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.
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Honoree · 2026
Josh Shaffner, Kevin Eskew & Sara Gunnarsdóttir
2026 Honors
2026 Honors
Nominees
Previous Years
2025 Honoree Brendan Dawes For Eno
Nominees
- Renata Galindo & Sofía Inés Cázares For Frida
- Howard Baker For Piece by Piece
- BluBlu Studios & Brendan Bellomo For Porcelain War
- Agniia Galdanova For Queendom
- Ada Wikdahl & Rasmus Tukia For The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
2024 Honoree Thomas Curtis & Sean Pierce For Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023 Tied honorees Lucy Munger, Kara Blake & Rui Ting Ji / Stefan Nadelman For Fire of Love / Moonage Daydream
Nominees
- Gary Walker, John Mark Lapham & Sam Klatt For Dear Mr. Brody
- Hectah Arias For Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
- Rory Lowe & Scott Morriss For My Old School
2022 Honoree Kenneth Ladekjær & Jess Nicholls For Flee
Nominees
- Matthew Brunson-Cline & Daniel Rutledge For Becoming Cousteau
- Una Lorenzen & Emma Berliner For Rebel Hearts
- Joseph Wallace & Greg McLeod For The Sparks Brothers
- Grant Nellessen & Andrew Rose For Wojnarowicz: F*ck You F*ggot F*cker
2021 Honoree Jenna Caravello & Arthur Jones For Feels Good Man
Nominees
- Alexandra Gilwit & Zachary Ludescher For Coded Bias
- Jeremy Landman For My Psychedelic Love Story
- Andy Cahill For Slay the Dragon
- Simon Barker, Matthew Poliquin, Matt Schultz & Shawna Schultz For The Social Dilemma
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