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2020 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Time Garrett Bradley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/time-garrett-bradley-image.jpg)
Time
Garrett Bradley
2019 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – 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
2018 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![On Her Shoulders Alexandria Bombach](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-her-shoulders-image.jpg)
On Her Shoulders
Alexandria Bombach
2017 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![The Force Peter Nicks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-force-peter-nicks-image.jpg)
The Force
Peter Nicks
2016 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Life, Animated Roger Ross Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/life-animated-roger-ross-williams-image.jpg)
Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams
2015 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Cartel Land Matthew Heineman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cartel-land-matthew-heineman-image.jpg)
Cartel Land
Matthew Heineman
2014 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![The Case Against 8 Ben Cotner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-case-against-8-image.jpg)
The Case Against 8
Ben Cotner
2013 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cutie-and-the-boxer-zachary-heinzerling-image.jpg)
Cutie and the Boxer
Zachary Heinzerling
2012 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![The Queen of Versailles Lauren Greenfield](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-queen-of-versailles-lauren-greenfield-image.jpg)
The Queen of Versailles
Lauren Greenfield
2011 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles Jon Foy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/resurrect-dead-the-mystery-of-the-toynbee-tiles-jon-foy-image.jpg)
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Jon Foy
2010 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Smash His Camera Leon Gast](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/smash-his-camera-leon-gast-image.jpg)
Smash His Camera
Leon Gast
2009 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![The General Natalia Almada](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-general-natalia-almada-image.jpg)
The General
Natalia Almada
2008 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![American Teen Nanette Burstein](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-teen-nanette-burstein-image.jpg)
American Teen
Nanette Burstein
2007 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![War Dance Sean Fine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/war-dance-sean-fine-andrea-nix-image.jpg)
War Dance
Sean Fine
2006 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Iraq in Fragments James Longley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/iraq-in-fragments-james-longley-image.jpg)
Iraq in Fragments
James Longley
2005 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![The Devil and Daniel Johnston Jeff Feuerzeig](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-devil-and-daniel-johnston-jeff-feuerzeig-image.jpg)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Jeff Feuerzeig
2004 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Super Size Me Morgan Spurlock](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/super-size-me-morgan-spurlock-image.jpg)
Super Size Me
Morgan Spurlock
2003 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![My Flesh and Blood Jonathan Karsh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-flesh-and-blood-jonathan-karsh-image.jpg)
My Flesh and Blood
Jonathan Karsh
2002 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Sister Helen Rob Fruchtman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sister-helen-rebecca-cammisa-rob-fruchtman-image.jpg)
Sister Helen
Rob Fruchtman
2001 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – 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
2000 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Paragraph 175 Rob Epstein](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/paragraph-175-rob-epstein-jeffrey-friedman-image.jpg)
Paragraph 175
Rob Epstein
1999 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Regret to Inform Barbara Sonneborn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/regret-to-inform-image.jpg)
Regret to Inform
Barbara Sonneborn
1998 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Moment of Impact Julia Loktev](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Moment of Impact
Julia Loktev
1997 Sundance Film Festival – Directing Award – Documentary
![Licensed to Kill Arthur Dong](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/licensed-to-kill-image.jpg)