John Korty

Known for: Directing
Born: June 22, 1936, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Died: March 9, 2022
Movies: 58

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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".

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Best-Known Movies

5.8

The Ewok Adventure

1984

4.8

Oliver's Story

1978

6.6

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

6.6

Twice Upon a Time

1983

5.6

Go Ask Alice

1973

6.3

Resting Place

1986

5.5

The People

1972

7.4

They

1993

6.4

A Son's Promise

1990

5.8

Ms. Scrooge

1997

Filmography

2004	A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope	Self
2004	Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'	Self
1988	Slaying the Dragon
1982	The Animators	Himself

Directing, Writing & Producing

2012	The Blues Broads	Director
2009	Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn	Director, Producer
1999	A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story	Director
1998	Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story	Director
1997	Ms. Scrooge	Director
1995	Redwood Curtain	Director
1994	Getting Out	Director
1993	They	Director
1992	Deadly Matrimony	Director
1991	Long Road Home	Director
1991	Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story	Director
1991	Keeping Secrets	Director
1990	A Son's Promise	Director
1989	Cast the First Stone	Director
1988	Winnie	Director
1987	Eye on the Sparrow	Director
1987	Angry Annie	Director
1987	Baby Girl Scott	Director
1986	Resting Place	Director
1986	A Deadly Business	Director
1984	The Ewok Adventure	Director
1984	Bark in the Dark	Director
1984	Second Sight: A Love Story	Director
1984	Join a Daisy	Director
1983	The Haunting Passion	Director
1983	Twice Upon a Time	Director, Screenplay
1980	A Christmas Without Snow	Director, Producer
1978	Oliver's Story	Director, Screenplay
1978	Forever	Director
1977	Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?	Director, Producer
1976	Alex & the Gypsy	Director
1976	Farewell to Manzanar	Writer, Director
1976	Crocodile eating crackers	Director
1975	You's Scrapbook	Director
1974	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Director
1974	Smog and Smoke	Director
1974	Silence	Director
1974	The Music School	Director, Writer
1973	T for Typewriter, Toe	Director
1973	Class of '63	Director
1973	Pat the Pilot	Director, Writer
1973	Go Ask Alice	Director
1973	Q for Quiet	Director
1972	The People	Director
1970	Imogen Cunningham, photographer	Director, Screenplay
1968	Riverrun	Director, Writer
1967	Funnyman	Writer, Director
1966	The Crazy-Quilt	Director, Writer
1966	Any, Many, and Man	Director
1965	Breaking the Habit	Director
1964	A Scrap of Paper and a Piece of String	Director
1963	The Dragon's Tears	Director, Producer
1962	The Owl and the Pussycat	Director
1961	The Language of Faces	Director

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