Four documentaries lead the field in the non-fiction categories for this year’s Emmy nominations. Lucy and Desi topped with six nominations, while The Beatles: Get Back, George Carlin’s American Dream, and Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy each received five nominations. All four were nominated for direction, while Get Back is a nominee in the series category and George Carlin’s American Dream and Lucy and Desi are nominated in the documentary or non-fiction special race, while Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy is up for outstanding hosted series. On their heels are The Andy Warhol Diaries and The Tinder Swindler with four nominations each.
The full list of documentary/nonfiction Emmy nominations are as follows:
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio – George Carlin’s American Dream
Kamau Bell – We Need to Talk About Cosby
Ian Denyer – Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Peter Jackson – The Beatles: Get Back
Amy Poehler – Lucy and Desi
Andrew Rossi – The Andy Warhol Diaries
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
100 Foot Wave
The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Beatles: Get Back
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
We Need to Talk About Cosby
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Controlling Britney Spears (New York Times Presents)
George Carlin’s American Dream
Lucy and Desi
The Tinder Swindler
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
The Problem with Jon Stewart
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Vice
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
Changing the Game – Alex Schmider, Clare Tucker
Frederick Douglass: in Five Speeches – Nancy Abraham; Oluwaseum Babalola; Henry Louis Gates, Jr; Lisa Heller; Dyllan McGee; Sara Rodriguez
When Claude Got Shot – Steven Cantor, Brad Lichtenstein, Jamie Schutz
Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
The Andy Warhol Diaries – Andrew Rossi
How to with John Wilson – Michael Korman, Connor O’Malley, Susan Orlean, John Wilson
Lucy and Desi – Mark Monroe
The Problem with Jon Stewart – Kristen Acimovic, Chelsea Devantez, Jon Stewart
The Tinder Swindler – Felicity Morris
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
100 Foot Wave – Mike Prickett, Laurent Pujol
The Andy Warhol Diaries – Wolfgang Held
McCartney 3, 2, 1 – Stuart Winecoff
Our Great National Parks – Christiaan Muñoz-Salas, Ignacio Walker
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy – Andrew Muggleton
We Feed People – Kris Kaczor
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
The Beatles: Get Back – Jabez Olssen
George Carlin’s American Dream – Joseph Beshenkovsky, ACE
Lucy and Desi – Robert A. Martinez, Dan Reed, Inaya Graciana Yusuf
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy – Hamit Shonpal
The Tinder Swindler – Julian Hart
We Need to Talk About Cosby – Jennifer Brooks, Meg Ramsay
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
The Beatles: Get Back – Brent Burge, Michael Hedges, Alexis Feodoroff, Giles Martin
George Carlin’s American Dream – Brad Bergbom, Jason Gaya, Earl Marin, Kevin Rosen Quan
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls – Erik Brena, Ross D’Alessandro, Deanna Decenario, Julianne Kane
McCartney 3, 2, 1 – Laura Cunningham; Gary A. Rizzo, CAS
RuPaul’s Drag Race – Glenn Gaines, David Nolte, Erik Valenzuela
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy – Renato Ferrari, Tom O’Pray
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
The Beatles: Get Back – Emile De La Rey, Michael Donaldson, Stephen Gallagher, Martin Kwok, Simon Riley, Matt Stutter, Tane Upjohn-Beatson
George Carlin’s American Dream – Joseph Beshenkovsky, Bobby Mackston, Matt Temple
Lucy and Desi – Bryant Furhman, Mike James Gallagher, Jason Tregoe Newman, Daniel Pagan, Anthony Vanchure
McCartney 3, 2, 1 – Kim Foscato, Jonarhan Greber, Leff Lefferts, E. Larry Oatfield, Bjorn Ole Schroeder
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible – Nainita Desai
Lucy and Desi – David Schwartz
Return to Space – Mychael Danna, Harry Gregson-Williams
The Tinder Swindler – Jessica Jones
They Call Me Magic – Terence Blanchard
