Exterminate All the Brutes is the only title listed here that hasn’t been considered as a contender for the Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

The Nominations

Best Documentary Director

Jessica Kingdon – Ascension
Stanley Nelson – Attica
Raoul Peck – Exterminate All the Brutes
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin – The Rescue

Directors Guild of America Data

Year Founded: 1936
First Awards: 1948 (74)