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WINNERS IN 24 CATEGORIES OF THE 46TH ANNUAL Documentary EMMY® AWARDS Were Announced
in New York City..
Legendary & US Documentary Filmmaker Joh H. Else was Honored with the 2025- Doc Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award...
Article & Photos By Marcello Cutti II/Starlight Illustrated
NEW YORK, NY (SMI-GLOBAL-ENTERTAINMENT-AWARDS,06.25-06.31, 2025)– The winners in 24 categories of the 46th Annual Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced last Thursday's evening June 26, during an award ceremony presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), with National Geographic winning Six Emmys follow by Netflix with four-Emmys at the Palladium Times Square in the heart of NYC.
National Geographic won 4-Emmys in the categories: Outstanding Promotional Announcement, Historical,Music Composition, Editing,
Writing and Nature Documentary.
In the other hand, Netflix won in the categories: Outstanding Investigative, Business and Economic, Light Direction, and Cinematography Documentary.
Legendary US Documentary Filmmaker, cinematographer, producer and director Jon Else" was honored during the DOC Emmys ceremony with
the 2025 DOC Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of documentary filmmaking.
In addition to Jon Else being honored with the Lifetime Achievement
award, Michael Kirk (PBS Frontline & Kirk Documentary group), Gordon
Quinn(Kartemquin), & Marcia Smith (Firelight Media) were inducted into the Gold Circle Honor Society while Gemma Cubero del Barrio(Director & Writer for PBS) & Aljernon Tunsil (Firelight Films) into the Silver Circle Honor Society.
The Gold and Silver Circle Society honors industry leaders who have made lasting contributions to the television industry, with 50 years of distinguished service recognized by the Gold Circle and 25 years by the Silver Circle.
NATAS Foundation 2025 Scholarship Recipients:
Douglas W. Mummert: Douglas W. Mummert Scholarship.
Talan Collins: Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship
2025-46TH DOC EMMYS PRESENTERS:
Muta Ali, Joe Berlinger (NetFlix), Lisa Cortes, GAbriela Cowperthwaite, Carrie Lozano & Barak Goodman.
The 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honor programming content from more than 2200 submissions that originally premiered in calendar-year 2024, judged by a pool of more than 980 peer professionals from across the television and streaming/digital media News & Documentary industry.
DOCUMENTARY WINNERS:
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
We Will Dance Again WINNER
Paramount+ [See It Now Studios, HOT 8, BBC Storyville, Sipur Studios,Bitachon365, MGM Television, HSCC]
Producer Michal Weits
Director Yariv Mozer
Cinematographer Nir Maman, Shahar Reznik
Writer Yariv Mozer
Executive Producer Orly Arbell, Dorit Hessel, Arturo Interian, Lucie Kon, Sheldon
Lazarus, Rinat Klein Maron, Leo Pearlman, Emilio Schenker, Michael Schmidt, Dari
Shai, Haim Slutzky, Gideon Tadmor, Ben Turner, Gabe Turner, Ariel Weisbrod, Ben
Winston, Terence Wrong, Susan Zirinsky
Supervising Producer Aysu Saliba, Cara Tortora
Field Producer Hagit Segal
Associate Producer Ami Goldman, Megan McBride
Editor Roy Balbirsky, Yasmine Novak
OUTSTANDING POLITICS & GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY
The Sixth
A24 [Change Content] WINNER
Executive Producer Ben Cotner, Emily Osborne
Line Producer Grace Sin
Co-Executive Producer Adriana Banta, Sarba Das, Marissa Torres Ericson
Senior Producer Lauren Hafner Addison
Coordinating Producer Rebecca M. Abraham
Field Producer Margaret McEvoy
Editor Jeff Consiglio, Chrystie Martinez Gouz
Additional Cinematography Neil Barrett, Michael Crommett, Bahadir Gurel,
Stephen Jeter, Samuel Kretchmar, Caz Rubacky
Additional Dialogue Editor Rusty Dunn
Additional Line Producer Cristina DiLegge, Michael Saffran, Kathleen Simmonds
Additional Music Christopher Knight, Tomás Videla
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY
Two American Families: 1991-2024
FRONTLINE
PBS
Producer / Director / Editor Tom Casciato
Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath
Managing Editor Andrew Metz
Senior Producer Nina Chaudry, Frank Koughan
Reporter Bill Moyers
Editor Andrew Fredericks
Producer / Director / Writer Kathleen Hughes
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
Netflix [Stardust Frames, Duplass Brothers Productions]
Producer Maggie Ambrose, Shuli Harel
Director Zachary Treitz
Cinematographer Brett Jutkiewicz, Chris Messina
Executive Producer Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Christian Hansen, Juliana
Lembi, Zachary Treitz, Chapman Way, Maclain Way
Co-Producer Carolyn Craddock
Field Producer Jeremy Koch, Rachel Walden
Cameraperson Matt Clegg, Mattia Palombi
Investigative Reporter Christian Hansen
Editor Joshua Banville, Jay Deuby, Sean Frechette, Eric Schuman, Seth Skundrick
OUTSTANDING HYSTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
Tsunami: Race Against Time
National Geographic [Blast Films]
Producer Arantxa Hernandez Barthe
Director Daniel Bogado
Cinematographer Charlie Laing, DUANE McCLUNIE
Executive Producer Danny Horan, Carolyn Payne, Tanya Winston
Line Producer Samara Midler, Laura Miller
Series Producer James Parris
Archive Producer Siobhan Harvey
Editor Audinga Kucinskaite, Bruce Law, Chris Nicholls, Livia Serpa
OUTSTANDING ARTS & CULTURE DOCUMENTARY
Madu WINNER
Disney + [Disney Branded Television, Hunting Lane Films]
Producer Rachel Halilej, Katie McNeill, Jamie Patricof
Director Joel Kachi Benson
Director / Producer Matt Ogens
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY
Hunt for the Oldest DNA WINNER
NOVA
PBS [Handful of Films, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, NOVA/GBH, ZDF,
DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation]
Producer Ally Barry, Richard Stone, Sandra Tober
Executive Producer Sean B. Carroll, Julia Cort, John Rubin, Chris Schmidt
Editor Jay Macmillan, Jen Randall, Tim Symes
Writer / Director / Executive Producer Niobe Thompson
OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY
Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier: Win or Die WINNER
Photographer
National Geographic [Little Monster Films]
Cinematographer Ronan Killeen, Alex Pritz
Executive Producer Anna Barnes, Jimmy Chin, Betsy Forhan, Pagan Harleman,
Chris Kugelman, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Line Producer Suzanne Giordano
Co-Executive Producer Brent Kunkle
Editorial Producer Shelby Hougui
Editor Nick August Perna
Archival Producer Michael Churton
Assistant Editor Luz Zamora
Post Supervisor Peter Jensen
Senior Line Producer Stephanie Stoltzfus
VP Production Aideen Kane
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DOCUMENTARY
Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy WINNER
Netflix [Grain Media]
Producer Flora Bagenal
Director Nic Stacey
Cinematographer Brendan McGinty
Writer Nic Stacey
Executive Producer Chloe Leland, Alexander Marengo, Orlando Von Einsiedel
Line Producer Alexander Brunati
Editor Samuel R Santana
OUTSTANDING CRIME & JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY
The Truth vs. Alex Jones WINNER
HBO | Max [HBO Documentary Films, AMOS Pictures]
Producer Marguerite Gaudin
Executive Producer Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
Supervising Producer Anna Klein
Associate Producer Milo Riley-Smith
Editor William Grayburn, Peter Haddon
Director / Producer / Cinematographer Dan Reed
OUTSTANDING SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Dirty Business of Monkey Laundering WINNER
Bloomberg Investigates
Bloomberg
Producer Adrianne Jeffries
Cinematographer David Dominguez
Co-Executive Producer Neville Gillett, Kyle Kramer, Jordan Oplinger
Series Producer Leila Hussain
Reporter Jonathan Franklin
Cameraperson Nicholas Bennett, Ryan Cavataro, Anton Delgado, Josh Deveaux,
Beau Molloy, Chris Mosson, Paul Overstrom, Wes Reel, Alexander Thornburg,
Gialcarlo Zevallos
Editor Victoria Blackburne-Daniell
Editorial Producer David Rovella
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Sing Sing Chronicles WINNER
MSNBC [NBC News Studios, MSNBC Films, Trilogy Films]
Producer Sadie Bass, Lauren Capps, Nick McElroy
Cinematographer John Bentley, Bryant Fisher, Sean Gallagher, Rich White
Executive Producer Andy Berg, Liz Cole, Elizabeth Fischer, Rashida Jones, Rebecca
Kutler, Amanda Spain
Line Producer Amanda Moore
Associate Producer Meghan Shiels
Post Producer Alex Pilkington
Editor Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez, Rosie Walunas
Co-Editor Dave Monteagudo
Assistant Editor Daniel Barbour, David Scherker
Director / Executive Producer Dawn Porter
Executive Producer / Cinematographer Dan Slepian
Executive Producer / Showrunner Kimberley Ferdinando
Outstanding Writing – Documentary
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story WINNER
National Geographic [Silverback Films]
Writer Charlie Hamilton James
Outstanding Research – Documentary
The Grab WINNER
Center for Investigative Reporting Studios
[Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, Rocklin | Faust, Impact Partners]
Researcher McKenzie Funk, Nathan Halverson, JoeBill Muñoz, Mallory Newman, Amanda Pike, David Ritsher, Emma C. Schwartz, Yinuo Shi
Outstanding Direction – Documentary
Frida WINNER
Prime Video [Imagine Documentaries, TIME Studios]
Director Carla Gutiérrez
Outstanding Cinematography – Documentary
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough
Netflix [CBC, Sky, Humble Bee Films]
Director of Photography Kevin Flay, Hugo Kitching
Cameraperson James Aldred, Luke Barnett, Ralph Bower, Duncan Brake, Tavish
Campbell, Rod Clarke, Ben Cunningham, Filipe Deandrade, Adam Horder, Deirdre
Leowinata, Katie Mayhew, Sam Meyrick, Roger Munns, Duncan Parker, Robin Smith,
Romilly Spiers, Gavin Thurston, Darren West, Mark Yates
Outstanding Editing – Documentary
Blink WINNER
National Geographic [MRC, EYESTEELFILM, National Geographic
Documentary Films, Fishbowl Films, Motive]
ditor Ryan Mullins, Miranda Yousef
Associate Editor Rachelle Hamilton
Outstanding Graphic Design – Documentary
Omnivore WINNER
Apple TV+ [Fifth Season, Film 45]
Designer Margherita Premuroso
Lead Designer Sky Bird
Animator Steven Do, Cindy SooHoo, Trix Taylor
Creative Lead Benjamin Woodlock
Designer / Animator Steve Biggert
Graphics Editor Rachel Fowler, Javier Gonzalez
Outstanding Music Composition – Documentary
Endurance WINNER
National Geographic [A Little Dot Studios, Consequential, History Hit
Production, Little Monster Films, National Geographic Documentary Films]
Composer Daniel Pemberton
Outstanding Sound – Documentary
Earthsounds WINNER
Apple TV+ [Offspring Films]
Sound Recordist Marc Anderson
Sound Editor Jonny Crew, Tom Mercer, Tim Owens, Luke O’Connell, Owen Peters,
Owen Shirley
Dubbing Mixer Graham Wild
Foley Artist Paul Ackerman, Rory Joseph, Myles Ackerman Smith
Foley Editor Ellie Bowler
Sound Supervisor Kate Hopkins
Outstanding Lighting Direction – Documentary
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial WINNER
Netflix [Smuggler Entertainment, Third Eye Motion Picture Company]
Director of Photography Jeff Hutchens
Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration /Scenic Design – Documentary
You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. WINNER
Here’s the Truth.
The New York Times Opinion
The New York Times [Sharp As Knives]
Outstanding Promotional Announcement –Documentary
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story WINNER
National Geographic [Silverback Films, Silk Factory]
Executive Producer Chris Spencer
Creative Director Nicole Strong
Producer Michael Knopf, Mihaela Muhtarova
Design Director Carla Daeninckx
Editor Martin Wrench
Executive Creative Director Andrew Snook
Project Manager Isabella Alonzo
Senior Writer / Producer David Numbers
Outstanding Regional Documentary
The Holly Winner
Rocky Mountain Public Media(Heartland Chapter)
Director / Producer Julian Rubinstein
Producer Dia Sokol Svage, Donnie l. Betts
Article & Photos By Marcello Cutti II/Starlight Illustrated
Michael Kirk (PBS Frontline & Kirk Documentary group), Gordon Quinn(Kartemquin), & Marcia Smith (Firelight Media) were inducted into the Gold Circle Honor Society while Gemma Cubero del Barrio(Director & Writer for PBS) & Aljernon Tunsil (Firelight Films) into the Silver Circle Honor Society.
Michael Kirk (PBS Frontline & Kirk Documentary group), Gordon Quinn(Kartemquin), & Marcia Smith (Firelight Media) were inducted into the Gold Circle Honor Society while Gemma Cubero del Barrio(Director & Writer for PBS) & Aljernon Tunsil (Firelight Films) into the Silver Circle Honor Society.