Gransito Movie Awards 2008 Gransito Movie Awards 2008 Gransito Movie Awards 2008 is the 8th edition of Gransito Movie Awards, the first Italian online film award.<br> The winners were announced 6 May 2008 on the official site. Best movie<br> - American Gangster (by Ridley Scott, Usa)<br> - Atonement (by Joe Wright, Uk/Fra)<br> - Into the Wild (by Sean Penn, Usa)<br> - Le vite degli altri (di Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ger)<br> - No Country for Old Men (di Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Usa)<br> <br> Best director<br> - Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)<br> - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (No Country for
Joel Conroy "Waveriders" won the 2008 Audience Choice Award from the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards inaugural George Morrison Feature Documentary Award and the Best Documentary Award at the 2009 SURFER Poll & Video Awards. Margo Harkin (Producer) and Joel Conroy (Director) were awarded Outstanding Achievement in film making for "Waveriders" at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival. Joel Conroy Joel Conroy is an Irish filmmaker. Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary "Eye of the Storm", which was first screened on RTÉ television in 2002 and