Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program

Summary

The Primetime Emmy Award for Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
Awarded forOutstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held byStill: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
Websiteemmys.com

Prior to 2006, nonfiction and reality programs competed together until the Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming category was created.

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

Winners and nominations edit

1970s edit

Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
1977 Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement[1][note 1]
NBC: The First Fifty Years (The Big Event) Clay Cassell, George Pitts NBC
Walter Balderson, Allen Brewster, Jerry Burling, Chuck Droege, Ron Fleury, William Lorenz, Manuel Martinez, Bob Roethle, Mike Welch
Life Goes to the Movies (The Big Event) Peter C. Johnson, Robert K. Lambert NBC
1978 Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement[2][note 2]
Oscar Presents: The War Movies and John Wayne William T. Cartwright, Jeffrey Weston ABC
1979 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[3][note 3]
Scared Straight! Robert Niemack Syndicated

1980s edit

Year Program Episode Nominees Network
1980 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[4][note 4]
The Body Human: The Body Beautiful Robert Eisenhardt, Jane Kurson, Hank O'Karma CBS
The Nile: The Cousteau Odyssey Henri Colpi, John Soh PBS
Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Class[5][note 5]
Operation: Lifeline "Dr. James 'Red' Duke, Trauma Surgeon" Geof Bartz NBC
1981 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[6][note 6]
Cosmos "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean" Roy Stewart PBS

1990s edit

Year Program Episode Nominees Network
1992 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[7][note 7]
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Michael Greer, Jay Miracle Showtime
1993 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[8][note 8]
Earth and the American Dream Gary Weimberg HBO
Mysteries Underground (National Geographic) Barry Nye PBS
Alive: The Miracle of the Andes Perry Schaffer CBS
1994 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[9][10][note 9][note 10]
But... Seriously Stuart Bass Showtime
The Who's Tommy: An Amazing Journey Allyson C. Johnson Disney
1995 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[11][note 11]
A Century of Women Sue Clarke, Craig A. Colton, Michael Mayhew, Judy Reidel TBS
Moon Shot Aaron Fischer, Jim Ohm, Bob Sarles, Amy Young
One Survivor Remembers Lawrence Silk HBO
30 Years of National Geographic Specials Barry Nye, Nicholas Noxon NBC
1996 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming[12][note 12]
Survivors of the Holocaust Allan Holzman TBS
American Experience "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" Ken Eluto PBS
The Beatles Anthology "Part 2" Andy Matthews ABC
The Celluloid Closet Jeffrey Friedman and Arnold Glassman HBO
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful Arnold Glassman TNT
Hollywood's Amazing Animal Actors Michael Sachs TBS
1998
[13]

[note 13]

Assassinated: The Last Days of Kennedy & King Michael Bloecher and William Haugse TBS
4 Little Girls Sam Pollard HBO
Frank Capra's American Dream Arnold Glassman AMC
National Geographic Special: America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Goodbye Leonard Feinstein NBC
Trauma: Life in the E.R. "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" Amanda Zinoman TLC
Vietnam POWs: Stories of Survival Mike Harvey and Graham Knight Discovery
1999
[14]
The Farm: Angola, USA Mona Davis and Mary Manhardt A&E
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth Geof Bartz and Robert B. Weide HBO
American Masters "Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note" Deborah Peretz PBS
Biography "The Rat Pack" Luke Sacher A&E
Frank Lloyd Wright Tricia Reidy PBS

2000s edit

Year Program Episode Nominees Network
2000
[15]
New York: A Documentary Film "Cosmopolis 1919-1931" Li-Shin Yu and Nina Schulman PBS
Raising the Mammoth Emmanuel Mairesse Discovery
The Real World: Hawaii "Glass Houses" Mark Raudonis MTV
Walking with Dinosaurs Andrew Wilks and Britt Sjoerdsma Discovery
2001
[16]
Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen Charlton McMillan HBO
Dwarfs: Not a Fairy Tale Geof Bartz HBO
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks Sam Pollard
Jazz "Dedicated to Chaos" Paul Barnes and Erik Ewers PBS
Survivor "Trial by Fire" Brian Barefoot, Jonathon Braun, Jeannette Christensen, Mitchell Danton, Sean Foley, Claudia Hoover, Ivan Ladizinsky, Bob Mathews, Craig Serling, Chris Simpson and Rod C. Spence CBS
2002
[17]
In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01 Geof Bartz and Paula Heredia HBO
America Undercover "Small Town Ecstasy" Mark Baum HBO
"Southern Comfort" Kate Davis
The Blue Planet "Ocean World" Martin Elsbury Discovery
9/11 Richard Barber, Michael J. Maloy, Jason Schmidt, Bruce Spiegel and Mead Stone CBS
Survivor "Two Peas in a Pod" Lane Baker, Brian Barefoot, Jonathon Braun, Brian Catalina, Jeannette Christensen, David H. Cutler, Sean Foley, Jerry U. Frizell, Ivan Ladizinsky, Bob Mathews, Craig Serling, Chris Simpson and Rod C. Spence CBS
2003
[18]
Journeys with George Aaron Lubarsky HBO
American Masters "Daughter from Danang" Kim Roberts PBS
"Seabiscuit" Toby Shimin
Expedition: Bismarck Chris Angel, Calli Cerami, Andre Gelhaar, Matt Kregor and Fiona Wight Discovery
Survivor "More Than Meats the Eye" Lane Baker, Brian Barefoot, Jonathon Braun, David H. Cutler, Sean Foley, Jerry U. Frizell, David Handman, Ivan Ladizinsky, Bob Mathews, Chris Simpson, James M. Smith and Rod C. Spence CBS
2004
[19]
American Masters "Judy Garland: By Myself" Kate Hirson, Kristen Huntley and Deborah Peretz PBS
The Amazing Race "I Could Never Have Been Prepared for What I'm Looking at Right Now" Sharmila Ariathurai, Andrew Frank, Paul Frazier, Julian Gomez, Eric Johannsen, Thomas McGah, Joubin Mortazavi, Paul C. Nielsen, Jason Pedroza, Craig Serling, Hudson H. Smith III and Eric Van Wagenen CBS
The Apprentice "DNA, Heads and the Undead Kitty" Jonathon Braun, David H. Cutler, Glen Ebesu, Andrew Ecker, Stephen R. Frederick, Scott Gamzon, David Michael Maurer, Jamie Nelsen, Dave Oliver, Jason Pedroza, Jim Ruxin, Claire Scanlon, Chris Simpson, Jason Steinberg and Janet Swanson NBC
Survivor "Shark Attack" H.A. Arnarson, Tim Atzinger, Lane Baker, Brian Barefoot, Paul J. Coyne, Mitchell Danton, Sean Foley, Jerry U. Frizell, Michael Greer, David Handman, Bryan Horne, Ricky Kreitman, Ivan Ladizinsky, Bob Mathews, Evan Mediuch, Joubin Mortazavi, Geoffrey Rowland and James M. Smith CBS
"Swimming with Sharks" Lane Baker, Brian Barefoot, Sean Foley, Jerry U. Frizell, Mike Greer, David Handman, Bryan Horne, Ivan Ladizinsky, Bob Mathews, Evan Mediuch, Joubin Mortazavi, James M. Smith and Eric Van Wagenen
2005
[20]
The Amazing Race "We're Moving Up the Food Chain" "Mighty" Friedman, Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Jeff Runyan and Eric Wilson CBS
The Apprentice "Lights! Camera! Transaction!" Lane Baker, Peregrine Beckman, Jonathan Braun, Buzz Chatman, David H. Cutler, Glen Ebesu, Andrew Ecker, Steve Escobar, Stephen R. Frederick, Scott Gamzon, Pamela Malouf, David Michael Maurer, Dave Oliver, Jason Pedroza, Dean Permé, Jim Ruxin, Edward Salier, Claire Scanlon, Plowden Schumacher, Chris Simpson, Michael T. Smith, Jason Steinberg, Janet Swanson and Eric Van Wagenen NBC
The Contender "The Hangman's Noose" H.A. Arnarson, Chad Bertalotto, Andrew Bolhuis, Conroy Browne, Willie Castro, Nicholas Don Vito, Sean Foley, Andrew Frank, Julius Ramsay, Rich Remis, J.D. Sievertson, Hudson H. Smith III, Steven Uhlenberg and Eric Van Wagenen
Survivor "Culture Shock and Violent Storms" Tim Atzinger, Tracy Bacenas, Brian Barefoot, Mitchell Danton, Eric Gardner, Michael Greer, David Handman, Frederick Hawthorne, Bryan Horne, Ricky Kreitman, Ivan Ladizinsky, Robert D. Mathews, Evan Mediuch, Joubin Mortazavi and James M. Smith CBS
"This Has Never Happened Before" Tim Atzinger, Tracy Bacenas, Brian Barefoot, Mitchell Danton, Richard B. Fox, Jerry U. Frizell, Eric Gardner, Michael Greer, David Handman, Frederick Hawthorne, Ricky Kreitman, Ivan Ladizinsky, Robert D. Mathews, Evan Mediuch, Joubin Mortazavi and James M. Smith
2006
[21]
Rome: Engineering an Empire Jennifer P. Honn History
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Barry A. O'Brien, Debra Light and Tim Preston CBS
American Masters "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend" Steven Wechsler PBS
"No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" David Tedeschi
Baghdad ER Carrie Goldman and Patrick McMahon HBO
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! "Prostitution" Steven Uhlenberg Showtime
2007
[22]
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Sam Pollard, Geeta Gandbhir and Nancy Novack HBO
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies Barry A. O'Brien, Debra Light and Tim Preston CBS
Deadliest Catch "The Unforgiving Sea" Kelly Coskran and Ed Greene Discovery
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Sari Gilman HBO
Meerkat Manor "Family Affair" Renoir Tuahene Animal Planet
Planet Earth "Mountains" Andy Netley Discovery
2008
[23]
Autism: The Musical Kim Roberts HBO
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Barry A. O'Brien, Debra Light and Marlise Malkames CBS
Deadliest Catch "No Mercy" Kelly Coskran and Rob Butler Discovery
This American Life "Escape" Joe Beshenkovsky Showtime
The War "FUBAR" Paul Barnes PBS
"Pride of Our Nation" Tricia Reidy
2009
[24]
This American Life "John Smith" Joe Beshenkovsky Showtime
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations "Laos" Jesse Fisher Travel
Deadliest Catch "Stay Focused or Die" Kelly Coskran and Josh Earl Discovery
102 Minutes That Changed America Seth Skundrick History
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Joe Bini HBO

2010s edit

Year Program Episode Nominees Network
2010
[25]
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama Sam Pollard, Geeta Gandbhir and Arielle Amsalem HBO
America: The Story of Us "Division" Matt Lowe History
Deadliest Catch "No Second Chances" Kelly Coskran and Josh Earl Discovery
Life "Challenges of Life" Martin Ellsbury and Sharon Gillooly
Whale Wars "The Stuff of Nightmares" Eric Myerson, Andy Schrader and Joseph McCasland Animal Planet
2011
[26]
Freedom Riders Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil PBS
American Masters "LENNONYC" Ed Barteski and Deborah Peretz PBS
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations "Haiti" Eric Lasby Travel
Becoming Chaz Cameron Teisher OWN
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir HBO
2012
[27]
Frozen Planet "Ends of the Earth" Andy Netley, Sharon Gillooly Discovery
American Masters "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night" Mark Catalena PBS
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "U.S. Desert" Nick Brigden CNN
Beyond Scared Straight "Oakland County, MI" Rob Goubeaux, Heather Abell, Mark S. Andrew and Paul J. Coyne A&E
George Harrison: Living in the Material World David Tedeschi HBO
2013
[28]
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Sloane Klevin HBO
American Masters "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" Asako Ushio and Robert Trachtenberg PBS
Crossfire Hurricane Conor O'Neill and Stuart Levy HBO
Ethel Azin Samari
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Chris A. Peterson Showtime
2014
[29]
The Square Pedro Kos, Christopher de la Torre and Mohamed El Manasterly Netflix
American Masters "Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'" Gordon Mason, Stephen Ellis and Phil McDonald PBS
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "Tokyo" Nick Brigden CNN
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey "Standing Up in the Milky Way" John Duffy, Michael O'Halloran and Eric Lea Fox
The Sixties "The Assassination of President Kennedy" Chris A. Peterson CNN
2015
[30]
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst "Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay" Richard Hankin, Zac Stuart-Pontier, Caitlyn Greene and Shelby Siegel HBO
The Case Against 8 Kate Amend HBO
Citizenfour Mathilde Bonnefoy
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Andy Grieve
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen
2016
[31]
Making a Murderer "Indefensible" Moira Demos Netflix
Cartel Land Matthew Hamachek, Matthew Heineman, Pax Wassermann and Bradley J. Ross A&E
He Named Me Malala Greg Finton, Brian Johnson and Brad Fuller Nat Geo
Vice "Fighting ISIS" Rebecca Adorno and Roman Safiullin HBO
What Happened, Miss Simone? Joshua L. Pearson Netflix
2017
[32]
O.J.: Made in America Bret Granato, Maya Mumma and Ben Sozanski ESPN
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years Paul Crowder Hulu
Planet Earth II "Cities" Dave Pearce BBC America
"Islands" Matt Meech
13th Spencer Averick Netflix
Vice "Assad's Syria / Cost of Climate Change" Joe Langford, Richard Lowe and Denny Thomas HBO
2018
[33]
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "Lagos" Hunter Gross CNN
The Defiant Ones "Episode 3" Lasse Järvi and Doug Pray HBO
Jane Joe Beshenkovsky, Brett Morgen and Will Znidaric Nat Geo
Wild Wild Country "Part 3" Neil Meiklejohn Netflix
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Joe Beshenkovsky HBO
2019
[34]
Free Solo Bob Eisenhardt Nat Geo
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "Lower East Side" Tom Patterson CNN
Leaving Neverland Jules Cornell HBO
RBG Carla Gutierrez CNN
Three Identical Strangers Michael Harte

2020s edit

Year Program Episode Nominees Network
2020
[35]
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller CNN
American Factory Lindsay Utz Netflix
Beastie Boys Story Jeff Buchanan and Zoe Schack Apple TV+
The Last Dance "Episode 1" Chad Beck, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky and Ben Sozanski ESPN
McMillion$ "Episode 3" Jody McVeigh-Schultz, Lane Farnham, James Lee Hernandez, Brian Lazarte and Scott Hanson HBO
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness "Cult of Personality" Doug Abel, Nicholas Biagetti, Dylan Hansen-Fliedner, Geoffrey Richman and Daniel Koehler Netflix
2021
[36]
The Social Dilemma Davis Coombe Netflix
Allen v. Farrow "Episode 1" Parker Laramie, Sara Newens and Mikaela Shwer HBO
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Derek Boonstra and Robert A. Martinez
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry Greg Finton, Lindsey Utz and Azin Samari Apple TV+
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Martin Elsbury and Charles Dyer Netflix
Framing Britney Spears (The New York Times Presents) Geoff O'Brien and Pierre Takal FX
Q: Into the Storm "The Storm" Tom Patterson, Cullen Hoback, David Tillman, Evan Wise and Ted Woerner HBO
2022
[37]
The Beatles: Get Back "Part 3: Days 17-22" Jabez Olssen Disney+
George Carlin's American Dream Joseph Beshenkovsky HBO Max
Lucy and Desi Robert A. Martinez, Dan Reed and Inaya Graciana Yusuf Prime Video
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy "Venice" Hamit Shonpal CNN
The Tinder Swindler Julian Hart Netflix
We Need to Talk About Cosby "Part 1" Meg Ramsay and Jennifer Brooks Showtime
2023
[38]
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Michael Harte Apple TV+
100 Foot Wave "Chapter III - Jaws" Alex Bayer, Alex Keipper and Quin O'Brien HBO
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields David Teague, Sara Newens and Anne Yao Hulu
The 1619 Project "Justice" Ephraim Kirkwood, Jesse Allain-Marcus and Adriana Pacheco
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy "Calabria" Liz Roe CNN

Programs with multiple nominations edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  2. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
  3. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  4. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  5. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  6. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
  7. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  8. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  9. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. No nominee met the benchmark and no award was given.
  10. ^ In 2020, the TV Academy rescinded a win in this category for the Disney Channel special George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin, edited by Catherine Shields. The program was a re-edit of the 1985 BBC documentary D-Day to Berlin, in violation of a rule that "a program that is a foreign acquisition without benefit of a domestic co-production cannot be re-introduced into eligibility in a current awards year, even though it may have been modified with new footage, sound track, musical score, etc."
  11. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. No nominee met the benchmark and no award was given.
  12. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
  13. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. No nominee met the benchmark and no award was given.

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