This is a list of winners of the Sundance Film Festival Directing Award for documentary features.
Winners 1990s 1997: Arthur Dong – Licensed to Kill 1998: Julia Loktev – Moment of Impact1998 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org 1999: Barbara Sonneborn – Regret to Inform
2000s 2000: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman – Paragraph 175 2001: Stacy Peralta – Dogtown and Z-Boys 2002: Rebecca Cammisa and Rob Fruchtman – Sister Helen 2003: Jonathan Karsh – My Flesh and Blood 2004: Morgan Spurlock – Super Size Me 2005: Jeff Feuerzeig – The Devil and Daniel JohnstonAn Artist and His Inner Demons in 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' - The New York Times 2006: James Longley – Iraq in Fragments 2007: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine – War/Dance 2008: Nanette Burstein – American TeenEVENTS | “American Teen” to Open Sundance at BAM Series; 22 Features Slated|IndieWire 2009: Natalia Almada – El General
2010s 2010: Leon Gast – Smash His Camera 2011: Jon Foy – Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles 2012: Lauren Greenfield – The Queen of Versailles 2013: Zachary Heinzerling – Cutie and the Boxer 2014: Ben Cotner and Ryan White – The Case Against 8 2015: Matthew Heineman – Cartel Land 2016: Roger Ross Williams – Life, AnimatedThe Orchard Acquires Award-Winning Sundance Doc ‘Life, Animated’|IndieWire 2017: Peter Nicks – The Force 2018: Alexandria Bombach – On Her Shoulders 2019: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory
2020s 2020: Garrett Bradley – Time 2021: Natalia Almada – Users 2022: Reid Davenport – I Didn't See You There 2023: Luke Lorentzen – A Still Small Voice 2024: Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – SugarcaneThe Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival 2025: Geeta Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor 2026: J.M. Harper – Soul Patrol
International winners
See also Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
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