John Korty

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-06-22 (86 years old)

Deathday

2022-03-09

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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 ...

Production

1984

1984

The Ewok Adventure

as Director of Photography

1987

Angry Annie

as Director

1983

1983

1983

Twice Upon a Time

as Screenplay

1990

A Son's Promise

as Director

1986

Resting Place

as Director

1983

Twice Upon a Time

as Character Designer

1976

Alex & the Gypsy

as Director

1997

Ms. Scrooge

as Director

1995

Redwood Curtain

as Director

1978

Oliver's Story

as Director

1987

Baby Girl Scott

as Director

1965

1972

The People

as Director

1973

Class of '63

as Director

1991

Keeping Secrets

as Director

1993

They

as Director

1991

Long Road Home

as Director

1966

The Crazy-Quilt

as Director

1966

2012

The Blues Broads

as Director

2012

The Blues Broads

as Camera Operator

1973

Go Ask Alice

as Director

1992

Deadly Matrimony

as Director

1983

1976

1963

1963

1973

Q for Quiet

as Director

1973

1984

Bark in the Dark

as Director

1986

1968

Riverrun

as Director

1968

Riverrun

as Writer

1968

Riverrun

as Cinematography

1973

Pat the Pilot

as Director

1973

Pat the Pilot

as Writer

1989

1967

Funnyman

as Writer

1967

Funnyman

as Director of Photography

1967

Funnyman

as Animation

1967

Funnyman

as Director

1982

Vietnam Requiem

as Executive Producer

1974

Silence

as Director

1974

The Music School

as Director

1974

1974

The Music School

as Cinematography

1988

Winnie

as Director

1978

Oliver's Story

as Screenplay

1984

Join a Daisy

as Director

1966

1994

Getting Out

as Director

1978

Forever

as Director

1961

1987

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