Ian Cheney

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

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Ian Cheney

Biography

Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has completed ten feature documentaries, including King Corn (2007), The Greening of Southie (2008), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015), The Most Unknown (2018), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), Picture a Scientist (2020) and The Long Coast (2020). His short films include Two Buckets (2006), Truck Farm (2010), The Melungeons (2013), The Smog of the Sea (2016) and The Measure of a Fog (2017). He received bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Yale University, and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine ...

Acting

2007

King Corn

as Himself

Production

2020

The Long Coast

as Director

2020

2007

King Corn

as Writer

2007

King Corn

as Producer

2012

The City Dark

as Director

2011

Truck Farm

as Director

2023

2023

2017

2017

The Smog of the Sea

as Cinematography

2017

2017

2013

The Melungeons

as Director

2024

Shelf Life

as Director

2015

Bluespace

as Director

2018

The Most Unknown

as Director

2010

2020

The Emoji Story

as Director

2020

The Emoji Story

as Producer

2013

World Fair

as Cinematography

2013

World Fair

as Co-Producer

2020

2020

The Emoji Story

as Director of Photography

2025

Observer

as Director

2025

Observer

as Writer

2025

The Last Class

as Executive Producer

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