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.

This is the 20^th 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.

Scroll for the complete list of nominees.

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.

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).

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).

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