Walkley Documentary Award

The Walkley Documentary Award is an Australian award presented annually since 2011^[1][2] as part of the Walkley Awards. It recognises excellence in documentary production grounded in journalistic principles.^[3]

List of award winners

Order	Year	Recipient(s)	Production Company	Program / Title	Broadcaster	Reference
12	2022	Karl Malakunas		Delikado	Theatrical Release	^[4]
11	2021	Wayne Blair, Nel Minchin, Ivan O'Mahoney	In Films	Firestarter:The Story of Bangarra	Theatrical Release	^[5]
10	2020	Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Tony Jones	In Films	Revelation	ABC Television	^[6]
9	2019	Stan Grant	Good Thing Productions	The Australian Dream	Theatrical Release	^[7]
8	2018	Evan Williams, Eve Lucas, Georgina Davis	SBS Dateline	Myanmar's Killing Fields	SBS Television	^[8]
7	2017	Martin Butler, Liz Jackson, Tania Nehme, Bentley Dean	Four Corners	A Sense of Self	ABC Television	^[9]
6	2016	Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton, Ivan O'Mahoney	In Films	Hitting Home	ABC Television	^[10]
5	2015	Michael Ware	Penance Films	Only The Dead	Theatrical Release	^[11]
4	2014	Dan Goldberg, Danny Ben-Moshe	Mint Pictures, Identity Films and Productions	Code of Silence	SBS Television	^[12]
3	2013	Martin Butler, Bentley Dean	Contact Films	First Footprints	ABC Television	^[13]^[14]
2	2012	Celeste Geer	Rebel Films	Then the Wind Changed	ABC Television	^[1]
1	2011	Darren Dale, Chloe Hooper, Tony Krawitz	Blackfella Films	The Tall Man	Theatrical Release	^[2]^[15]

References

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8. "Myanmar's Killing Fields".
9. "A Sense of Self". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 November 2016.
10. "ABC's Sarah Ferguson on Hitting Home: 'All domestic violence begins with control'". the Guardian. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
11. Lowry, Brian (24 March 2016). "TV Review: 'Only the Dead See the End of War'". Variety. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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13. "Martin Butler and Bentley Dean to receive this year's Byron Kennedy Award". Cinema Australia. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
14. Perry, Kevin (28 November 2013). "Winners of the 2013 Walkley Awards". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
15. "Darren Dale: Awards". imdb. Retrieved 17 November 2021.