Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson” topped the Cinema Eye Honors last night, taking home three awards: Outstanding Cinematography for Johnson, Outstanding Editing for Nels Bangerter, and Outstanding Nonfiction Feature for Johnson and producer Marilyn Ness.
Among other awards given out at the event last night were an Outstanding Debut Feature honor for Nanfu Wang for her debut film “Hooligan Sparrow,” and the Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos-directed Netflix series “Making a Murder” received the honor for Outstanding Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television.
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking were founded in late 2007 to “recognize and honor exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film.” They began as “a protest of that year’s existing awards which had failed to recognize many of the year’s top artistic achievements. In the decade since, Cinema Eye has become one of the largest international gatherings of nonfiction filmmakers and craftspersons. Cinema Eye was the first organization to present an award for Production, Cinematography, Original Score, and Graphic Design in Nonfiction Film, and the first, aside from the guilds, to recognize Direction and Editing.”
The female winners of Cinema Eye honors are listed below.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Cameraperson”
Directed by Kirsten Johnson
Produced by Marilyn Ness
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Kirsten Johnson
“Cameraperson”
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
LeeAnn Rossi (with David Byrne and Aaron Rosenblum)
“Contemporary Color”
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
“Hooligan Sparrow”
Directed by Nanfu Wang
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
“Making a Murderer”
Directed and Produced by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos
For Netflix: Adam Del Deo and Lisa Nishimura