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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.

  1. Honoree · 2015

    Syd Garon

    For Jodorowsky’s Dune

2015 Honors

2015 Honors

2 Honorees · 3 Nominees

Nominees

Previous Years

2014 Honoree Art Jail & Noriko Shinohara For Cutie and the Boxer
Honoree · 2014

Art Jail & Noriko Shinohara

Cutie and the Boxer

Nominees

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2013 Honoree Oskar Gullstrand & Arvid Steen For Searching for Sugar Man
Honoree · 2013

Oskar Gullstrand & Arvid Steen

Searching for Sugar Man

Nominees

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2012 Honoree Rob Feng & Jeremy Landman For Tabloid
Honoree · 2012

Rob Feng & Jeremy Landman

Tabloid

Nominees

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2011 Honoree Juan Cardarelli & Alex Tyson For Gasland
Honoree · 2011

Juan Cardarelli & Alex Tyson

Gasland

Nominees

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2010 Tied honorees Bigstar / Francis Hanneman, Darren Pasemko, Kent Hugo, Omar Majeed & Brett Gaylor For Food, Inc. / RIP: A Remix Manifesto
Honoree · 2010

Bigstar

Food, Inc.
Honoree · 2010

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

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

Nominees

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