The 2009 Cinema Eye Nominations

By Alison Willmore on 01/19/2009

The Cinema Eye Honors are now in their second year of honoring the best in documentary filmmaking, looking as much at craft as subject matter, unlike the lingering tendencies among, say, the Oscars. The 2009 nominees were announced here in Park City this afternoon, with filmmaker and award co-chair AJ Schnack joined by "My Country, My Country"'s Laura Poitras and Joe Berlinger, whose latest film, "Crude," premiered at the festival yesterday. There are some exciting tugs at the boundaries of what's considered nonfiction film in the list below -- most notably Guy Maddin's docu-fantasia "My Winnipeg," which isn't even in the same gene pool as your typical talking head doc. The awards will take place in New York on March 29.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION FEATURE FILMMAKING

MAN ON WIRE
Directed by James Marsh
Produced by Simon Chinn

MY WINNIPEG
Directed by Guy Maddin
Produced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing

THE ORDER OF MYTHS
Directed by Margaret Brown
Produced by Margaret Brown and Sara Alize Cross

ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
Directed by Marina Zenovich
Produced by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub and Marina Zenovich

WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Directed by Ari Folman
Produced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION

Werner Herzog
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD

James Marsh
MAN ON WIRE

Guy Maddin
MY WINNIPEG

Margaret Brown
THE ORDER OF MYTHS

Ari Folman
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

Henry Kaiser
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Simon Chinn
MAN ON WIRE

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

Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

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

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

Igor Martinovich
MAN ON WIRE

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

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

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

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

THE ENGLISH SURGEON
Directed and Produced by Geoffrey Smith

MY WINNIPEG
Directed by Guy Maddin
Produced by Jody Shapiro and Phyllis Laing

STRANDED, I'VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS
Directed by Gonzalo Arijon
Produced by Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera

UP THE YANGTZE
Directed by Yung Chang
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and John Christou

WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Directed by Ari Folman
Produced by Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DEBUT FEATURE

Sascha Gervasi
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL

Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)

Christopher Bell
BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER*

Jeremiah Zagar
IN A DREAM

Yung Chang
UP THE YANGTZE

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

TROUBLE THE WATER
Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

UP THE YANGTZE
Directed by Yung Chang

YOUNG@HEART
Directed by Stephen Walker