Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | |
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Awarded for | Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 2005 |
Currently held by | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2024) |
Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award 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.[1]