2nd Annual Cinema Eye (2009)

The second edition of Cinema Eye was held at New York City’s TimesCenter on 41st Street on March 29, 2009. Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir received four honors, including Outstanding Achievement in Direction and for Original Score, which was the first time that category was presented. Fresh off its Oscar win for Best Documentary Feature, James Marsh’s Man on Wire took three honors, including Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Production and Editing. Yung Chang received the Outstanding Debut trophy for Up the Yangtze as well as the Audience Choice Prize. Presenters at the event included Al Maysles, DA Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus, Morgan Spurlock, Jennifer Venditti, Yance Ford and musician/artist Laurie Anderson.

Outstanding Achievement
in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

• Winner

  Man on Wire

  Directed by James Marsh
  Produced by Simon Chinn

• My Winnipeg

  Directed by Guy Maddin
  Produced by 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

  For Encounters at the End of the World

• James Marsh

  For Man on Wire

• Guy Maddin

  For My Winnipeg

• Margaret Brown

  For The Order of Myths

• Winner

  Ari Folman

  For Waltz with Bashir

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

• Winner

  Jinx Godfrey

  For Man on Wire

• John Gurdebeke

  For My Winnipeg

• Michael Taylor, Margaret Brown and Geoffrey Richman

  For The Order of Myths

• Joe Bini

  For Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

• Nilli Feller

  For Waltz with Bashir

Outstanding Achievement in Production

• Henry Kaiser

  For Encounters at the End of the World

• Winner

  Simon Chinn

  For Man on Wire

• Hilary Sandison and Marc Silvera

  For Stranded, I’ve Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains

• Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

  For Trouble the Water

• Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli and Roman Paul

  For Waltz with Bashir

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Ellen Kuras

  For The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

• Winner

  Peter Zeitlinger

  For Encounters at the End of the World

• Jody Shapiro

  For My Winnipeg

• Michael Simmonds

  For The Order of Myths

• Wang Shi Qing

  For Up the Yangtze

Audience Choice

• American Teen

  Directed by Nanette Burstein

• Encounters at the End of the World

  Directed by 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

• Winner

  Up the Yangtze

  Directed by Yung Chang

• Young@Heart

  Directed by Stephen Walker

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

• Sascha Gervasi

  For Anvil! The Story of Anvil

• Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath

  For The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

• Christopher Bell

  For Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

• Jeremiah Zagar

  For In a Dream

• Winner

  Yung Chang

  For Up the Yangtze

Outstanding Achievement
in Original Music Score

• Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

  For The English Surgeon

• Kelli Scarr

  For In a Dream

• Eric Liebman

  For Life. Support. Music.

• Danny Elfman

  For Standard Operation Procedure

• Bela Fleck

  For Throw Down Your Heart

• Winner

  Max Richter

  For Waltz with Bashir

Outstanding Achievement
in Graphic Design or Animation

• Adina Sales and Blacklist

  For American Teen

• Brian Oakes

  For I.O.U.S.A.

• Andy Smetanka

  For My Winnipeg

• Lasse Jarvi

  For Surfwise

• Lewis Kofsky and the team at Curious Pictures

  For Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?

• Winner

  Yoni Goodman

  For Waltz with Bashir

Outstanding Achievement
in International Feature Filmmaking

• 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

• Winner

  Waltz with Bashir

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