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Alan Chebot is an American film director and executive producer, born in Fall River, Massachusetts and raised in Somerset, Massachusetts.

Career

Chebot began his professional career as a producer for WBZ-TV Boston's Evening Magazine. In 1988, Chebot founded Parallax Productions, Inc., a video, multimedia and film production company that works with a diverse client base including television networks, media companies, public relations and advertising agencies, corporations, and foundations. Parallax Productions is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with crews all over the U.S. and many countries around the world. Parallax produces broadcast programming, documentaries, commercials, PSAs, and web content.

In the late 90’s, he was the creator, executive producer and director of the nationally syndicated television series, The Wild Wild Web.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). The series ran for three seasons and was considered the television guide to the Internet. Distributed by CBS/King World, The Wild Wild Web series aired in 148 U.S. markets.

In 2006, Chebot produced, wrote, and directed Song for New Orleans.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Broadcast nationally and distributed internationally by Hearst Television, the feature-length film chronicles the rebirth of the New Orleans music scene immediately after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and won two bronze Telly Awards.[1]

From 2011-2015, Chebot directed and executive produced Outermost Radio, a feature-length documentary film about a community on the tip of Cape Cod and their non-profit community radio station WOMR.[2] Outermost Radio was selected by the Provincetown International Film Festival where Chebot won The John Schlesinger Award Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). and was most recently selected by the Kansas International Film Festival. He was featured on WBUR-FM,[3] Chronicle (TV series),[4] and OZY Media [5] for the love of Community Radio displayed in the film.

Chebot has directed music videos for country artists Restless Heart [6], Robert Ellis Orrall [7] , and Ronna Reeves.

In 2013, Chebot worked as senior video content advisor with Ozy Media, producing and directing several episodes of Carlos Watson's TV series Conversations with Carlos Watson, including an Emmy Award winning profile of Barack Obama[8].

Directorial Biography

  • Blakey’s Message, an intimate portrait of Jazz legend, Art Blakey (1981)
  • AIDS Buddies: Friends for Life (1986)
  • Second Chance (1987)
  • Robert Ellis Orrall, A Little Bit of Her Love (1993)
  • Robert Ellis Orrall, Every Day When I Get Home (1993)
  • Song for New Orleans (2006)
  • 1 In 100 Million, a Salute to the American Workforce (2014-2015)
  • Conversations with Carlos Watson (2007)
  • Outermost Radio (2015)

Awards and Honors

References

  1. ^ "Hearst-Argyle Television Receives Telly Awards for Specials Commemorating Katrina". Hearst Television. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. ^ [1] Documentary Hails WOMR in Provincetown, Cape Cod Times.com
  3. ^ [2] Local Filmmaker Spotlights WOMR, Provincetown’s Fiercely Independent Radio Station, WBUR, Boston's NPR News Station
  4. ^ [3] Chronicle TV Series, WCVB-TV
  5. ^ [4] Provincetown Rallies for Community Airwaves: 'Outermost Radio,' the Film, OZY Media
  6. ^ "Snake Eyes" (PDF). Billboard News. May 21, 1994.
  7. ^ "Robert Ellis Orrall - A Little Bit Of Her Love". CMT.com.
  8. ^ "Conversations with Carlos Watson: Barack Obama". Parallax Productions.
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