What is Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature?
{{Infobox award | name = Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature | presenter = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) | country = [[United States]] | year = [[15th Academy Awards|1942]] | holder_label = Most recent winner | holder = Pippa Ehrlich <br /> James Reed <br /> [[Craig Foster (filmmaker)|Craig Foster]] <br /> ''[[My Octopus Teacher]]'' ([[93rd Academy Awards|2020]]) | website = {{url|oscars.org}} }} {{TOC right}} The '''[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for Documentary Feature''' is one of the most important awards for [[documentary movie]]s. == Winners and nominees== ===1940s=== In 1942, there was one Documentary category and four winners. * 1942 ** ''[[The Battle of Midway]]'' ** ''[[Kokoda Front Line!]]'' ** ''[[Moscow Strikes Back]]'' ** ''[[Prelude to War]]'' From 1943 there were two separate documentary categories (features and short films) * 1943 - '''''[[Desert Victory]]''''' ** ''[[Baptism of Fire]]'' ** ''[[The Battle of Russia]]'' ** ''[[Report from the Aleutians]]'' ** ''[[War Department Report]]'' * 1944 - '''''[[The Fighting Lady]]''''' ** ''[[Resisting Enemy Interrogation]]'' * 1945 - '''''[[The True Glory]]''''' ** ''[[The Last Bomb]]'' * 1946 - none given * 1947 - '''''[[Design for Death]]''''' ** ''[[Journey Into Medicine]]'' ** ''[[The World Is Rich]]'' * 1948 - '''''[[The Secret Land]]''''' ** ''[[The Quiet One]]'' * 1949 - '''''[[Daybreak in Udi]]''''' ** ''[[Kenji Comes Home]]'' ===1950s=== * 1950 - '''''[[The Titan: Story of Michelangelo]]''''' ** ''[[With These Hands (film)|With These Hands]]'' * 1951 - '''''[[Kon-Tiki (film)|Kon-Tiki]]''''' ** ''[[I Was a Communist for the FBI]]'' * 1952 - '''''[[The Sea Around Us (film)|The Sea Around Us]]''''' ** ''[[The Hoaxters]]'' ** ''[[Navajo (film)|Navajo]]'' * 1953 - '''''[[The Living Desert]]''''' ** ''[[The Conquest of Everest]]'' ** ''[[A Queen Is Crowned]]'' * 1954 - '''''[[The Vanishing Prairie]]''''' ** ''[[The Stratford Adventure]]'' * 1955 - '''''[[Helen Keller in Her Story]]''''' (also kno