Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Best Picture, none has yet earned a nomination. Documentaries are ineligible for the other awards such as Best Original Screenplay and Best Director due to their realistic elements. The documentary film "With Byrd at the South Pole: The Story of Little America" (1930), won an oscar for Best Cinematography, at the 3rd Academy Awards, the first documentary to win any kind of Oscar. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is an award for documentary films. In 1941, the first awards for feature-length documentaries were bestowed as Special Awards to "Kukan" and "Target for
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director Best Director award's youngest ever winner in 2016. Deborah Warner who won in 1988 was previously the youngest winner. Only three women have ever won the award: Deborah Warner, Marianne Elliott and Lyndsey Turner. Note: The below awards and nominations include individuals awarded and nominated under the now-defunct categories Director of a Play and Director of a Musical as well as the current combined Best Director category. Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The