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…