Outstanding Achievement in Direction :: The 2012 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking

Outstanding Achievement in Direction
This award celebrates the artist’s vision fully realized from page to screen and films that reveal an auteur’s hand. Previous honorees include Alex Gibney for TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (2008), Ari Folman for WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2009), Agnés Varda for THE BEACHES OF AGNÉS (2010) and Laura Poitras for THE OATH (2011).

The Arbor

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

Andrea Dunbar, the famed Yorkshire playwright, wrote her first…

Position Among the Stars

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Editing, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

Position Among the Stars forms the third part of…

Nostalgia for the Light

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Production

Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán explores the nature of time—and its…

The Interrupters

Nominated for Audience Choice Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Production

From Academy Award-nominated director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), The…

Hell and Back Again

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Production, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

In 2009, U.S. Marines launched a major helicopter assault…

Cinema Eye Honors

The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film. Cinema Eye’s mission is to advocate for, recognize and promote the highest commitment to rigor and artistry in the nonfiction field.

2012 Cinema Eye Honors Ceremony

Will be held January 11, 2012 at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image.