1980s
- 1980 The Dollar Bottom - Lloyd Phillips
- Fall Line - Bob Carmichael and Greg Lowe
- A Jury of Her Peers - Sally Heckel
- 1981 Violet - Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson
- Couples and Robbers - Christine Oestreicher
- First Winter - John N. Smith
- 1982 A Shocking Accident - Christine Oestreicher
- Ballet Robotique - Bob Rogers
- The Silence - Michael Toshiyuki Uno and Joseph Benson
- Split Cherry Tree - Jan Saunders
- Sredni Vashtar - Andrew Birkin
- 1983 Boys and Girls - Janice L. Platt
- Goodie-Two-Shoes - Ian Emes, Producer
- Overnight Sensation - Jon N. Bloom, Producer
- 1984 Up - Mike Hoover
- The Painted Door - Michael MacMillan and Janice L. Platt, Producers
- Tales of Meeting and Parting - Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter
- 1985 Molly's Pilgrim - Jeffrey D. Brown, Chris Pelzer
- Graffiti - Dianna Costello
- Rainbow War - Bob Rogers
- 1986 Precious Images - Chuck Workman
- Exit - Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo
- Love Struck - Fredda Weiss
- 1987 Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall - Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel
- Making Waves - Ann Wingate
- Shoeshine - Robert A. Katz
- 1988 The Appointments of Dennis Jennings - Dean Parisot, Steven Wright
- Cadillac Dreams - Matia Karrell, Abbee Goldstein
- Gullah Tales - George deGolian, Gary Moss
- 1989 Work Experience - James Hendrie
- Amazon Diary - Robert Nixon
- The Childeater - Jonathan Tammuz
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