Directing Award Documentary

This is a list of winners of the Sundance Film Festival Directing Award for documentary features.

1990s

 * 1998: Moment of Impact
 * 1999: Regret to Inform

2000s

 * 2000: Paragraph 175 - Rob Epstein and Jefferey Friedman
 * 2001: Dogtown and Z-Boys - Stacy Peralta
 * 2002: Sister Helen
 * 2003: No award
 * 2004: Super Size Me - Morgan Spurlock
 * 2005: The Devil and Daniel Johnston - Jeff Feuerzeig
 * 2006: Iraq in Fragments
 * 2007: War/Dance
 * 2008: American Teen - Nanette Burstein
 * 2009: El General

2010s

 * 2010: Smash His Camera
 * 2011: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
 * 2012: The Queen of Versailles
 * 2013: Cutie and the Boxer
 * 2014: The Case Against 8
 * 2015: Cartel Land
 * 2016: Life, Animated - Roger Ross Williams
 * 2017: The Force - Peter Nicks
 * 2018: On Her Shoulders - Alexandria Bombach
 * 2019: American Factory - Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

2020s

 * 2020: Time - Garrett Bradley
 * 2021: Users - Natalia Almada
 * 2022: I Didn't See You There
 * 2023: A Still Small Voice - Luke Lorentzen
 * 2024: Sugarcane - Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie