2015

Nominees

• 20,000 Days on Earth
• Life Itself
• The Overnighters
• Virunga

Nominees

• Robert GreeneFor Actress
• Steve JamesFor Life Itself
• Jesse MossFor The Overnighters
• Nick BroomfieldFor Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Nominees

• Iain Forsythe & Jane PollardFor 20,000 Days on Earth
• Amanda Rose WilderFor Approaching the Elephant
• Darius Clark MonroeFor Evolution of a Criminal
• Talal DerkiFor Return to Homs

Nominees

• 20,000 Days on Earth
• The Case Against 8
• Citizenfour
• Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
• Finding Vivian Maier
• Jodorowsky’s Dune
• Life Itself
• Mistaken for Strangers
• Particle Fever

Nominees

• Laura Poitras, Kirsten Johnson, Katy Scoggin & Trevor PaglenFor Citizenfour
• Ross Kauffman & Rachel Beth AndersonFor The E-Team
• Niels van KoevordenFor Ne Me Quitte Pas
• Andrew Droz PalermoFor Rich Hill

Nominees

• Robert GreeneFor Actress
• Kate AmendFor The Case Against 8
• Steve James & David E. SimpsonFor Life Itself
• Sabine Lubbe Bakker & Niels van KoevordenFor Ne Me Quitte Pas
• Marshall CurryFor Point and Shoot

Nominees

• David WingoFor The Great Invisible
• Joshua AbramsFor Life Itself
• David Perlick-MolinariFor Mateo
• Edwyn CollinsFor The Possibilities Are Endless

Nominees

• Ben Cotner & Ryan WhiteFor The Case Against 8
• Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman & Marilyn NessFor The E-Team
• Orwa Nyrabia & Hans Robert EisenhauerFor Return to Homs
• Joanna Natesegara & Orlando von EinsiedelFor Virunga

Nominees

• Kyle McKeveny & Matt St. LegerFor Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
• Philippe Gariepy & Benoit St. JeanFor Red Army
• Steven DoFor The Unknown Known

Nominees

• Hacked Circuit
• Joanna
• Notes on Blindness
• One Year Lease

Shorts List

• Foundry Night Shift
• The Queen
• Santa Cruz del Islote
• Unlocking the Truth
• Vegas

Nominees

• American Masters: Jimi Hendrix – Here My Train a Comin’
• The Education of Muhammad Hussein
• Hillsborough
• Six by Sondheim

Nominees

• Evaporating Borders
• An Honest Liar
• Living Stars
• My Name is Salt

Nominees

• Heaven Knows What
• A Spell to Ward off the Darkness
• Stop the Pounding Heart
• Under the Skin

Honoree

• Paris is Burning

Honorees

• Nick Cavein 20,000 Days on Earth
• Brandy Burrein Actress
• Mark Landisin Art and Craft
• Edward Snowdenin Citizenfour
• John Wojtowiczin The Dog
• Anna Neistatin The E-Team
• Alejandro Jodorowskyin Jodorowsky’s Dune
• Clark Terryin Keep On Keepin’ On
• Roger Ebertin Life Itself
• Chaz Ebertin Life Itself
• Bobin Ne Me Quitte Pas
• Marcelin Ne Me Quitte Pas
• Jay Reinkein The Overnighters
• Matthew VanDykein Point and Shoot
• Abdul Basset Sarootin Return to Homs
• Shep Gordonin Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
• Pam Brooksin Tales of the Grim Sleeper