The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences doesn't have a special Emmy Awards category for documentary films. Instead, documentaries are nominated within 'Nonfiction Programming' categories, which also cover nonfiction series, miniseries, reality shows, awards shows and variety or concert presentations. There are ten nonfiction categories. Here they are:
Outstanding Art Direction For Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming
- 80th Annual Academy Awards - ABC - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- 50th Annual Grammy Awards - CBS - John Cossette Productions / Ken Ehrlich Productions
- Hell’s Kitchen - Episode # 401 - FOX - Granada America
- MADtv - Episode # 1315 - FOX - Girl Group Company
- 2007 MTV Video Music Awards - MTV - Den of Thieves in association with MTV
Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming
- Autism: The Musical - HBO -Bunim-Murray Productions and In Effect Films in association with HBO Documentary Films - Tricia Regan, Cinematographer
- Deadliest Catch - No Mercy - Discovery Channel - Original Productions, Inc. in association with Discovery Channel - Cinematography Team
- Ice Road Truckers - Ready To Roll - History Channel - Produced by Original Productions, LLC for History Channel, A&E Television Networks - Cinematography Team
- Meerkat Manor - Journey’s End - Animal Planet - An Oxford Scientific Films / Animal Planet production - Ted Gilfords, Camera; John Waters, Camera; Ralph Bower, Camera
- This American Life - Escape - Showtime - Showtime Presents in association with Chicago Public Radio, Killer Films, Inc., Left/Right, Inc. - Adam Beckman, Director of Photography
Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming
- The Amazing Race - Honestly, They Have Witch Powers Or Something - CBS - Amazing Race Productions Inc. and ABC Studios in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and WorldRace Productions, Inc. - Bertram van Munster, Director
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Autism: The Musical - HBO - Bunim-Murray Productions and In Effect Films in association with HBO Documentary Films - Tricia Regan, Director
- Project Runway - En Garde! - Bravo - Magical Elves for The Weinstein Company, Full Picture, Bravo - Tony Sacco, Director
- This American Life - Escape - Showtime - Showtime Presents in association with Chicago Public Radio, Killer Films, Inc., Left/Right, Inc. - Christopher Wilcha, Director; Adam Beckman, Director
- The War - Pride of Our Nation - PBS - The American Lives II Film Project, LLC in association with WETA Washington, DC -
Ken Burns, Director; Lynn Novick, Director
Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming
- AFI’s 100 Years...100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition - CBS - An AFI Production in association with the Gary Smith Company - Barry A. O’Brien, Editor; Debra Light, Editor; Marlise Malkames, Editor
- Autism: The Musical - HBO - Bunim-Murray Productions and In Effect Films in association with HBO Documentary Films - Kim Roberts, Editor
- Deadliest Catch - No Mercy - Discovery Channel - Original Productions, Inc. in association with Discovery Channel - Kelly Coskran, Supervising Editor; Rob Butler, Editor
- This American Life - Escape - Showtime - Showtime Presents in association with Chicago Public Radio, Killer Films, Inc., Left/Right, Inc. - Joe Beshenkovsky, Editor
- The War - Pride Of Our Nation - PBS - The American Lives II Film Project, LLC in association with WETA Washington, DC - Tricia Reidy, Editor
- The War - FUBAR - PBS - The American Lives II Film Project, LLC in association with WETA Washington, DC - Paul Barnes, Editor
Outstanding Nonfiction Special
- AFI’s 100 Years...100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition - CBS - An AFI Production in association with the Gary Smith Company - Gary Smith, Executive Producer; Frederick S. Pierce, Executive Producer for AFI; Dann Netter, Producer; Bob Gazzale, Producer
- Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq - HBO - Attaboy Films in association with HBO Documentary Films - Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer; James Gandolfini, Executive Producer; Alexandra Ryan, Co-Executive Producer; Sara Bernstein, Supervising Producer; Ellen Goosenberg Kent; Produced By Jon Alpert; Produced By Matthew O’Neill; Produced By
- Autism: The Musical - HBO - Bunim-Murray Productions and In Effect Films in association with HBO Documentary Films - Jonathan Murray, Executive Producer; Janet Grillo, Executive Producer; Kristen Stills, Executive Producer; Nancy Abraham, Senior Producer; Perrin Chiles, Producer; Tricia Regan, Producer; Sasha Alpert, Producer
- Pioneers Of Television - Late Night: Johnny, Jack, Steve, And Merv - PBS - Boettcher/Trinklein Inc. - Steven J. Boettcher, Producer; Michael J. Trinklein, Producer
- The Pixar Story - Starz - Leslie Iwerks Productions - Leslie Iwerks, Producer
Outstanding Nonfiction Series
- American Masters - PBS - American Masters is produced for PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York - Susan Lacy, Executive Producer; Prudence Glass, Series Producer; Julie Sacks, Supervising Producer; Jim Brown, Produced By; Michael Cohl, Produced By; William Eigen, Produced By
- Biography - Biography Channel - Produced by Corridor Group Productions Inc. for Bio - Gregory Hall, Executive Producer; Peter Tarshis, Executive Producer for Biography; Barbara Hall, Producer
- Deadliest Catch Discovery Channel - Original Productions, Inc. in association with Discovery Channel - Thom Beers, Executive Producer; Paul Gasek, Executive Producer; Jeff Conroy, Co-Executive Producer; Tracy Rudolph, Co-Executive Producer; Matt Renner, Series Producer; Lisa Tanzer, Supervising Producer; Ethan Prochnik, Senior Producer
- Inside The Actors Studio - Bravo - A co-production of The Actors Studio, Bravo, In The Moment Productions - James Lipton, Executive Producer; Frances Berwick, Executive Producer; Christian Barcellos, Executive Producer; Sabrina Fodor, Produced By; Jeff Wurtz, Produced By
- This American Life - Showtime - Showtime Presents in association with Chicago Public Radio, Killer Films, Inc., Left/Right, Inc.- The Producing Team
