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DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

A working DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) dossier with winners, craft credits, ceremony trails, and nominee history kept close to the surface.

Latest Winner Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Span 1941-2025
Nominations 398
Ceremonies 83

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Most recent winning record: 98th ceremony (2025). All the Empty Rooms

Category History

83 ceremonies, 84 winners, 314 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Full nominee trails are loaded for every ceremony.

2020s

2025 98th Ceremony
Winner

Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

All the Empty Rooms

Craft Credits Joshua Seftel Conall Jones
4 other nominees
2024 97th Ceremony
Winner

Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

4 other nominees
2023 96th Ceremony
Winner

Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

The Last Repair Shop

Craft Credits Ben Proudfoot Kris Bowers
4 other nominees
2022 95th Ceremony
Winner

Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga

The Elephant Whisperers

4 other nominees
2020 93rd Ceremony
Winner

Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard

Colette

4 other nominees

2010s

2019 92nd Ceremony
4 other nominees
2018 91st Ceremony
Winner

Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton

Period. End of Sentence.

4 other nominees
2017 90th Ceremony
4 other nominees
2016 89th Ceremony
Winner

Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

The White Helmets

4 other nominees
2015 88th Ceremony
4 other nominees
2012 85th Ceremony
Winner

Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Inocente

Craft Credits Sean Fine Andrea Nix Fine
4 other nominees
2011 84th Ceremony
Winner

Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Saving Face

4 other nominees
2010 83rd Ceremony
Winner

Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Strangers No More

Craft Credits Karen Goodman Kirk Simon
4 other nominees

2000s

2009 82nd Ceremony
Winner

Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Music by Prudence

4 other nominees
2004 77th Ceremony
Winner

Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston

Mighty Times: The Children's March

4 other nominees
2000 73rd Ceremony
4 other nominees

1990s

1997 70th Ceremony
Winner

Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak

A Story of Healing

4 other nominees
1996 69th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1995 68th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1992 65th Ceremony
Winner

Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, Producers

Educating Peter

4 other nominees
1991 64th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1990 63rd Ceremony
4 other nominees

1980s

1988 61st Ceremony
Winner

William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke, Producers

You Don't Have to Die

4 other nominees
1987 60th Ceremony
Winner

Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Producers

Young at Heart

Craft Credits Sue Marx Pamela Conn
4 other nominees
1986 59th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1985 58th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1984 57th Ceremony
Winner

Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner, Producers

The Stone Carvers

Craft Credits Marjorie Hunt Paul Wagner
4 other nominees
1983 56th Ceremony
Winner

Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, Producers

Flamenco at 5:15

4 other nominees
1982 55th Ceremony
Winner

Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash, Producers

If You Love This Planet

4 other nominees
1981 54th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1980 53rd Ceremony
Winner

Roland Hallé and Peter W. Ladue, Producers

Karl Hess: Toward Liberty

4 other nominees

1970s

1978 51st Ceremony
Winner

Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor

4 other nominees
1977 50th Ceremony
Winner

John Joseph and Jan Stussy, Producers

Gravity Is My Enemy

Craft Credits John Joseph Jan Stussy
4 other nominees
1975 48th Ceremony
Winner

Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers

The End of the Game

Craft Credits Claire Wilbur Robin Lehman
4 other nominees
1974 47th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1973 46th Ceremony
Winner

Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers

Princeton: A Search for Answers

4 other nominees
1972 45th Ceremony
Winner

Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers

This Tiny World

4 other nominees
1971 44th Ceremony
Winner

Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, Producers

Sentinels of Silence

Craft Credits Manuel Arango Robert Amram
4 other nominees
1970 43rd Ceremony
4 other nominees

1960s

1969 42nd Ceremony
Winner

Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco, Producers

Czechoslovakia 1968

4 other nominees
1967 40th Ceremony
Winner

Mark Harris and Trevor Greenwood, Producers

The Redwoods

4 other nominees
1966 39th Ceremony
4 other nominees
1964 37th Ceremony
4 other nominees

1950s

1951 24th Ceremony
2 other nominees

1940s

1943 16th Ceremony
20 other nominees
1941 14th Ceremony
10 other nominees

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