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Larry Hott pictured in 2018.

Lawrence "Larry" Hott is an American academic and documentary filmmaker.

Hott co-founded his production company, Florentine Films, with Ken Burns and Buddy Squires.[1][2] He has produced and directed a number of documentary films for PBS and has twice been nominated for the Academy Award, received a Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism Award, and five blue ribbons from the American Film Festival.[1] Since the mid 2010s, Hott has taught courses in the University Without Walls program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[3]

Hott is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b Serreze, Mary (November 14, 2017). "Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott to teach documentary workshop in Northampton". Springfield Republican. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Edgerton, G. (2016). Ken Burns's America: Packaging the Past for Television. Springer. p. 55. ISBN 1137054824.
  3. ^ Pfarrer, Steve (March 16, 2017). "Lights, camera, action: Veteran documentarian leads class on filmmaking". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "UWW Instructors". University Without Walls. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved April 28, 2018.