John Korty

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Korty (born July 22, 1936 – March 9, 2022) is 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Korty,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

• ★Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1978
• ★Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Documentaries · 1978
• ★Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special · 1974
• ★Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
• ☆Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special · 1986 · nominated