The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures is an award annually given by Producers Guild of America since 2007.

Winners and nominees

2000s Year Film Producer(s) 2007(19th) Sicko Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara Body of War Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro Hear and Now Irene Taylor Brodsky Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Jim Brown, Michael Cohl, and William Eigen White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Steven Okazaki 2008(20th) Man on Wire Simon Chinn Standard Operating Procedure Julie Ahlberg and Errol Morris Trouble the Water Carl Deal and Tia Lessin 2009(21st) The Cove Fisher Stevens and Paula DuPré Pesmen Burma VJ Lise Lense-Møller Sergio John Battsek, Greg Barker, and Julie Goldman Soundtrack for a Revolution Joslyn Barnes, Jim Czarnecki, Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman, and Dylan Nelson

2010s Year Film Producer(s) 2010(22nd) Waiting for "Superman" Lesley Chilcott Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Maiken Baird, Alex Gibney, Jedd Wider, and Todd Wider Earth Made of Glass Reid Carolin and Deborah Scranton Inside Job Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs Smash His Camera Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger The Tillman Story John Battsek 2011(23rd) Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Michael Rapaport, Edward Parks, Frank Mele, and Debra Koffler Bill Cunningham New York Philip Gefter Project Nim Simon Chinn Senna James Gay-Rees The Union Cameron Crowe and Michelle Panek 2012(24th) Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn A People Uncounted Marc Swenker and Aaron Yegerr The Gatekeepers Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky, and Dror Moreh The Island President Richard Berge and Bonni Cohen The Other Dream Team Marius Markevicius and Jon Weinbach 2013(25th) We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks Alexis Bloom, Alex Gibney, and Marc Shmuger Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Brad Bernstein and Rick Cikowski Life According to Sam Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine, and Miriam Weintraub A Place at the Table Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington, Kristi Jacobson, and Lori Silverbush Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington James Brabazon and Nick Quested 2014(26th) Life Itself Zak Piper, Steve James, and Garrett Basch The Green Prince Nadav Schirman, John Battsek, and Simon Chinn Merchants of Doubt Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo Particle Fever David E. Kaplan, Mark Levinson, Andrea Miller, and Carla Solomon Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara 2015(27th) Amy James Gay-Rees The Hunting Ground Amy Ziering The Look of Silence Signe Byrge Sørensen Meru Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Something Better to Come Sigrid Dyekjær and Hanna Polak 2016(28th) O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow Dancer Gabrielle Tana The Eagle Huntress Stacey Reiss and Otto Bell Life, Animated Julie Goldman and Roger Ross Williams Tower Keith Maitland, Susan Thomson, and Megan Gilbride 2017(29th) Jane Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, Tony Gerber, and James Smith Chasing Coral Jeff Orlowski and Larissa Rhodes City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman Cries from Syria Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, and Aaron I. Butler Earth: One Amazing Day Stephen McDonogh Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower Matthew Torne, Mark Rinehart, and Joe Piscatella The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee Teddy Kunhardt and George Kunhardt 2018(30th) Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville, Nicholas Ma, and Caryn Capotosto The Dawn Wall Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, and Philipp Manderla Free Solo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, and Shannon Dill Hal Christine Beebe, Jonathan Lynch, and Brian Morrow Into the Okavango Neil Gelinas RBG Betsy West and Julie Cohen Three Identical Strangers Becky Read and Grace Hughes-Hallett 2019(31st) Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller and Thomas Petersen Advocate Philippe Bellaïche and Rachel Leah Jones American Factory Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, and Jeff Reichert The Cave Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjaer For Sama Waad Al-Kateab Honeyland Atanas Georgiev and Ljubomir Stefanov One Child Nation Christoph Jörg, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Nanfu Wang, and Jialing Zhan

2020s Year Film Producer(s) 2020(32nd) My Octopus Teacher Craig Foster David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Jonnie Hughes Dick Johnson Is Dead Kirsten Johnson, Katy Chevigny, and Marilyn Ness Softie Toni Kamau and Sam Soko A Thousand Cuts Ramona S. Diaz, Leah Marino, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn Time Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn, and Garrett Bradley The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw 2021(33rd) Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Joseph Patel, David Dinerstein, and Robert Fyvolent Ascension Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy, and Nathan Truesdell The First Wave Matthew Heineman, Jenna Millman, and Leslie Norville Flee Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte de la Gournerie In the Same Breath Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn The Rescue Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, John Battsek, P. J. van Sandwijk, and Bob Eisenhardt Simple as Water Robin Hessman and Megan Mylan Writing with Fire Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh 2022(34th) Navalny Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris All That Breathes Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, and Teddy Leifer Descendant Margaret Brown, Kyle Martin, and Essie Chambers Fire of Love Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman Nothing Compares Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie Retrograde Matthew Heineman and Caitlin McNally The Territory Sigrid Dyekjaer, Will Miller, Lizzie Gillett, Darren Aronofsky, Gabriel Uchida, and Alex Pritz 2023(35th) American Symphony Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman, and Joedan Okun 20 Days in Mariupol Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Derl McCrudden, and Michelle Mizner Beyond Utopia Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, and Sue Mi Terry The Disappearance of Shere Hite Nicole Newnham, Molly O'Brien, R. J. Cutler, Elise Pearlstein, Kimberley Ferdinando, and Trevor Smith The Mother of All Lies Asmae El Moudir Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Marianne Ostrat Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) Trish D. Chetty, Ged Doherty, and Colin Firth 2024(36th) Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford, and Ian Bonhôte Gaucho Gaucho Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw Mediha Hasan Oswald, Annelise Mecca, and Fahrinisa Campana Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Michael D. Ratner, Miranda Sherman, Dalia Burde, and Christopher Newman Porcelain War Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPré Pesmen We Will Dance Again Michal Weits 2025(37th)My Mom Jayne Mariska Hargitay and Trish Adlesic The Alabama Solution Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman, Alelur "Alex" Duran and Beth Shelburne Cover-Up Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Yoni Golijov and Olivia Streisand Mr. Nobody Against Putin Helle Faber, Alžběta Karásková and Radovan Síbrt Ocean with David Attenborough Toby Nowlan and Keith Scholey The Perfect Neighbor Alisa Payne, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee The Tale of Silyan Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Tamara Kotevska and Jordanco Petkovski

Multiple nominations and wins WinsNominationsName (Year) 2 5 Simon Chinn (2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018)14 Matthew Heineman (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023)2 Paula DuPré Pesmen (2009, 2024) Alex Gibney (2010, 2013) James Gay-Rees (2011, 2015) Lauren Domino (2020, 2023) Shane Boris (2022) Lizzie Gillett (2022, 2024)0 5 Julie Goldman (2009, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020) 4 John Battsek (2009, 2010, 2014, 2021)3 Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (2015, 2018, 2021) Jimmy Chin (2015, 2018, 2021) Sigrid Dyekjær (2015, 2019, 2022)2 Signe Byrge Sørensen (2015, 2021) Christopher Clements (2019, 2020) Carolyn Hepburn (2019, 2020) Michael Dweck (2020, 2024) Gregory Kershaw (2020, 2024)

See also Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

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