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2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![American Factory Steven Bognar](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-factory-steven-bognar-julia-reichert-image.jpg)
American Factory
Steven Bognar
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-morgan-neville-image.jpg)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Morgan Neville
2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Faces Places Agns Varda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/faces-places-jr-agnes-varda-image.jpg)
Faces Places
Agns Varda
2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/o.j.-made-in-america-ezra-edelman-image.jpg)
O.J.: Made in America
Ezra Edelman
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-look-of-silence-joshua-oppenheimer-image.jpg)
The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer
2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Citizenfour Laura Poitras](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/citizenfour-laura-poitras-image.jpg)
Citizenfour
Laura Poitras
2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![20 Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20-feet-from-stardom-morgan-neville-image.jpg)
20 Feet from Stardom
Morgan Neville
2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![The Invisible War Kirby Dick](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-invisible-war-kirby-dick-image.jpg)
The Invisible War
Kirby Dick
2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![The Interrupters Steve James](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-interrupters-steve-james-image.jpg)
The Interrupters
Steve James
2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/exit-through-the-gift-shop-image.jpg)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Banksy
2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Anvil: The Story of Anvil Sacha Gervasi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/anvil-the-story-of-anvil-sacha-gervasi-image.jpg)
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Sacha Gervasi
2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Man on Wire James Marsh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/man-on-wire-james-marsh-image.jpg)
Man on Wire
James Marsh
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Crazy Love Dan Klores](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crazy-love-dan-klores-fisher-stevensco-director-image.jpg)
Crazy Love
Dan Klores
2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![The Road to Guantanamo Michael Winterbottom](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-road-to-guantanamo-mat-whitecross-michael-winterbottom-image.jpg)
The Road to Guantanamo
Michael Winterbottom
2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/enron-the-smartest-guys-in-the-room-image.jpg)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Alex Gibney
2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Joe Berlinger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/metallica-some-kind-of-monster-joe-berlinger-bruce-sinofsky-image.jpg)
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Joe Berlinger
2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Errol Morris](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-fog-of-war-eleven-lessons-from-the-life-of-robert-s.-mcnamara-errol-morris-image.jpg)
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Errol Morris
2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bowling-for-columbine-michael-moore-image.jpg)
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore
2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Dogtown and Z-Boys Stacy Peralta](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dogtown-and-z-boys-stacy-peralta-image.jpg)
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Stacy Peralta
2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
![Dark Days Marc Singer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dark-days-marc-singer-image.jpg)