Ian Cheney
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 Ian Cheney | |
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Ian Cheney is an American documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer.[1]
Cheney grew up in Massachusetts[2] and Maine,[3] attended The Mountain School, a semester school for high school juniors,[4] and graduated from Milton Academy in 1998.[2] Cheney received bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale University in 2002 and 2003.[5]
He shared a Peabody Award in 2008 for King Corn, which he co-produced and starred in.[6] In 2011 he and longtime collaborator Curt Ellis received the 17th Annual Heinz Award with special focus on the environment, becoming the youngest recipients to receive the Heinz Award.[7] Cheney received an Emmy nomination in 2013 for his film The City Dark, which aired on PBS' POV.[8]
Cheney runs Wicked Delicate Films, a documentary film production company based in Maine.[9] He is a co-founder and former member of the board of directors of the FoodCorps non-profit organization.[10] He is the brother of poet Colin Cheney.[11]
Filmography
- King Corn (2007), Co-creator, Co-producer, Cinematographer, Writer
- The Greening of Southie (2009), Director, Editor[12]
- Big River (2010), Co-producer
- Truck Farm (2011), Director[13]
- The City Dark (2012), Director[14]
- The Melungeons (2013), Director[9]
- The Search for General Tso (2014), Director[15]
- The Smog of the Sea (2017)
- The Most Unknown (2018) [16]
References
- ^ "Ian Cheney". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "Ian Cheney '98 – What's wrong with how America thinks of food?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ "Maine filmmaker has eyes on the skies". Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/06/ian-cheney-and-curt-ellis-of-truck-farm-king-corn-documentary.html
- ^ "Honolulu Screening of 'The City Dark' by Ian Cheney '02". Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ "Complete List of 2008 Peabody Award Winners". Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ^ "The Heinz Awards: Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis". The Heinz Awards. The Heinz Awards.
- ^ "POV Films Nominated for 9 News and Documentary Emmy Awards". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ a b Wicked Delicate Films
- ^ FoodCorps directors Archived November 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Colin Cheney: The City Dark". Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ "The Greening of Southie". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Truck Farm". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "The City Dark". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "The Search for General Tso". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "The Most Unknown". IMDb. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
External links
- Ian Cheney at IMDb