NONFICTION FEATURE FILMMAKING
- Armadillo - Director: Janus Metz, Producers: Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof
- Exit Through The Gift Shop - Director: Banksy, Producer: Jaimie D'Cruz
- Last Train Home - Director: Lixin Fan, Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross
- Marwencol - Director: Jeff Malmberg, Producers: Jeff Malmberg, Tom Putnam, Matt Radecki, Chris Shellen and Kevin Walsh
- The Oath - Director: Laura Poitras, Producer: Laura Poitras
DIRECTION
- Armadillo - Janus Metz
- La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet - Frederick Wiseman
- Last Train Home - Lixin Fan
- Marwencol - Jeff Malmmberg
- The Oath - Laura Poitras
PRODUCTION
- Armadillo - Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof
- Exit Through The Gift Shop - Jaimie D'Cruz
- Inside Job - Audrey Marrs and Charles Ferguson
- Last Train Home - Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross
- The Oath - Laura Poitras
- Restrepo - Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Armadillo - Lars Skree
- La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet - John Davey
- Into Eternity - Heikke Farm
- Oceans - Camera Luc Drion, Philippe Ros and Luciano Tovoli
- Last Train Home - Lixin Fan
- The Sounds Of Insects - Record Of a Mummy - Peter Liechti and Matthias Kalin
- Sweetgrass - Lucien Castaing-Taylor
EDITING
- Armadillo - Per K. Kirkegaard
- Exit Through The Gift Shop - Chris King and Tom Fulford
- A Film Unfinished - Joëlle Alexis
- Last Train Home - Lixin Fan, Mary Stephens
- Marwencol - Jeff Malmberg
COMPOSING
- 12th and Delaware - David Darling
- Circo - Joey Burns and John Convertino
- The Oath - Osvaldo Golijov
- The Sound Of Insects - Record Of a Mummy - Norbert Möslang
- Utopia in Four Movements - Todd Griffin
GRAPHIC DESIGN
- American: The Bill Hicks Story - Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock
- Gasland - Juan Cardarelli and Eric Levy
- Inside Job - Josh Norton and Alex Krawitz
- The Invention Of Dr. Nakamats - Rob Chiu
- Videocracy - Martin Hultman
INTERNATIONAL
- Armadillo - Director: Janus Metz, Producers: Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof
- Exit Through The Gift Shop - Director: Banksy, Producer: Jaimie D'Cruz
- Into Eternity - Director: Michael Madsen, Producer: Lise Lense-Møller
- Last Train Home - Director: Lixin Fan, Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross
- The Red Chapel - Director: Mads Brügger, Producer: Peter Engel
DEBUT
- Catfish - Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
- Exit Through The Gift Shop - Banksy
- Marwencol - Jeff Malmberg
- Prodigal Sons - Kimberly Reed
- The Red Chapel - Mads Brügger
- Sweetgrass - Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
SPOTLIGHT
- The Arbor - Director: Clio Barnard
- The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu - Director: Andrei Ujică
- La Bocca Del Lupo - Director: Vincenzo Motta
- Nostalgia For The Light - Director: Patricio Guzman
- Steam Of Life - Director: Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen
AUDIENCE CHOICE
- Catfish - Directors: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
- La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet - Director: Frederick Wiseman
- Exit Through The Gift Shop - Director: Banksy
- A Film Unfinished - Director: Yael Hersonski
- Inside Job - Director: Charles Ferguson
- Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work - Directors: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
- Last Train Home - Director Lixin Fan
- Restrepo - Directors: Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
- The Tillman Story - Director: Amir Bar-Lev
- Waiting For "Superman" - Director: Davis Guggenheim
NONFICTION SHORT FILM
- Albert's Winter - Director: Andreas Koefoed
- Arsy-Versy - Director: Miro Remo
- Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No - Director: James Blagden
- The Poodle Trainer - Director: Vance Malone
- Quadrangle - Director: Amy Grappell
Nominees for the 2011 Cinema Eye Honors were named on Thursday, November 4, 2010. Cinema Eye Honors founder AJ Schnack made the announcement from Sheffield Doc/Fest in the U.K. The Cinema Eye Honors will be presented on January 18, 2011 in New York.
