Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story swept the board on the 9th Critics Selection Documentary Awards, profitable all six classes by which it was nominated.
The UK-US characteristic gained finest director for Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui, in addition to tying for finest documentary characteristic with Netflix title Will & Harper.
Scroll down for the total listing of winners
Tremendous/Man additionally picked up finest modifying, rating, archival documentary and biographical documentary.
Produced by Bonhote, Robert Ford and Lizzie Gillett for the UK’s Ardour Photos 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 via this previous weekend; and in a restricted launch within the US on September 21.
The movie gained one in three of the 18 awards obtainable on the night time. Additional winners included Apple TV+’s The Final Of The Sea Girls, with finest cinematography and finest science/nature documentary; and Sugarcane, taking finest political documentary and finest 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
Finest documentary characteristic (tie) – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper
Finest director – Ian Bonhote, Peter Ettedgui for Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Finest new documentary filmmakers – Natalie Rae, Angela Patton for Daughters
Finest cinematography – Iris Ng, Eunsoo Cho, Justin Turkowski for The Final of the Sea Girls
Finest modifying – Otto Burnham for Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Finest rating – Ilan Eshkeri for Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Finest narration – Steve Martin for Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Items
Finest archival documentary – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Finest historic documentary – The Biggest Evening In Pop
Finest biographical documentary – Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Finest music documentary – Music by John Williams
Finest political documentary – Sugarcane
Finest science/nature documentary – The Final of the Sea Girls
Finest sports activities documentary – Simone Biles Rising
Finest true crime documentary – Sugarcane
Finest brief documentary – The Solely Lady within the Orchestra
Finest restricted documentary sequence – Simone Biles Rising
Finest ongoing documentary sequence – 30 for 30