Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation 

From title design to animated characters to motion graphics that illustrate complex or humorous ideas, those who create graphic design and animation are playing an increasingly important role in the construction of great nonfiction films. Previous winners in this category include Lewis Kofsky and Richard Winkler for CHICAGO 10 (2008), Yoni Goodman and David Polonsky for WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2009), Bigstar for FOOD, INC. and Brett Gaylor & team for RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO (2010, tie), Juan Cardarelli and Alex Tyson for GASLAND (2011) and Rob Feng and Jeremy Landman for TABLOID.

Urbanized

Urbanized

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

After “Helvetica” and “Objectified”, the director Gary Hustwit rounds off his contemporary design trilogy with “Urbanized”, which enlightens us in the art of urban design. Over half the world’s population now lives in urban surroundings, and 75% will call a…

Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man

Nominated for Audience Choice, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Production

The son of Mexican immigrants, singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodriguez recorded two politically conscious albums in 1969 and 1970. Set against swirling string arrangements, they flopped at home. But in apartheid-era South Africa, Sugar Man’s subversive music was passed around like…

Room 237

Room 237

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, Outstanding Achievement in Editing, Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

Have you ever seen a hidden message? In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his classic horror film, The Shining. Loved and hated by equal numbers, the film is considered a genre standard by many loyalists, while other viewers dismiss it as…

Indie Game: The Movie

Indie Game: The Movie

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

Super Meat Boy is the pride and passion of designer Edmund McMillen and programmer Tommy Refenes. Their original videogame is their sole occupation and after three painstaking years, they’re waiting to see it drop on Xbox LIVE. Will the masses…

Herman’s House

Herman’s House

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

Six feet by nine feet. That’s the size of the solitary confinement cell that Herman Joshua Wallace has called home for the past forty years. A former Black Panther perhaps wrongfully convicted of murdering a prison guard, Wallace is an…

Beauty is Embarrassing

Beauty is Embarrassing

Nominated for Audience Choice, Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

Beauty Is Embarrassing is the irreverent and inspiring story of one of America’s most important artists, Wayne White, a man who began his career as a humble puppeteer. When the Tennessee-raised White moves to New York, his big break comes…

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.

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2013 Ceremony

The 2013 Cinema Eye Honors will be held January 9, 2013 at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image