Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper tied for finest documentary function on the 2024 Critics Choice Documentary Awards on Sunday night time.
The primary movie gained in all six of the classes wherein it was nominated.
Along with finest documentary function, Tremendous/Man, concerning the actor who performed the Man of Metal and his advocacy for incapacity consciousness after he was paralyzed in a tragic accident, gained finest director (Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui), finest modifying (Otto Burnham), finest rating (Ilan Eshkeri), finest archival documentary and finest biographical documentary.
Sugarcane, which scored essentially the most nominations this yr with eight, gained two awards, for finest political documentary and finest true-crime documentary. The Final of the Sea Girls and Simone Biles Rising additionally gained two awards every. The primary movie, which counts Malala Yousafzai amongst its producers, gained the awards for finest cinematography (Iris Ng, Eunson Choo and Justin Turkowski) and finest science/nature documentary. Simone Biles Rising gained for finest sports activities doc and finest restricted docuseries.
Daughters‘ Natalie Rae and Angela Patton gained finest new documentary filmmaker(s), and Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Items gained for finest narration, written and carried out by Steve Martin.
Moreover, The Biggest Night time in Pop gained finest historic documentary; Music by John Williams gained finest music documentary; and 30 for 30 was named finest ongoing documentary collection.
Along with the aggressive awards, Rory Kennedy obtained the Pennebaker Award, named after D.A. Pennebaker and offered by Chris Hegedus, Pennebaker’s longtime collaborator and widow.
The ninth annual Critics Choice Awards had been offered Sunday night time at New York’s Edison Ballroom. The ceremony, hosted by Erich Bergen, was additionally livestreamed on YouTube, X and Fb. Presenters and visitors included Ron Howard, Chelsea Clinton, Amanda Zurawski, Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Cyril Creighton, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Ali Wentworth, R.J. Cutler, Lauren Greenfield, Andrew Jarecki, Ken Leung, Chai Vasarhelyi and Marc Shaiman.
An entire checklist of this yr’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards winners follows.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (Nationwide Geographic)Daughters (Netflix)The Biggest Night time in Pop (Netflix)Jim Henson Concept Man (Disney+)Music by John Williams (Walt Disney Studios)Piece by Piece (Focus Options)The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin (Netflix)Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic)Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Photos, DC Studios, HBODocumentary Movies, CNN Movies) (WINNER – TIE)Will & Harper (Netflix) (WINNER – TIE)
BEST DIRECTOR
Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros.Photos, DC Studios, HBO Documentary Movies, CNN Movies) (WINNER)Josh Greenbaum – Will & Harper (Netflix)Ron Howard – Jim Henson Concept Man (Disney+)Julian Courageous NoiseCat & Emily Kassie – Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic)Natalie Rae & Angela Patton – Daughters (Netflix)Benjamin Ree – The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin (Netflix)
BEST NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER(S)
Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev – Porcelain Conflict (Picturehouse)Carla Gutiérrez – Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)Charlie Hamilton James – Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story(Nationwide Geographic)Sue Kim – The Final of the Sea Girls (Apple TV+)Julian Courageous NoiseCat & Emily Kassie – Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic)Natalie Rae & Angela Patton – Daughters (Netflix) (WINNER)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Michael Cambio Fernandez – Daughters (Netflix)Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt, Bertie Gregory – Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story(Nationwide Geographic)Christopher LaMarca, Emily Kassie – Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic)Iris Ng, Eunsoo Cho, Justin Turkowski – The Final of the Sea Girls (Apple TV+) (WINNER)Zoë White – Will & Harper (Netflix)Jessica Younger – The Blue Angels (Amazon MGM Studios)
BEST EDITING
Otto Burnham – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Photos, DC Studios,HBO Documentary Movies, CNN Movies) (WINNER)Rik Chaubet – Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)Paul Crowder – Jim Henson Concept Man (Disney+)Troy Lewis, Adelina Bichiș – Daughters (Netflix)Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke – Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic)Robert Stengård – The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin (Netflix)
BEST SCORE
Erland Cooper – Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (Nationwide Geographic)Ilan Eshkeri – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Photos, DC Studios,HBO Documentary Movies, CNN Movies) (WINNER)Nathan Halpern – Will & Harper (Netflix)Uno Helmersson – The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin (Netflix)Kelsey Lu – Daughters (Netflix)Marc Shaiman – Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (HBO | Max)
BEST NARRATION
Unhealthy River (50 Eggs Movies)Written by Mary MazzioPerformed by Quannah ChasingHorse & Edward Norton
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (Nationwide Geographic)Written by Charlie Hamilton JamesPerformed by Billy Mail & Susan Mail
Dahomey (Mubi)Written by Makenzy OrcelPerformed by Lucrece Houegbelo, Parfait Viayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassegande, and SabineBadjogoumin
Made in England: The Movies of Powell and Pressburger (Cohen Media Group)Written and carried out by Martin Scorsese
Queens (Nationwide Geographic)Written by Chloë SaroshPerformed by Angela Bassett
Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Items (Apple TV+) (WINNER)Written and carried out by Steve Martin
BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY
Black Twitter: A Individuals’s Historical past (Hulu/Onyx Collective)The Biggest Night time in Pop (Netflix)Jim Henson Concept Man (Disney+)Made in England: The Movies of Powell and Pressburger (Cohen Media Group)Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Photos, DC Studios, HBODocumentary Movies, CNN Movies) (WINNER)
BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
Unhealthy River (50 Eggs Movies)Dahomey (Mubi)The Biggest Night time in Pop (Netflix) (WINNER)Made in England: The Movies of Powell and Pressburger (Cohen Media Group)Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic)
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)I Am: Celine Dion (Amazon MGM Studios)Jim Henson Concept Man (Disney+)The Outstanding Lifetime of Ibelin (Netflix)Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Items (Apple TV+)Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Photos, DC Studios, HBODocumentary Movies, CNN Movies) (WINNER)
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
The Biggest Night time in Pop (Netflix)I Am: Celine Dion (Amazon MGM Studios)Music by John Williams (Walt Disney Studios) (WINNER)Piece by Piece (Focus Options)Street Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Road Band (Hulu)Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
Unhealthy River (50 Eggs Movies)Ladies State (Apple TV+)Porcelain Conflict (Picturehouse)Stopping the Steal (HBO | Max)Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic) (WINNER)The Fact vs. Alex Jones (HBO | Max)
BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY
Apollo 13: Survival (Netflix)Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (Nationwide Geographic)Blink (Nationwide Geographic)The Final of the Sea Girls (Apple TV+) (WINNER)Secrets and techniques of the Octopus (Nationwide Geographic)The House Race (Nationwide Geographic)
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Copa 71 (New Black Movies)The Dynasty: New England Patriots (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)Black Field Diaries (MTV Documentary Movies/Paramount+)Incident (The New Yorker)The Jinx – Half Two (HBO | Max)Stopping the Steal (HBO | Max)Sugarcane (Nationwide Geographic) (WINNER)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
I Am Prepared, Warden (MTV Documentary Movies/Paramount+)Incident (The New Yorker)Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World (Netflix)As soon as Upon a Time in Ukraine (Earle Mack Productions, Storyville Movies, Goldcrest Movies)The Solely Woman within the Orchestra (Netflix) (WINNER)The Turnaround (Netflix)
BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)Black Twitter: A Individuals’s Historical past (Hulu/Onyx Collective)Mr. McMahon (Netflix)Ren Faire (HBO | Max)Secrets and techniques of the Octopus (Nationwide Geographic)Simone Biles Rising (Netflix) (WINNER)
BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
30 for 30 (ESPN) (WINNER)America’s Most Wished (Fox Broadcasting Firm)The Meals That Constructed America (Historical past)Impartial Lens (PBS)The Jinx – Half Two (HBO | Max)POV (PBS)
