The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony. The category was called Outstanding Nonfiction Special prior to 2013 and Outstanding Informational Special before 1998.
Winners and nominations
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Total awards by network
- HBO â 12
- PBS â 5
- History â 3
- Netflix â 2
- Apple TV+ â 2
- CBS â 1
- Disney+ - 1
- Discovery â 1
Producers with multiple awards
7 wins
5 wins
2 wins
Producers with multiple nominations
33 nominations
15 nominations
10 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nomination
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
- Karim Amer
- Judd Apatow
- Ken Aymong
- Fenton Bailey
- Randy Barbato
- Christian Barcellos
- John Battsek
- Rudy Bednar
- Joe Berlinger
- Frances Berwick
- Joe Beshenkovsky
- Margaret Bodde
- Michael Bonfiglio
- Kenneth Bowser
- Michael Cascio
- Ben Cotner
- Christopher G. Cowen
- Liz Day
- Ken Druckerman
- Nicholas Ferrall
References