The Directors Guild of America’s documentary nominees:

Agnes Varda – The Beaches of Agnes
Sacha Gervaisi – Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Mai Iskander – Garbage Dreams
Robert Kenner – Food, Inc.
Louie Psihoyos – The Cove
Geoffrey Smith – The English Surgeon

Of the above, only Anvil! The Story of Anvil and The English Surgeon failed to make the Oscar short [...]

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Louie Psihoyos’ button-pushing anti-dolphin slaughter documentary The Cove walked away with 7 nominations for the Cinema Eye Honors Thursday afternoon including the top award, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking.
Burma VJ and Food, Inc. received 5 nominations each also including the top prize.
Outstanding Achievement In Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

Burma VJ, Anders Ostergaard
The Cove, Louie Psihoyos
Food, [...]

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