Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Awarded for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by Moira Demos
Laura Ricciardi,
Making a Murderer (2016)
Official website emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year.

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network
2002–03[1] Seabiscuit (American Experience) Michelle Ferrari PBS
Da Ali G Show Sacha Baron Cohen, Dan Mazer, Anthony Hines, Jamie Glassman, James Bobin HBO
Journeys with George Alexandra Pelosi
The Murder of Emmett Till (American Experience) David C. Taylor PBS
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Mark Jonathan Harris HBO
2003–04[2] Judy Garland: By Myself (American Masters) Susan Lacy, Stephen Stept PBS
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor Rick Sebak PBS
JFK: A Presidency Revealed David C. Taylor History
Pandemic: Facing AIDS "Uganda/Thailand" Mark Bailey HBO
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! "War on Drugs" Penn Jillette, Teller, Emma Webster, Star Price, Michael Goudeau Showtime
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives "The Peasant" Terry Jones History
2004–05[3] Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Geoffrey C. Ward PBS
Beyond the Da Vinci Code Thomas Quinn, Rob Blumenstein History
Broadway: The American Musical "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" JoAnn Young PBS
Death in Gaza Saira Shah HBO
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! "Profanity" Penn Jillette, Teller, Jon Hotchkiss, Star Price, Michael Goudeau Showtime
2005–06[4] Stardust: The Bette Davis Story Peter Jones TCM
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea (American Masters) DeWitt Sage PBS
How William Shatner Changed the World Alan Handel, Julian Jones History
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (American Masters) Kenneth Bowser PBS
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! "Prostitution" Penn Jillette, Teller, Cliff Schoenberg, Jon Hotchkiss, Michael Goudeau, Star Price Showtime
2006–07[5] Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (American Masters) James Sanders, Ric Burns PBS
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! "Wal-Mart" Penn Jillette, Teller, Sheryl Zohn, Jon Hotchkiss, Michael Goudeau, Star Price, Cliff Schoenberg, David Weiss Showtime
Planet Earth "Mountains" Vanessa Berlowitz, Gary Parker Discovery Channel
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed Steven Smith, David Comtois, Kevin Burns History
This American Life "God's Close-Up" Nancy Updike Showtime
2007–08[6] The War "Pride of Our Nation (June–August 1944)" Geoffrey C. Ward PBS
Intervention "Caylee" Jeff Grogan A&E
Life After People David de Vries History
This American Life "Escape" Ira Glass Showtime
Walt Whitman (American Experience) Mark Zwonitzer PBS
2008–09[7] Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Joe Bini, P.G. Morgan, Marina Zenovich HBO
Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About (American Masters) Amanda Vaill PBS
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America "When I'm Bad, I'm Better — The Groundbreakers" Michael Kantor, Laurence Maslon
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! "New Age Medicine" Penn Jillette, Teller, Star Price, Rich Nathanson, Michael Goudeau, David Wechter, Cliff Schoenberg, Sheryl Zohn Showtime
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (American Experience) David Grubin PBS

2010s

Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network
2009–10[8] The National Parks: America's Best Idea "The Last Refuge (1890–1915)" Dayton Duncan PBS
America: The Story of Us "Division" Jenny Ash, Ed Fields History
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations "Prague" Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel
The Buddha David Grubin PBS
Life "Challenges of Life" Paul Spillenger Discovery Channel
2010–11[9] Freedom Riders (American Experience) Stanley Nelson Jr. PBS
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations "Haiti" Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel
Gasland Josh Fox HBO
Gettysburg Richard Bedser, Ed Fields History
Moguls & Movie Stars "The Birth of Hollywood" Jon Wilkman TCM
2011–12[10] Prohibition "A Nation of Hypocrites" Geoffrey C. Ward PBS
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations "Cuba" Anthony Bourdain Travel Channel
Clinton (American Experience) Barak Goodman PBS
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (American Masters) Peter Jones
Sesame Street: Growing Hope Against Hunger Christine Ferraro
2012–13[11] Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Alex Gibney HBO
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "Libya" Anthony Bourdain CNN
The Dust Bowl "The Great Plow-Up" Dayton Duncan PBS
Ethel Mark Bailey HBO
The Men Who Built America "A New War Begins" Stephen David, Patrick Reams, David C. White, Keith Palmer, Randy Counsman, Ed Fields History
2013–14[12] Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey "Standing Up in the Milky Way" Ann Druyan, Steven Soter Fox
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "Congo" Anthony Bourdain CNN
JFK (American Experience) Mark Zwonitzer PBS
The World Wars "Trial by Fire" Stephen David, David C. White, John Ealer, Alec Michod, Chelsea Coates, Randy Counsman, Russ McCarroll, Jordan Rosenblum, David Schaye History
Years of Living Dangerously "The Surge" Adam Bolt Showtime
2014–15[13] Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Alex Gibney HBO
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "Iran" Anthony Bourdain CNN
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Brett Morgen HBO
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience) Keven McAlester, Mark Bailey PBS
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History "The Rising Road (1933–1939)" Geoffrey C. Ward
2015–16[14] Making a Murderer "Eighteen Years Lost" Laura Ricciardi, Moira Demos Netflix
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown "Borneo" Anthony Bourdain CNN
Everything Is Copy - Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted Jacob Bernstein HBO
Jackie Robinson David McMahon, Sarah Burns PBS
Walt Disney (American Experience) Mark Zwonitzer (telescript), Sarah Colt (story), Tom Jennings (story)

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