Kartemquin Films recently announced that Gordon Quinn, its founder and artistic director, will receive the International Documentary Association (IDA) 2015 Career Achievement Award at the annual awards IDA Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2015.
The award comes following the Kartemquin film The Trials of Muhammad Ali, broadcast by Independent Lens, winning an Emmy at the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmys in September. Quinn served as executive producer of the production.
Previous winners of the IDA Career award include Robert Redford, Werner Herzog, Barbara Kopple, DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, Ricky Leacock, Albert Maysles, Frederick Wiseman, Henry Hampton, Robert Drew, Jean Rouch, Walter Cronkite, and Bill Moyers.
During his more than 50 years of filmmaking, Gordon Quinn produced, directed and often served as cinematographer on over 55 films. His work has won three Emmys, two Peabodys, the IDA award for Best Limited Series (for The New Americans, 2004), the DGA award for directing (Vietnam: Long Time Coming, 1998), and an Oscar nomination and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Hoop Dreams (1994). His recent films as executive producer include The Interrupters (2011), The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), Life Itself (2014), The Homestretch (2014), On Beauty (2014), Almost There (2014), Saving Mes Aynak (2014), In The Game (2015), and the six-part series Hard Earned (2015).
During his more than 50 years of filmmaking, Gordon Quinn produced, directed and often served as cinematographer on over 55 films. His work has won three Emmys, two Peabodys, the IDA award for Best Limited Series (for The New Americans, 2004), the DGA award for directing (Vietnam: Long Time Coming, 1998), and an Oscar nomination and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Hoop Dreams (1994). His recent films as executive producer include The Interrupters (2011), The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), Life Itself (2014), The Homestretch (2014), On Beauty (2014), Almost There (2014), Saving Mes Aynak (2014), In The Game (2015), and the six-part series Hard Earned (2015).
A longtime activist for public and community media, Quinn helped create ITVS, public access television in Chicago, and draft the Documentary Filmmakers Statement of Best Practice in Fair Use. He helped found the Indie Caucus to support diverse independent voices on Public Television.
The IDA Career Award comes on the eve of Kartemquin's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2016, with many special events on tap.
News on Kartemquin/Quinn Films
Almost There continues its award-winning festival run including the film's Irish premiere at the Cork Film Festival. See all the upcoming screenings here. You can find more news about this film, including the possibility of a theatrical and VOD release at www.almostthereproject.com
In The Game, a film about a girls' soccer team in south Chicago, is being shown around the community, including a recent screening at Kelly High School, the school in which it was filmed, and at the Harold Washington Library to launch the Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago program. Bring the film to your community by clicking here.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace screened Saving Mes Aynak on September 15th in Washington DC. The film also recently won the "Best One-Hour Documentary" at the 2015 Cinemambiente International Environmental Film Festival in Torino, Italy.
Visit www.savingmesaynak.com for more information and to watch the film. Its director Brent E. Huffman was named one of '25 Documentary Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter' by Indiewire.
Joanna Rudnick's award-winning short, On Beauty continues to screen around the world. Distribution partner Women Make Movies are now offering pre-orders of the film on educational DVD for schools, community groups and other institutions. The DVDs are expected to be ready in early 2016. Get a full list of upcoming events and bring the film to you via www.iambeauty.me.
The Homestretch continues to screen around the country, with new requests coming in daily. It is also available on DVD and VOD.
Composer Joshua Abrams' acclaimed music for Life Itself and The Interrupters will be released digitally for the first time on October 16th, 2015 on itunes and emusic, via Eremite records. For more information, including a personal essay on their collaboration from director Steve James, click here.
Steve James' award-winning film on the life and legacy of Roger Ebert is available to watch on VOD and to purchase on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Hoop Dreams and Stevie (both directed by Steve James) were included on the 2016 "Influentials List", a list of documentaries that have inspired the filmmakers eligible for this year's Cinema Eye Honors.
Both films are available on DVD from the Kartemquin store.
The IDA Career Award comes on the eve of Kartemquin's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2016, with many special events on tap.
News on Kartemquin/Quinn Films
Almost There continues its award-winning festival run including the film's Irish premiere at the Cork Film Festival. See all the upcoming screenings here. You can find more news about this film, including the possibility of a theatrical and VOD release at www.almostthereproject.com
In The Game, a film about a girls' soccer team in south Chicago, is being shown around the community, including a recent screening at Kelly High School, the school in which it was filmed, and at the Harold Washington Library to launch the Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago program. Bring the film to your community by clicking here.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace screened Saving Mes Aynak on September 15th in Washington DC. The film also recently won the "Best One-Hour Documentary" at the 2015 Cinemambiente International Environmental Film Festival in Torino, Italy.
Visit www.savingmesaynak.com for more information and to watch the film. Its director Brent E. Huffman was named one of '25 Documentary Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter' by Indiewire.
Joanna Rudnick's award-winning short, On Beauty continues to screen around the world. Distribution partner Women Make Movies are now offering pre-orders of the film on educational DVD for schools, community groups and other institutions. The DVDs are expected to be ready in early 2016. Get a full list of upcoming events and bring the film to you via www.iambeauty.me.
The Homestretch continues to screen around the country, with new requests coming in daily. It is also available on DVD and VOD.
Composer Joshua Abrams' acclaimed music for Life Itself and The Interrupters will be released digitally for the first time on October 16th, 2015 on itunes and emusic, via Eremite records. For more information, including a personal essay on their collaboration from director Steve James, click here.
Steve James' award-winning film on the life and legacy of Roger Ebert is available to watch on VOD and to purchase on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Hoop Dreams and Stevie (both directed by Steve James) were included on the 2016 "Influentials List", a list of documentaries that have inspired the filmmakers eligible for this year's Cinema Eye Honors.
Both films are available on DVD from the Kartemquin store.
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