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John Korty

Film Director / Screenwriter / Cinematographer / Animator / Television Producer | * 06/22/1936 († 85, 03/09/2022) | Lafayette, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
John Korty (June 22, 1936 – March 9, 2022) was an American film director and animator, best known for the television film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the documentary Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, as well as the theatrical animated feature Twice Upon a Time. He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (for Who Are the DeBolts?) and several other major awards. He is described by the film critic Leonard Maltin as "a principled filmmaker who has worked both outside and within the mainstream, attempting to find projects that support his humanistic beliefs". ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for John Korty

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/nonfiction Program Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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Movies with John Korty as Actor(4)

Movies with John Korty as Crew(63)

Crew/Cinematography2009 Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
Directing/Director2009 Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
Production/Producer2009 Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
Directing/Director1998 Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story
Directing/Director1997 Ms. Scrooge
Directing/Director1995 Redwood Curtain
Directing/Director1994 Getting Out
Directing/Director1994 A Son's Promise
Directing/Director1993 They
Directing/Director1992 Jack Reed: Deadly Matrimony
Directing/Director1991 Long Road Home
Directing/Director1991 Keeping Secrets
Directing/Director1989 Cast the First Stone
Directing/Director1988 Winnie
Directing/Director1987 Eye on the Sparrow
Directing/Director1987 Baby Girl Scott
Directing/Director1987 Angry Annie
Directing/Director1986 Resting Place
Directing/Director1986 A Deadly Business
Camera/Director of Photography1985 The Ewok Adventure
Directing/Director1985 The Ewok Adventure
Directing/Director1984 Second Sight: A Love Story
Directing/Director1983 Twice Upon a Time
Visual Effects/Character Designer1983 Twice Upon a Time
Writing/Story1983 Twice Upon a Time
Writing/Screenplay1983 Twice Upon a Time
Directing/Director1983 The Haunting Passion
Directing/Director1980 A Christmas Without Snow
Production/Producer1980 A Christmas Without Snow
Writing/Teleplay1980 A Christmas Without Snow
Directing/Director1978 Forever
Directing/Director1978 Oliver's Story
Writing/Screenplay1978 Oliver's Story
Directing/Director1976 Farewell to Manzanar
Writing/Writer1976 Farewell to Manzanar
Directing/Director1976 Alex & the Gypsy
Crew/Cinematography1974 The Music School
Directing/Director1974 The Music School
Writing/Writer1974 The Music School
Directing/Director1974 Silence
Directing/Director1973 Go Ask Alice
Directing/Director1973 Q for Quiet
Directing/Director1973 Class of '63
Directing/Director1973 T for Typewriter, Toe
Directing/Director1972 The People
Directing/Director1970 Imogen Cunningham, photographer
Writing/Screenplay1970 Imogen Cunningham, photographer
Crew/Cinematography1968 Riverrun
Directing/Director1968 Riverrun
Writing/Writer1968 Riverrun
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Funnyman
Directing/Director1967 Funnyman
Visual Effects/Animation1967 Funnyman
Writing/Writer1967 Funnyman
Directing/Director1966 The Crazy-Quilt
Writing/Writer1966 The Crazy-Quilt
Directing/Director1965 Breaking the Habit
Directing/Director1961 The Language of Faces

Full Name: John Korty
Born: Monday, 06/22 1936 (June) in Lafayette, Indiana (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 03/09 2022 (March) in Point Reyes Station (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Antioch University, Antioch College
John Korty frequently works together with these people:
Jim Oliver (8x, Crew)
Gary Leva (6x, Crew)
George Lucas (5x, Crew)
Suella Kennedy (5x, Crew)
John Lithgow (4x, Actor)
Harley Jessup (4x, Crew)
James Cranna (4x, Cast)
Ed Bogas (4x, Crew)
William Wages (4x, Crew)
Suzanne Somers (3x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:130762, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024