John Korty
American film director · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1936 to 2022 · aged 85
John Korty, 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.
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Ms. ScroogeFilm, Director1994
Getting OutFilm, Director1992
Deadly MatrimonyFilm, Director1990
A Son's PromiseFilm, Director1988
Slaying the DragonFilm1984
Second Sight: A Love StoryFilm, Director1982
Vietnam RequiemFilm, Producer1978Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmAwardDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - DocumentariesAward
Oliver's StoryFilm, 1978Director, Writer1976
Alex & the GypsyFilm, Director1974Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic SpecialAward1973
Class of '63Film, Director1968
RiverrunFilm, Director, Writer1966
The Crazy-QuiltFilm, Director, Writer1936Born22 June 1936People around John
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John M. Jackson Also in Eye on the Sparrow (1987)
John Lithgow John directed Resting Place and Redwood Curtain
Cicely Tyson John directed The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Michael Learned John directed A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
Susan Ruttan John directed Jack Reed: Deadly Matrimony (1992)
George Morfogen John directed Jack Reed: Deadly Matrimony (1992)
Sydney Walker Also in The Ewok Adventure (1984)
Warwick Davis John directed Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1985)
Burl Ives John directed Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)
Katherine Helmond John directed The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Embeth Davidtz John directed Jack Reed: Deadly Matrimony (1992)
Fionnula Flanagan John directed Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1985)
Henry Czerny John directed Jack Reed: Deadly Matrimony (1992)
Tony Cox John directed Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1985)
Lisa Eilbacher John directed Jack Reed: Deadly Matrimony (1992)
Debbie Lee Carrington John directed Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1985)
Charles Haid John directed Oliver's Story (1980)
Guy Boyd John directed Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1985)
Bill Couturié Produced Twice Upon a Time (1983)
Harold Sylvester Also in Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
George Lucas Produced The Ewok Adventure (1984)
Jack Lemmon John directed Alex & the Gypsy (1980)
Candice Bergen John directed Oliver's Story (1980)
Jeff Daniels John directed Redwood Curtain (1995)
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About this person
He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 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".
