# American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical)

The American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical) is one of the annual awards given by the American Cinema Editors. The award was first presented at the 2013 ceremony, prior to that year both film and television documentaries competed in the same category, the Best Edited Documentary – Feature award.
* From 2013 to 2018 the category was named Best Edited Documentary (Television)
* Since 2018, the category was its current name.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

Best Edited Documentary (Television)
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | American Masters | "Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune" | Pamela Scott Arnold | PBS |
| 2012 | The Weight of the Nation | "Consequences" | Paula Heredia | HBO |
| 2012 | The Dust Bowl | "The Great Plow-Up" | Craig Mellish | PBS |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | The Assassination of President Kennedy | The Assassination of President Kennedy | Chris A. Peterson | CNN |
| 2013 | American Masters | "Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'" | Stephen Ellis, Gordon Mason, Phil McDonald | PBS |
| 2013 | American Winter | American Winter | Aaron I. Butler | HBO |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | "The Fire of Life (1910–1919)" | Erik Ewers | PBS |
| 2014 | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | "Standing Up in the Milky Way" | John Duffy, Michael O'Halloran, Eric Lea | Fox |
| 2014 | Pauly Shore Stands Alone | Pauly Shore Stands Alone | Troy Takaki, Joey Vigour | Showtime |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | The Jinx | "Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay" | Richard Hankin, Zachary Stuart-Pontier, Caitlyn Greene, Shelby Siegel | HBO |
| 2015 | Keith Richards: Under the Influence | Keith Richards: Under the Influence | Joshua L. Pearson | Netflix |
| 2015 | The Seventies | "United States vs. Nixon" | Chris A. Peterson | CNN |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Everything Is Copy — Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted | Everything Is Copy — Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted | Bob Eisenhart | HBO |
| 2016 | FRONTLINE | "The Choice 2016" | Steve Audette | PBS |
| 2016 | We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World | We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World | Oliver Lief | CNN |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Five Came Back | "The Price of Victory" | Will Znidaric | Netflix |
| 2017 | The Defiant Ones | "Part 1" | Lasse Järvi, Doug Pray | HBO |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge | "Part I" | Ben Sozanski, Geeta Gandbhir, Andy Grieve | HBO |
| 2017 | The Nineties | "Can We All Get Along?" | Inbal B. Lessner, Jason Hardwick | CNN |
Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical)
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Greg Finton, Poppy Das | HBO |
| 2018 | A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making | A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making | Martin Singer | Netflix |
| 2018 | Wild Wild Country | "Part 3" | Neil Meiklejohn | Netflix |
| 2018 | The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling | The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling | Joe Beshenkovsky | HBO |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali | Jake Pushinsky | HBO |
| 2019 | Abducted in Plain Sight | Abducted in Plain Sight | James Cude | Netflix |
| 2019 | Bathtubs Over Broadway | Bathtubs Over Broadway | Dava Whisenant | Dava Whisenant |
| 2019 | Leaving Neverland | Leaving Neverland | Jules Cornell | HBO |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | The Last Dance | "Episode I" | Chad Beck, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky, Ben Sozanski | ESPN |
| 2020 | The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | Derek Boonstra, Robert A. Martinez | HBO |
| 2020 | Beastie Boys Story | Beastie Boys Story | Jeff Buchanan, Zoe Schack | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 | Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult | "Exposed" | Inbal B. Lessner, Alex Jablonski, Gillian McCarthy, Matthew Moul, Chris A. Peterson | Starz |
| 2021 | The Beatles: Get Back | "Part 3: Days 17-22" | Jabez Olssen | Disney+ |
| 2021 | 100 Foot Wave | "Sea Monsters" | Connor Culhane, Adrienne Gits, Abhay Sofsky, and Brandon Valentin | HBO |
| 2021 | Allen v. Farrow | "Episode One" | Parker Laramie, Sara Newens, and Mikaela Shwer | HBO |
| 2021 | 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything | "Starman" | Sam Blair | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 | Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry | Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry | Greg Finton and Lindsay Utz | Apple TV+ |