1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Date	November 3, 2016
Site	BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
	; Critics' Choice Documentary Awards; 2nd →;

The 1st Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 3, 2016 at the BRIC House in

Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television.^[1] This was the inaugural ceremony for these awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association. The nominees were announced on October 10, 2016.^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Documentary Feature O.J.: Made in America 13th Cameraperson Fire at Sea Gleason Life, Animated Tickled Tower Weiner The Witness	Best Direction for a Documentary Feature Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made in America Ron Howard – The Beatles: Eight Days a Week Kirsten Johnson – Cameraperson Keith Maitland – Tower Clay Tweel – Gleason Roger Ross Williams – Life, Animated
Best Documentary Feature (TV/Streaming) 13th Fantastic Lies Amanda Knox Audrie & Daisy Before the Flood Holy Hell Into the Inferno Jim: The James Foley Story Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Rats	Best Direction (TV/Streaming) Ava DuVernay – 13th Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato – Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn – Amanda Knox Werner Herzog – Into the Inferno Morgan Spurlock – Rats Fisher Stevens – Before the Flood
Best First Documentary Feature Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg – Weiner Otto Bell – The Eagle Huntress David Farrier and Dylan Reeve – Tickled Adam Irving – Off the Rails James D. Solomon – The Witness Nanfu Wang – Hooligan Sparrow	Best Political Documentary 13th O.J.: Made in America Audrie & Daisy Newtown Weiner Zero Days
Best First Feature (TV Streaming) Everything is Copy Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Holy Hell Mavis! My Beautiful Broken Brain Team Foxcatcher	Best Limited Documentary Series O.J.: Made in America The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth The Eighties The Hunt Jackie Robinson Soundbreaking: Stories From the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
Best Ongoing Documentary Series 30 for 30 Frontline Last Chance U Morgan Spurlock Inside Man POV This Is Life with Lisa Ling	Best Sports Documentary O.J.: Made in America Fantastic Lies Dark Horse The Eagle Huntress Gleason Jackie Robinson Keepers of the Game
Best Music Documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week Gimme Danger Miss Sharon Jones! The Music of Strangers Presenting Princess Shaw We Are X	Most Innovative Documentary Tower Cameraperson Kate Plays Christine Life, Animated Nuts Under the Sun
Best Song in a Documentary *“I’m Still Here” – Miss Sharon Jones!* – Written by Sharon Jones, Performed by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings** “Angel by the Wings” – The Eagle Huntress – Written and performed by Sia “The Empty Chair” – Jim: The James Foley Story – Written by Sting and J. Ralph, Performed by Sting “Flicker” – Audrie & Daisy – Written and performed by Tori Amos “Hoping and Healing” – Mike McCready “Letters to the Free” – 13th* – Written by Common, Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper – Performed by Common featuring Bilal*

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
5	O.J.: Made in America
5	13th
4	Gleason
3	Audrie & Daisy
	Life, Animated
	Cameraperson
	The Eagle Huntress
	Towe
	Weiner
2	Holy Hell
	Amanda Knox
	Rats
	The Witness
	Into the Inferno
	Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
	Jim: The James Foley Story
	Miss Sharon Jones!
	Tickled
	Jackie Robinson
	Fantastic Lies
	Before the Flood

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
4	O.J.: Made in America
3	13th

References

^ Tapley, Kristopher (November 3, 2016). "'O.J.: Made in America,' '13th' Top First Annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". Variety. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
^ Hammond, Pete (October 10, 2016). "'13th,' 'O.J.: Made In America' & 'Gleason' Lead Nominations For First Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
Indiewire
. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

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[1] Tapley, Kristopher (November 3, 2016). "'O.J.: Made in America,' '13th' Top First Annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". Variety. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

[2] Hammond, Pete (October 10, 2016). "'13th,' 'O.J.: Made In America' & 'Gleason' Lead Nominations For First Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

[3] Indiewire
. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

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Winners and nominees

Films by multiple nominations and wins

See also

References