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• Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix)
  • Athlete A (Netflix)
  • Belushi (Showtime)
  • Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix)
  • Feels Good Man (Wavelength Productions/PBS Independent Lens)
  • The Fight (Magnolia Pictures)
  • The Go-Go's (Showtime)
  • Gunda (Neon)
  • Mr. Soul! (Shoes in the Bed Productions)
  • My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
  • The Painter and the Thief (Neon)
  • A Secret Love (Netflix)
  • The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
  • Time (Amazon Studios)

• Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead
  • Garrett Bradley – Time
  • Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk – Athlete A
  • Victor Kossakovsky – Gunda
  • James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham – Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
  • Dawn Porter – John Lewis: Good Trouble
  • Benjamin Ree – The Painter and the Thief

• Melissa Haizlip – Mr. Soul!
  • Robert S. Bader – Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
  • Chris Bolan – A Secret Love
  • Arthur Jones – Feels Good Man
  • Elizabeth Leiter and Kim Woodard – Jane Goodall: The Hope
  • Elizabeth Lo – Stray
  • Sasha Joseph Neulinger – Rewind

• David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet – David Attenborough, narrator and writer
  • Dick Johnson Is Dead – Kirsten Johnson, narrator and writer
  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds – Werner Herzog, narrator and writer
  • Mr. Soul! – Blair Underwood, narrator; Ellis Haizlip, writer
  • My Octopus Teacher – Craig Foster, narrator and writer
  • Time – Fox Rich, narrator and writer
  • Totally Under Control – Alex Gibney, narrator and writer

• MLK/FBI (Field of Vision/IFC Films)
  • Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (HBO)
  • Belushi (Showtime)
  • Class Action Park (HBO Max)
  • Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix)
  • Mr. Soul! (Shoes in the Bed Productions)
  • Spaceship Earth (Neon)

• St. Louis Superman (MTV Documentary Films)
  • Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible (ESPN)
  • The Claudia Kishi Club (Netflix)
  • Crescendo! (Quibi)
  • Elevator Pitch (Field of Vision)
  • Hunger Ward (Spin Film/Vulcan Productions/RYOT Films)
  • Into the Fire (National Geographic)
  • My Father the Mover (MTV Documentary Films)
  • The Rifleman (Field of Vision)
  • The Speed Cubers (Netflix)

• Boys State (Apple)
  • All In: The Fight for Democracy (Amazon Studios)
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble (Magnolia Pictures)
  • MLK/FBI (Field of Vision/IFC Films)
  • The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
  • Totally Under Control (Neon)
  • The Way I See It (Focus Features)

• Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (HBO)
• Athlete A (Netflix)
  • Be Water (ESPN)
  • A Most Beautiful Thing (50 Eggs Films)
  • Red Penguins (Universal Pictures)
  • Rising Phoenix (Netflix)
  • You Cannot Kill David Arquette (Super LTD)

• John Lewis: Good Trouble (Magnolia Pictures)
  • Belushi (Showtime)
  • Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix)
  • Howard (Disney+)
  • Mr. Soul! (Shoes in the Bed Production)
  • Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (Netflix)
  • Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (HBO)

• My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
  • Coded Bias (7th Empire Media/PBS Independent Lens)
  • Fantastic Fungi (Moving Art)
  • Gunda (Neon)
  • I Am Greta (Hulu)
  • The Last Ice (National Geographic)
  • Spaceship Earth (Neon)

• Beastie Boys Story (Apple)
• The Go-Go's (Showtime)
  • Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (Magnolia Pictures)
  • Laurel Canyon (Epix)
  • Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (Magnolia Pictures)
  • Other Music (Factory 25)
  • Zappa (Magnolia Pictures)

• Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts and Buck Sanders – The Way I See It
  • Ari Balouzian and Ryan Hope – Feels Good Man
  • Tyler Durham, Sven Faulconer and Xander Rodzinski – The Last Ice
  • Peter Nashel and Brian Deming – Totally Under Control
  • Daniel Pemberton – Rising Phoenix
  • Jeff Tweedy – Long Gone Summer
  • Jeff Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy and Sammy Tweedy – Showbiz Kids

• Roger Horrocks – My Octopus Teacher
  • Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw – The Truffle Hunters
  • Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead
  • Victor Kossakovsky and Egil Håskjold Larsen, Gunda (Neon)
  • Scott Ressler, Neil Gelinas and Stefan Wiesen – The Last Ice
  • Gianfranco Rosi – Notturno
  • Ruben Woodin Dechamps – The Reason I Jump

• Lindy Jankura and Alex Keipper – Totally Under Control
  • Don Bernier – Athlete A
  • Eli Despres, Greg Finton and Kim Roberts – The Fight
  • Helen Kearns – Assassins
  • Victor Kossakovsky and Ainara Vera – Gunda
  • Eileen Meyer and Andrew Gersh – Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
  • Charlotte Munch Bengtsen – The Truffle Hunters

• Dr. Rick Bright – Totally Under Control
• Steven Garza – Boys State
• The Go-Go's – The Go-Go's
• Judith Heumann – Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
• Dick Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead
• Maggie Nichols, Rachael Denhollander, Jamie Dantzscher – Athlete A
• Fox Rich – Time
• Pete Souza – The Way I See It
• Taylor Swift – Miss Americana
• Greta Thunberg – I Am Greta

The following films received multiple nominations:

The following films received multiple awards: