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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program

{{Infobox award

| name = Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program

| awarded_for = Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program

| presenter = Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

| country = United States

| holder = The Beach Boys (2024)

| website = {{url|emmys.com}}

}}

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year. From 2019 until 2022, nominations were divided between documentary/nonfiction programs and reality programs, proportional to the number of submissions of each.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title=Primetime Emmy Rule Changes Include TV Movie Length Requirement |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/emmy-rule-changes-tv-movie-length-requirement-black-mirror-choreography-1202520060/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 13, 2018}} They were split in 2023 with Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program becoming its own category.

Winners and nominations

=1980s=

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rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1980

! colspan="4"| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1980/outstanding-individual-achievement-informational-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 18, 2020}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.

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| colspan=2| Dive to the Edge of Creation (National Geographic Special)

| David Clark, Joel Fein, Robert L. Harman, George E. Porter

| PBS

rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1981

! colspan="4"| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1981/outstanding-individual-achievement-informational-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 18, 2020}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.

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| Cosmos

| "Blues for a Red Planet"

| Kent Gibson, Gerald Zelinger

| rowspan=2| PBS

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| colspan=2| Gorilla (National Geographic Special)

| Gary Bourgeois, Dave Dockendorf, John L. Mack, Dick Rector

colspan=2| Etosha: Place of Dry Water (National Geographic Special)

| Dave Dockendorf, David Hughes, Hoppy Mehterian, George E. Porter

| rowspan=3| PBS

colspan=2| Living Treasures of Japan (National Geographic Special)

| Gary Bourgeois, Kenneth Love, Hoppy Mehterian, Howard Wollman

colspan=2| National Parks: Playground or Paradise (National Geographic Special)

| Gary Bourgeois, George E. Porter, Terry Porter, Chuck White

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1982

! colspan="4"| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1982/outstanding-individual-achievement-informational-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 18, 2020}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.

colspan=2| Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

| Gary Bourgeois, Hoppy Mehterian, David Wisnievitz, Howard Wollman

| CBS

=1990s=

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! width="5%" | Network

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1993

! colspan="4"| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1993/outstanding-individual-achievement-informational-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 19, 2020}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.

colspan=2| Mysteries Underground (National Geographic)

| Michael Becker, Ken King, Mark Linden, Paul Schremp

| PBS

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1994

! colspan="4"| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994/outstanding-achievement-in-any-area-of-creative-technical-crafts |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 18, 2020}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.

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|colspan=2| Reflections on Elephants

| Beverly Joubert

| PBS

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1995

! colspan="4"| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995/outstanding-individual-achievement-informational-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 18, 2020}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.

colspan=2| One Survivor Remembers

| Piotr Domaradzki, Richard Fiocca, Ken Hahn, David Jaunai, Robert Silverthorne, Merce Williams

| HBO

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1996

! colspan="4"| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-individual-achievement-informational-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 18, 2020}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.

colspan=2| The Celluloid Closet

| Gauthem Choudherry, Bob Gravenor, Lora Hirschberg, Lauretta Molitor, Peggy Names, J.T. Takagi

| HBO

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; | 1999
{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=April 18, 2020}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" colspan=2| Avalanche: The White Death (National Geographic Specials)

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Dennis Towns, Scot Charles, Al Decker, Tara A. Paul

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | NBC

style="background:#FAEB86;" | Biography

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | "The Rat Pack"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Chris Drozdowski

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | A&E

=2000s=

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="20%" | Program

! width="20%" | Episode

! width="50%" | Nominees

! width="5%" | Network

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; | 2000
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.

|colspan=2| Raising the Mammoth

|Paul Schremp, Troy Tatzko

|rowspan=2|Discovery

colspan=2| Walking with Dinosaurs

|Bob Jackson

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2001
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Survivor

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Episode 1"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Terrance Dwyer

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | CBS

colspan=2| The Beatles Revolution

|Ken Hahn, David Jaunai, Ashley Howe

|ABC

Behind the Music

| align=center| "John Lennon: The Last Years"

|Earl Martin, Richard Gray

|VH1

Jazz

| align=center| "Dedicated to Chaos"

|Dominick Tavella

|PBS

colspan=2| Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen

|John McCormick, Mitch Dorf

|HBO

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2002
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" colspan=2| 9/11

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Grant Maxwell, Ken Hahn, Danny Caccavo

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | CBS

The Blue Planet

| align=center| "The Deep"

|Graham Wild

|Discovery

colspan=2| In Memoriam: New York City

|Larry Rock, Ken Hahn

|HBO

colspan=2| Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks (Great Performances)

|Peter Miller, Roger Phenix, Lee Dichter

|PBS

colspan=2| The True Story of Black Hawk Down

|Marcus Pardo

|History

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2003
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | American Masters

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Peter Waggoner

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | PBS

American Idol

| align=center| "Finale"

|Klaus Landsberg, Brian Riordan

|Fox

colspan=2| The Day the Towers Fell

|Sammy Jackson, Scott Delaney

|History

colspan=2| Expedition: Bismarck

|Ben Zarai, Ken Skoglund, Eric Reuveni, Aaron F. Quirk, Buck Robinson

|Discovery

colspan=2| Journeys with George

|Coll Anderson

|HBO

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2004
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Dinosaur Planet

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Pod's Travels" / "Alpha's Egg"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mike Olman, Ken Kobett

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Discovery

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "I Could Never Have Been Prepared for What I'm Looking at Right Now"

|Troy Smith

|CBS

American Masters

| align=center| "Judy Garland: By Myself"

|Ed Campbell

|PBS

colspan=2| Failure Is Not an Option

|Greg McCleary

|History

Survivor

| align=center| "They're Back"

|Terrance Dwyer, Jeremy Ireland, Heron Alencar, Roger Arguello, Rick Armstrong, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Christina Chin, Dan Foster, Richard Hill, Matthias Hoffman, Tony Jensen, Chris Kelly, Drew Levinson, Terry Meehan, Robert MacKay, Mike Ormsby, Rob Rosales, Bram Tulloch, Jim Ursulak

|CBS

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2005
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Broadway: The American Musical

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ed Campbell

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | PBS

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "We're Moving Up the Food Chain"

|Troy Smith, Jim Ursulak, Heron Alencar, Gary Azzinaro, Tyler Bender, Stephen Crawley, Dean Gaveau, Brian Johnson, Peter Jones, William Minchin, Gustavo Gama Rodrigues, Kris Bagley, Barry Weissman

|CBS

American Idol

| align=center| "Episode 401/402"

|Brian Riordan

|Fox

America's Deadliest Season: Alaskan Crab Fishing

| align=center| "The Clock's Ticking"

|Bob Bronow

|Discovery

Survivor

| align=center| "Love Is in the Air, Rats Are Everywhere"

|Terrance Dwyer, Jeremy Ireland, Christina Chin, Tony Jensen, Robert MacKay, Terry Meehan, Chris Kelly, Molefi J. Chabane, Dan Foster, Mike Ormsby, Steve Guercio, Scott Hanlon, Michael St. Hilaire, Colette Stewart, Jonathan Andrews, Drew Levinson

|CBS

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2006
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | American Masters

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Tom Fleischman

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | PBS

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "Here Comes the Bedouin!"

|Troy Smith, Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Peter Jones

|CBS

colspan=2| Baghdad ER

|Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill, Paul Hsu

|HBO

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "The Clock's Ticking"

|Bob Bronow

|Discovery

Survivor

| align=center| "Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"

|Terrance Dwyer, Jeremy Ireland, Matthias Hoffman, Tony Jensen

|CBS

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2007
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | American Masters

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Ed Campbell

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | PBS

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing"

|Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Dean Gaveau, Barry Weissman, Peter Wong, Troy Smith

|CBS

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "The Unforgiving Sea"

|Bob Bronow

|rowspan=2|Discovery

Planet Earth

| align=center| "Pole to Pole"

|Graham Wild

colspan=2| When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

|Ken Ishii, Stuart Deutsch, Charles R. Hunt, Bo Walker, Bob Chefalas, Douglas Murray

|HBO

rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; | 2008
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | American Masters

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Jason King

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | PBS

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something"

|Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Dean Gaveau, Troy Smith

|CBS

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "No Mercy"

|Bob Bronow

|Discovery

The War

| align=center| "When Things Get Tough"

|Dominick Tavella

|PBS

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2009
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 31, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" colspan=2| 102 Minutes That Changed America

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Damon Trotta

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | History

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me"

|Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Dean Gaveau, Troy Smith

|CBS

American Idol

| align=center| "Episode 801/802"

|Brian Riordan, Adrian Ordonez

|Fox

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "Stay Focused or Die"

|Bob Bronow

|Discovery

Survivor

| align=center| "The Poison Apple Needs to Go"

|Robert Mackay, Terry Meehan, Christopher Kelly, Terrance Dwyer

|CBS

=2010s=

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style="background:#bebebe;"

! width="5%" | Year

! width="20%" | Program

! width="20%" | Episode

! width="50%" | Nominees

! width="5%" | Network

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2010
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Deadliest Catch

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "No Second Chances"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Bob Bronow

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Discovery

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?"

|Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith

|CBS

Life

| align=center| "Challenges of Life"

|Graham Wild, John Rigatuso

|Discovery

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

| align=center| "The Scripture of Nature"

|Dominick Tavella

|PBS

Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...

| align=center| "Bruce Springsteen"

|Neil Cedar

|Sundance Channel

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2011
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Deadliest Catch

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Redemption Day"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Bob Bronow

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Discovery

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win"

|Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith

|CBS

American Idol

| align=center| "Auditions No. 2: New Orleans"

|Brian Riordan, Kamal Humphrey, Phil Valdivia, Chris Tront

|Fox

American Masters

| align=center| "LENNONYC"

| Ed Campbell

|PBS

colspan=2| Gettysburg

|Dieter Keck

|History

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2012
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" colspan=2| Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Tom Paul

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | A&E

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "Let Them Drink Their Haterade"

|Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith

|CBS

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "I Don't Wanna Die"

|Bob Bronow

|rowspan=2|Discovery

Frozen Planet

| align=center| "Ends of the Earth"

|Graham Wild, Archie Moore

colspan=2| George Harrison: Living in the Material World

|Tom Fleischman and Bob Chefalas

|HBO

rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; | 2013
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2013/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" colspan=2| History of the Eagles

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Tom Fleischman, Bret Johnson, Richard F.W. Davis, Elliot Scheiner, Mike Harlow

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Showtime

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "Be Safe and Don't Hit a Cow"

|Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith

|CBS

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

| align=center| "Myanmar"

|Benny Mouthon

CNN
colspan=2| Crossfire Hurricane

|Jason W. Jennings, Steve Pederson

|HBO

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "Mutiny on the Bering Sea"

|Bob Bronow

|Discovery

Survivor

| align=center| "Create a Little Chaos"

|Terrance Dwyer

|CBS

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2014
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2014/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | American Masters

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Eddie Kramer, Steve Crook

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | PBS

The Amazing Race

| align=center| "Part Like the Red Sea"

|Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith

|CBS

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

| align=center| "Tokyo"

|Brian Bracken

CNN
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

| align=center| "Standing Up in the Milky Way"

|Mark Hensley, Joel D. Catalan, Paul Aronoff, David Torres

|Fox

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "Careful What You Wish For"

|Bob Bronow

|Discovery

rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; | 2015
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Seattle"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Fred Stuben, Jeffrey Fuller, Eddie Kim

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | HBO

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

| align=center| "Jamaica"

|Brian Bracken

|CNN

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "Lost at Sea"

|Bob Bronow

|Discovery

colspan=2| Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

|David Mitlyng, Tony Volante

|rowspan=3 | HBO

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

| align=center| "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy"

|Tim Hays, Paul Vik Marshall, Coll Anderson

colspan=2| Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

|Steve Pederson

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2016
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Vice

|style="background:#FAEB86;" align=center| "Fighting ISIS"

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Erik Schuiten

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | HBO

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

| align=center| "Ethiopia"

|Benny Mouthon

|CNN

Deadliest Catch

| align=center| "Carpe Diem"

|Bob Bronow

| Discovery

Making a Murderer

| align=center| "Lack of Humanity"

|Leslie Shatz

| rowspan=2 | Netflix

colspan=2| What Happened, Miss Simone?

|Tony Volante, Tammy Douglas

rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | 2017
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=July 14, 2017}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" colspan=2| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Chris Jenkins, Cameron Frankley, Nathan Evans, Sam O'Kell

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Hulu

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

| align=center| "Rome"

| Brian Bracken

| CNN

O.J.: Made in America

| align=center| "Part 2"

| Keith Hodne, Eric Di Stefano

| ESPN

Planet Earth II

| align=center| "Cities"

| Graham Wild

| BBC America

colspan=2| 13th

| Jeffrey Perkins

| Netflix

rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; | 2018
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=July 13, 2018}}
style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

| align=center| "Lagos"

| Benny Mouthon

| CNN

The Defiant Ones

| align=center| "Episode 1"

| Christopher Jenkins, Gabriel Andy Giner

| HBO

colspan=2| Jane

| David E. Fluhr, Marc Fishman, Lee Smith, Derek Lee

| Nat Geo

The Vietnam War

| align=center| "Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)"

| Dominick Tavella

| PBS

Wild Wild Country

| align=center| "Part 1"

| Chapman Way

| Netflix

rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; | 2019
{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-nonfiction-programming |title=Nominees/Winners | Television Academy |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=July 16, 2019}}
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| colspan="2"|Free Solo

| Tom Fleischman, Ric Schnupp, Tyson Lozensky, Jim Hurst

| Nat Geo

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

| align=center| "Kenya"

| Brian Bracken

| CNN

colspan="2"| Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

| Tom Paul

| Netflix

colspan="2"|Leaving Neverland

| Matt Skilton, Marguerite Gaudin

| HBO

Our Planet

| align=center| "One Planet"

| Graham Wild

| Netflix

=2020s=

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="20%" | Program

! width="20%" | Episode

! width="45%" | Nominees

! width="10%" | Network

colspan="5"| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; | 2020
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| colspan=2| Apollo 11

| Eric Milano

| CNN

colspan=2| Beastie Boys Story

| William Tzouris, Jacob Feinberg and Martyn Zub

| Apple TV+

Cheer

| align=center| "Daytona"

| Ryan David Adams

| Netflix

colspan=2| Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time

| Gary A. Rizzo, Stephen Urata, Danielle Dupre and Tony Villaflor

| Epix

RuPaul's Drag Race

| align=center| "I'm That Bitch"

| Glenn Gaines, Ryan Brady, Erik Valenzuela and Sal Ojeda

| VH1

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

| align=center| "The Noble Thing to Do"

| Jose Araujo, Royce Sharp, Jack Neu and Ian Cymore

| Netflix

rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; | 2021
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| colspan=2| David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

| Graham Wild

| Netflix

colspan=2| The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

| Gary A. Rizzo, Jeff King and John Rampey

| HBO

colspan=2| Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

| Elmo Ponsdomenech, Jason "Frenchie" Gaya, Aron Forbes and Jae Kim

| Apple TV+

Life Below Zero

| align=center| "The Other Side"

| Tony Crowe

| Nat Geo

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

| align=center| "Naples and the Amalfi Coast"

| Tom O'Pray and Chris Gibbions

| CNN

colspan=2| Tina

| Lawrence Everson and Phil McGowan

| HBO

rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; | 2022
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| The Beatles: Get Back

| align=center| "Part 3: Days 17-22"

| Michael Hedges, Brent Burge, Alexis Feodoroff and Giles Martin

| Disney+

colspan=2| George Carlin's American Dream

| Earl Martin, Jason Gaya, Brad Bergbom and Kevin Rosen Quan

| HBO Max

Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

| align=center| "Becoming 100% That Bitch"

| Erik Brena, Ross D'Alessandro, Julianne Kane and Deanna Decenario

| Prime Video

McCartney 3,2,1

| align=center| "These Things Bring You Together"

| Gary A. Rizzo and Laura Cunningham

| Hulu

RuPaul's Drag Race

| align=center| "Big Opening #1"

| Erik Valenzuela, David Nolte and Glenn Gaines

| VH1

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

| align=center| "Venice"

| Tom O'Pray and Renato Ferrari

| CNN

colspan="5"| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; | 2023
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| colspan="2"|Moonage Daydream

| Paul Massey and David Giammarco

| HBO

100 Foot Wave

| align=center|"Chapter V: Lost at Sea"

| Keith Hodne

| HBO

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

| align=center|"Calabria"

| Matt Skilton and Christopher Syner

| CNN

colspan="2"|The Sound of 007

| Richard Davey, Jonny Horne, Simon Norman and Francesco Corazzi

| Prime Video

colspan="2"|Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

| Skip Lievsay, Benjamin Berger, Martin Kittappa and Lily van Leeuwen

| Apple TV+

colspan="5"| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program
rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; | 2024
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| colspan="2"|The Beach Boys

| Gary A. Rizzo, John Rampey, Sabi Tulok and Dennis Hamlin

| Disney+

colspan="2"|Jim Henson Idea Man

| Tony Volante and Michael Jones

| Disney+

Planet Earth III

| align=center|"Deserts and Grasslands"

| Graham Wild, Oliver Baldwin and Olga Reed

| BBC America

Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.

| align=center|"Chapter Two: Soul Man"

| Tony Volante and Andre Artis

| HBO

colspan="2"|Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces

| Pete Horner, Dennis Hamlin, Barry London and Emily Strong

| Apple TV+

Programs with multiple awards

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;2 awards

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;3 awards

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;2 nominations

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Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.emmys.com Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website]

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Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)