Alex Kronemer

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Alexander Kronemer (born 19 June 1950, Pennsylvania, USA) the co-executive producer of Unity Productions Foundation. He is also a writer, lecturer and documentary producer focusing on religious diversity, Islam and cross-cultural understanding.

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[edit] Publications

Kronemer has published essays in numerous newspapers and journals, including The Southern Quarterly, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, Beliefnet.com, and The Washington Post. His articles have been included in several book anthologies, including the September 11 memorial book, Up From the Ashes (2001) and Wilber Prize winner, Taking Back Islam(2002).

[edit] Education

Kronemer Studied International Relations and Conflict Resolution at the American University. He has a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Harvard University concentrating in the philosophy of religion and comparative religion. He is a convert to Islam.

[edit] Lecturer & Commentator

As a lecturer, he has delivered talks on religious diversity and Islam for the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State, FBI, the World Affairs Council, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, at many universities including the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Cornell University, Yale University, Princeton University, and Penn State, and for numerous private corporations, including Nike, Aetna, and Walt Disney World.

He has appeared as a CNN commentator on several occasions, including during CNN’s historic live coverage of the Hajj in 1998, which was broadcast to 400 million viewers. He has also been heard in many radio interviews, such as NPR and the Voice of America.

[edit] Television & Film

He is the co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation, a non-profit corporation whose mission is to help bring peace through the media by creating better understanding of Islam and the world’s other faiths and spiritual traditions. He was creator and co-producer of the popular PBS documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet.[1]
He has co-Executive produced several other documentaries including:

[edit] List of Films

Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet – Competed August 2002

  • Domestic
    • PBS National Broadcast – December 2002
  • International
  • Awards
    • Cine Special Jury Award- 2004

Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain – Completed May 2007

  • Domestic
    • PBS National Broadcast – August 2007
  • International
    • Al Arabiya - 2007
    • SBS Australia - 2007
    • ZDF Germany –2007
    • YLE Finland – 2007
    • Al Jazeera – 2008
    • History Channel Spain – 2009
    • SRL Italy – 2009
  • Awards
    • "Gold" Intermedia- Globe; Hamburg World Media Film Festival- 2008
    • "Best Documentary"; ITV/ADC Peer Award, Documentary over 30 Minutes- 2008
    • "Grand Goldie Film Award"; For Excellence in Film- 2007

Prince Among Slaves - Completed May 2007

  • Domestic:
    • PBS National Broadcast – February 2008
  • International:
  • Live Screenings:
    • 2007
      • June 22 - Cincinnati
      • August 5 - Dayton
      • August 8 - New Brunswick, NJ
      • October 6 - Chicago
      • October 18 - Detroit
      • October 27 - Charleston, WV
      • November 2 - Philadelphia
      • November 3 - Raleigh, NC
      • November 17 - Dallas
      • December 1 - San Francisco
      • December 1 - Washington, DC
      • December 8 - Indianapolis
    • 2008
      • January 20 - Boston
      • January 25 - Miami
      • January 27 - Las Vegas
      • January 30 - New York
      • January 31 - Philadelphia
      • January 31 - Tampa
      • February 2 - Houston
  • Film Festivals:
  • Awards
    • "Gold" Intermedia-Globe; Hamburg World Media Festival- 2008
    • Telly Award- 2008
    • "Best Documentary"- American Black Film Festival- 2007
    • Cine Golden Eagle- 2007
    • Grand Goldie Film Award- For Excellence in Film- 2007

On A Wing and a Prayer – Completed January 2008

Allah Made Me Funny – Completed July 2008

Talking Through Walls– Completed November 2008

Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think – Completed May 2009

[edit] Awards & Grants

Awards

In 1996, he was awarded a Joseph J. Malone Fellowship for Middle East and Islamic Studies, which funded him for a study tour of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

In 2008, he was awarded the Interfaith Bridge Builders Award "For Passionate Commitment to Inter-Religious Understanding through the Arts."

Grants

His work has been supported by numerous grants, including the World Economic Forum, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Packard Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Montgomery County Commission on the Humanities, and a Halberstam Writing Fellowship.:

'The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation' • Outreach Funding – 20,000 Dialogues – 2009, 2008

The El-Hibri Charitable Foundation • Production Funding – Inside Islam – 2009 • Production Funding – Prince Among Slaves – 2006 • Production Funding – Cities of Light – 2004 • Production Funding – Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet – 2002

One Nation, a Special Project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors • Outreach Funding – 20,000 Dialogues – 2008 • Production Funding – Allah Made Me Funny – 2007 • Production Funding – Talking Through – 2007 • Production Funding – On a Wing and a Prayer – 2007

U.S. Institute of Peace • Companion Website – Cities of Light – 2007

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting • Production Funding – Cities of Light– 2006 • Production Funding – Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet – 2004

The National Endowment for the Humanities • Production Funding – Prince Among Slaves – 2006, 2005 • Research and Development – Prince Among Slaves – 2004, 2003

The National Black Programming Consortium • Production Funding – Prince Among Slaves – 2005

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation • Production Funding – Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet – 2002

Carnegie Corporation • For a joint outreach project on Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet and Muslims, both airing on PBS (December 2002) – 2003

[edit] External links

[edit] General

[edit] Films

[edit] Full text articles

[edit] References

  1. ^ Two public TV projects for 2002 aim to explain Islam Current.org. Retrieved on 2009-09-03.
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