Satellite Award for Best Documentary Feature
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The Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual award given by the International Press Academy
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International Press Academy
The International Press Academy is a large and diverse association of professional entertainment journalists, representing both domestic and foreign markets in print, television, radio, cable and new media outlets. The academy was founded in 1996 by Mirjana Van Blaricom...
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Winners
| Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
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| 1997 (2nd Golden Satellite Awards 1997 The 2nd Golden Satellite Awards, given on 22 February 1998, honored the best filmmaking of 1997.-Best Actor - Drama: Robert Duvall - The Apostle*Russell Crowe - L.A... ) |
4 Little Girls 4 Little Girls 4 Little Girls is a 1997 American historical documentary film about the 1963 murder of four African-American girls during the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It was directed by Spike Lee and nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Documentary".The incident... |
Spike Lee Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.... |
| 1998 (3rd Golden Satellite Awards 1998 The 3rd Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, honored the best in film and television for 1998.-Best Actor - Drama: Edward Norton - American History X*Stephen Fry - Wilde*Brendan Gleeson - The General... ) |
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life is a 1997 American documentary film written, produced, and directed by Michael Paxton. Its focus is on novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, who promoted her philosophy of Objectivism through her books,... |
Michael Paxton Michael Paxton Michael Paxton is an American filmmaker whose feature documentary, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Feature Documentary of 1997.-Background:... |
| 1999 (4th Golden Satellite Awards 1999 The 4th Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, were awarded on January 16, 2000.-Best Actor - Drama: Terence Stamp - The Limey*Russell Crowe - The Insider*Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story... ) |
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club (film) Buena Vista Social Club is a documentary film by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. It is named for a danzón that became the title piece of the album Buena Vista Social Club.-Synopsis:... |
Wim Wenders Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf... |
| 2000 (5th Golden Satellite Awards 2000 The list of the winners of the 5th Golden Satellite Awards were announced on 14 January 2001.-Best Actor - Drama: Geoffrey Rush - Quills*Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot*Sean Connery - Finding Forrester*Russell Crowe - Gladiator... ) |
Reckless Indifference | William Gazecki William Gazecki William Gazecki is a documentary filmmaker and former sound mixer best known for his Academy Award-nominated and News & Documentary Emmy Award winning film WACO: The Rules of Engagement... |
| 2001 (6th Golden Satellite Awards 2001 The 6th Golden Satellite Awards were given on 19 January 2002 at the St. Regis Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.-Best Actor - Drama: Brian Cox - L.I.E.*Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind*Guy Pearce - Memento*Sean Penn - I Am Sam... ) |
In Cane for Life (A Vida em Cana) | Jorge W. Atalla |
| 2002 (7th) | The Kid Stays in the Picture The Kid Stays in the Picture The Kid Stays in the Picture is the name of a 1994 autobiography by film producer Robert Evans. It is also the name of a 2002 film adaptation of the book directed by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen and released by Focus Features and USA Pictures... |
Nanette Burstein Nanette Burstein Nanette Burstein is an American film and television director. Burstein has produced, directed, and co-directed many documentaries which have won her many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Documentary.-Life and... and Brett Morgen |
| 2003 (8th Golden Satellite Awards 2003 The 8th Golden Satellite Awards, given by the International Press Academy, honored the best in film and television for 2003.-Best Actor - Drama: Sean Penn - 21 Grams and Mystic River*Hayden Christensen - Shattered Glass... ) |
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a 2002 documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid through the use of music. The film takes its name from the Nguni word amandla, which means power.The film was Produced by Sherry Simpson Dean... |
Lee Hirsch Lee Hirsch Lee Hirsch is a documentary filmmaker. Hirsch is a graduate of The Putney School in Vermont. He wrote and directed the documentary Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony.... |
| 2004 (9th Golden Satellite Awards 2004 The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005.-Best Actor - Drama: Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda*Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman... ) |
Super Size Me Super Size Me Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003 during which he eats only McDonald's food... |
Morgan Spurlock Morgan Spurlock Morgan Valentine Spurlock is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter and journalist best known for the documentary film Super Size Me... |
| 2005 (10th Satellite Awards 2005 The 10th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film- and television making in 2005, were given on 17 December 2005.-Best Actor - Drama: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote*Jake Gyllenhaal - Jarhead... ) |
Mad Hot Ballroom Mad Hot Ballroom Mad Hot Ballroom is a documentary film by director Marilyn Agrelo and writer/producer Amy Sewell about a ballroom dance program in the New York City Public School system.... |
Marilyn Agrelo |
| 2006 (11th Satellite Awards 2006 The 11th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film- and televisionmaking in 2006, were given on 18 December 2006.-Best Actor - Drama: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland*Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond*Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson... ) |
Deliver Us from Evil Deliver Us from Evil (2006 film) Deliver Us from Evil is a documentary film directed by Amy J. Berg which tells the true story of Catholic priest Oliver O'Grady, who admitted to having molested and raped approximately 25 children in Northern California between the late 1970s and early 1990s... |
Amy Berg Amy J. Berg Amy J. Berg is an American film maker, known best for her Academy Award-nominated document film Deliver Us from Evil about the sex abuse cases in Roman Catholic Church and an abusive native Irish priest Oliver O'Grady... |
| 2007 (12th Satellite Awards 2007 The 12th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film- and televisionmaking in 2007, were given on 16 December 2007.-Film: Best Actor – Drama* Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises**Christian Bale – Rescue Dawn... ) |
Sicko Sicko Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The movie compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S... |
Michael Moore Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries... |
| 2008 (13th Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama... ) |
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer is a 2007 American documentary film about the jazz singer Anita O'Day. The documentary was directed and produced by Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden. The documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and had a limited release on August 15,... (tied) |
Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden Ian McCrudden Ian McCrudden is a motion picture director and writer represented by Silvermine Entertainment in Hollywood, CaliforniaVariety has praised Ian’s work for its “deeply felt performances” and “intimate, powerfully atmospheric” style... |
| Man on Wire Man on Wire Man on Wire is a 2008 British documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Philippe Petit's book, To Reach the Clouds, recently released in paperback with the new title... (tied) |
James Marsh James Marsh (director) James Marsh is a film director known for directing the cult film Wisconsin Death Trip starring Marcus Monroe and Sir Ian Holm. He won 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing Man on Wire.... |
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| 2009 (14th Satellite Awards 2009 The 2009 Satellite Awards, honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, DVDs, and interactive media, were presented by the International Press Academy at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 20, 2009... ) |
Every Little Step Every Little Step (film) Every Little Step is a 2008 American documentary film produced and directed by James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo. It follows the process of casting the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line and explores the history of the award-winning musical, beginning with the informal interviews with Broadway... |
James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo |
| 2010 (15th Satellite Awards 2010 The 2010 Satellite Awards, honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, DVDs, and interactive media, were presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 19, 2010... ) |
Restrepo Restrepo (film) Restrepo is a 2010 documentary film about the Afghanistan war, directed by American journalist Sebastian Junger and British/American photojournalist Tim Hetherington.... |
Sebastian Junger Sebastian Junger Sebastian Junger is an American author, journalist and documentarian, most famous for the best-selling book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, his award-winning chronicle of the war in Afghanistan in the 2010 movie Restrepo, and his 2010 book War.-Background:Junger was born... and Tim Hetherington Tim Hetherington Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington was a British-American photojournalistwith work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads." He was best known for the documentary film Restrepo , which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger; the... |