Archival Docs Shine at 74th Primetime Emmy Awards

Archival docs had a great night at the 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (September 12, 2022), bringing home top honors in four out of six documentary/non-fiction categories.

Peter Jackson took home the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for his stellar work on The Beatles – Get Back, besting Judd Apatow & Michael Bonfiglio (George Carlin’s American Dream); Amy Poehler (Lucy and Desi); Ian Denyer (Stanley Tucci Searching for Italy); Andrew Rossi (The Andy Warhol Diaries); and W. Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby).

The Beatles – Get Back also won the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series. The other nominees were 100 Foot Wave; jeen-yus – A Kanye Trilogy; The Andy Warhol Diaries; and We Need to Talk About Cosby.

George Carlin’s American Dream won for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special. It was up against Controlling Britney Spears; Lucy and Desi; The Tinder Swindler; and We Feed People.

When Claude Got Shot won the Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. It was up against Changing the Game and Fredrick Douglass: In Five Speeches.

Lucy and Desi won for Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program. The other nominees were How to with John Wilson; The Andy Warhol Diaries; The Problem with John Stewart; and the Tinder Swindler.

The News & Doc Emmy awards is set to take place September 29, 2022. There will be a lot to talk about once the winners are announced and we’ll cover it all in our October edition.