HBO’s It Will Be Chaos (pictured) and Hulu’s Crime + Punishment were among the winners at the 40th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which took place at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York last night (Sept. 24).
The ceremony honored both national and international nominees in more than 50 categories focused on documentaries, news reports and multimedia projects.
The night was dominated by premium pay TV network HBO, which walked away with 10 statuettes. American pubcaster PBS followed closely behind racking up nine awards, while CBS took home six honors. The awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Topping all nominees was CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ which led the event with 23 mentions, while HBO’s Vice News Tonight followed with 18 nominations. PBS, meanwhile, led the way for broadcasters with 47 total nominations, including 12 for long-standing documentary strand ‘Independent Lens’ and 10 for ‘Frontline’.
“Tonight, we honor the news and documentary industry and the men and women who bring us the truth: the story of the world we live in, year by year and day to day,” said Terry O’Reilly, chairman of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, in a statement. “It is their commitment to telling the stories of our times – with accuracy and integrity – that we celebrate tonight.”
Below is a list of long-form news, documentary and interactive doc winners. For the complete list, visit the Emmy website.
OUTSTANDING CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY
HBO – HBO Documentary Films
It Will Be Chaos
Director / Producers: Lorena Luciano, Filippo Piscopo
OUTSTANDING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY
World Channel ‘Doc World’
Armed With Faith
Director/Producers: Asad Faruqi, Geeta Gandbhir
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY
Hulu
Crime + Punishment
Director: Stephen Maing
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY
PBS ‘Frontline’
Documenting Hate
Director: Richard Rowley
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
HBO – HBO Documentary Films
King in the Wilderness
Director: Peter Kunhardt
OUTSTANDING ARTS AND CULTURE DOCUMENTARY
PBS ‘Independent Lens’
I Am Not Your Negro
Director/Producer: Raoul Peck
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY
National Geographic
Science Fair
Producer / Directors: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster
OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY
CNN Films. CNN
Trophy
Directors: Shaul Schwarz, Cristina Clusiau
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DOCUMENTARY
VICE Special Report HBO
Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
BEST DOCUMENTARY
HBO – HBO Documentary Films
I Am Evidence
Directors: Geeta Gandbhir, Trish Adlesic