Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year.

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Programs with multiple awards

 * 2 wins
 * 100 Foot Wave

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 7 nominations
 * Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown


 * 4 nominations
 * Whale Wars


 * 3 nominations
 * American Experience
 * Our Planet
 * This American Life


 * 2 nominations
 * Blue Planet II
 * Chef's Table
 * Meerkat Manor
 * 100 Foot Wave
 * Planet Earth II
 * Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy