The Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking is handed out annually at the

Creative Arts Emmy Award The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. They are commonly awarded to behind-the-scenes personnel such as production designers, set ...

ceremony since 2005. Entries are reviewed by a jury on the basis of the "filmmaker's expressed vision, compelling power of storytelling, artistry or innovation of craft, and the capacity to inform, transport, impact, enlighten, and create a moving and indelible work that elevates the art of documentary filmmaking." Entrants are ineligible for Outstanding Informational Series or Special and Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.

Winners and nominations

2000s

2010s

2020s

Total awards by network

* HBO – 10 * PBS – 5 * Nat Geo – 2 * A&E – 1 * CNN – 1 * Netflix – 1 * Pluto - 1

References

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