John Korty

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Ewok Adventure (1984) — Director
2. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) — Director
3. Oliver's Story (1978) — Director
4. Twice Upon a Time (1983) — Director
5. Go Ask Alice (1973) — Director
6. Resting Place (1986) — Director
7. The People (1972) — Director
8. They (1993) — Director
9. A Son's Promise (1990) — Director
10. Ms. Scrooge (1997) — Director
11. A Christmas Without Snow (1980) — Director
12. Getting Out (1994) — Director
13. Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977) — Director
14. Deadly Matrimony (1992) — Director
15. Alex & the Gypsy (1976) — Director
16. The Haunting Passion (1983) — Director
17. Redwood Curtain (1995) — Director
18. The Crazy-Quilt (1966) — Director
19. Funnyman (1967) — Director
20. Long Road Home (1991) — Director
21. Riverrun (1968) — Director
22. Winnie (1988) — Director
23. Second Sight: A Love Story (1984) — Director
24. Eye on the Sparrow (1987) — Director
25. Baby Girl Scott (1987) — Director
26. Class of '63 (1973) — Director
27. Keeping Secrets (1991) — Director
28. The Blues Broads (2012) — Director
29. A Deadly Business (1986) — Director
30. The Music School (1974) — Director
31. A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999) — Director
32. Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1970) — Director
33. Breaking the Habit (1965) — Director
34. Farewell to Manzanar (1976) — Director
35. Cast the First Stone (1989) — Director
36. Silence (1974) — Director
37. Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story (1998) — Director
38. Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991) — Director
39. Forever (1978) — Director
40. The Language of Faces (1961) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' (2004) — Self
2. A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004) — Self
3. Slaying the Dragon (1988)
4. The Animators (1982) — Himself