylandTamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
One Child NationNanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang
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2020s

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2020
[33][34]		CollectiveAlexander Nanau
Acasă, My HomeRadu Ciorniciuc
Circus of BooksRachel Mason
Coup 53Rachel Mason
Crip CampNicole Newnham, James Lebrecht
The DissidentBryan Fogel
GundaViktor Kossakovsky
MLK/FBISam Pollard
A Most Beautiful ThingMary Mazzio
The Truffle HuntersMichael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
2021
[35]		Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Amir "Questlove" Thompson
AscensionJessica Kingdon
Brian Wilson: Long Promised RoadBrent Wilson
FleeJonas Poher Rasmussen
Introducing, Selma Blair

Rachel Fleit

JuliaJulie Cohen and Betsy West
ProcessionRobert Greene
The RescueElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
ValLeo Scott and Ting Poo
The Velvet UndergroundTodd Haynes
2022
[36]		Fire of LoveSara Dosa
All That BreathesShaunak Sen
All the Beauty and the BloodshedLaura Poitras
DescendantMargaret Brown
Good Night OppyRyan White
Moonage DaydreamBrett Morgen
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi CarlileKathlyn Horan
The TerritoryAlex Pritz
Young PlatoDeclan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin
2023
[37][38]		Bad PressRebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler
20 Days in MariupolMstyslav Chernov
American SymphonyMatthew Heineman
Close to VermeerSuzanne Raes
Lakota Nation vs. United StatesJesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli
Little Richard: I Am EverythingLisa Cortés
Love to Love You, Donna SummerRoger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano
Stamped from the BeginningRoger Ross Williams
2024
[39]		Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve StoryIan Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui
The Bloody HundredthLaurent Bouzereau and Mark Herzog
DahomeyMati Diop
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost TapesNanette Burstein
I Am: Celine DionIrene Taylor
No Other LandBasel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor
Porcelain WarBrendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
SugarcaneJulian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
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