documentarian
noun
doc·u·men·tar·i·an
ˌdä-kyə-mən-ˈter-ē-ən 
-ˌmen-,
-kyü-
: one who makes a documentary
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Longtime sports media and entertainment executive Steve Bornstein will be feted during the Sports Emmys on May 26, Emmy-winning ABC News journalist Martha Raddatz is the News Emmys honoree on May 27, and Emmy-winning documentarian Sam Pollard will receive the Documentary Emmys prize on May 28.
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Neville is smart enough as a documentarian to leave out platitudes, but also to let access to Michaels’ Maine retreat be a vibe rather than some knockout reveal.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
His savior was the experimental documentarian Harun Farocki, famous for provocative works that skewered bourgeois complacency.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Neville is smart enough as a documentarian to leave out platitudes, but also to let access to Michaels’ Maine retreat be a vibe rather than some knockout reveal.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
His savior was the experimental documentarian Harun Farocki, famous for provocative works that skewered bourgeois complacency.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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