Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story swept the board on the 9th Critics Selection Documentary Awards, profitable all six classes during which it was nominated.
The UK-US characteristic gained greatest director for Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui, in addition to tying for greatest documentary characteristic with Netflix title Will & Harper.
Scroll down for the total checklist of winners
Tremendous/Man additionally picked up greatest modifying, rating, archival documentary and biographical documentary.
Produced by Bonhote, Robert Ford and Lizzie Gillett for the UK’s Ardour Footage and Misfits Leisure, Tremendous/Man depicts Reeve’s rise to changing into a movie star, near-fatal horse-riding accident and later life as a incapacity rights activist.
It was launched by Warner Bros within the UK and Eire on November 1, grossing £81,707 by way of this previous weekend; and in a restricted launch within the US on September 21.
The movie gained one in three of the 18 awards out there on the evening. Additional winners included Apple TV+’s The Final Of The Sea Girls, with greatest cinematography and greatest science/nature documentary; and Sugarcane, taking greatest political documentary and greatest true crime documentary.
The winners have been revealed at a gala occasion in New York Metropolis on Sunday, November 10, with attendees together with Chelsea Clinton, Ron Howard and Chai Vasarhelyi.
The Critics Selection Documentary Awards are voted for by qualifying members from the Critics Selection Affiliation, the US and Canada’s largest critics organisation.
The 30th Critics Selection Awards will happen on January 12, 2025.
Critics Selection Documentary Awards 2024
Greatest documentary characteristic (tie) – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper
Greatest director – Ian Bonhote, Peter Ettedgui for Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Greatest new documentary filmmakers – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton for Daughters
Greatest cinematography – Iris Ng, Eunsoo Cho, Justin Turkowski for The Final of the Sea Girls
Greatest modifying – Otto Burnham for Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Greatest rating – Ilan Eshkeri for Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Greatest narration – Steve Martin for Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Items
Greatest archival documentary – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Greatest historic documentary – The Biggest Night time In Pop
Greatest biographical documentary – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Greatest music documentary – Music by John Williams
Greatest political documentary – Sugarcane
Greatest science/nature documentary – The Final of the Sea Girls
Greatest sports activities documentary – Simone Biles Rising
Greatest true crime documentary – Sugarcane
Greatest brief documentary – The Solely Lady within the Orchestra
Greatest restricted documentary sequence – Simone Biles Rising
Greatest ongoing documentary sequence – 30 for 30