Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Fyre Festival doc, Three Identical Strangers, Minding the Gap, Jane Fonda in Five Acts also celebrating
"Go Team!"
That was message from director Alex Gibney on Twitter after his HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley was honored with an Emmy nomination Tuesday morning. Gibney is among the many nonfiction filmmakers with reason to celebrate as the TV Academy revealed the nominees Tuesday morning for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards. Also celebrating are Dan Reed, director of the controversial Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland, the directors of RBG, the Free Solo team, Minding the Gap's Bing Liu, and a host of other nonfiction filmmakers, picture editors, cinematographers, sound editors and mixers and composers.
The Inventor's nomination came in one of the marquee categories - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. Gibney's film about disgraced Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes will square off against Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (HBO); Leaving Neverland (HBO); Love, Gilda (CNN), and Minding the Gap (Hulu/PBS POV). Gibney was likewise recognized in the prestigious Outstanding Merit in Documentary Filmmaking category, as executive producer of Divide & Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (A&E). Outstanding Merit is a separate juried award - films honored in that category do not compete for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. Joining the Roger Ailes doc in the Outstanding Merit race are Hale County This Morning, This Evening (PBS); fellow Oscar nominee RBG (CNN); The Sentence (HBO), and Three Identical Strangers (CNN).
Oscar winner Free Solo from directors E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin picked up seven Emmy nominations, including nods for directing, cinematography, picture editing, sound editing and sound mixing, as well as music composition/dramatic score. It was not recognized in either the Outstanding Merit in Documentary Filmmaking category or Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
The aforementioned RBG earned four nominations including Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for Betsy West and Julie Cohen. It was nominated as well for music composition/dramatic score, recognizing the work of composer Miriam Cutler. Cutler was nominated twice in that category, for RBG and her music for Love, Gilda, the documentary about the late Gilda Radner.
Competing for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series are American Masters (PBS); Chef's Table (Netflix); Hostile Planet (National Geographic); Our Planet (Netflix), and 30 for 30 (ESPN).
Surviving R. Kelly, the Lifetime documentary that led to multiple sex crime charges against the titular R&B singer, claimed a nomination for Outstanding Informational Series or Special, something of a grab bag category. It will go up against CNN's Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown; the Jerry Seinfeld series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix); Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E), and My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix). Six documentary projects were recognized with nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program, including HBO's The Case Against Adnan Syed, written by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg. It's the first Emmy nomination for Berg, who has earned three Writers Guild of America Awards nominations for her documentary work, winning in 2007 for Deliver Us From Evil. Also nominated for the Nonfiction Writing Emmy are Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (CNN); Fyre Fraud (Hulu); Hostile Planet (National Geographic); Our Planet (Netflix), and Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (Showtime).
Winners in the documentary categories will be revealed at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, a two-day affair happening September 14 and 15 in downtown Los Angeles. The "main" Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony happens Sunday, September 22 and will be broadcast on FOX. Below are nominees in a range of documentary/nonfiction categories, as announced by the Television Academy: Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking Divide And Conquer: The Story Of Roger Ailes • A&E • A Jigsaw Production in association with Baird Films Alexis Bloom, Produced by Will Cohen, Produced by Molly Thompson, Executive Producer Alex Gibney, Executive Producer Hale County This Morning, This Evening • PBS • Idiom Film, LLC and Louverture Films in association with Field of Vision RaMell Ross, Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Produced by Su Kim, Produced by Lois Vossen, Executive Producer RBG • CNN • CNN Films, Storyville Films Julie Cohen, Produced by Betsy West, Produced by Amy Entelis, Executive Producer Courtney Sexton, Executive Producer The Sentence • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Park Pictures Sam Bisbee, Produced by Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Produced by Rudy Valdez, Executive Producer Wendy Nau, Executive Producer Three Identical Strangers • CNN • CNN Films, RAW Becky Read, Produced by Grace Hughes-Hallett, Producer Amy Entelis, Executive Producer Courtney Sexton, Executive Producer _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened • Netflix • Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects and Vice Studios Danny Gabai, Producer Chris Smith, Producer Mick Purzycki, Producer The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley • HBO • HBO Documentary Films and Jigsaw Productions Alex Gibney, Produced by Erin Edeiken, Produced by Jessie Deeter, Produced by Nancy Abraham, Executive Producer Sara Bernstein, Executive Producer Graydon Carter, Executive Producer Stacey Offman, Co-Executive Producer Jane Fonda In Five Acts • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Pentimento Susan Lacy, Produced by Jessica Levin, Produced by Emma Pildes, Produced by Leaving Neverland • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Channel 4 and Amos Pictures Dan Reed, Produced by Nancy Abraham, Executive Producer Lisa Heller, Executive Producer Love, Gilda • CNN • CNN Films, 3 Faces Films, Motto Pictures Lisa D'Apolito, Produced by James Tumminia, Produced by Bronwyn Berry, Produced by Meryl Goldsmith, Produced by Alan Zweibel, Executive Producer Amy Entelis, Executive Producer Courtney Sexton, Executive Producer Minding The Gap • Hulu • Kartemquin, American Documentary | POV and ITVS Diane Quon, Produced by Bing Liu, Produced by Gordon Quinn, Executive Producer Steve James, Executive Producer Sally Jo Fifer, Executive Producer Justine Nagan, Executive Producer Chris White, Executive Producer _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series American Masters • PBS • Thirteen Productions, LLC Michael Kantor, Producer/Executive Producer Sally Rosenthal, Producer Julie Sacks, Series Producer Junko Tsunashima, Supervising Producer Chef's Table • Netflix • Boardwalk Pictures Matthew Weaver, Executive Producer Brian McGinn, Executive Producer Andrew Fried, Executive Producer David Gelb, Executive Producer Dane Lillegard, Co-Executive Producer Hostile Planet • National Geographic • Plimsoll Productions Guillermo Navarro, Executive Producer Martha Holmes, Executive Producer Grant Mansfield, Executive Producer Bear Grylls, Executive Producer Kevin Tao Mohs, Executive Producer Tim Pastore, Executive Producer Tom Hugh-Jones, Series Producer Our Planet • Netflix • Silverback Films Sophie Lanfear, Produced by Alastair Fothergill, Series Producer Keith Scholey, Series Producer 30 For 30 • ESPN • ESPN Films Philip Aromando, Produced by Connor Schell, Executive Producer John Dahl, Executive Producer Libby Geist, Executive Producer _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Informational Series Or Special Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown • CNN • CNN Original Series, Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. Anthony Bourdain, Executive Producer Christopher Collins, Executive Producer Lydia Tenaglia, Executive Producer Sandra Zweig, Executive Producer Jared Andrukanis, Co-Executive Producer Michael Steed, Producer Jonathan Cianfrani, Producer Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee • Netflix • Embassy Row Jerry Seinfeld, Executive Producer George Shapiro, Executive Producer Tammy Johnston, Executive Producer Melissa Miller, Producer Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath • A&E • The Intellectual Property Corporation in association with No Seriously Productions Leah Remini, Executive Producer Eli Holzman, Executive Producer Aaron Saidman, Executive Producer Myles Reiff, Executive Producer Mike Rinder, Co-Executive Producer Meaghan Rady, Co-Executive Producer Kai Bowe, Co-Executive Producer My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman • Netflix • Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. and Worldwide Pants Chris Cechin-De La Rosa, Executive Producer Lydia Tenaglia, Executive Producer Tom Keaney, Executive Producer Sandra Zweig, Executive Producer Mary Barclay, Executive Producer Michael Steed, Producer Helen Cho, Producer Surviving R. Kelly • Lifetime • Kreativ Inc. Joel Karsberg, Executive Producer Dream Hampton, Executive Producer Tamra Simmons, Executive Producer Jesse Daniels, Executive Producer Brie Miranda Bryant, Executive Producer Jessica Everleth, Co-Executive Producer Maria Pepin, Co-Executive Producer _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program Free Solo • National Geographic • National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Directed by Jimmy Chin, Directed by FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened • Netflix • Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects and Vice Studios Chris Smith, Directed by Leaving Neverland • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Channel 4 and Amos Pictures Dan Reed, Directed by RBG • CNN • CNN Films, Storyville Films Julie Cohen, Directed by Betsy West, Directed by Three Identical Strangers • CNN • CNN Films, RAW Tim Wardle, Directed by _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown • Lower East Side • CNN • CNN Original Series, Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. Tom Patterson, Editor Free Solo • National Geographic • National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Bob Eisenhardt, ACE, Editor Leaving Neverland • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Channel 4 and Amos Pictures Jules Cornell, Editor RBG • CNN • CNN Films, Storyville Films Carla Gutierrez, ACE, Editor Three Identical Strangers • CNN • CNN Films, RAW Michael Harte, Editor _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown • Bhutan • CNN • CNN Original Series, Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. Morgan Fallon, Director of Photography Todd Liebler, Director of Photography Zach Zamboni, Director of Photography Free Solo • National Geographic • National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Jimmy Chin, Director of Photography Clair Popkin, Director of Photography Mikey Schaefer, Cinematography by Our Planet • Coastal Seas • Netflix • Silverback Films Doug Anderson, Director of Photography Gavin Thurston, Director of Photography Our Planet • Jungles • Netflix • Silverback Films Alastair MacEwen, Director of Photography Matt Aeberhard, Director of Photography Our Planet • One Planet • Netflix • Silverback Films Jamie McPherson, Director of Photography Roger Horrocks, Director of Photography _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi- Camera) Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown • Far West Texas • CNN • CNN Original Series, Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. Benny Mouthon, Sound Supervisor Hunter Gross, Sound Editor Free Solo • National Geographic • National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Deborah Wallach, Sound Supervisor Filipe Messeder, Sound Effects Editor Jim Schultz, Music Editor Roland Vajs, Foley Editor Nuno Bento, Foley Artist FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened • Netflix • Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects and Vice Studios Nathan Hasz, Sound Supervisor Tom Paul, Sound Designer Jeremy Bloom, Sound Effects Editor Esther Regelson, Dialogue Editor Daniel Ward, Dialogue Editor Curtis Henderson, Foley Artist Leaving Neverland • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Channel 4 and Amos Pictures Ross Millership, Dialogue Editor Poppy Kavanagh, Music Editor Our Planet • Frozen Worlds • Netflix • Silverback Films Kate Hopkins, Sound Supervisor Tim Owens, Sound Editor _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera) Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown • Kenya • CNN • CNN Original Series, Zero Point Zero Production, Inc. Brian Bracken, Re-Recording Mixer Free Solo • National Geographic • National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Tom Fleischman, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer Ric Schnupp, Re-Recording Mixer Tyson Lozensky, Scoring Mixer Jim Hurst, Production Mixer FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened • Netflix • Jerry Media, Library Films, Matte Projects and Vice Studios Tom Paul, Re-Recording Mixer Leaving Neverland • HBO • HBO Documentary Films in association with Channel 4 and Amos Pictures Matt Skilton, Re-Recording Mixer Marguerite Gaudin, Production Mixer Our Planet • One Planet • Netflix • Silverback Films Graham Wild, Re-Recording Mixer _________________________________________________________________________________ Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Free Solo • National Geographic • National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Marco Beltrami, Music by Brandon Roberts, Music by Game Of Thrones: The Last Watch • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Glimmer Films Hannah Peel, Music by Hostile Planet • Oceans • National Geographic • Plimsoll Productions Benjamin Wallfisch, Music by Love, Gilda • CNN • CNN Films, 3 Faces Films, Motto Pictures Miriam Cutler, Music by Our Planet • One Planet • Netflix • Silverback Films Steven Price, Music by RBG • CNN • CNN Films, Storyville Films Miriam Cutler, Music by |
AuthorMatthew Carey is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. His work has appeared on Deadline.com, CNN, CNN.com, TheWrap.com, NBCNews.com and in Documentary magazine. |