Saturday, December 21

FISA – Best Documentary

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

American Factory Steven Bognar

American Factory

Steven Bognar

2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Won't You Be My Neighbor? Morgan Neville

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Morgan Neville

2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Faces Places Agns Varda

Faces Places

Agns Varda

2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman

O.J.: Made in America

Ezra Edelman

2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer

The Look of Silence

Joshua Oppenheimer

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Citizenfour Laura Poitras

Citizenfour

Laura Poitras

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

20 Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville

20 Feet from Stardom

Morgan Neville

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

The Invisible War Kirby Dick

The Invisible War

Kirby Dick

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

The Interrupters Steve James

The Interrupters

Steve James

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Banksy

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Anvil: The Story of Anvil Sacha Gervasi

Anvil: The Story of Anvil

Sacha Gervasi

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Man on Wire James Marsh

Man on Wire

James Marsh

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Crazy Love Dan Klores

Crazy Love

Dan Klores

2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

The Road to Guantanamo Michael Winterbottom

The Road to Guantanamo

Michael Winterbottom

2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Alex Gibney

2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Joe Berlinger

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

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

Bowling for Columbine

Michael Moore

2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Dogtown and Z-Boys Stacy Peralta

Dogtown and Z-Boys

Stacy Peralta

2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary

Dark Days Marc Singer

Dark Days

Marc Singer