Country Australia Category of AACTA Awards | First awarded 2009 Instituted 2009 | |
Currently held by SAS - The Search for Warriors (2011) Presented by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts People also search for AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Winners & Nominees Hitting HomeSarah Ferguson - Ivan O'Mahoney - Nial Fulton, Hitting Home, Winner, Matilda & MeIvan O'Mahoney - Nel Minchin - Nial Fulton, Matilda & Me, Nominee, Changing Minds: The Inside StoryKarina Holden - Alison Black - Jenni Wilkes, Changing Minds: The Inside Story, Nominee, #BlackLivesMatterSally Sara - Matthew Davis, #BlackLivesMatter, Nominee, The Killing SeasonSarah Ferguson - Deborah Masters, The Killing Season, Winner, Between a Frock & a Hard PlaceJo-Anne McGowan, Between a Frock & a Hard Place, Nominee, The Cambodian Space Project: Not Easy Rock'n'RollRichard Kuipers, The Cambodian Space Project: Not Easy Rock'n'Roll, Nominee, Prison SongsKelrick Martin - Harry Bardwell, Prison Songs, Nominee, TenderKath Shelper, Tender, Winner, The NetworkEva Orner, The Network, Nominee, Taking on the Chocolate FrogSimon Steel - Debbie Cuell, Taking on the Chocolate Frog, Nominee, Brilliant CreaturesMargie Bryant - Dan Goldberg - Adam Kay, Brilliant Creatures, Nominee, Redesign My BrainIsabel Perez - Paul Scott, Redesign My Brain, Winner, Desert WarPhil Craig - Andrew Ogilvie - Andrea Quesnelle, Desert War, Nominee, First FootprintsBentley Dean - Martin Butler, First Footprints, Nominee, Go Back to Where You Came FromIvan O'Mahoney - Rick McPhee, Go Back to Where You Came From, Winner, Once Upon a Time in CabramattaJacob Hickey, Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta, Nominee, Sporting NationJohn Clarke - Laura Waters - Andrea Denholm -, Sporting Nation, Nominee, Singapore 1942 End of EmpireNed Lander - Andrew Ogilvie - Trevor Graham, Singapore 1942 End of Empire, Nominee | ||
The AACTA Award for Best Documentary Series, is a non-feature film award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to the producer of an Australian documentary series that is "a Television Program consisting of a potentially unlimited number of episodes but not less than 2 that is a creative treatment of actuality other than a news, current affairs, sports coverage, magazine, infotainment or light entertainment program." Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards) from 2009–2010. A single award for Best Documentary was handed out from 1958–2008, before it was split into three categories: Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Documentary Under One Hour and Best Documentary Series. The award is presented at the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event which celebrates achievements in film production, television, documentaries and short films.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, winners are listed first, in boldface and highlighted in gold; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees.