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 , , and Ashland Independent Film Festival February 9, 2020 Best Documentary Feature , , and British Academy Film Awards February 2, 2020 Best Documentary and Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2019 Best Documentary American Factory Cinema Eye Honors January 6, 2020 Outstanding Nonfiction Feature American Factory Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Editing Outstanding Original Score Audience Choice Prize American Factory Cleveland International Film Festival March 27—April 7, 2019 Local Heroes Competition American Factory Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival March 20—31, 2019 F:ACT Award American Factory Critics' Choice Documentary Awards November 10, 2019 Best Director and Best Documentary Feature American Factory Best Editing Best Political Documentary American Factory Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2019 Best Documentary American Factory Directors Guild of America Awards January 25, 2020 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary American Factory Dorian Awards January 8, 2020 Documentary of the Year American Factory Florida Film Critics Circle December 23, 2019 Best Documentary American Factory Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 10, 2020 Best Documentary American Factory Gotham Awards December 2, 2019 Best Documentary American Factory Audience Award Hollywood Critics Association Awards January 9, 2020 Best Documentary American Factory Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2020 Best Documentary American Factory Independent Spirit Awards February 8, 2020 Best Documentary Feature American Factory IDA Documentary Awards December 7, 2019 Best Director and Best Editing Best Feature American Factory Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards December 8, 2019 Best Documentary American Factory Montclair Film Festival Best Documentary American Factory National Board of Review December 3, 2019 Top Five Documentaries American Factory National Society of Film Critics Awards December 3, 2019 Best Nonfiction Film American Factory Online Film Critics Society Awards January 6, 2020 Best Documentary American Factory Peabody Awards June 10, 2020 Documentary American Factory Primetime Emmy Awards September 19, 2020 Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Producers Guild of America Award January 18, 2020 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures , , and RiverRun International Film Festival April 4—14, 2019 Best Documentary Feature and San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards December 16, 2019 Best Documentary American Factory Sarasota Film Festival April 13, 2019 Documentary Feature Jury Prize American Factory Sundance Film Festival January 24—February 3, 2019 Directing Award: U.S. Documentary and U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary American Factory Toronto Film Critics Association Awards December 8, 2019 Allan King Documentary Awards American Factory Traverse City Film Festival August 3, 2019 Founders Grand Prize Documentary D.A. Pennebaker Award American Factory Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 8, 2019 Best Documentary American Factory
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