Cinema Eye Honors Nominations: ‘American Doctor,’ ‘You Can See Everything’ Lead With 7; ‘Time And Water,’ ‘NAZA’ Close Behind [Full List]

The Cinema Eye Honors announced its nominations Thursday, handing seven to box office sensation You Can See Everything, the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes. The film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim tied for the most nominations with American Doctor, Poh Si Teng’s searing documentary about American physicians volunteering to treat wounded Palestinian children in Gaza. Time and Water, the National Geographic film directed by Oscar nominee Sara Dosa, followed with six nods, while NAZA – a film that, like American Doctor, explores Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza – recorded five nominations. (Hours before the nominations were announced, news broke of an Israeli airstrike on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza, which killed Dr. Rizk Abu Shaaira, a Palestinian surgeon featured in American Doctor). This is the 20th year of the Cinema Eye Honors, which recognizes “outstanding artistic achievement in nonfiction and documentary films and series” including crafts of cinematography, editing, original score, and sound. Watch on Deadline Scroll for the complete list of nominees. Gara (left) and Nada in ‘To Hold a Mountain’ Submarine Deluxe In the prestige category of Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature, American Doctor, You Can See Everything, and NAZA are joined by My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Rehearsals for a Revolution, and To Hold a Mountain. You Can See Everything, which has made $80 million at the domestic box office to date, became the first film in Cinema Eye Honors history to earn nominations for Nonfiction Feature, Direction, Editing, Production, Cinematography, and Original Score. It’s also up for the Audience Choice Prize. Jim Morrison climbs the world’s tallest mountain in ‘Everest: The Other Side’ National Geographic/Jimmy Chin Teng, meanwhile, scored more individual nominations than anyone else, with five – particularly impressive given that American Doctor marks her feature directorial debut. You Can See Everything’s Fielder and Oppenheim landed four each. Jimmy Chin earned another three nominations this year, for his film Everest: The Other Side, co-directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi; that moves Chin into third on the Cinema Eye all-time nominations list, with a total of 14. One of Chin’s nominations comes for Outstanding Achievement in Production, which he shares with Everest’s Vasarahelyi, Shannon Dill, Anna Barnes, and Bob Eisenhardt. Fellow nominees in that category include American Doctor (Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod and Reem Haddad); Musk (Jessie Deeter, Erin Edeiken, and Alex Gibney); My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile (Julia Loktev); NAZA (Nominees to be determined); and You Can See Everything (Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Tatiana Bears, Maggie Ambrose and Jack Davis). Two people hike up a slope on a glacier. Archival Materials Courtesy of Andri Snær Magnason Time and Water, which explores the phenomenon of Iceland’s rapidly disappearing glaciers through the work of writer Andri Snær Magnason, earned nominations for Sara Dosa’s direction, Editing (Erin Caspar and Jocelyn Chaput), Original Score (Dan Deacon), Visual Design (Lucy Munger), Sound Design (Björn Viktorsson, Atli Arnarsson, and Jón Atli Magnússon), and the Audience Choice Prize. The 20th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Awards Ceremony will be held Monday, January 11 at the Times Center in New York City. (The weekend leading up to Monday’s show, Cinema Eye will present a series of events and activities). Kartemquin Films The acclaimed documentary Hoop Dreams, directed by Steve James, will receive this year’s Legacy Award, “presented to a classic nonfiction film that continues to inspire today’s working filmmakers.” James will accept the award on behalf of his team members Peter Gilbert (producer and DP), Frederick Marx (producer and editor), Adam Singer (sound recordist), Gordon Quinn (EP and founder of Kartemquin Films), Bill Haugse (editor), Marcie McCall (Kartemquin), and Ben Sidran (composer). Here is the full list of this year’s announcements and nominees: Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking NOTE: This is the second year that the named nominees in the Nonfiction Feature category will include the entire creative team – the directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, composers, sound designers, visual designers and significant on-screen participants. American Doctor Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad, Chris Rentaria, Ibrahim Al Otla, Ramzy Haddad, Christopher White, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Suad Bushnaq, Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen, Patrick Svaneberg Vejen, Jacob Langkjær Davidsen, Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Dr. Mark Perlmutter and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile Julia Loktev, Michael Taylor, Anna Nemzer, Ksenia Mironova, Elena Kostyuchenko and Valeria Ratnikova NAZA Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Harry Davies, Robert Farr and Anonymous Once Upon a Time in Harlem William Greaves, David Greaves, Liani Greaves, Anne de Mare, Tamar-kali, Clive Davidson, Roland Mitchell, Mike Frank, Matthew J. Hoffman, and Bella Racklin Rehearsals for a Revolution Pegah Ahangarani, Kaveh Farnam, Adria Mones, Arash Ashtiani, Neda Mohseni and Dani Zacarias To Hold a Mountain Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Quentin Laurent, Rok Bicek, Eva Kraljević, George Cragg, Draško Adžić, Julij Zornik, Samo Jurca, Mileva Gara Jovanović and Nada Stanišić You Can See Everything Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Tatiana Bears, Maggie Ambrose, Jack Davis, David Bolen, Adam Locke-Norton, Ari Balouzian, Richard Carlos, Paul Hsu, Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans and Amanda Seyfried Outstanding Achievement in Direction Poh Si Teng American Doctor Michal Marczak Closure John Wilson The History of Concrete Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor NAZA Pegah Ahangarani Rehearsals for a Revolution Sara Dosa Time and Water Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim You Can See Everything Outstanding Achievement in Editing Jeff Malmberg The Bend in the River Colin Monie Everybody to Kenmure Street Anne de Mare and Lynn True Once Upon a Time in Harlem Ross McElwee and Joe Bini Remake Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput and Mark Harrison Time and Water Adam Locke-Norton You Can See Everything Outstanding Achievement in Production Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod and Reem Haddad American Doctor Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, Anna Barnes and Bob Eisenhardt Everest: The Other Side Jessie Deeter, Erin Edeiken and Alex Gibney Musk Julia Loktev My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile Nominees to be determined NAZA Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Tatiana Bears, Maggie Ambrose and Jack Davis You Can See Everything Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nathan Golon, Pete Muller and Mark Unger Bucks Harbor Michal Marczak Closure Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin and Christopher Murphy Everest: The Other Side Stephen Maing and Eric Daniel Metzgar The Great Experiment Eva Kraljević To Hold a Mountain David Bolen You Can See Everything Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score Suad Bushnaq American Doctor Daniel Pemberton Musk Cristóbal Tapia De Veer Nuisance Bear William Ryan Fritch and T. Griffin The Oldest Person in the World Dan Deacon Time and Water Ari Balouzian You Can See Everything Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Gisela Fulla Silvestre and Eli Cohn Barbara Forever Katarzyna Szczerba and Konrad Błaszczyk Closure Robert Farr NAZA David Rose, Lou Solakofski and Reid Goobie Nuisance Bear Mark Mangini The Oldest Person in the World Björn Viktorsson, Atli Arnarsson and Jón Atli Magnússon Time and Water Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design Will Hodgson 14th Philip Eddolls, Michael Enzbrunner and Aisha Ghali The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist Mohammad Lotfali A Fox Under a Pink Moon Anthony Konigbagbe, Yibi Hu and Daisy Evans Jean-Michel Basquiat Nominees to be Determined Musk Lucy Munger Time and Water Outstanding Achievement in Archival Artistry Brydie O’Connor Barbara Forever Wyatt Stone, Viridiana Lieberman and Rebecca Adorno Dávila Jean-Michel Basquiat Paula Vaccaro, Aaron Brookner and Tomas Baltazar Nova ‘78 Anne de Mare, Lynn True, Matthew J. Hoffman and Bella Racklin Once Upon a Time in Harlem Arash Ashtiani Rehearsals for a Revolution Helen Macgowan, Byron Leon, Niles Howard and Gabriela Tessitore Soul Patrol Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature Filmmaking American Doctor Directed By Poh Si Teng Barbara Forever Directed By Brydie O’Connor Bucks Harbor Directed By Pete Muller The History of Concrete Directed By John Wilson Nuisance Bear Directed By Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden Spotlight Award Jaripeo Directed By Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig Joybubbles Directed By Rachael J. Morrison My NDA Directed by Juliane Dressner and Miriam Shor TheyDream Directed By William D. Caballero The Whole World is a Lie Directed By Charlie Birns Wood Street Directed By Caron Creighton Heterodox Award Blue Heron Directed By Sophy Romvari A Child of My Own Directed By Maite Alberdi Dao Directed By Alain Gomis I Heard That They Are Not Going to See Each Other Anymore Directed By Ka Ki Wong Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Directed By Matt Johnson Whispers in May Directed By Dongnan Chen Audience Choice Prize American Doctor Directed by Poh Si Teng Cookie Queens Directed by Alysa Nahmias The Cycle of Love Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel Everest: The Other Side Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi NAZA Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (Shore) The Oldest Person in the World Directed by Sam Green Steal This Story, Please! Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin Time and Water Directed by Sara Dosa Wild Inside Directed by Penny Lane You Can See Everything Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim The following categories were previously announced on October 22: Unforgettables Honorees Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Dr. Mark Perlmutter and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa American Doctor E. Jean Carroll Ask E. Jean Soraya Akhlaghi A Fox Under a Pink Moon Billie Jean King Give Me the Ball Israa One in a Million Amy Goodman Steal This Story, Please! Nonfiction Shorts List Note: Nominees in this category will be announced in December. The Boys and the Bees Directed by Arielle Knight Buckskin Directed by Mars Verrone A Derailment Directed by Nathan Truesdell Free Joan Little Directed by Yoruba Richen I Got My Brother Directed by Victor Gabriel An Open Field Directed by Teboho Edkins Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon Directed by Bill Morrison They’re Here Directed by Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller La Tierra del Valor (The Home of the Brave) Directed by Cristina Costantini Water Cooler Directed by Emma V.F. Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story Directed by Jyllian Gunther and Stephanie Schwam HBO Max The Bitter Pill Directed by Clay Tweel POV Critical Incident: Death at the Border Directed by Richard Rowley HBO Max Earth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson HBO Max Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television Directed by Giselle Bailey and Phil Bertelsen HBO Max Songs From the Hole Directed by Contessa Gayles Netflix Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series High Horse: The Black Cowboy Directed by Jason Perez Peacock Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time Directed by Traci A. Curry National Geographic Katrina: Come Hell and High Water Directed by Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles, and Spike Lee Netflix Mr. Scorsese Directed by Rebecca Miller Apple TV Trust Me: The False Prophet Directed by Rachel Dretzin Netflix The Yogurt Shop Murders Directed by Margaret Brown HBO Max Outstanding Achievement in Anthology Series Limitless: Live Better Now (Season Two) Executive Producers Darren Aronofsky, Jane Root, Ari Handel, Tom Watt-Smith, Chris Hemsworth and Benjamin Grayson Disney+ Neighbors Executive Producers Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Josh Safdie, Harrison Fishman, Dylan Redford and Samuel Fishman HBO Max Trainwreck Executive Producers Sheun Adelasoye de Nicola, Alexander Marengo and Tim Wardle Netflix Tucci in Italy (Season Two) Executive Producers Stanley Tucci, Lottie Birmingham, Amanda Lyon and Simon Raikes National Geographic Untold (Volume Six) Executive Producers Ben Silverman, Howard Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Chapman Way, Maclain Way and Ryan Duffy Netflix Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Editing #Skyking Edited by Emiliano Battista and Alexis Johnson Hulu Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story Edited by Jeremy Stulberg HBO Max Breakdown: 1975 Edited by Alan Lowe and Jody McVeigh-Schultz Netflix Earth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World Edited by Andrew Morrow, Matt Cascella and Tim Ziegler HBO Max Katrina: Come Hell and High Water Edited by Arielle Amsalem and Anna Auster Netflix Mr. Scorsese Edited by David Barter Apple TV Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Cinematography Caught in the Crackdown Cinematographers Timothy Grucza, Jeremy Gould, Nick Kraus, Kevin McKeever and Jeff Perlman Frontline | PBS | ProPublica High Horse: The Black Cowboy Cinematographers Jerry Henry and Justin Janowitz Peacock The Man Will Burn Cinematographers Benji Lanpher, Chris Darnell, Neil Fernandez, Consuelo Althouse and Natalie Sims HBO Max Songs from the Hole Cinematographers Michelle Kwong and Contessa Gayles Netflix Tucci in Italy (Season Two) Cinematographer Matt Ball National Geographic The Yogurt Shop Murders Cinematographer Justin Zweifach HBO Max