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John Korty

John Korty

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.

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Known For

  • The Ewok Adventure
  • Angry Annie
  • Twice Upon a Time
  • A Christmas Without Snow
  • A Son's Promise
  • Resting Place
  • The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  • Imogen Cunningham, photographer
  • Ms. Scrooge
  • Alex & the Gypsy
  • Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
  • Redwood Curtain
  • Oliver's Story
  • Baby Girl Scott
  • Breaking the Habit
  • The People
  • Class of '63
  • Keeping Secrets
  • They
  • Long Road Home
  • Second Sight: A Love Story
  • The Crazy-Quilt
  • The Blues Broads
  • Go Ask Alice
  • Deadly Matrimony
  • The Haunting Passion
  • Farewell to Manzanar
  • A Scrap of Paper and a Piece of String
  • The Dragon's Tears
  • The Owl and the Pussycat
  • Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
  • Q for Quiet
  • T for Typewriter, Toe
  • Bark in the Dark
  • A Deadly Business
  • Riverrun
  • Pat the Pilot
  • Cast the First Stone
  • Funnyman
  • Silence
  • The Music School
  • Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story
  • Winnie
  • A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
  • Crocodile eating crackers
  • Join a Daisy
  • Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
  • Any, Many, and Man
  • Getting Out
  • Forever
  • The Language of Faces
  • Eye on the Sparrow