Cinema Eye Honors Legacy Award

The Cinema Eye Honors Legacy Award is an annual award given at the Cinema Eye Honors since 2010.

List of recipients

2010s

2010: Sherman's March - Ross McElwee
2011: Grey Gardens - Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer and Susan Froemke
2012: Titicut Follies - Frederick Wiseman
2013: The War Room - Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker
2014: Harlan County, USA - Barbara Kopple
2015 Paris is Burning - Jennie Livingston
2016 American Movie - Chris Smith
2017 The Times of Harvey Milk - Rob Epstein
2018 When We Were Kings - Leon Gast
2019 Eyes on the Prize - Harry Hampton, Orlando Bagwell, Sheila Curran Bernard, Callie Crossley, James A. DeVinney, Madison D. Lacy, Thomas Ott, Samuel D. Pollard, Terry Kay Rockefeller, Jacqueline Shearer, Paul Stekler, Judith Vecchione

2020s

2020: Koyaanisqatsi - Godfrey Reggio
2021: The Watermelon Woman – Cheryl Dunye
2022: Crumb – Terry Zwigoff
2023: The Decline of Western Civilization – Penelope Spheeris
2024: Hearts and Minds – Peter Davis
2025: Portrait of Jason – Shirley Clarke, Burden of Dreams – Les Blank, Sans Soleil – Chris Marker and Tongues Untied – Marlon T. Riggs