Directing Award Documentary

This is a list of winners of the Sundance Film Festival Directing Award for documentary features.

Winners

1990s

1997: Arthur Dong – Licensed to Kill
1998: Julia Loktev – Moment of Impact^[1]
1999: Barbara Sonneborn – Regret to Inform

2000s

2000: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman – Paragraph 175
2001: Stacy Peralta – Dogtown and Z-Boys
2002: Rebecca Cammisa and Rob Fruchtman – Sister Helen
2003: Jonathan Karsh – My Flesh and Blood
2004: Morgan Spurlock – Super Size Me^[2]
2005: Jeff Feuerzeig – The Devil and Daniel Johnston^[3]
2006: James Longley – Iraq in Fragments
2007: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine – War/Dance
2008: Nanette Burstein – American Teen^[4]
2009: Natalia Almada – El General

2010s

2010: Leon Gast – Smash His Camera
2011: Jon Foy – Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
2012: Lauren Greenfield – The Queen of Versailles
2013: Zachary Heinzerling – Cutie and the Boxer
2014: Ben Cotner and Ryan White – The Case Against 8
2015: Matthew Heineman – Cartel Land
2016: Roger Ross Williams – Life, Animated^[5]^[6]^[7]
2017: Peter Nicks – The Force
2018: Alexandria Bombach – On Her Shoulders
2019: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory^[8]^[9]

2020s

2020: Garrett Bradley – Time^[10]^[11]
2021: Natalia Almada – Users^[12]
2022: Reid Davenport – I Didn't See You There
2023: Luke Lorentzen – A Still Small Voice
2024: Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – Sugarcane^[13]

International winners

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See also

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

References

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^ An Artist and His Inner Demons in 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' - The New York Times
^ EVENTS | “American Teen” to Open Sundance at BAM Series; 22 Features Slated|IndieWire
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^ The Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival