Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
Nonfiction Cinematography
- Gasland - Josh Fox, Camera
- If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don't Rise - Cliff Charles, Director of Photography
- American Masters - Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & The Rise Of The Singer-Songwriter - Nicola Marsh and Arlene Nelson, Directors of Photography
- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - Haiti - Zach Zamboni and Todd Liebler, Directors of Photography
- Whale Wars - To The Ends Of The Earth - Animal Planet, Cinematography Team
Direction For Nonfiction Programming
- Gasland - Josh Fox, Director
- American Masters - A Letter To Elia/Reflecting On Kazan - Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones, Directors
- The Amazing Race - You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win - Bertram van Munster, Director
- Top Chef - Give Me Your Huddled Masses - Paul Starkman, Director
- Becoming Chaz - Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, Directors
Nonfiction Special Program
- Jaws: The Inside Story - BIO - Thomas Moody, Executive Producer for BIO; Peter Tarshis, Executive Producer for BIO; Kevin Bachar, Executive Producer for Pangolin Pictures; Amelia Hanibelsz, Supervising Producer; Georgia Manukas, Producer
- His Way - HBO - Steven Soderbergh and Audrey Rosenberg, Executive Producers; Graydon Carter, Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky, Producers
- Becoming Chaz - OWN - Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato and Chaz Bono, Producers
- Stand Up To Cancer - Laura Ziskin and Pamela Oas Williams, Executive Producers; Michael B. Seligman, Supervising Producer
- Gettysburg - HISTORY - Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Mary Lisio, Executive Producers; David McKillop, Mary E. Donohue and Julian P. Hobbs, Executive Producers for History; Christopher G. Cowen, Producer
Nonfiction Picture Editing
- If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don't Rise - HBO - Sam Pollard, Supervising Editor; Geeta Gandbhir, Editor
- American Masters - LENNONYC - PBS - Ed Barteski and Deborah Peretz, Editors
- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - Haiti - Travel Channel - Eric Lasby, Editor
- Freedom Riders - PBS - Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil, Editors
- Becoming Chaz - OWN - Cameron Teisher, Editor
Nonfiction Sound Editing
- American Masters - Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides - PBS - Deborah Wallach, Sound Editor
- The Amazing Race - You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win - CBS - Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons, Rich Remis, Jennifer Nelson, Michael Bolanowski and Bryan Parker, Sound Editors
- Baseball: The Tenth Inning - Top Of The Tenth - PBS - Ira Spiegel and Mariusz Glabinski, Sound Effects Editors; Jacob Ribicoff, Music Editor; Dan Korintus and Marlena Grzaslewicz, Dialogue Editors
- Whale Wars - To The Ends of the Earth - Animal Planet - Bryan Parker, Sound Editor
- Gettysburg - HISTORY - Charles Maynes and Zach Seivers, Sound Design; Brent Kiser, Sound Effects Editor
Nonfiction Sound Mixing
- The Amazing Race - You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win - CBS - Jim Ursulak, Lead Production Audio; Dean Gaveau, C.A.S., and Jerry Chabane, Production Mixers; Troy Smith, Re-Recording Mixer
- American Masters - LENNONYC - PBS - Ed Campbell, Re-Recording Mixer
- Deadliest Catch - Redemption Day - Discovery Channel - Bob Bronow, C.A.S., Re-Recording Mixer
- American Idol - Auditions No. 2: New Orleans - FOX - Brian P. Riordan, Re-Recording Mixer; Kamal I. Humphrey, Production Sound Mixer; Phil Valdivia and Chris Tront, Production Sound Mixers
- Gettysburg - HISTORY - Dieter Keck, Production Sound Mixer
Nonfiction Writing
- Gasland - HBO - Josh Fox, Writer
- Moguls & Movie Stars - The Birth Of Hollywood - TCM - Jon Wilkman, Writer
- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - Haiti - Travel Channel - Anthony Bourdain, Writer
- Freedom Riders - PBS - Stanley Nelson, Writer
Additional Emmys Nonfiction Categories
In addition to the above mentioned categories, Emmy Awards are presented for:
- Best Nonfiction Series
- Reality Competition Program
- Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
- Picture Editing for Reality Program
- Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming
- Children's Nonfiction, Reality or Reality Competition Programming
- Short Format Nonfiction Programs
For the entire list of Emmy Awards categories and nominees, visit the Emmys Website.
The 63rd Emmy Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 19, 2011 at 8:00 PM EST on Fox.
