Outstanding

Visual Design

From title design to art direction to animated characters to motion graphics that illustrate complex, challenging or humourous ideas, the artists who work in visual design continue to play an increasingly important role in the construction of great nonfiction films.

2011 Honors

2011 Honors

1 Honoree · 4 Nominees

Honoree · 2011

Juan Cardarelli & Alex Tyson

Nominees

Paul Thomas & Matt Harlock

For American: The Bill Hicks Story

Josh Norton & Alex Krawitz

Rob Chiu

For The Invention of Dr. Nakamats

Martin Hultman

Previous Years

Honoree · 2010

Bigstar

Food, Inc.

Honoree · 2010

Francis Hanneman, Darren Pasemko, Kent Hugo, Omar Majeed & Brett Gaylor

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

Nominees

Christophe Vallaux For The Beaches of Agnès
Kate Anderson For It Might Get Loud
Patrick Lichty For The Yes Men Fix the World

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Honoree · 2009

Yoni Goodman & David Polonsky

Waltz with Bashir

Nominees

Adina Sales For American Teen
Brian Oakes For I.O.U.S.A.
Andy Smetanka For My Winnipeg
Lasse Järvi For Surfwise
Lewis Kofsky For Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

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Honoree · 2008

Lewis Kofsky & Richard Winkler

Chicago 10

Nominees

Trollbäck + Company For Helvetica
Petra Epperlein For The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
David Quesnelle For Super Amigos
Jef Sewell For The Unforeseen

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