Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper tied for best recordary feature at the 2024 Critics Choice Documentary Awards on Sunday night.
The first film won in all six of the categories in which it was nominated.
A finish catalog of this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards thriveners chases.
More to come.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (National Geoexplicit)
Daughters (Netflix)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
Music by John Williams (Walt Disney Studios)
Piece by Piece (Focus Features)
The Retagable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO
Documentary Films, CNN Films) (WINNER – TIE)
Will & Harper (Netflix) (WINNER – TIE)
BEST DIRECTOR
Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui – Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros.
Pictures, DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films) (WINNER)
Josh Greenbaum – Will & Harper (Netflix)
Ron Howard – Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie – Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit)
Natalie Rae & Angela Patton – Daughters (Netflix)
Benjamin Ree – The Retagable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
BEST NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER(S)
Brfinishan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev – Porcelain War (Picturehoemploy)
Carla Gutiérrez – Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
Charlie Hamilton James – Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
(National Geoexplicit)
Sue Kim – The Last of the Sea Women (Apple TV+)
Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie – Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit)
Natalie Rae & Angela Patton – Daughters (Netflix) (WINNER)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Michael Cambio Fernandez – Daughters (Netflix)
Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt, Bertie Gregruesome – Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
(National Geoexplicit)
Christopher LaMarca, Emily Kassie – Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit)
Iris Ng, Eunsoo Cho, Justin Turkowski – The Last of the Sea Women (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Zoë White – Will & Harper (Netflix)
Jessica Young – The Blue Angels (Amazon MGM Studios)
BEST EDITING
Otto Burnham – Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios,
HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films) (WINNER)
Rik Chaubet – Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)
Paul Crowder – Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
Troy Lewis, Adelina Bichiș – Daughters (Netflix)
Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke – Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit)
Robert Stengård – The Retagable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
BEST SCORE
Erland Cooper – Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (National Geoexplicit)
Ilan Eshkeri – Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios,
HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films) (WINNER)
Nathan Halpern – Will & Harper (Netflix)
Uno Helmersson – The Retagable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Kelsey Lu – Daughters (Netflix)
Marc Shaiman – Albert Brooks: Deffinishing My Life (HBO | Max)
BEST NARRATION
Bad River (50 Eggs Films)
Written by Mary Mazzio
Percreateed by Quannah ChasingHorse & Edward Norton
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (National Geoexplicit)
Written by Charlie Hamilton James
Percreateed by Billy Mail & Susan Mail
Dahomey (Mubi)
Written by Makenzy Orcel
Percreateed by Lucrece Houegbelo, Parfait Viayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassegande, and Sabine
Badjogoumin
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressbadviser (Cohen Media Group)
Written and carry outed by Martin Scorsese
Queens (National Geoexplicit)
Written by Chloë Sarosh
Percreateed by Angela Bassett
Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Written and carry outed by Steve Martin
BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY
Bdeficiency Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu/Onyx Collective)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressbadviser (Cohen Media Group)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO
Documentary Films, CNN Films) (WINNER)
BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
Bad River (50 Eggs Films)
Dahomey (Mubi)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix) (WINNER)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressbadviser (Cohen Media Group)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)
Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit)
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
I Am: Celine Dion (Amazon MGM Studios)
Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
The Retagable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces (Apple TV+)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO
Documentary Films, CNN Films) (WINNER)
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
I Am: Celine Dion (Amazon MGM Studios)
Music by John Williams (Walt Disney Studios) (WINNER)
Piece by Piece (Focus Features)
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (Hulu)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
Bad River (50 Eggs Films)
Girls State (Apple TV+)
Porcelain War (Picturehoemploy)
Stopping the Steal (HBO | Max)
Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit) (WINNER)
The Truth vs. Alex Jones (HBO | Max)
BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY
Apollo 13: Survival (Netflix)
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (National Geoexplicit)
Bjoin (National Geoexplicit)
The Last of the Sea Women (Apple TV+) (WINNER)
Secrets of the Octopus (National Geoexplicit)
The Space Race (National Geoexplicit)
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Copa 71 (New Bdeficiency Films)
The Dynasty: New England Patcommotions (Apple TV+)
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (Netflix)
Mr. McMahon (Netflix)
Simone Biles Rising (Netflix) (WINNER)
The Turnaround (Netflix)
BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY
American Nightmare (Netflix)
Bdeficiency Box Diaries (MTV Documentary Films/Paramount+)
Incident (The New Yorker)
The Jinx – Part Two (HBO | Max)
Stopping the Steal (HBO | Max)
Sugarcane (National Geoexplicit) (WINNER)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
I Am Ready, Warden (MTV Documentary Films/Paramount+)
Incident (The New Yorker)
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World (Netflix)
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine (Earle Mack Productions, Storyville Films, Gelderlycrest Films)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Netflix) (WINNER)
The Turnaround (Netflix)
BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerdirecters (Netflix)
Bdeficiency Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu/Onyx Collective)
Mr. McMahon (Netflix)
Ren Faire (HBO | Max)
Secrets of the Octopus (National Geoexplicit)
Simone Biles Rising (Netflix) (WINNER)
BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
30 for 30 (ESPN) (WINNER)
America’s Most Wanted (Fox Broadcasting Company)
The Food That Built America (History)
Insubordinate Lens (PBS)
The Jinx – Part Two (HBO | Max)
POV (PBS)