The Grammy Award for Best Music Film is an annual accolade for performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs. It is presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 when it was called the Gramophone Awards.

Criteria

Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". In order to qualify for this category, concert/performance films or music documentaries must be released theatrically or for sale to the public for the first time or first appearing on television or online during the current eligibility year. Dramatic feature films and biopics are not eligible.

Prior to 2024, films were only considered eligible for this category if they featured a minimum of 51% performance-based material. As of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, this requirement has been removed entirely.

Background

The category was preceded by the Grammy Award for Video of the Year, which was presented in 1982 and 1983, awarding long form videos (or video albums as they were known back then) in the budding music video market. Along with the similar honor Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video, this award was first presented in 1984. From 1984 to 1985, the accolade was known as Best Video Album, but in 1986, it was renamed to Best Music Video, Long Form. From 1998 to 2012, it was named Best Long Form Music Video, before changing to Best Music Film since 2013.

In 1988 and 1989, the award criteria were changed and the video accolades were presented under the categories Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video. The awards were returned to the original format in 1990. Except in 1988 and 1989, the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video recipients included the artists, directors, and producers associated with the winning videos. The Best Music Film category is one of two categories in the Best Music Video/Film Field. The other one is Best Music Video, which recognizes stand-alone videos of one song or performance. In 2024, the Field was abolished and both categories were moved to a Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film Field.

Multiple wins and nominations

Singers Madonna and Sting hold the record for the most wins as a performer in this category, with two each, while there have been three films about the Beatles among the winners. However, in two instances, the Beatles were not recognized as individual winners. To date, three directors won the award twice: David Mallet, Jonas Akerlund and Bob Smeaton. Beyoncé holds the record for the most nominations with five. The British pop rock group Eurythmics and Coldplay hold the record for the most nominations as a performer without a win, with three each. Although Beyoncé also held four losing nominations, she won with her fourth nomination with Homecoming in 2020.

Recipients

In 1984 and 1985, only the artists were presented with an award. In 1986 the award went to the artist(s) and the video director(s). From 1987 onwards, the award has been presented to the artist(s) (when applicable), video director(s) and video producer(s). (Nominations from 1984 to 1986 listed performing artists only).

thumb|upright|180px|alt=Four men performing on a stage in front of a red mist. In the foreground a white man sings into a microphone. Another male can be seen playing the guitar|Members of the English [[New wave music|new wave group Duran Duran, among recipients of the 1984 accolade for Duran Duran, performing in 2005.]]

right|170px|thumb|alt=A man wearing dark sunglasses and a jacket covered in blue and yellow rhinestones, holding up his right hand which is covered in a white glove. Behind him stands a man in a black suit.|[[27th Grammy Awards|1985 winner for Making Michael Jackson's Thriller, Michael Jackson]]

170px|alt=A Caucasian male wearing all black and a floral scarf around his neck. |thumb|right|[[Sting (musician)|Sting has earned two accolades from this category for Bring On the Night and Ten Summoner's Tales.]]

thumb|right|170px|alt=A woman wearing a white shirt with jeans that have a rip in them and a black belt. She has her head tilted to her right. |[[Janet Jackson won the award in 1990 for Rhythm Nation 1814.]]

thumb|right|170px|alt=A image of a black man with an earring in his left ear. He is smiling and wearing a brown shirt. |[[33rd Grammy Awards|1991 recipient rapper MC Hammer won for Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em]]

thumb|right|170px|alt=A white female with blonde hair.|Two-time award winner [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna. She won in 1992 for Madonna: Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90 and again in 2008 for The Confessions Tour: Live from London.]]

thumb|right|170px|1993 winner, [[Annie Lennox.]]

thumb|right|alt=A Caucasian female with light colored hair leaning her head back while singing into a microphone. She is wearing a sleeveless green shirt with dark grey pants and has a guitar strapped around her. |170px|[[Alanis Morissette won the award in 1998 for Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live]]

thumb|right|170px|[[Mel Brooks won the award for Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks.]]

thumb|right|170px|Director [[Don Letts received the award for the documentary Westway to the World about the band The Clash.]]

thumb|right|alt=A Caucasian man in his 70s smiling. He is wearing black framed glasses and a tie with a black suit over a white shirt. Behind him is a white background|170px|[[48th Grammy Awards|2006 award winner for directing the documentary No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese]]

thumb|right|170px|alt=A Caucasian male with brown hair smiling while raising his right eyebrow. He is wearing an unzipped black leather jacket over a dark colored shirt. In the background, a yellow and red bricked wall can be seen|[[Bruce Springsteen won the accolade in 2007 for Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run]]

thumb|right|170px|alt=A white male in his 60s sitting in a chair while speaking into a microphone. He is wearing eyeglasses and a grey jacket over a blue buttoned down shirt. His left hand is rested on his lap. |In [[51st Grammy Awards|2009, Peter Bogdanovich earned the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for directing Runnin' Down a Dream]]

thumb|right|alt=A black and white image of four white men performing onstage. |170px|[[53rd Grammy Awards|2011 award winners included director Tom DiCillo for When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors.]]

right|upright|thumb|Director [[James Moll won Foo Fighters's Back and Forth.]]

right|upright|thumb|[[Amy Winehouse was the subject of 2016 winner Amy that depicted her life and death. The award went to the director Asif Kapadia who also won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the same film as well.]]

right|upright|thumb|Oscar-winning director [[Ron Howard won for the documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week.]]

right|upright|thumb|[[Rashida Jones won the award as co-director of Quincy, a film about her father, Quincy Jones.]]

alt=|thumb|218x218px|[[Beyoncé hold the record for the most nominations as of 2022 with five. She won the award in 2020 for directing and performing on Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé.]]

1980s

{| class="wikitable"

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! width="30%" | Work

! width="25%" | Artist(s)

! width="40%" | Director(s) and Producer(s)

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| rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1984<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Duran Duran

| Duran Duran

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| Alice Cooper: The Nightmare

| Alice Cooper

|

|-

| Rolling Stones: Let's Spend the Night Together

| The Rolling Stones

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| Olivia in Concert

| Olivia Newton-John

|

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| Grace Jones: A One Man Show

| Grace Jones

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| Word of Mouth

| Toni Basil

|

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| rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1985<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Making Michael Jackson's Thriller

| Michael Jackson

|

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| Billy Joel Live from Long Island

| Billy Joel

|

|-

| Heartbeat City

| The Cars

|

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| Serious Moonlight

| David Bowie

|

|-

| Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (The Video Album)

| Eurythmics

|

|-

| We're All Devo

| Devo

|

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1986<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Huey Lewis and the News: The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll

| Huey Lewis and the News

| Bruce Gowers, director

|-

| The Police Synchronicity Concert

| The Police

| Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, directors

|-

| Prince and the Revolution: Live

| Prince and the Revolution

| Paul Becher, director

|-

| Tina Live — Private Dancer Tour

| Tina Turner

| David Mallet, director

|-

| Wham! The Video

| Wham!

|

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1987<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Bring On the Night

| Sting

| Michael Apted, director; Sting, producer

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| 9012Live

| Yes

| Steven Soderbergh, director

|-

| Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album

| Frank Sinatra

| Emil G. Davidson and Gary Weis, directors

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| Pete Townsend: White City – The Music Movie

| Pete Townsend

| Richard Lowenstein, director

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| Sun City

| Artists United Against Apartheid

| Lol Creme, Jonathan Demme, Kevin Godley and Hart Perry, directors; Arthur Baker and Little Steven, producers

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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1988<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | 1989<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

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1990s

{| class="wikitable"

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! width="30%" | Work

! width="25%" | Artist(s)

! width="40%" | Director(s) and Producer(s)

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1990<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Rhythm Nation 1814

| Janet Jackson

| Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and Dominic Sena, directors; Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and Aris McGarry, producers

|-

| In Concert: Delicate Sound of Thunder

| Pink Floyd

| Wayne Isham, director; Curt Marvis, producer

|-

| Hangin' Tough

| New Kids on the Block

| Doug Nichol, director; Bryan Johnson, producer

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| Moonwalker

| Michael Jackson

| Colin Chilvers and Jerry Kramer, director; Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson, Dennis Jones and Jerry Kramer, producers

|-

| Savage

| Eurythmics

| Sophie Muller, director; Billy Poveda and John Stewart, producers

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1991<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie

| MC Hammer

| Rupert Wainwright, director; John Oetjen, producer

|-

| Bernstein in Berlin — Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

| Leonard Bernstein

| Humphrey Burton, director

|-

| Live — Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy

| The Who

| Larry Jordan, director; Michael Pillot, producer

|-

| The Singles Collection

| Phil Collins

| Jim Yukich, director; Paul Flattery, producer

|-

| We Too Are One

| Eurythmics

| Sophie Muller, director; Billy Poveda and John Stewart, producers

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1992<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Madonna: Blonde Ambition World Tour Live

| Madonna

| David Mallet and Mark "Aldo" Miceli, directors; Anthony Eaton, producer

|-

| Lifers Group World Tour Rahway Prison, That's It

| Lifers Group

| Penelope Spheeris, director; Jessica Cooper, producer

|-

| Live at Yankee Stadium

| Billy Joel

| Jon Small, director; Jon Small, producer

|-

| P.O.V.

| Peter Gabriel

| Michael Chapman and Hart Perry, directors; Dana Heinz and Sandy Lieberson, producers

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| Year of the Horse

| Sinéad O'Connor

| Sophie Muller, director; Steve Fargnoli and James Todd, producers

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1993<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Diva

| Annie Lennox

| Sophie Muller, director; Rob Small, producer

|-

| Classic Visions 5: Gershwin, D'Albert, Strauss and Honegger

| Swiss Radio Symphony; Matthias Bamert, conductor

| Adrian Marthaler, director; Armin Brunner, producer

|-

| The Enemy Strikes Live

| Public Enemy

| Larry Holland, director; J. Kevin Swain, producer

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| Hammerin' Home

| MC Hammer

| Rupert Wainwright, director; Oliver Fuselier, Guy J. Louthan and Terance Power, producers

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| Phallus in Wonderland

| Gwar

| Judas Bullhorn and Distortion Wells, directors; Dean English, producer

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| rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1994<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Zoo TV: Live from Sydney

| U2

| David Mallet, director; Ned O'Hanlon and Rocky Oldham, producer

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| Devotional

| Depeche Mode

| Anton Corbijn, director; Richard Bell, producer

|-

| A Prokofiev Fantasy with Peter and the Wolf

| Claudio Abbado and Sting

| Steve Bendelack, Roger Law and Christopher Swann, directors; Joanna Beresford and Frances Peters, producers

|-

| Ravel: Bolero; Mussogsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

| Charles Dutoit conducting Montreal Symphony Orchestra

| Bernar Hebert, Adrian Marthaler and Barbara Willis Sweete, directors; Niv Fichman, producer

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| The Girlie Show – Live Down Under

| Madonna

| Marty Callner and Mark "Aldo" Miceli, directors

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| rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 1996<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Secret World Live

| Peter Gabriel

| François Girard, director; Robert Warr, producer

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| 333

| Green Jellÿ

| Green Jellÿ (Mike Bloomquist, David Cannizzaro, Joe Cannizzaro, Mike Davis, Anthony Gotta, Gary Hellsinger, Eugene Kelly, Bill Manspeaker, Rose Mattrey and Kim O'Donnell), directors

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| The Line, the Cross & the Curve

| Kate Bush

| Kate Bush, director; Margarita Doyle, producer

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| The Planets

| Charles Dutoit conducting Montreal Symphony Orchestra

| Barbara Willis Sweete, director; Niv Fichman, producer

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| Saltimbanco

| Cirque Du Soleil

| Jacques Payette, director; Helene Dufresne, producer

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| Where'd You Hide the Body

| James McMurtry

| K.C. Amos, Bill Brown, Ingrid Calame, Sande Chen, Gregory E. Connor, Linda Feferman, Johannes Gamble, Nathan Hope, Pip Johnson, Brenda McIntyre, Luis Ruiz and Deborah Stratman, directors

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1997<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| The Beatles Anthology

| The Beatles

| Bob Smeaton and Geoff Wonfor, directors; Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall, producers

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| Blood Brothers

| Bruce Springsteen

| Ernie Fritz, director; Ernie Fritz, Jack Gulick and Lee Rolontz, producers

|-

| Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre

| Oingo Boingo

| Scott Palazzo, director; Laura Engel, producer

|-

| Live from London

| Bon Jovi

| David Mallet, director; Andy Picheta, producer

|-

| Satie and Suzanne

| Reinbert de Leeuw

| Tim Southam, director; Daniel Iron and Jennifer Jonas, producers

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1998<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Jagged Little Pill — Live

| Alanis Morissette

| Alanis Morissette and Steve Purcell, directors; Alanis Morissette, David May, Glen Ballard and Steve Purcell, producers

|-

| Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz

| Various Artists

| Julian Benedikt, director; Ulli Pfau, producer

|-

| Forever's a Long, Long Time

| Orquestra Was

| Don Was, director; Larry Shapiro, producer

|-

| Letters from a Porcupine

| Blind Melon

| Steve MacCorkle, director and producer

|-

| Live in Amsterdam: Wildest Dreams Tour

| Tina Turner

| David Mallet, director; Monique Ten Berge, Harry De Winter and Patrick Roubroeks, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 1999<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| American Masters — Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart

| Lou Reed

| Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director; Karen Bernstein, Susan Lacy, Tamar Hacker and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, producers

|-

| Inspired by Bach: Six Gestures – No. 6

| Yo-Yo Ma

| Patricia Rozema, director; Niv Fichman, producer

|-

| Robert Altman's Jazz '34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing

| Various Artists (Harry Belafonte, narrator)

| Robert Altman, director; Robert Altman, Brent Carpenter, James McLindon and Matthew Seig, producers

|-

| TeleVoid

| Scott Rockenfield and Paul Speer featuring Sir Mix-a-Lot

| Michael Boydstun, director and producer

|-

| They Wanted the Highway

| Fastball

| Ondi Timoner, director; Mark Didia, David Timoner and Ondi Timoner, producers

|-

|}

2000s

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! width="30%" | Work

! width="20%" | Artist(s)

! width="45%" | Director(s) and Producer(s)

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2000<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Band of Gypsys: Live at Fillmore East

| Jimi Hendrix

| Bob Smeaton, director; Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall, producers

|-

| The Making of 'Ride With Bob

| Asleep at the Wheel

| Dan Karlok, director/producer

|-

| Don't Stop

| Gloria Estefan

| Mo Fitzgibbon, director; Mo Fitzgibbon and Robert Walker, producers

|-

| Meeting People Is Easy

| Radiohead

| Grant Gee, director; Dilly Gent, producer

|-

| PopMart: Live from Mexico City

| U2

| David Mallet, director; Ned O'Hanlon, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2001<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

| John Lennon

| Andrew Solt, director; Andrew Solt, Greg Vines, Leslie Tong and Yoko Ono, producers

|-

| American Masters — Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For

| Ella Fitzgerald

| Charlotte Zwerin, director; Karen Bernstein, Tamar Hacker and Susan Lacy, producers

|-

| The Art of Piano: Great Pianists of the 20th Century

| Various Artists

| Donald Sturrock, director; Pierre-Olivier Bardet and Stephen Wright, producers

|-

| Endless Harmony — The Beach Boys Story, A Documentary

| The Beach Boys

| Alan Boyd, director; Stephanie Bennett, producer

|-

| Teatro

| Willie Nelson

| Wim Wenders, director; Deepak Nayar, producer

|-

| rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | 2002<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks

| Mel Brooks

| Susan Froemke, director; Peter Gelb and Susan Froemke, producers

|-

| Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story

| Freddie Mercury

| Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, directors; Jim Beach and Rudi Dolezal, producers

|-

| Play: The DVD

| Moby

| Moby, director; Moby and Jeff Rogers, producers

|-

| Rebel Music: The Bob Marley Story

| Bob Marley

| Jeremy Marre, director/producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2003<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Westway to the World

| The Clash

| Don Letts, director

|-

| 1 Giant Leap

| 1 Giant Leap

| Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto, directors/producers

|-

| Live at the Albert

| Robbie Williams

| Hamish Hamilton, director; Lee Lodge, producer

|-

| Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly

| Various Artists

| Beth Harrington, director/producer

|-

| The World According to Nappy

| Nappy Roots

| Gloria Gabriel, director; David Anthony, Gloria Gabriel and James Lopez, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2004<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Legend

| Sam Cooke

| Mary Wharton, Mick Gochanour and Robin Klein, producers

|-

| The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Volume 1

| Various Artists

| Janie L. Hendrix, Jon Kanis, John McDermott and David Peck, producers

|-

| American Masters — Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied

| Muddy Waters

| Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville, directors/producers

|-

| Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti

| Various Artists

| Tom Cairns, director; Fiona Morris, producer

|-

| Phase One: Celebrity Take Down

| Gorillaz

| Jamie Hewlett, director; Tom Girling, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2005<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Concert for George

| Various Artists

| David Leland, director; Jon Kamen, Olivia Harrison, and Ray Cooper, producers

|-

| John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer

| John Adams and London Symphony Orchestra

| Penny Woolcock, director; Madonna Baptiste, producer

|-

| Coldplay Live 2003

| Coldplay

| John Durrant and Russell Thomas, directors; Sarah Layish-Melamed, Lee Lodge and Melanie Vaughton, producers

|-

| Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues – A Music Journey

| Various Artists

| Margaret Bodde, Michael Borofsky, Alex Gibney, Richard Hutton, Jeffrey Peisch and Martin Scorsese, producers

|-

| Tom Dowd and the Language of Music

| Various Artists

| Mark Moormann, director; Scott L. Gordon, Mark Hunt and Mark Moormann, producers

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2006<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| No Direction Home

| Bob Dylan

| Martin Scorsese, director; Anthony Wall, Jeff Rosen, Margaret Bodde, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair and Susan Lacy, producers

|-

| Brian Wilson Presents Smile

| Brian Wilson

| John Anderson and David Leaf, directors; Dave Goetz, David Leaf, Steve Ligerman, Maggie Magee, John Scheinfeld, Casey Sipes, Richard Waltzer and Brian Wilson, producers

|-

| Devils & Dust

| Bruce Springsteen

| Danny Clinch, director; Lindha Narvaez, producer

|-

| End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

| Ramones

| Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia, directors/producers

|-

| Trapped in the Closet (Chapters 1–5)

| R. Kelly

| R. Kelly and Jim Swaffield, directors; Ann Carli, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2007<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| When You're Strange

| The Doors

| Tom DiCillo, director; Dick Wolf, Jeff Jampol, John Beug, and Peter Jankowski, producers

|-

| The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story

| Arif Mardin

| Douglas Biro and Joe Mardin, directors/producers

|-

| No Distance Left to Run

| Blur

| Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern and Giorgio Testi, directors; Thomas Benski, Laura Collins, Stefan Demetriou, Terry Felgate, Steve Heaver, Chris Morris and Lucas Ochoa, producers

|-

| Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

| Rush

| Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, directors/producers

|-

| Under Great White Northern Lights

| The White Stripes

| Emmett Malloy, director; Ian Montone and Mike Sarkissian, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2012

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

| Foo Fighters

| James Moll, director; James Moll and Nigel Sinclair, producers

|-

| Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

| A Tribe Called Quest

| Michael Rapaport, director; Kamaal Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Malik Taylor and Jarobi White, Robert Benavides, Debra Koffler, Eric Matthies, Frank Mele and Edward Parks, producers

|-

| I Am... World Tour

| Beyoncé

| Ed Burke, Frank Gatson Jr. and Beyoncé Knowles, directors; Beyoncé Knowles and Camille Yorrick, producers

|-

| Nine Types of Light

| TV on the Radio

| Tunde Adebimpe, director; Michelle An and Caren Braj, producers

|-

| Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon

| Kings of Leon

| Stephen C. Mitchell, director; Casey McGrath, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2013

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Big Easy Express

| Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show

| Emmett Malloy, director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba and Tim Lynch, producers

|-

| Bring Me Home – Live 2011

| Sade

| Sophie Muller, director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue and Sophie Muller, producers

|-

| From the Sky Down

| U2

| Davis Guggenheim, director; Belisa Balaban, Brian Celler, Davis Guggenheim and Ted Skillman, producers

|-

| Get Along

| Tegan & Sara

| Danny O'Malley, Salazar (Nathan Drilliot, Jeff Petry, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin and Jesse Savath) and Elinor Svoboda, directors; Nick Blasko, Piers Henwood, Sara Quin and Tegan Quin, producers

|-

| Radio Music Society

| Esperanza Spalding

| Pilar Sanz, director; Esperanza Spalding, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2014

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Live Kisses

| Paul McCartney

| Jonas Åkerlund, director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine and Scott Rodger, producers

|-

| ¡Cuatro!

| Green Day

| Tim Wheeler, director; Tim Lynch, producer

|-

| I'm In I'm Out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!

| Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite

| Danny Clinch, director; Ben Harper, producer

|-

| Live 2012

| Coldplay

| Paul Dugdale, director; Jim Parsons, producer

|-

| The Road to Red Rocks

| Mumford & Sons

| Nicolas Jack Davies and Frederick Scott, directors; Dan Bowen, producer

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2015

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| 20 Feet from Stardom

| Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer and Judith Hill

| Morgan Neville, director; Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers, producers

|-

| Beyoncé and Jay-Z: On the Run Tour

| Beyoncé and Jay-Z

| Jonas Åkerlund, director; Ed Burke, Svana Gisla and Dan Parise, producers

|-

| Ghost Stories

| Coldplay

| Paul Dugdale, director; Jim Parsons, producer

|-

| Metallica: Through the Never

| Metallica

| Nimród Antal, director; Adam Ellison and Charlotte Huggins, producers

|-

| The Truth About Love Tour: Live from Melbourne

| Pink

| Larn Poland, director; Roger Davies, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2016

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Amy

| Amy Winehouse

| Asif Kapadia, director; James Gay-Rees, producer

|-

| Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

| James Brown

| Alex Gibney, director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger and Victoria Pearman, producers

|-

| Sonic Highways

| Foo Fighters

| Dave Grohl, director; John Cutcliffe, Dave Grohl, John Ramsay, James A. Rota, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek and Kristen Welsh, producers

|-

| The Wall

| Roger Waters

| Sean Evans and Roger Waters, directors; Clare Spencer and Roger Waters, producers

|-

| What Happened, Miss Simone?

| Nina Simone

| Liz Garbus, director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson and Justin Wilkes, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2017

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

| The Beatles

| Ron Howard, director; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci and Nigel Sinclair, producers

|-

| American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry

| Various Artists

| George J. Flanigen IV, director; Steve Buchanan, John Burke, Lindsey Clark, Robert Deaton, Pete Fisher and George J. Flanigen IV, producers

|-

| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

| Steve Aoki

| Justin Krook, director; Brent Almond, Matt Colon, David Gelb, Ryan Kavanaugh, Michael Theanne, Happy Walters and Matthew Weaver, producers

|-

| Lemonade

| Beyoncé

| Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph, directors; Ed Burke, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Steve Pamon, Todd Tourso, Dora Melissa Vargas and Erinn Williams, producers

|-

| The Music of Strangers

| Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble

| Morgan Neville, director; Caitrin Rogers, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2018<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| The Defiant Ones

| Various Artists

| Allen Hughes, director; Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray and Steven Williams, producers

|-

| Long Strange Trip

| Grateful Dead

| Amir Bar-Lev, director; Alex Blavatnik, Ken Dornstein, Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff and Justin Kreutzmann, producers

|-

| One More Time with Feeling

| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

| Andrew Dominik, director; Dulcie Kellett and James Wilson, producers

|-

| Soundbreaking

| Various Artists

| Maro Chermayeff and Jeff Dupre, directors; Joshua Bennett, Julia Marchesi, Sam Pollard, Sally Rosenthal, Amy Schewel and Warren Zanes, producers

|-

| Two Trains Runnin

| Various Artists

| Sam Pollard, director; Benjamin Hedin, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2019<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Quincy

| Quincy Jones

| Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones, directors; Paula DuPré Pesmen, producer

|-

| Itzhak

| Itzhak Perlman

| Alison Chernick, director/producer

|-

| The King

| Elvis Presley

| Eugene Jarecki, director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn and Christopher St. John, producers

|-

| Life in 12 Bars

| Eric Clapton

| Lili Fini Zanuck, director; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen and Lili Fini Zanuck, producers

|-

| Whitney

| Whitney Houston

| Kevin Macdonald, director; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn and Lisa Erspamer, producers

|-

|}

2020s

{| class="wikitable"

! width="5%" | Year

! width="30%" | Work

! width="20%" | Artist(s)

! width="45%" | Director(s) and Producer(s)

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2020<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

| Beyoncé

| Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Ed Burke, directors; Steve Pamon and Erinn Williams, producers

|-

| Anima

| Thom Yorke

| Paul Thomas Anderson, director; Paul Thomas Anderson, Erica Frauman and Sara Murphy, producers

|-

| Birth of the Cool

| Miles Davis

| Stanley Nelson, director; Nicole London, producer

|-

| Remember My Name

| David Crosby

| A.J. Eaton, director; Cameron Crowe, Michele Farinola and Greg Mariotti, producers

|-

| Shangri-La

| Various Artists

| Jeff Malmberg and Morgan Neville, directors; Danny Breen, producer

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2021<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| The Sound of My Voice

| Linda Ronstadt

| Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, directors; Michele Farinola and James Keach, producers

|-

| Beastie Boys Story

| Beastie Boys

| Spike Jonze, director; Amanda Adelson, Jason Baurn and Spike Jonze, producers

|-

| Black Is King

| Beyoncé

| Emmanuel Adjei, Blitz Bazawule, Beyoncé and Kwasi Fordjour, directors; Lauren Baker, Akin Omotoso, Nathan Scherrer, Jeremy Sullivan and Erinn Williams, producers

|-

| That Little Ol' Band from Texas

| ZZ Top

| Sam Dunn, director; Scot McFadyen, producer

|-

| We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

| Freestyle Love Supreme

| Andrew Fried, director; Andrew Fried, Jill Furman, Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarina Roma, Jenny Steingart and Jon Steingart, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2022<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Summer of Soul

| Various Artists

| Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent and Joseph Patel, producers

|-

| David Byrne's American Utopia

| David Byrne

| Spike Lee, director; David Byrne and Spike Lee, producers

|-

| Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

| Billie Eilish

| Patrick Osborne and Robert Rodriguez, directors; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson, Justin Lubliner and Juliet Tierney, producers

|-

| Inside

| Bo Burnham

| Bo Burnham, director; Josh Senior, producer

|-

| Music, Money, Madness... Jimi Hendrix in Maui

| Jimi Hendrix

| John McDermott, director; Janie Hendrix, John McDermott and George Scott, producers

|-

| rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2023<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

| Various Artists

| Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart and Ryan Suffern, producers

|-

| Adele One Night Only

| Adele

| Paul Dugdale, director; Raj Kapoor and Ben Winston, producers

|-

| Barn: A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn

| Neil Young and Crazy Horse

| Daryl Hannah, director; Gary Ward, producer

|-

| Billie Eilish: Live at the O2

| Billie Eilish

| Sam Wrench, director; Michelle An, Tom Colbourne, Chelsea Dodson and Billie Eilish, producers

|-

| Motomami (Rosalía Tiktok Live Performance)

| Rosalía

| Ferrán Echegaray, Rosalía Vila Tobella and Stillz, directors; Karen Saurí Marchán and Christy Alcaraz Moyer, producers

|-

| Our World

| Justin Bieber

| Michael D. Ratner, director; Michael D. Ratner, Kfir Goldberg, Andy Mininger and Scott Ratner, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2024<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Moonage Daydream

| David Bowie

| Brett Morgen, director/producer

|-

| Dear Mama

| Tupac Shakur

| Allen Hughes, director; Joshua Garcia, Loren Gomez, James Jenkins and Stef Smith, producers

|-

| How I'm Feeling Now

| Lewis Capaldi

| Joe Pearlman, director; Sam Bridger, Isabel Davis and Alice Rhodes, producers

|-

| I Am Everything

| Little Richard

| Lisa Cortés, director; Caryn Capotosto, Lisa Cortés, Robert Friedman and Liz Yale Marsh, producers

|-

| Live from Paris: The Big Steppers Tour

| Kendrick Lamar

| Mike Carson, Dave Free and Mark Ritchie, directors; Cornell Brown, Debra Davis, Jared Heinke and Jamie Rabineau, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2025<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| American Symphony

| Jon Batiste

| Matthew Heineman, director; Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino and Jordan Okun, producers

|-

| The Greatest Night in Pop

| Various Artists

| Bao Nguyen, director; Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham and Lionel Richie, producers

|-

| June

| June Carter Cash

| Kristen Vaurio, director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson and Kristen Vaurio, producers

|-

| Kings from Queens

| Run DMC

| Kirk Fraser, director; William H. Masterson III, producer

|-

| Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

| Steven van Zandt

| Bill Teck, director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher and Bill Teck, producers

|-

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2026<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Music by John Williams

| John Williams

| Laurent Bouzereau, director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg and Justin Wilkes, producers

|-

| Devo

| Devo

| Chris Smith, director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes and Chris Smith, producers

|-

| Live at the Royal Albert Hall

| Raye

| Paul Dugdale, director; Stefan Demetriou and Amy James, producers

|-

| Piece by Piece

| Pharrell Williams

| Morgan Neville, director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes and Pharrell Williams, producers

|-

| Relentless

| Diane Warren

| Bess Kargman, director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola, Bess Kargman and Kat Nguyen, producers

|-

|}

<sup></sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.<br />

<sup></sup> Director(s) are only indicated if they were presented a Grammy Award.<br />

<sup></sup> Award was not presented. Music video categories presented that year included Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video.<br />

<sup></sup> Award or nomination not presented to the performing artist (only to video director(s) and video producer(s))<br />

<sup></sup>Award presented to video producers only

Artists, directors, and producers with multiple wins

;2 wins

  • Jonas Akerlund
  • Neil Aspinall
  • Chips Chipperfield
  • Brian Grazer
  • Ron Howard
  • Susan Lacy
  • Madonna
  • David Mallet
  • Frank Marshall
  • Nigel Sinclair
  • Bob Smeaton
  • Sting

Artists, directors, and producers with multiple nominations

;7 nominations

  • Morgan Neville

;6 nominations

  • David Mallet

;5 nominations

  • Beyoncé
  • Sophie Muller

;4 nominations

  • Jonas Akerlund
  • Ed Burke
  • Paul Dugdale
  • Niv Fichman
  • Madonna
  • Nigel Sinclair

;3 nominations

  • Michelle An
  • Danny Clinch
  • Coldplay
  • Stefan Demetriou
  • Eurythmics
  • Michele Farinola
  • Robert Gordon
  • Susan Lacy
  • Caitrin Rogers
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Sting
  • U2
  • Erinn Williams

;2 nominations

  • Neil Aspinall
  • Jim Beach
  • Karen Bernstein
  • Margaret Bodde
  • Michael Boydstun
  • Chips Chipperfield
  • Cirque du Soleil
  • Lol Creme
  • Roger Davies
  • Chelsea Dodson
  • Rudi Dolezal
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Billie Eilish
  • Foo Fighters
  • Grant Gee
  • Alex Gibney
  • Kevin Godley
  • Gorillaz
  • Brian Grazer
  • Tamar Hacker
  • MC Hammer
  • Janie L. Hendrix
  • Ron Howard
  • Allen Hughes
  • Michael Jackson
  • Quincy Jones
  • Lee Lodge
  • Yo-Yo Ma
  • Emmett Malloy
  • Frank Marshall
  • John McDermott
  • Scott McFadyen
  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Doug Nichol
  • Ned O'Hanlon
  • Steve Pamon
  • Jim Parsons
  • Hart Perry
  • Sam Pollard
  • Bill Poveda
  • Hannes Rossacher
  • Martin Scorsese
  • Bob Smeaton
  • John Stewart
  • Barbara Willis Sweete
  • Russell Thomas
  • Tina Turner
  • Rupert Wainwright
  • The Who
  • Justin Wilkes

See also

  • List of Grammy Award categories
  • List of most expensive music videos
  • One shot (music video)

References

  • Official site of the Grammy Awards