Grierson reveal nominations for 2013 awards

The nominations are in for this year's Grierson Awards, and as ever, there are scores of Directors UK members in the running.

The Open University Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - Domestic 7/7: One Day in London, Ben Anthony for Minnow Films; first shown: BBC Two
Bradley Wiggins - A Year in Yellow, John Dower for Twofour; first shown: Sky Atlantic
Dogging Tales, Leo Maguire for Minnow Films; first shown: Channel 4
Lifers, Tim Wardle for Century Films; first shown: Channel 4 Shell Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme – International Law of the Jungle, Michael Christoffersen, Hans La Cour for Radiator Film; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Salma, Kim Longinotto for Vixen Films; first shown: Human Rights Watch Film Festival, London
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul for Red box Films & Passion Pictures in association with Canfield Pictures & The Documentary Company; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline, Siobhan Sinnerton for Minnow Films; first shown: Channel 4 ITN Source Best Documentary on Current Affairs Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, Lesley Gardiner for ITV Studios; first shown: ITV
No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields Of Sri Lanka, Callum Macrae for Outsider Films; first shown: Frontline Club, London
The Spies Who Fooled the World, Mike Rudin for BBC Panorama; first shown: BBC One
Syria: Across the Lines, Olly Lambert for Quicksilver Media; first shown: Channel 4 Halo Best Arts Documentary Arena: aka Norman Parkinson, Nicola Roberts; first shown: BBC Four
Chopin Saved My Life, James Kent for Oxford Film & Television; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Imagine: The Fatwa - Salman's Story, Jill Nicholls for BBC; first shown: BBC One
Imagine: Theatre of War, Chris Terrill for Uppercut Films; first shown: BBC One ITN Source Best Historical Documentary Donald Campbell: Speed King, Ashley Gething for Tern Television; first shown: BBC Two
The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood, Ian Denyer for What Larks! Productions; first shown: BBC Two
The Secret History of Our Streets: Deptford High Street, Joseph Bullman for Century Films & Halcyon Hearts Films; first shown: BBC Two
The Trouble With Aid, Ricardo Pollack for Wall to Wall Media; first shown: BBC Four Vinten Best Science or Natural History Documentary The 2000 Year-Old Computer, Michael Beckham for Images First; first shown: BBC Four
How to Build a Bionic Man, Tom Coveney for Darlow Smithson Productions; first shown: Channel 4
Kangaroo Dundee: Part 1, Andrew Graham-Brown, Tom Mustill for AGB Films; first shown: BBC Two
Order and Disorder: The Story of Energy, Nic Stacey for Furnace TV; first shown: BBC Four Nyman Libson Paul Most Entertaining Documentary The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate, Jamie Balment for Indus Films; first shown: BBC Two
Inside Claridges (Episode 1), Jane Treays for The Garden; first shown: BBC Two
Nina Conti: A Ventriloquist’s Story - Her Master’s Voice, Nina Conti; first shown: BBC Four
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul for Red box Films & Passion Pictures in association with Canfield Pictures & The Documentary Company; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest Envy Best Documentary Series Our War, Katharine English, John Douglas, Dan Reed for BBC Productions; first shown: BBC Three
The Secret History Of Our Streets, Joe Bullman, Brian Hill, Mary Cranitch, Paul Berczeller, Chris Durlacher for Century Films & Halcyons Heart Films; first shown: BBC Two
Why Poverty?, Ben Lewis, Brian Hill, Alex Gibney, Hugo Berkeley, Osvalde Lewat, Bosse Lindquist, Christoffer Guldbrandsen, Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim, Weijun Chen for Steps International, DR & BBC; first shown: BBC One
The Year The Town Hall Shrank, David Nath, James Newton for Blast! Films; first shown: BBC Four Bertha DocHouse Best Cinema Documentary 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi for Alegria Productions, Burnat Films Palestine, Guy DVD Films Production; first shown: General theatrical release
The House I Live In, Eugene Jarecki; first shown: General theatrical release
The Imposter, Bart Layton for RAW in association with Red Box Films and Passion Pictures; first shown: General theatrical release
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, Matthew Akers; first shown: General theatrical release CTVC Best Newcomer Documentary High Tech, Low Life, Stephen Maing for Mud Horse Pictures, LLC; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet, Jesse Vile for Opus Pocus Films; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Love & Death in City Hall, Guy King for Erica Starling Productions; first shown: BBC One Northern Ireland
Transsexual Teen Beauty Queen, Dan Murdoch for Renegade; first shown: BBC Three Sky Atlantic Best Student Documentary Beach Boy, Emil Langballe for National Film and Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank
Boys, Marc Williamson for National Film and Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank
Red Dust, Ilona Kacieja for Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh University; first shown: Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh University
Sodiq, Adeyemi Michael for National Film and Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank Documentary Presenter of the Year GRAYSON PERRY for All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry, Seneca Productions; first shown: Channel 4
LOU FERRANTE for Inside the Gangsters Code, NERD TV; first shown: Discovery
MARY BEARD for Meet the Romans with Mary Beard, Lion Television; first shown: BBC Two
RICH HALL for Rich Hall Inventing the Indian, Open Mike Manchester; first shown: BBC Four

The winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony on 4th November. Members can read our feature from Current Affairs nominee Olly Lambert about his experience filming in Syria here.