# List of accolades received by American Factory

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

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result |
| Academy Awards | February 9, 2020 | Best Documentary Feature | Steven Bognar, Jeff Reichert, and Julia Reichert | Won |
| 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 |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | December 14, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 6, 2020 | Outstanding Nonfiction Feature | American Factory | Won |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 6, 2020 | Outstanding Direction | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 6, 2020 | Outstanding Editing | Lindsay Utz | Nominated |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 6, 2020 | Outstanding Original Score | Chad Cannon | Nominated |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 6, 2020 | Audience Choice Prize | American Factory | Nominated |
| Cleveland International Film Festival | March 27—April 7, 2019 | Local Heroes Competition | American Factory | Nominated |
| Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival | March 20—31, 2019 | F:ACT Award | American Factory | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2019 | Best Director | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2019 | Best Documentary Feature | American Factory | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2019 | Best Editing | Lindsay Utz | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2019 | Best Political Documentary | American Factory | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | December 16, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Runner-up |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | January 25, 2020 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary | American Factory | Won |
| Dorian Awards | January 8, 2020 | Documentary of the Year | American Factory | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 23, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | January 10, 2020 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | December 2, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Won |
| Gotham Awards | December 2, 2019 | Audience Award | American Factory | Nominated |
| Hollywood Critics Association Awards | January 9, 2020 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | January 2, 2020 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | February 8, 2020 | Best Documentary Feature | American Factory | Won |
| IDA Documentary Awards | December 7, 2019 | Best Director | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won |
| IDA Documentary Awards | December 7, 2019 | Best Editing | Lindsay Utz | Nominated |
| IDA Documentary Awards | December 7, 2019 | Best Feature | American Factory | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | December 8, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Won |
| Montclair Film Festival | | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | December 3, 2019 | Top Five Documentaries | American Factory | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | December 3, 2019 | Best Nonfiction Film | American Factory | Runner-up |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | January 6, 2020 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Peabody Awards | June 10, 2020 | Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | September 19, 2020 | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | September 19, 2020 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program | Aubrey Keith and Erick Stoll | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | September 19, 2020 | 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 |
| RiverRun International Film Festival | April 4—14, 2019 | Best Documentary Feature | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won |
| 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 |
| Sundance Film Festival | January 24—February 3, 2019 | Directing Award: U.S. Documentary | Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | Won |
| Sundance Film Festival | January 24—February 3, 2019 | U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |
| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | December 8, 2019 | Allan King Documentary Awards | American Factory | Won |
| Traverse City Film Festival | August 3, 2019 | Founders Grand Prize Documentary D.A. Pennebaker Award | American Factory | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | December 8, 2019 | Best Documentary | American Factory | Nominated |