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The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is among the most prestigious awards for documentary films. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality

Controversies

The Award for Documentary Feature is arguably the most controversial of the Academy Awards. A controversy or dispute is a commencement of a conflict between statements of accepted fact and a new or unaccepted proposal that disagrees with argues against Many of the documentaries admired today as the most influential and critically acclaimed were not even nominated: notable examples include The Thin Blue Line, Roger & Me, and Hoop Dreams. The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 Documentary film concerning the November 28 1976 murder of Dallas police officer Robert W Roger & Me is a 1989 American Documentary film directed by independent filmmaker/author Michael Moore. Hoop Dreams is a 1994 Documentary film directed by Steve James. The controversy over Hoop Dreams was enough to force the Academy Awards to change their documentary voting system. [1]

Whether the new rules are successful is still debated, since 2005's Grizzly Man, a documentary strong enough to appear on many critics' top 10 lists[2] was not nominated, and did not even make the Academy's internally distributed top 15 list. Grizzly Man is a 2005 Documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. Grizzly Man's exclusion was actually revealed as the result of an Academy rule disqualifying documentary films that are constructed entirely out of archive footage.

In addition, there is continued debate over the role television distribution should play in the selection process. Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, at the time the highest grossing documentary film ever made, was ineligible because Moore had opted to have it played on television prior to the 2004 Election. Fahrenheit 9/11 is an award-winning 2004 Documentary Film by American filmmaker Michael Moore which takes a critical look Conversely, the 1982 winner Just Another Missing Kid, directed by John Zaritsky, was created by editing together footage he originally shot for the Canadian investigative journalism TV show The Fifth Estate. Just Another Missing Kid is a Documentary film about the search for missing teenager directed by John Zaritsky. John Zaritsky has won more than 30 awards for his documentary films the fifth estate is a Canadian television Newsmagazine, which airs on the English language Television network of the

Winners and nominees

Following the Academy's practice, films are listed below by the award year (that is, the year they were released under the Academy's rules for eligibility). In practice, due to the limited nature of documentary distribution, a film may be released in different years in different venues, sometimes years after production is complete.

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1940s

In 1942, there was one Documentary category and four winners.

From 1943 there were two separate documentary categories (features and short films)

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

References

  1. ^ "Steve James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert: Hoop Dreams: from short subject to major league"; current.org; July 30, 1995. One Day in September is a 1999 Documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald examining the September 5, 1972 murder Buena Vista Social Club ( 1999) is a documentary Film by Wim Wenders about the Music of Cuba. Genghis Blues (1999 is a Documentary film directed by Roko Belic. On the Ropes is an award-winning American 1999 Documentary film directed by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen. Speaking in Strings is a 1999 Documentary film directed by Paola di Florio. Into the Arms of Strangers Stories of the Kindertransport is an Academy Award -winning Documentary film released in 2000 Mark Jonathan Harris is an American Documentary filmmaker probably best known for his films Into the Arms of Strangers Stories of the Kindertransport (2000 Long Night's Journey Into Day is a 2000 Documentary film about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post- Apartheid South Scottsboro An American Tragedy is a 2001 American Documentary film directed by Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman. Sound and Fury is a Documentary film released in 2000 about two American families with young deaf children and their conflict over whether or not to give Murder on a Sunday Morning ( Un coupable idéal) is a Documentary film made by French filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. Children Underground is a 2001 Documentary film directed by Edet Belzberg. Promises is a 2001 Documentary film that examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspectives of seven children living in the War Photographer is a documentary about photographer James Nachtwey. Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 American Documentary film written directed produced by and starring Michael Moore. Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954 is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker author and liberal Political commentator. Daughter from Danang is a 2002 documentary film about Heidi Bub (a Le Peuple Migrateur (also known as Winged Migration in the United States and Canada or The Travelling Birds in the United Kingdom Prisoner of Paradise is a 2003 Canadian Documentary film directed by Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender. Spellbound is a 2002 documentary that was directed by Jeffrey Blitz. The Fog of War Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S McNamara (2003 directed by Errol Morris, is an American Documentary film about the life Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning Documentary film director Balseros ( Rafters) is a 2002 Spanish documentary co-directed by Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domènech about Cubans leaving during the Capturing the Friedmans is a Documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki. My Architect A Son's Journey is a 2003 documentary film about the American architect Louis Kahn. The Weather Underground is a 2002 Documentary film based on the rise and fall of the American radical organization The Weathermen Born into Brothels Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 American Documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi Zana Briski is an English artist (photographer filmmaker and activist The Story of the Weeping Camel is a 2003 Mongolian documentary distributed by ThinkFilm. Super Size Me is a 2004 Documentary film written produced directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent Tupac Resurrection is a 2003 Academy Award -nominated documentary about the life and untimely death of rapper Tupac Shakur. Twist of Faith is a 2005 American Documentary film directed by Kirby Dick. March of the Penguins ( French: La Marche de l'empereur; literally The Emperor's March) is a commercially and critically successful Luc Jacquet (* December 5 1967 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French Film director from Paris. Darwin's Nightmare is a 2004 French-Belgian-Austrian documentary film written and directed by Hubert Sauper, dealing with the environmental Enron The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 Documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune Street Fight is a documentary by filmmaker Marshall Curry, chronicling Cory Booker 's 2002 campaign against Sharpe James for Mayor An Inconvenient Truth is an American Documentary film about Global warming, presented by former United States Vice President Davis Guggenheim (1964-) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director and producer. Deliver Us from Evil (2006 is a Documentary film directed by Amy Berg which tells the true story of Catholic Priest Oliver O'Grady Iraq in Fragments is a documentary feature directed by James Longley. Jesus Camp is a 2006 documentary directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing about a Pentecostal / charismatic My Country My Country is a documentary filmed in Iraq. Filmmaker Laura Poitras spent over eight months alone in Iraq filming this documentary Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 Documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by Eva Orner Alex Gibney is an Oscar - Emmy - and duPont-Columbia -award winning American Film director and producer. No End in Sight is a 2007 Documentary film about the American occupation of Iraq. Operation Homecoming was a series of diplomatic negotiations that in January 1973 made possible the return of 591 American prisoners of war held by North Vietnam Sicko is a 2007 Documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore that investigates the American health care system, focusing on its War/Dance is a 2007 American Documentary film written and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
  2. ^ criticstop10.net
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