Seriously, It’s an Honor to Be Nominated

ITVS has picked up a dozen Academy Award nominations over the years, including this year’s nod to Lucy Walker’s Waste Land

Waste Land filmmaker Lucy Walker will be on display this Sunday night as the 83^rd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The film, featuring Brazilian artist Vik Muniz’ portraits of garbage, is one of five films nominated in the category for Best Documentary Feature.

Join us in wishing Lucy and the entire Waste Land team the best of luck this Sunday. We’ll be watching! For your consideration, here’s a look at some Oscar-Nominated ITVS films of the past… 

Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary • Waste Land (2011)• The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers (2010)• Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience (2008)• My Country, My Country (2007) • Street Fight (2006)• Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room (2006)• The Weather Underground (2004)• Daughter From Danang (2003)• Promises (2002)• For Better Or For Worse (1993) 

Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Film • Waltz With Bashir (2009) 

Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Short• Why Can’t We Be A Family Again? (2002)