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Now they've named their nominees for Best Documentary Director.

Alex Gibney is one of the best documentary directors working today, making his way from one controversial topic to another — Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Taxi to the Dark Side, which we showed in 2007, and went on to win a Best Documentary Oscar.

Not exact matches

Best Picture: «The Shape of Water» Lead Actor: Gary Oldman, «Darkest Hour» Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, «I, Tonya» Director: «The Shape of Water,» Guillermo del Toro Animated Feature: «Loving Vincent,» Animated Short: «Revolting Rhymes» Adapted Screenplay: «The Disaster Artist» Original Screenplay: «The Big Sick» Cinematography: «Blade Runner 2049» Roger Deakins Best Documentary Feature: «Last Men in Aleppo» Best Documentary Short Subject: «Traffic Stop» Best Live Action Short Film: «The Silent Child» Best Foreign Language Film: «The Insult» (Lebanon) Film Editing: «Baby Driver» Sound Editing: «Dunkirk» Sound Mixing: «Dunkirk» Production Design: «The Shape of Water» Original Score: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Song: «This Is Me» from «The Greatest Showman» Makeup and Hair: «Darkest Hour» Costume Design: «Phantom Thread» Visual Effects: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi»

In The Heretic documentary, director Andrew Morgan captures a normally cheery Rob Bell welling up with tears as he recounts the «death» he experienced immediately after Love Wins was released in 2011: «I did a club and theatre tour.

We've got some amazing speakers and demos lined up, including Roberto Martin, Allyson Kramer, Michael Greger and Heather Nicholds, just to name a few, as well as a Q&A with the director of The Ghosts In Our Machine (an incredible documentary, if you haven't seen it yet).

My good friend, Kathryn Budig, suggested that I see the film I AM, an inspirational documentary from the man behind Ace Ventura and Bruce Almighty, director Tom Shadyac.

Debra Pascali - Bonaro, is the Founder & President of the revolutionary online childbirth class Pain to Power, which prepares expectant mothers, fathers, and partners to be positively prepared for birth, the Director of the award - winning documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best - Kept Secret and co-writer of «Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth» all of which explore the intimate and sacred nature of birth.

She is the creator and director of the documentary, «Orgasmic Birth: The Best - Kept Secret.»

Debra is a Lamaze International childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula trainer with DONA International, Director of the award - winning documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best - Kept Secret and co-writer of «Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth», and world renowned speaker and advocate for childbirth.

Todd Phillips, the director of «Old School,» «Road Trip» and an HBO documentary called «Frat House» as well as a writer of «Borat,» has shown himself to be an adept and tireless connoisseur of male boorishness and stupidity, though the crude humor he dispenses is frequently leavened by nuggets of inventiveness and wit.

[Director] Klores and Stevens do a pretty good job filling in the gap using standard documentary techniques.

In a Perfect World...: Documentary that explores the dynamics of what it is to be a man raised by a single mother told through the lens of the director ¿ s own relationship with her son as well as interviews with men revealing their painful youth.

There's been lots of talk about the underrepresentation of women and people of color as directors in the entertainment industry as a whole (see the NYT Sunday cover magazine issue, the Forbes article, the Variety article about the 7 % statistic, Jennifer Lawrence speaking out, etc) and specifically about the underrepresentation of women in the major categories at the Oscars but there is no public discourse about this also being a pervasive problem in the documentary category, this despite the fact that in the past 20 years only one female director (Laura Poitras) and one female co-director (Zana Briski) won in the Best Documentary Featurdocumentary category, this despite the fact that in the past 20 years only one female director (Laura Poitras) and one female co-director (Zana Briski) won in the Best Documentary FeaturDocumentary Feature category.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

Directors Roger Ross Williams (Life, Animated), Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) and Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America) are also nominated alongside DuVernay for Best Documentary Feature.

But director Heath Cozens does show a sensitive eye, and his special commendation in the Documentary category at Fantastic Fest was well deserved.

Written and directed by Michele Soavi of Cemetery Man (1994) and The Church (1989) fame, this documentary from 1985 takes an in - depth look at Dario Argento, the master Italian director most well known for his «giallo» horror films.

Transgender director Yance Ford recently scored an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature for his 2017 film «Strong Island»

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An African Election / Switzerland, U.S.A. (Director: Jarreth Merz)-- The 2008 presidential elections in Ghana, West Africa, serve as a backdrop for this feature documentary that looks behind the scenes at the complex, political machinery of a third - world democracy struggling to avoid civil war and establish stability for good.

Between his narrative and documentary features, director Kevin Macdonald is well on his way to banging out six films in the span of three years, and we now have our first look at the Last King of Scotland helmer's 2014...

You see, what makes Medium Cool special is that director Haskell Wexler, who is better known as a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker, combined fictional drama and actors with real life events.

Best Director: Lynn Ramsay for We Need to Talk About Kevin Best Actor: Michael Fassbender for Shame Best Actress: Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus Best Supporting Actor: Michael Smiley for Kill List Best Screenplay: Richard Ayoade for Submarine Best Achievement in Production: The Weekend Best Foreign Film: A Separation Best Documentary: Senna Best Newcomer: Tom Cullen for The Weekend Raindance Award: Leaving Baghdad Best Debut Director: Paddy Considine, Tyrannosaur Best Short Film: Chalk

Best Picture Birdman Best Actor Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything Best Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons in Whiplash Best Actress Julianne Moore in Still Alice Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette in Boyhood Best Animated Feature Big Hero 6 Best Adapted Screenplay The Imitation Game Best Original Screenplay Birdman Best Cinematography Birdman Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Director Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu Best Documentary Feature Citizenfour Best Documentary Short Subject «Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1» Best Film Editing Whiplash Best Foreign Language Film Ida, Poland Best Makeup and Hairstyling The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Original Score The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song «Glory» from Selma Best Production Design The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Animated Short Film «Feast» Best Live Action Short Film «The Phone Call» Best Sound Editing American Sniper Best Sound Mixing Whiplash Best Visual Effects Interstellar

Best Picture «Äì «ÄúThe Social Network «Äù Best Director «Äì David Fincher for «ÄúThe Social Network «Äù Best Adapted Screenplay «Äì Aaron Sorkin for «ÄúThe Social Network «Äù Best Original Screenplay «Äì Chris Nolan for «ÄúInception «Äù Best Actor «Äì Colin Firth in «ÄúThe King «Äôs Speech «Äù Best Actress «Äì Natalie Portman in «ÄúBlack Swan «Äù Best Supporting Actor «Äì Christian Bale in «ÄúThe Fighter «Äù Best Supporting Actress «Äì Hailee Steinfeld in «ÄúTrue Grit «Äù Best Foreign Language Film «Äì «ÄúA Prophet «Äù Best Documentary «Äì «ÄúExit Through the Gift Shop «Äù Best Animated Feature «Äì «ÄúToy Story 3 «Ä ≥ Best Cinematography «Äì Wally Pfister for «ÄúInception «Äù Best Original Score «Äì Clint Mansell for «ÄúBlack Swan «Äù Most Promising Performer «Äì Jennifer Lawrence in «ÄúWinter «Äôs Bone «Äù Most Promising Filmmaker «Äì Derek Cianfrance for «ÄúBlue Valentine «Äù

Best Feature Film of 2014: Selma Runner Up: Birdman Best Director of 2014: Ava DuVernay (Selma) Runner Up: Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman) Best Documentary of 2014: Gringo Trails Runner Up: Life Itself Best Foreign Language Film of 2014: Aftermath Runner Up: Winter Sleep Best Actress of 2014: Amy Adams (Big Eyes) Runner up: Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) Best...

He's coming off Emmy and Oscar nominations for his documentary Cartel Land, after winning Best Director prize at 2015 Sundance.

A-list director Ron Howard worked with the surviving Beatles to assemble this engaging documentary, which offers an inside look at Beatlemania, the three years when the best pop band in history toured the world.

Best Film: «Of Gods and Men» Best Director: Roman Polanski, «The Ghost Writer» Best Actor: Eric Elmosnino, «Gainsbourg» Best Actress: Sara Forestier, «The Names of Love» Best Supporting Actor: Michael Lonsdale, «Of Gods and Men» Best Supporting Actress: Anne Alvaro, «The Clink of Ice» Most Promising Actor: Edgar Ramirez, «Carlos» Most Promising Actress: Leïla Bekhti, «Tout ce qui brille» Best Original Screenplay: Baya Kasmi and Michel Leclerc, «The Names of Love» Best Adapted Screenplay: Robert Harris and Roman Polanski, «The Ghost Writer» Best Foreign Film: «The Social Network» Best Animated Feature: «The Illusionist» Best Documentary: «Oceans» Best First Film: «Gainsbourg» Best Cinematography: Caroline Champetier, «Of Gods and Men» Best Art Direction: Hugues Tissandier, «The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc - Sec» Best Costume Design: Caroline de Vivaise, «The Princess of Montpensier» Best Film Editing: Hervé de Luze, «The Ghost Writer» Best Sound: «Gainsbourg» Best Short Film: «Logorama»

Best Picture: (tie) «Gravity» and «Her» Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, «Gravity» Runner up: Spike Jonze, «Her» Best Actor: Bruce Dern, «Nebraska» Runner up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, «12 Years a Slave» Best Actress: (tie) Cate Blanchett, «Blue Jasmine» and Adele Exarchopoulos, «Blue is the Warmest Color» Best Supporting Actor: (tie) Jared Leto, «Dallas Buyers Club,» James Franco, «Spring Breakers» Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong» o, «12 Years a Slave» Runner up: June Squibb, «Nebraska» Best Foreign Language Film: «Blue Is the Warmest Color» Runner up: «The Great Beauty» Best Animation: «Ernest & Celestine» Runner up: «The Wind Rises» Best Documentary: «Stories We Tell» Runner up: «The Act of Killing» Best Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, «Before Midnight» Runner up: Spike Jonze, «Her» Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, «Gravity» Runner up: Bruno Delbonnel, «Inside Llewyn Davis» Best Editing: Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger, «Gravity» Runner up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery, «Upstream Color» Best Production Design: K.K. Barrett, «Her» Runner up: Jess Gonchor, «Inside Llewyn Davis» Best Music Score: T Bone Burnett, «Inside Llewyn Davis» Runner up: Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, «Her» Douglas Edwards Independent / Experimental Film / Video Award: «Cabinets of Wonder: Films and a Performance by Charlotte Pryce»

The standard categories are Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction / Production Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Score, Best Foreign - Language Film, Best Animated Film and Best Documentary.

Capturing the essence of its subject more than recapping her life and career, this verite - style documentary from director Sophie Fiennes follows the venerable Jamaican singer for several years, showing that she still has the same feisty spirit and magnetic stage presence well into her 60s.

Best Documentary Feature Film Best Director of a Documentary Best First Documentary Feature Best Music Documentary Best Sports Documentary Best Political Documentary Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary Best Limited Documentary Series for Television / Streaming Best Ongoing Documentary Series for Television / Streaming Best Song in a Documentary Most Innovative Documentary

Best Picture: Boyhood Best Actor: Tom Hardy, Locke Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood Foreign Film: Ida Best Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Documentary: Citizenfour Cinematography: Birdman Supporting Actress: Agata Kuleszka, Ida Animated: The Tale of Princess Kaguya Score: Under the Skin, Inherent Vice (TIE) Best Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Supporting Actor: JK Simmons, Whiplash Best Editing: Boyhood

Best Actor — Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Best Actress — Brie Larson, Room Best Animated Film - Inside Out Best Body of Work — Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina, The Danish Girl, Testament of Youth Best Director — George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road Best Documentary - Amy Best First Feature — Alex Garland, Ex Machina Best Foreign Language Film - Son of Saul Best Original Screenplay - Spotlight Best Adapted Screenplay — Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short Best Supporting Actor — Michael Keaton, Spotlight and Sylvester Stallone, Creed (tie) Best Supporting Actress — Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina Most Disappointing Film - Tomorrowland

It came as no surprise when Matthew Heineman won Best Director for Documentary Award at Sundance Festival early this year.

Also still playing at the Hillsboro Village theater are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary RBG (read our interview with the directors here) and the remarkable You Were Never Really Here — which, as we close in on 2018's midway point, I still think is the best film of the year so far.

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The Haitian director's dissection of a nation defined by dysfunctional race relations provides the complexity, emotion and analytical respect that Baldwin's astute work has long deserved; this extraordinarily moving and artfully rendered film is the nominee to beat in this year's Best Documentary Oscar showdown.

Global Citizen spoke with the director of «City of Ghosts,» Matthew Heineman, the American filmmaker best known for his 2015 documentary Cartel Land about the Mexican drug war.

The nominations for Cries From Syria Best Documentary, Evgeny Afineevsky for Best Director and Best Song in a Documentary.

Kedi leads the nominations this year with four nominations and one honor, including Best Documentary, Best First Documentary, Most Innovative Documentary, Ceyda Torun for Best Director and the Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary honor for The Cats of Istanbul.

Best Actor — Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Best Actress — Amy Adams, Arrival Best Animated Film - Zootopia Best Body of Work — Amy Adams, Arrival, Nocturnal Animals Best Director — Damien Chazelle, La La Land Best Documentary - OJ: Made in America Best Ensemble Cast - Manchester by the Sea Best First Feature — Robert Eggers, The Witch Best Foreign Language Film - The Handmaiden Best Original Screenplay - Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea Best Adapted Screenplay — Eric Heisserer, Arrival Best Supporting Actor — Mahershala Ali, Moonlight Best Supporting Actress — Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea Most Disappointing Film - Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

The nominations for Chasing Coral are Best Documentary, Jeff Orlowski for Best Director and Best Song in a Documentary.

BEST DOCUMENTARY Abacus: Small Enough to Jail — Director: Steve James (Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, Kartemquin Educational Films and WGBH / FRONTLINE) Beware the Slenderman — Director: Irene Taylor Brodsky (HBO, Warner Bros..

The disc has a nice suite of extras including a wide - ranging audio commentary by the director, a good making - of documentary (30 minutes), a short featurette in which the real - life brothers discuss their family's boxing background, about a quarter hour of deleted scenes with optional director commentary, and the theatrical trailer (all of the latter four in HD).

Each critic submitted their top five picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough in any category, Best Screenplay, and Best Documentary.

Best Actor - George Clooney - The Descendants Best Actress - Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn Best Animated Film - The Adventures of Tintin Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Best Documentary - Page One: Inside the New York Times Best First Feature - Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin Best Foreign Language Film - The Skin I Live In The Not - So - Obviously Worst Film - Hangover Part II The Obviously Worst Film - Transformers: Dark of the Moon Best Screenplay (Original)- The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius Best Screenplay (Adaptation)- Moneyball - Aaron Sorkin Best Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks - Drive Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer - The Help

Subsequently working with Lamberto Bava in such efforts as 1985's Demons, the aspiring director would serve as director of the documentary Dario Argento's World of Horror as well as a promotional Bill Wyman rock video (both 1985) before embarking on his maiden voyage as a director with Stage Fright (1987).

Best Picture: Boyhood Best Actor: Tom Hardy, Locke Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood Foreign Film: Ida Best Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Documentary: Citizenfour...