2011

Nominees

• Armadillo
• Last Train Home
• Marwencol
• The Oath

Nominees

• Janus MetzFor Armadillo
• Frederick WIsemanFor La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
• Lixin FanFor Last Train Home
• Jeff MalmbergFor Marwencol

Nominees

• Henry Joost & Ariel SchulmanFor Catfish
• BanksyFor Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Kimberly ReedFor Prodigal Sons
• Mads BrüggerFor The Red Chapel
• Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-TaylorFor Sweetgrass

Nominees

• Henry Joost & Ariel SchulmanFor Catfish
• BanksyFor Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Yael HersonskiFor A Film Unfinished
• Charles FergusonFor Inside Job
• Frederick WIsemanFor La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
• Lixin FanFor Last Train Home
• Tim Hetherington & Sebastian JungerFor Restrepo
• Amir Bar-LevFor The Tillman Story
• Davis GuggenheimFor Waiting for “Superman”

Nominees

• Janus Metz, Sara Stockmann & Ronnie FridthjofFor Armadillo
• Banksy & Jaimie D’CruzFor Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Michael Madsen & Lise Lense-MøllerFor Into Eternity
• Mads Brügger & Peter EngelFor The Red Chapel

Nominees

• Lars SkreeFor Armadillo
• Heikki FärmFor Into Eternity
• John DaveyFor La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
• Luc Drion, Philippe Ros & Luciano TovoliFor Oceans
• Peter Liechti & Matthias KälinFor The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
• Lucien Castaing-TaylorFor Sweetgrass

Nominees

• Per K. KirkegaardFor Armadillo
• Joëlle AlexisFor A Film Unfinished
• Lixin Fan & Mary StephenFor Last Train Home
• Jeff MalmbergFor Marwencol

Nominees

• David DarlingFor 12th & Delaware
• Joey Burns & John ConvertinoFor Circo
• Osvaldo GolijovFor The Oath
• T. GriffinFor Utopia in Four Movements

Nominees

• Sara Stockmann & Ronnie FridthjofFor Armadillo
• Jaimie D’CruzFor Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Audrey Marrs & Charles FergusonFor Inside Job
• Laura PoitrasFor The Oath
• Sebastian Junger & Tim HetheringtonFor Restrepo

Nominees

• Paul Thomas & Matt HarlockFor American: The Bill Hicks Story
• Josh Norton & Alex KrawitzFor Inside Job
• Rob ChiuFor The Invention of Dr. Nakamats
• Martin HultmanFor Videocracy

Nominees

• Andreas KoefoedFor Albert’s Winter
• Miro RemoFor Arsy-Versy
• James BlagdenFor Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No
• Amy GrappellFor Quadrangle

Shorts List

• Yung ChangFor Ali Shan
• Cynthia WadeFor Born Sweet
• Jay RosenblattFor The Darkness of Day
• Sergio OksmanFor Notes on the Other
• Johanna WagnerFor Peter in Radioland
• Supriyo SenFor Wagah

Nominees

• Clio BarnardFor The Arbor
• Pietro MarcelloFor La Bocca del Lupo
• Patricio GuzmánFor Nostalgia for the Light
• Joonas Berghäll & Mika HotakainenFor Steam of Life

Nominees

• Pedro González-RubioFor Alamar
• Michelangelo FrammartinoFor Le Quattro Volte
• Lena DunhamFor Tiny Furniture
• Apichatpong WeerasethakulFor Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Honoree

• Grey Gardens