Company 3 Projects Earn Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations
October 13, 2026 Oct. 13, 2026The Critics Choice Association announced the nominees for the 11th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards today, recognizing three projects featuring work from Company 3 artists. Everest: The Other Side and Nuisance Bear each received four nominations, while Netflix’s Untold earned a nomination for Best Ongoing Documentary Series.
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Everest: The Other Side received four nominations, including Best Documentary Feature, Best Sports Documentary, and Best Cinematography. The film features cinematography by Clair Popkin and color grading by Senior Colorists Stefan Sonnenfeld and Yoomin Lee.
Following its U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize win at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Nuisance Bear continues its awards season momentum with four nominations, including Best First Documentary Feature, Best Science/Nature Documentary, and Best Cinematography. Directed by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman, the film features cinematography by Osio Vanden, Weisman, Michael Code, Sam Holling, Ian Kerr, CSC, and Jack Gawthrop, with color grading by Senior Colorist Joseph Bicknell.
Netflix’s Untold was also recognized with a nomination for Best Ongoing Documentary Series. Senior Colorist Sean Coleman has contributed to several installments of the series, including Untold: Chess Mates and Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill, released this season. Untold: Chess Mates was directed by Thomas Tancred and shot by Michael Latham, while Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill was directed by Grace McNally, with cinematography by David Bolen and Nick Ramey.
The ceremony will also honor acclaimed filmmaker and documentarian Ron Howard with the Critics Choice Impact Award, recognizing his contributions to nonfiction storytelling and his lasting influence on the documentary field. Visionary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim will receive the Pennebaker Award, which honors filmmakers whose careers have made a profound and lasting contribution to the art of documentary storytelling.
Winners will be announced on November 8 at The Edison Ballroom in New York City.
Congratulations to our artists, collaborators, and the filmmakers behind this year’s nominated projects.
Explore the full list of nominees here.
Nominees
Everest: The Other Side
Best Documentary Feature
Best Sports Documentary
Best Cinematography
Best Music Score
- Supervising Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
- Color | Yoomin Lee
- Finishing Editor | Nicholas Figueroa
- Color Production | Kate Albers, Anthony Romaguera
- Directors | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
- DP | Clair Popkin
- Editor | Bob Eisenhardt ACE
Nuisance Bear
Best First Documentary Feature
Best Science/Nature Documentary
Best Cinematography
Best Narration
- Color | Joseph Bicknell
- Finishing Editor | Mizuho Nakai
- Color Producer | Amanda Champion
- Directors | Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman
- DPs | Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman, Michael Code, Sam Holling, Ian Kerr CSC, Jack Gawthrop
- Editor | Andres Landau
UNTOLD
Best Ongoing Documentary Series
UNTOLD: Chess Mates
- Color | Sean Coleman
- Finishing Editor | Hunter Furnish
- Color Producer | Scott Salamon
- Director | Thomas Tancred
- DP | Michael Latham
- Editors | Forrest Borie, Jay Deuby, Nicholas Alden
UNTOLD: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill
- Color | Sean Coleman
- Finishing Editor | Hunter Furnish
- Color Producer | Scott Salamon
- Director | Grace McNally
- DPs | David Bolen, Nick Ramey
- Editors | Chris Dallas-Feeney, Peng Wang

