John Korty
Known for: Directing
Born: June 22, 1936
Died: March 9, 2022
Place of birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Korty,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
58 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
4.2
The Blues Broads
2012
NR
Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
2009
7.6
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
20047.0
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
20046.5
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
1999
9.0
Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story
1998
5.8
Ms. Scrooge
1997
6.5
Redwood Curtain
1995
5.2
Getting Out
1994
7.4
They
1993
5.6
Deadly Matrimony
1992
6.5
Long Road Home
1991
7.0
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
6.5
Keeping Secrets
1991
6.4
A Son's Promise
1990
7.0
Cast the First Stone
1989
8.0
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
1989
8.0
Slaying the Dragon
1988
7.5
Winnie
1988
7.0
Eye on the Sparrow
1987
NR
Angry Annie
19877.5
Baby Girl Scott
1987
6.3
Resting Place
1986
6.0
A Deadly Business
1986
5.8
The Ewok Adventure
1984
NR
Bark in the Dark
1984
7.0
Second Sight: A Love Story
1984
NR
Join a Daisy
1984
6.1
The Haunting Passion
1983
6.6
Twice Upon a Time
1983
8.5
Vietnam Requiem
1982
NR
The Animators
1982
5.7
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
4.8
Oliver's Story
1978
10.0
Forever
1978
6.4
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
1977
4.6
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
6.0
Farewell to Manzanar
1976
NR
Crocodile eating crackers
1976
6.6
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
19749.0
Silence
1974
7.0
The Music School
1974
NR
T for Typewriter, Toe
1973
6.0
Class of '63
1973
NR
Pat the Pilot
1973
5.5
Go Ask Alice
1973
NR
Q for Quiet
1973
5.5
The People
1972
7.0
Imogen Cunningham, photographer
1970
5.8
Riverrun
1968
4.4
Funnyman
1967
5.5
The Crazy-Quilt
1966
NR
Any, Many, and Man
1966
8.0
Breaking the Habit
1965
NR
A Scrap of Paper and a Piece of String
1964
NR
The Dragon's Tears
1963
NR
The Owl and the Pussycat
1962
6.0
The Language of Faces
1961