Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award / Best Documentary
The Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary is an annual award from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle . In 1987 and 2005 the award was split. Michael Moore is the most honored director with four wins.
Award winners
1970s
| year | winner | Director (s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Marjoe | Sarah Kernochan and Howard Smith |
| 1973 | The house next door - chronicle of a French town during the war | Marcel Ophüls |
| 1974 | That's entertainment! | Jack Haley Jr. |
| 1975 | Hearts and Minds | Peter Davis |
| 1976 | That's entertainment! Part 2 | Gene Kelly |
| 1977 | Pumping iron | George Butler and Robert Fiore |
| 1978 | The Last Waltz | Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson |
| 1979 | The Children of Theater Street | Robert Dornhelm and Earle Mack |
1980s
| year | winner | Director (s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Sherman's March and Shoah | Ross McElwee (Sherman's M.) and Claude Lanzmann (Shoah) |
| 1988 | The Thin Blue Line | Errol Morris |
| 1989 | Roger & Me | Michael Moore |
1990s
| year | winner | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Berkeley in the Sixties | Mark Kitchell |
| 1991 | Paris is Burning | Jennie Livingston |
| 1992 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper |
| 1993 | Brother's Keeper | Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky |
| 1994 | Hoop Dreams | Steve James |
| 1995 | Crumb | Terry Zwigoff |
| 1996 | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills | Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky |
| 1997 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | Errol Morris |
| 1998 | The great maker | Michael Moore |
| 1999 | not forgiven |
2000s
| year | winner | Director (s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | not forgiven | |
| 2001 | Startup.com | Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus |
| 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | Michael Moore |
| 2003 | Capturing the Friedmans | Andrew Jarecki |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Michael Moore |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man and Murderball | Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man) and Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro (Murderball) |
| 2006 | To Inconvenient Truth | Al Gore |
| 2007 | In the Shadow of the Moon | David Sington and Christopher Riley |
| 2008 | Man on Wire | James Marsh |
| 2009 | Every Little Step | James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo |
2010s
| year | winner | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Exit through the gift shop | Banksy |
| 2011 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Werner Herzog |
| 2012 | The Imposter | Bart Layton |
| 2013 | The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| 2014 | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras |
| 2015 | Amy | Asif Kapadia |
Record holder
| Director | Victories |
|---|---|
| Michael Moore | 4th |
| Werner Herzog | 2 |
| Errol Morris | 2 |
| Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky | 2 |