Merely hours after info that legendary info broadcaster Bill Moyers had died, the icon was paid tribute at Thursday evening time’s documentary portion of the Nationwide Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ forty sixth Annual Data & Documentary Emmy Awards. The event, held on the Palladium Cases Sq. in New York Metropolis, observed Nat Geo take dwelling most likely essentially the most prizes with six, adopted by Netflix with 4.
Among the many many evening time’s enormous winners: MSNBC’s “The Sing Sing Chronicles” was named biggest documentary; Paramount+’s “We Will Dance As soon as extra” was named biggest current affairs documentary; and the required and groundbreaking doc “The Sixth” — which suggested the dramatic and true story of the worry that occurred on January 6, 2021 — earned the Emmy throughout the politics and authorities doc class. That Emmy was additional sweet, as streamers had been scared to level out it no matter its important message.
Comedian and filmmaker Negin Farsad hosted the evening, which moreover included a lifetime achievement award for documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and director Jon Else. Else’s award was provided by Carrie Lozano, president and CEO of ITVS.
In asking for a second of silence for Moyers, Terry O’Reilly, chairman of NATAS, said, “Whereas in class, Moyers joined the Senate workplaces of Senator Lyndon Johnson, and over the course of 12 years made his methodology with LBJ from the Senate to the White House — and from the place of an intern to the place of Presidential press secretary. He left the world of politics in 1967 and moved to media – initially to newspapers, the place his paper gained a pair of Pulitzer prizes. Then to television, at CBS and PBS. He was a correspondent, a producer, and editor and a documentarian, and managed to win larger than 30 Emmy Awards, along with the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In an interview with my good buddy Don Shelby from Minnesota, he was requested regarding the switch from presidential press secretary to journalist. And he observed that he was ‘an entire lot happer telling the fact than making an attempt to cowl it.’”
Presenters included Muta’Ali (“MoviePass, MovieCrash”), Joe Berlinger (“Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial”), Lisa Cortés (“The Home Race”), Gabriela Cowperthwaite (“The Seize”), and Barak Goodman (“Kissinger”).
Data courses had been honored on Wednesday, when CBS led with 5 wins throughout the info courses. Correct behind CBS, scoring 4 wins apiece had been ABC, CNN and Nat Geo.
“The talents of our journalistic and documentary communities have profoundly shaped our custom and nation,” said O’Reilly. “Throughout the face of evolving societal landscapes, their unwavering dedication to truth and storytelling has illuminated important factors, fostered important conversations, and empowered most people.”
Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS, added: “These honorees are leaders in bringing truth to our nation’s screens—by way of fearless journalism and extremely efficient documentary storytelling. Their work items the standard for excellence throughout the self-discipline. We’re considerably proud to acknowledge the extraordinary career of Jon Else and our 2025 class of Gold & Silver Circle inductees.”
The Gold and Silver Circle acknowledges professionals “who’ve made very important contributions to television for 50 and 25 years, respectively.” This 12 months’s doc inductees throughout the Gold Circle included Michael Kirk (filmmaker, PBS Frontline and Kirk Documentary Group), Gordon Quinn (filmmaker, Kartemquin Films) and Marcia Smith (filmmaker, Firelight Media). Silver Circle doc inductees included Gemma Cubero del Barrio (producer, director and creator, PBS) and Aljernon Tunsil (editor, PBS and Firelight Films).
As part of a scheduling realignment on the Nationwide Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, the forty sixth Annual Data & Documentary Emmy Awards moved to the summer season, instead of its common fall dates, this 12 months.
The forty sixth Annual Data & Documentary Emmy Awards obtained larger than 2200 submissions from the calendar 12 months of 2024, and nominations had been judged by a pool of larger than 980 of us from all through the television and streaming/digital media info and documentary neighborhood.
Listed below are the winners all through 24 doc courses:
Wonderful Current Affairs Documentary
** WINNER: We Will Dance As soon as extra
Paramount+ [See It Now Studios, HOT 8, BBC Storyville, Sipur Studios, Bitachon365, MGM Television, HSCC]
64 Days: The Rebel Playbook
Goldcrest Films [Saboteur Media, Atomized Studios Limited, Smuggler Films]
Bread & Roses
Apple TV+ [Apple Original Films, Eyan Foundation, Extracurricular]
Print it Black (ABC Data Dwell )
ABC
A Yr of Battle: Israelis and Palestinians (Frontline)
PBS
Wonderful Politics and Authorities Documentary
** WINNER: The Sixth
A24 [Change Content]
Battleground Texas
VICE Data
The Physique Politic (POV)
PBS [ITVS, Black Public Media, Corporation For Public Broadcasting, Rowhouse, LC | Rowhouse Collective]
Carville: Profitable is Each little factor, Foolish
CNN Worldwide [Altimeter Films, CNN Films]
From Russia with Lev
MSNBC [Rakontur, UTAS, Surprise Inside, MSNBC Films]
The Riot Report (American Experience)
PBS [GBH, 42nd Parallel Films]
Who’s Afraid of Nathan Regulation? (POV)
PBS [Pandamonium Productions LLC, Herochaser, Palm Pictures, Official, LLC]
Wonderful Social Issue Documentary
** WINNER: Two American Households: 1991-2024 (Frontline)
PBS
Daughters
Netflix [Netflix, XTR, Object & Animal, Epoch Films, Park Pictures, OPC, World of HA, Simpson Street, Two One Five]
Demise With out Mercy
Showtime [MTV Documentary Films, Docsville Studios, Basement Films, AMC Media Production]
Title Me Lawand (POV)
PBS [Pulse Films]
One With the Whale (Unbiased Lens)
PBS [Vitamin Sea Productions, Siyuqaq Incorporated, Actual Films]
Wonderful Investigative Documentary
** WINNER: American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
Netflix [Stardust Frames, Duplass Brothers Productions]
A Dangerous Process: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela (Frontline)
PBS [Armando.Info]
The Seize
Apple TV+ | Google Play | Prime Video | Vimeo | Vudu | YouTube [Center for Investigative Reporting Studios, Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, Rocklin | Faust, Impact Partners]
The Night Acquired’t End (Fault Traces)
Al Jazeera Worldwide USA
South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning (Frontline)
PBS [The Associated Press]
Wonderful Historic Documentary
** WINNER: Tsunami: Race In opposition to Time
Nationwide Geographic [Blast Films]
An American Bombing: The Road to April nineteenth
HBO | Max [HBO Documentary Films, Blowback Productions]
Fly With Me (American Experience)
PBS [GBH, Sarah Colt Productions]
The Sixth
A24 [Change Content]
Turning Stage: The Bomb and the Chilly Battle
Netflix [Luminant Media]
Wonderful Arts and Custom Documentary
** WINNER: Madu
Disney + [Disney Branded Television, Hunting Lane Films]
As We Talk: Rap Music on Trial
Paramount+ [MTV Entertainment Studios, District 33, Park Pictures, Strike Anywhere]
Butterfly throughout the Sky
Netflix [Sidestilt Films, Window Pictures, XTR]
Hollywood Black
MGM+ [Radical Media, Culture Machine, Significant Productions]
King Coal (POV)
PBS [Drexler Films, Cottage M, Fishbowl Films, Narrow Vision Endeavors, King Coal Productions LLC]
Wonderful Science and Experience Documentary
WINNER: Hunt for the Oldest DNA (Nova)
PBS [Handful of Films, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, NOVA/GBH, ZDF, DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation]
Anand Varma: Hidden Wonders (Photographer)
Nationwide Geographic [Little Monster Films]
Apollo 13: Survival
Netflix [Insight TWI Films, Fee Fie Foe]
The Home Race
Nationwide Geographic [National Geographic Documentary Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Alegria Films, Cortés Filmworks, Diamond Docs]
What’s Subsequent? The Future with Bill Gates
Netflix [Tremolo Productions]
Wonderful Nature Documentary
** WINNER: Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier: Win or Die (Photographer)
Nationwide Geographic [Little Monster Films]
Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster (Nature)
PBS
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Nationwide Geographic [Silverback Films]
Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons (Nature)
PBS [Lucky 8 TV, The WNET Group]
Our Dwelling World
Netflix [Wild Space, Freeborne Media]
Patrick and the Whale (Nature)
PBS [Terra Mater Studios, The WNET Group]
Silverback (Nature)
PBS [Off the Fence Studios, BBC, France Télévisions, Featuristic Films, The WNET Group]
Wonderful Enterprise and Monetary Documentary
** WINNER: Buy Now: The Shopping for Conspiracy
Netflix [Grain Media]
Bitconned
Netflix [Glass Entertainment Group]
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Price
Hulu [Sutter Road Picture Company, Fabiola Beracasa Beckman Media Production]
The Curiosity
Documentary+ [XTR]
Moviepass, Moviecrash
HBO | Max [HBO Documentary Films, Unrealistic Ideas, Assemble Media, Nightbrain Pictures, Tower Way]
Razing Liberty Sq. (Unbiased Lens)
PBS [RLS Film, LLC]
Wonderful Crime and Justice Documentary
** WINNER: The Actuality vs. Alex Jones
HBO | Max [HBO Documentary Films, AMOS Pictures]
Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown
Nationwide Geographic [72 Films]
Into the Fireside: The Misplaced Daughter
Netflix [Tripod Media LLC, Denver & Delilah]
Mastermind: To Suppose Like a Killer
Hulu [Campfire Studios, Lewellen Pictures, Invited by Girls, Rebecca Halpern Productions]
Poisoned Flooring: The Tragedy at Love Canal (American Experience)
PBS [GBH, Madrona Productions]
Wonderful Fast Documentary
** WINNER: The Dirty Enterprise of Monkey Laundering (Bloomberg Investigates)
Bloomberg
Love To The Max
The New Yorker
Motorcycle Mary
ESPN [ESPN Films, Breakwater Studios]
Swept
Human Rights Watch
Wings of Mud
Documentary+ [Rolling Stone Films, Skyeyes Documentaries, 42 Parallelo, 5 Stick Films Inc.]
Best Documentary
** WINNER: The Sing Sing Chronicles
MSNBC [NBC News Studios, MSNBC Films, Trilogy Films]
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
Netflix [Stardust Frames, Duplass Brothers Productions]
The Commandant’s Shadow
HBO | Max [Warner Bros. Pictures, HBO Documentary Films, Snowstorm Productions, Creators Inc., New Mandate Films]
The Seize
Apple TV+ | Google Play | Prime Video | Vimeo | Vudu | YouTube [Center for Investigative Reporting Studios, Rocklin | Faust, Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, Impact Partners]
Hollywood Black
MGM+ [Radical Media, Culture Machine, Significant Productions]
Mammals
BBC America | BBC+ [BBC Studios National History Unit, France Televisions, ZDF]
Queendom
Galdanova Film
The Sixth
A24 [Change Content]
The Actuality vs. Alex Jones
HBO | Max [HBO Documentary Films, AMOS Pictures
Outstanding Writing – Documentary
** WINNER: Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story — Charlie Hamilton James
National Geographic [Silverback Films]
Be a part of or Die
Netflix [Delevan Street Films]
King Coal (POV)
PBS [Drexler Films, Cottage M, Fishbowl Films, Narrow Vision Endeavors, King Coal Productions LLC]
The Night Acquired’t End (Fault Traces)
Al Jazeera Worldwide USA
Poisoned Flooring: The Tragedy at Love Canal (American Experience)
PBS [GBH, Madrona Productions]
The Home Race
Nationwide Geographic [National Geographic Documentary Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Alegria Films, Cortés Filmworks, Diamond Docs]
Wonderful Evaluation – Documentary
** WINNER: The Seize
Coronary heart for Investigative Reporting Studios [Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, Rocklin | Faust, Impact Partners]
The Bibi Recordsdata
Jolt.film [Jigsaw Productions]
China, The U.S. and the Rise of Xi Jinping (Frontline)
PBS
Nazi Metropolis, USA (American Experience)
PBS [GBH, Pangloss Films]
Our Oceans
Netflix [Wild Space, Freeborne Media, Higher Ground]
Wonderful Route – Documentary
** WINNER: Frida — Carla Gutiérrez
Prime Video [Imagine Documentaries, TIME Studios]
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Nationwide Geographic [Silverback Films]
Daughters
Netflix [XTR, Object & Animal, Epoch Films, Park Pictures, OPC, World of HA, Simpson Street, Two One Five]
Madu
Disney + [Disney Branded Television, Hunting Lane Films]
Poisoned Flooring: The Tragedy at Love Canal (American Experience)
PBS [GBH, Madrona Productions]
Wonderful Cinematography – Documentary
** WINNER: Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough
Netflix [CBC, Sky, Humble Bee Films]
Earthsounds
Apple TV+ [Offspring Films]
King Coal (POV)
PBS [Drexler Films, Cottage M, Fishbowl Films, Narrow Vision Endeavors, King Coal Productions LLC]
Lions of the Skeleton Coast (Nature)
PBS [Into Nature Productions, ORF Universum, Arte, WDR]
Mammals
BBC America | BBC+ [BBC Studios National History Unit, France Televisions, ZDF]
Our Dwelling World
Netflix [Wild Space, Freeborne Media, Higher Ground]
Wonderful Modifying – Documentary
** WINNER: Blink
Nationwide Geographic [MRC, EYESTEELFILM, National Geographic Documentary Films, Fishbowl Films, Motive]
Apollo 13: Survival
Netflix [Insight TWI Films, Fee Fie Foe]
Citizen Nation
PBS [Retro Report]
Demise With out Mercy
Showtime [MTV Documentary Films, Docsville Studios, Basement Films, AMC Media Production]
We Will Dance As soon as extra
Paramount+ [See It Now Studios, HOT 8, BBC Storyville, Sipur Studios, Bitachon365, MGM Television, HSCC]
Wonderful Graphic Design – Documentary
** WINNER: Omnivore
Apple TV+ [Fifth Season, Film 45]
Buy Now: The Shopping for Conspiracy
Netflix [Grain Media]
Meals, Inc. 2
Apple TV+ | Amazon Prime Video | Google Play [The Food Project 2020]
Frida
Prime Video [Imagine Documentaries, TIME Studios]
Be a part of or Die
Netflix [Delevan Street Films]
Wonderful Music Composition – Documentary
** WINNER: Endurance
Nationwide Geographic [A Little Dot Studios, Consequential, History Hit Production, Little Monster Films, National Geographic Documentary Films]
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Nationwide Geographic [Silverback Films]
Dan Winters: Life is As quickly as. Ceaselessly. (Photographer)
Nationwide Geographic [Little Monster Films]
Frida
Prime Video [Imagine Documentaries, TIME Studios]
Mafia Spies
Paramount+ [CreativeChaos vmg]
Wonderful Sound – Documentary
** WINNER: Earthsounds
Apple TV+ [Offspring Films]
Apollo 13: Survival
Netflix [Insight TWI Films, Fee Fie Foe]
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Nationwide Geographic [Silverback Films]
Mammals
BBC America | BBC+ [BBC Studios National History Unit, France Televisions, ZDF]
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough
Netflix [CBC, Sky, Humble Bee Films]
Wonderful Lighting Route – Documentary
** WINNER: Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
Netflix [Smuggler Entertainment, Third Eye Motion Picture Company]
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
Netflix [Stardust Frames, Duplass Brothers Productions]
American Seams (POV Shorts)
PBS [LA Times Studios, Paper Hat Films, The Plains]
Chilly Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey
Netflix [RadicalMedia, Third Eye Motion Picture Company]
Separated
MSNBC [NBC News Studios, Participant Media, A Fourth Floor, Moxie Pictures Production, MSNBC Films]
Wonderful Paintings Route / Set Decoration / Scenic Design – Documentary
** WINNER: You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Proper right here’s the Actuality. (The New York Cases Opinion)
The New York Cases [Sharp As Knives]
Apollo 13: Survival
Netflix [Insight TWI Films, Fee Fie Foe]
Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story
Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures Television]
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
Netflix [Smuggler Entertainment, Third Eye Motion Picture Company]
Separated
MSNBC [NBC News Studios, Participant Media, A Fourth Floor, Moxie Pictures Production, MSNBC Films]
This Is What a Nuclear Strike Would Actually really feel Like (The New York Cases Opinion)
The New York Cases
Wonderful Promotional Announcement – Documentary
** WINNER: Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Nationwide Geographic [Silverback Films, Silk Factory]
Blink
Nationwide Geographic [MRC, EYESTEELFILM, National Geographic Documentary Films, Fishbowl Films, Motive]
Brats
ABC Data Studios | Hulu
The Seize
Apple TV+ | Google Play | Prime Video | Vimeo | Vudu | YouTube [Center for Investigative Reporting Studios, Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, Rocklin | Faust, Impact Partners]
Patrice: The Movie
ABC Data Studios | Hulu
Tsunami: Race In opposition to Time
Nationwide Geographic [Blast Films, Aspect]
Wonderful Regional Documentary
** WINNER: The Holly
Rocky Mountain Public Media
Angels Too Rapidly
WTTW / PBS
Desde Cero: The Migrant Journey in Chicago
WMAQ
OKC Thunder (STEPS)
Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
A Towering Course of: The Story of the Peace Corps
Rocky Mountain Public Media