The Television Academy announced the nominees for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards, which include multiple nonfiction and documentary categories. Many of these contenders are among our favorites of this and last year, and four of the latest Oscar nominees for Best Documentary Feature are now also Emmy nominees — RBG is up for four awards, Hale County This Morning, This Evening is up for one, Minding the Gap is also up for one, and winner Free Solo is up for seven.
Congrats to all the documentary nominees in these categories:
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking
- Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening
- RBG
- The Sentence
- Three Identical Strangers
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special
- FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
- Jane Fonda in Five Acts
- Leaving Neverland
- Love, Gilda
- Minding the Gap
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
- American Masters
- Chef’s Table
- Hostile Planet
- Our Planet
- 30 for 30
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown
- Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
- Surviving R. Kelly
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Outstanding Children’s Program
- Song of Parkland
Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- Free Solo
- FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
- Leaving Neverland
- RBG
- Three Identical Strangers
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Kenya”
- The Case Against Adnan Syed – “Forbidden Love”
- Fyre Fraud
- Hostile Planet – “Grasslands”
- Our Planet – “Jungles”
- Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men – “Episode 1”
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Bhutan”
- Free Solo
- Our Planet – “Coastal Seas”
- Our Planet – “Jungles”
- Our Planet – “One Planet”
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unkown – “Lower East Side”
- Free Solo
- Leaving Neverland
- RBG
- Three Identical Strangers
Outstanding Narrator
- The Flood
- The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti
- Our Planet – “One Planet”
- Queens of Mystery – “Murder in the Dark: First Chapter”
- Savage Kingdom – “Fall of the Queen”
- Wonders of Mexico
Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Free Solo
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
- Hostile Planet – “Oceans”
- Love, Gilda
- Our Planet – “One Planet”
- RBG
Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
- Song of Parkland
“Beautiful Things Can Grow”
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Outstanding Music Supervision
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera)
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Far West Texas”
- Free Solo
- FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
- Leaving Neverland
- Our Planet – “Frozen Worlds”
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
- Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – “Kenya”
- Free Solo
- FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
- Leaving Neverland
- Our Planet – “One Planet”
Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special
Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming
Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within An Unscripted Program
Outstanding Main Title Design