The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the Documentary categories of 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
“Prime Minister” from Madison Wells Studio took home the trophy for Best Documentary. Simon Schama received recognition for Outstanding Historical Documentary for “Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On,” Tiler Peck accepted the trophy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary for “Tiler Peck: Suspending Time” and National Geographic’s “Secrets of the Penguins” won Outstanding Nature Documentary.
Sam Pollard, Emmy-winning documentarian and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contributions to documentary filmmaking by American filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir. This year’s class of Documentary Gold and Silver Circle honorees includes Susan Lacy (“American Masters”), scholar Patricia Aufderheide, filmmaker R.J. Cutler, entertainment executive Sally Jo Fifer, cinematographer and director Vicente Franco Izquierdo, and filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña.
The ceremony featured presenters from across the filmmaking community, including Serena Davies (National Geographic, NASA), Producer Stephanie Jenkins, Cynthia Lopez (CEO of New York Women in Film & Television), Tiler Peck (NYC Ballet, “Tiler Peck: Suspending Time”) and Simon Schama (“Simon Schama’s Story of Us”). Christina Ruffini (Bloomberg “This Weekend”) moderated special discussions with nominees about the challenges and evolution of documentary filmmaking throughout the ceremony.
The show streamed live on YouTube and is available to watch at YouTube.com/@TheEmmys.
