List of accolades received by American Factory

| Accolades

Award

Wins

Nominations

Totals[a]
Wins| 18
Nominations| 27

Note

1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

American Factory is a 2019 documentary film produced by Steven Bognar, who also co-directed the film with Julia Reichert. The film is about a Chinese company repurposing a former car-manufacturing plant in the American city of Moraine, Ohio. It was the first picture produced by Higher Ground Productions, a production company established by Barack and Michelle Obama.

## Accolades[edit]

Award  | Date of ceremony  | Category  | Recipient(s) and nominee(s)  | Result  | Ref(s)

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Academy Awards | February 9, 2020 | Best Documentary Feature | Steven Bognar, Jeff Reichert, and Julia Reichert | Won | [1]
Ashland Independent Film Festival | February 9, 2020  | Best Documentary Feature | Steven Bognar, Jeff Reichert, and Julia Reichert | Won |
British Academy Film Awards | February 2, 2020 | Best Documentary | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Nominated  | [2]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | December 14, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated  | [3]
Cinema Eye Honors | January 6, 2020  | Outstanding Nonfiction Feature  | American Factory | Won | [4][5]
Outstanding Direction  | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won
Outstanding Editing  | Lindsay Utz | Nominated
Outstanding Original Score  | Chad Cannon | Nominated
Audience Choice Prize  | American Factory | Nominated
Cleveland International Film Festival | March 27—April 7, 2019  | Local Heroes Competition  | American Factory | Nominated  | [6][7]
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival | March 20—31, 2019  | F:ACT Award  | American Factory | Nominated  | [8]
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2019  | Best Director[a] | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won | [9][10]
Best Documentary Feature  | American Factory | Nominated
Best Editing  | Lindsay Utz | Nominated
Best Political Documentary  | American Factory | Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | December 16, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Runner-up  | [11]
Directors Guild of America Awards | January 25, 2020  | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary  | American Factory | Won | [12][13]
Dorian Awards | January 8, 2020  | Documentary of the Year  | American Factory | Nominated  | [14]
Florida Film Critics Circle | December 23, 2019  | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated  | [15]
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | January 10, 2020  | Best Documentary  | American Factory | Nominated  | [16][17]
Gotham Awards | December 2, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Won | [18]
Audience Award | Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Awards | January 9, 2020  | Best Documentary  | American Factory | Nominated  | [19][20]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards | January 2, 2020  | Best Documentary  | American Factory | Nominated  | [21]
Independent Spirit Awards | February 8, 2020 | Best Documentary Feature | American Factory | Won | [22]
IDA Documentary Awards | December 7, 2019  | Best Director  | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won | [23]
Best Editing  | Lindsay Utz | Nominated
Best Feature  | American Factory | Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | December 8, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Won | [24]
Montclair Film Festival |  | Best Documentary  | American Factory | Nominated  |
National Board of Review | December 3, 2019  | Top Five Documentaries  | American Factory | Won | [25]
National Society of Film Critics Awards | December 3, 2019 | Best Nonfiction Film  | American Factory | Runner-up  | [26]
Online Film Critics Society Awards | January 6, 2020 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated  | [27]
Peabody Awards | June 10, 2020 | Documentary  | American Factory | Nominated  | [28][29]
Primetime Emmy Awards | September 19, 2020 | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won | [30]
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program | Aubrey Keith and Erick Stoll | Nominated
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program | Lindsay Utz | Nominated
Producers Guild of America Award | January 18, 2020 | Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures | Steven Bognar, Jeff Reichert, and Julia Reichert | Nominated  | [31]
RiverRun International Film Festival | April 4—14, 2019  | Best Documentary Feature  | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won | [32]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | December 16, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated  |
Sarasota Film Festival | April 13, 2019  | Documentary Feature Jury Prize  | American Factory | Won | [33]
Sundance Film Festival | January 24—February 3, 2019 | Directing Award: U.S. Documentary  | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won | [34]
U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary  | American Factory | Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | December 8, 2019 | Allan King Documentary Awards | American Factory | Won | [35][36]
Traverse City Film Festival | August 3, 2019  | Founders Grand Prize Documentary D.A. Pennebaker Award  | American Factory | Won | [37]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | December 8, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated  | [38]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Tied with Peter Jackson for They Shall Not Grow Old.

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## External links[edit]

* Awards for American Factory at IMDb

*[Ref(s)]: References