AJ Schnack announced the nominees for the second annual Cinema Eye Honors yesterday at Sundance. The awards ceremony will be held in New York City on Sunday March 29, 2009.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking
- Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh and produced by Simon Chinn (review)
- My Winnipeg, directed by Guy Maddin and produced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing
- The Order of Myths, directed by Margaret Brown and produced by Margaret Brown and Sara Alize Cross
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, directed by Marina Zenovich and produced by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub and Marina Zenovich
- Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman and produced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul (review)
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
- Werner Herzog, Encounters at the End of the World
- James Marsh, Man on Wire (review)
- Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg
- Margaret Brown, The Order of Myths
- Ari Folman, Waltz with Bashir (review)
Outstanding Achievement in Production
- Henry Kaiser, Encounters at the End of the World
- Simon Chinn, Man on Wire (review)
- Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera, Stranded: I’ve Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains
- Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, Trouble the Water (review)
- Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul, Waltz with Bashir (review)
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
- Ellen Kuras, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
- Peter Zeitlinger, Encounters at the End of the World
- Jody Shapiro, My Winnipeg
- Michael Simmonds, The Order of Myths
- Wang Shi Qing, Up the Yangtze (review)
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
- Igor Martinovich, Man on Wire (review)
- John Gurdebeke, My Winnipeg
- Michael Taylor, Margaret Brown and Geoffrey Richman, The Order of Myths
- Joe Bini, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
- Nilli Feller, Waltz with Bashir (review)
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation
- Adina Sales and the team at Blacklist, American Teen
- Brian Oakes, I.O.U.S.A.
- Andy Smetanka, My Winnipeg
- Lasse Jarvi, Surfwise
- Lewis Kofsky and the team at Curious Pictures, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
- Yoni Goodman, Waltz with Bashir (review)
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition
- Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, The English Surgeon
- Kelli Scarr, In a Dream
- Eric Liebman, Life. Support. Music.
- Danny Elfman, Standard Operating Procedure
- Bela Fleck, Throw Down Your Heart
- Max Richter, Waltz with Bashir (review)
Outstanding Achievement in International Feature
- The English Surgeon, directed and produced by Geoffrey Smith
- My Winnipeg, directed by Guy Maddin and produced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing
- Stranded: I’ve Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains, directed by Gonzalo Arijon and
produced by Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera - Up the Yangtze, directed by Yung Chang and produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and John Christou (review)
- Waltz with Bashir, directed by Ari Folman and produced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul (review)
Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature
- Sascha Gervasi, Anvil! The Story of Anvil (review)
- Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
- Christopher Bell, Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
- Jeremiah Zagar, In a Dream
- Yung Chang, Up the Yangtze (review)
Audience Choice Prize
- American Teen, directed by Nanette Burstein
- Encounters at the End of the World, directed by Werner Herzog
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, directed by Alex Gibney
- Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh (review)
- Trouble the Water, directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (review)
- Up the Yangtze, directed by Yung Chang (review)
- Young@Heart, directed by Stephen Walker (review)
UPDATE: AJ has posted video of the nominations announcement.