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Year
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Recipient(s)
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Film
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2023
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Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
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20 Days in Mariupol
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2013
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Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
|
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20 Feet from Stardom
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1963
|
|
Federico Fellini
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8½
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|
1957
|
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Jerome Hill
|
|
Albert Schweitzer
|
|
1999
|
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
|
All About My Mother
|
|
2022
|
|
Edward Berger
|
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
|
1974
|
|
Federico Fellini
|
|
Amarcord
|
|
1990
|
|
Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn
|
|
American Dream
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2019
|
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Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
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|
American Factory
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|
2012
|
|
Michael Haneke
|
|
Amour
|
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2015
|
|
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
|
|
Amy
|
|
1967
|
|
Pierre Schoendoerffer
|
|
The Anderson Platoon
|
|
1995
|
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Jon Blair
|
|
Anne Frank Remembered
|
|
2020
|
|
Thomas Vinterberg
|
|
Another Round
|
|
1995
|
|
Marleen Gorris
|
|
Antonia's Line
|
|
1969
|
|
Bernard Chevry
|
|
Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life
|
|
1986
|
|
Brigitte Berman
|
|
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
|
|
1986
|
|
Fons Rademakers
|
|
The Assault
|
|
1987
|
|
Gabriel Axel
|
|
Babette's Feast
|
|
2003
|
|
Denys Arcand
|
|
The Barbarian Invasions
|
|
1993
|
|
Fernando Trueba
|
|
Belle Époque
|
|
1979
|
|
Ira Wohl
|
|
Best Boy
|
|
1949
|
|
Vittorio De Sica
|
|
Bicycle Thieves
|
|
2014
|
|
Don Hall, Chris Williams & Roy Conli
|
|
Big Hero 6
|
|
1976
|
|
Jean-Jacques Annaud
|
|
Black and White in Color
|
|
1962
|
|
Louis Clyde Stoumen
|
|
Black Fox
|
|
1959
|
|
Marcel Camus
|
|
Black Orpheus
|
|
2004
|
|
Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
|
|
Born into Brothels
|
|
2002
|
|
Michael Moore and Michael Donovan
|
|
Bowling for Columbine
|
|
2023
|
|
Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki
|
|
The Boy and the Heron
|
|
2012
|
|
Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman
|
|
Brave
|
|
1985
|
|
Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd
|
|
Broken Rainbow
|
|
1994
|
|
Nikita Mikhalkov
|
|
Burnt by the Sun
|
|
1997
|
|
Mike van Diem
|
|
Character
|
|
1989
|
|
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
|
Cinema Paradiso
|
|
2014
|
|
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
|
|
Citizenfour
|
|
1967
|
|
Jiří Menzel
|
|
Closely Watched Trains
|
|
2017
|
|
Lee Unkrich & Darla K. Anderson
|
|
Coco
|
|
1989
|
|
Rob Epstein and Bill Couturié
|
|
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
|
|
2007
|
|
Stefan Ruzowitzky
|
|
The Counterfeiters
|
|
2009
|
|
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
|
|
The Cove
|
|
2000
|
|
Ang Lee
|
|
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
|
|
1984
|
|
Richard Dembo
|
|
Dangerous Moves
|
|
1973
|
|
François Truffaut
|
|
Day for Night
|
|
1949
|
|
Crown Film Unit
|
|
Daybreak in Udi
|
|
2008
|
|
Yōjirō Takita
|
|
Departures
|
|
1975
|
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
|
Dersu Uzala
|
|
1943
|
|
British Ministry of Information
|
|
Desert Victory
|
|
1947
|
|
Sid Rogell, Theron Warth and Richard Fleischer
|
|
Design for Death
|
|
1972
|
|
Luis Buñuel
|
|
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
|
|
1986
|
|
Joseph Feury and Milton Justice
|
|
Down and Out in America
|
|
2021
|
|
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
|
|
Drive My Car
|
|
1965
|
|
Sidney Glazier
|
|
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
|
|
2021
|
|
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
|
|
Encanto
|
|
1983
|
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
|
Fanny and Alexander
|
|
2017
|
|
Sebastián Lelio
|
|
A Fantastic Woman
|
|
1944
|
|
Edward Steichen, United States Navy
|
|
The Fighting Lady
|
|
2003
|
|
Andrew Stanton
|
|
Finding Nemo
|
|
2024
|
|
Ron Dyens, Matīss Kaža, Gregory Zalcman and Gints Zilbalodis
|
|
Flow
|
|
2003
|
|
Errol Morris and Michael Williams
|
|
The Fog of War
|
|
1952
|
|
René Clément
|
|
Forbidden Games
|
|
2018
|
|
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, and Shannon Dill
|
|
Free Solo
|
|
1980
|
|
Murray Lerner
|
|
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
|
|
2013
|
|
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Peter Del Vecho
|
|
Frozen
|
|
1971
|
|
Vittorio De Sica
|
|
The Garden of the Finzi Continis
|
|
1954
|
|
Teinosuke Kinugasa
|
|
Gate of Hell
|
|
1981
|
|
Arnold Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier
|
|
Genocide
|
|
1978
|
|
Bertrand Blier
|
|
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
|
|
1973
|
|
Kieth Merrill
|
|
The Great American Cowboy
|
|
2013
|
|
Paolo Sorrentino
|
|
The Great Beauty
|
|
2022
|
|
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar & Alex Bulkley
|
|
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
|
|
2006
|
|
George Miller
|
|
Happy Feet
|
|
1976
|
|
Barbara Kopple
|
|
Harlan County, U.S.A.
|
|
1971
|
|
Walon Green
|
|
The Hellstrom Chronicle
|
|
1983
|
|
Emile Ardolino
|
|
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
|
|
1974
|
|
Peter Davis and Bert Schneider
|
|
Hearts and Minds
|
|
1955
|
|
Nancy Hamilton
|
|
Helen Keller in Her Story
|
|
1960
|
|
Larry Lansburgh
|
|
The Horse with the Flying Tail
|
|
1988
|
|
Marcel Ophüls
|
|
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
|
|
1993
|
|
Susan Raymond and Alan Raymond
|
|
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
|
|
2017
|
|
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
|
|
Icarus
|
|
2014
|
|
Paweł Pawlikowski
|
|
Ida
|
|
2024
|
|
Walter Salles
|
|
I'm Still Here
|
|
2010
|
|
Susanne Bier
|
|
In a Better World
|
|
1991
|
|
Allie Light and Irving Saraf
|
|
In the Shadow of the Stars
|
|
2006
|
|
Davis Guggenheim
|
|
An Inconvenient Truth
|
|
2004
|
|
Brad Bird
|
|
The Incredibles
|
|
1992
|
|
Régis Wargnier
|
|
Indochine
|
|
2010
|
|
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
|
|
Inside Job
|
|
2015
|
|
Pete Docter & Jonas Rivera
|
|
Inside Out
|
|
2000
|
|
Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer
|
|
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
|
|
1970
|
|
Elio Petri
|
|
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
|
|
1964
|
|
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
|
|
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
|
|
1968
|
|
Bill McGaw
|
|
Journey into Self
|
|
1990
|
|
Xavier Koller
|
|
Journey of Hope
|
|
1982
|
|
John Zaritsky
|
|
Just Another Missing Kid
|
|
1996
|
|
Jan Svěrák
|
|
Kolya
|
|
1951
|
|
Olle Nordemar
|
|
Kon-Tiki
|
|
2025
|
|
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang, Michelle L.M. Wong
|
|
KPop Demon Hunters
|
|
1956
|
|
Federico Fellini
|
|
La Strada
|
|
1998
|
|
James Moll and Kenneth Lipper
|
|
The Last Days
|
|
1961
|
|
Arthur Cohn and René Lafuite
|
|
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath)
|
|
1998
|
|
Roberto Benigni
|
|
Life Is Beautiful
|
|
2006
|
|
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
|
|
The Lives of Others
|
|
1953
|
|
Walt Disney
|
|
The Living Desert
|
|
1997
|
|
Marvin Hier and Richard Trank
|
|
The Long Way Home
|
|
1977
|
|
Moshé Mizrahi
|
|
Madame Rosa
|
|
1966
|
|
Claude Lelouch
|
|
A Man and a Woman
|
|
2008
|
|
Simon Chinn and James Marsh
|
|
Man on Wire
|
|
1975
|
|
F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartlebe
|
|
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
|
|
2005
|
|
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
|
|
March of the Penguins
|
|
1972
|
|
Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan
|
|
Marjoe
|
|
1994
|
|
Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders
|
|
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
|
|
1991
|
|
Gabriele Salvatores
|
|
Mediterraneo
|
|
1981
|
|
István Szabó
|
|
Mephisto
|
|
1958
|
|
Jacques Tati
|
|
Mon Oncle
|
|
1948
|
|
Maurice Cloche
|
|
Monsieur Vincent
|
|
1980
|
|
Vladimir Menshov
|
|
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
|
|
1942
|
|
Moscow Central Studio of Newsreels
|
|
Moscow Strikes Back
|
|
2025
|
|
David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Alžběta Karásková, Pavel Talankin
|
|
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
|
|
2001
|
|
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet
|
|
Murder on a Sunday Morning
|
|
2020
|
|
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
|
|
My Octopus Teacher
|
|
2022
|
|
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
|
|
Navalny
|
|
1957
|
|
Federico Fellini
|
|
Nights of Cabiria
|
|
2001
|
|
Danis Tanović
|
|
No Man's Land
|
|
2024
|
|
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor
|
|
No Other Land
|
|
2002
|
|
Caroline Link
|
|
Nowhere in Africa
|
|
1985
|
|
Luis Puenzo
|
|
The Official Story
|
|
2016
|
|
Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
|
|
O.J.: Made in America
|
|
1999
|
|
Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald
|
|
One Day in September
|
|
1992
|
|
Barbara Trent and David Kasper
|
|
The Panama Deception
|
|
2019
|
|
Bong Joon-ho
|
|
Parasite
|
|
1988
|
|
Bille August
|
|
Pelle the Conqueror
|
|
1942
|
|
Frank Capra, US Office of War Information
|
|
Prelude to War
|
|
2011
|
|
Gore Verbinski
|
|
Rango
|
|
1951
|
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
|
Rashomon
|
|
2007
|
|
Brad Bird
|
|
Ratatouille
|
|
1963
|
|
Robert Hughes
|
|
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
|
|
2018
|
|
Alfonso Cuarón
|
|
Roma
|
|
2016
|
|
Asghar Farhadi
|
|
The Salesman
|
|
1955
|
|
Hiroshi Inagaki
|
|
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi
|
|
1952
|
|
Irwin Allen
|
|
The Sea Around Us
|
|
2004
|
|
Alejandro Amenábar
|
|
The Sea Inside
|
|
2012
|
|
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
|
|
Searching for Sugar Man
|
|
1978
|
|
Arnold Shapiro
|
|
Scared Straight!
|
|
2009
|
|
Juan José Campanella
|
|
The Secret in Their Eyes
|
|
1948
|
|
Orville O. Dull
|
|
The Secret Land
|
|
2025
|
|
Joachim Trier
|
|
Sentimental Value
|
|
2011
|
|
Asghar Farhadi
|
|
A Separation
|
|
1959
|
|
Bernhard Grzimek
|
|
Serengeti Shall Not Die
|
|
1947
|
|
Vittorio De Sica
|
|
Shoe-Shine
|
|
1965
|
|
Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
|
|
The Shop on Main Street
|
|
2001
|
|
Aron Warner
|
|
Shrek
|
|
1956
|
|
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
|
|
The Silent World
|
|
2015
|
|
László Nemes
|
|
Son of Saul
|
|
2020
|
|
Pete Docter & Dana Murray
|
|
Soul
|
|
2018
|
|
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
|
|
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
|
|
2002
|
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
|
Spirited Away
|
|
2021
|
|
Questlove, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
|
|
Summer of Soul
|
|
1962
|
|
Serge Bourguignon
|
|
Sundays and Cybele
|
|
2007
|
|
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
|
|
Taxi to the Dark Side
|
|
1987
|
|
Aviva Slesin
|
|
The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
|
|
1961
|
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
|
Through a Glass Darkly
|
|
1984
|
|
Rob Epstein and Richard Schmiechen
|
|
The Times of Harvey Milk
|
|
1979
|
|
Volker Schlöndorff
|
|
The Tin Drum
|
|
1950
|
|
Robert Snyder
|
|
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
|
|
1982
|
|
José Luis Garci
|
|
To Begin Again
|
|
2010
|
|
Lee Unkrich
|
|
Toy Story 3
|
|
2019
|
|
Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen & Jonas Rivera
|
|
Toy Story 4
|
|
1945
|
|
The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America
|
|
The True Glory
|
|
2005
|
|
Gavin Hood
|
|
Tsotsi
|
|
2011
|
|
T. J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay and Rich Middlemas
|
|
Undefeated
|
|
2009
|
|
Pete Docter
|
|
Up
|
|
1954
|
|
Walt Disney
|
|
The Vanishing Prairie
|
|
1960
|
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
|
The Virgin Spring
|
|
2005
|
|
Nick Park & Steve Box
|
|
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
|
|
2008
|
|
Andrew Stanton
|
|
WALL-E
|
|
1950
|
|
René Clément
|
|
The Walls of Malapaga
|
|
1968
|
|
Sergei Bondarchuk
|
|
War and Peace
|
|
1966
|
|
Peter Watkins
|
|
The War Game
|
|
1996
|
|
Leon Gast and David Sonenberg
|
|
When We Were Kings
|
|
1958
|
|
Ben Sharpsteen
|
|
White Wilderness
|
|
1977
|
|
John Korty, Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart
|
|
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
|
|
1970
|
|
Bob Maurice
|
|
Woodstock
|
|
1964
|
|
Vittorio De Sica
|
|
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
|
|
1969
|
|
Costa-Gavras
|
|
Z
|
|
2023
|
|
Jonathan Glazer
|
|
The Zone of Interest
|
|
2016
|
|
Byron Howard, Rich Moore & Clark Spencer
|
|
Zootopia
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