Thomas Lennon (documentary filmmaker)

Thomas Lennon (documentary filmmaker)

Thomas F. Lennon is a documentary filmmaker.

Thomas F. Lennon has alternated between historical and contemporary subject matter, often collaborating with such writers as Shelby Steele and Richard Ben Cramer. His work, broadcast on PBS and HBO, has been twice nominated for and once won an Academy Award, and has received all major television awards: two George Foster Peabody Awards, two national Emmys and a DuPont-Columbia Journalism award. For years, his work focused on ethnicity and race; recently he has focused on health, mounting, with filmmaker Ruby Yang, a nationwide AIDS prevention campaign on Chinese television.

Filmography

*"Tongzhi in Love" (2008) - producer
*"The Supreme Court", PBS (2007) - director
*"The Blood of Yingzhou District" (2006) - producer (Academy Award winner - best documentary short subject; 2007 Excellence in Media Award - Global Health Council International Documentary Festival; Chicago Doc Humanitarian Award - Chicago International Documentary Film Festival; Golden Reel Jury Prize, Best Short - VC FilmFest; Grand Jury Award - AFI Silverdocs Film Festival; Audience Award - Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival; Jury Prize Award - Documenta International Film Festival; Jury Prize Award - RiverRun International Film Festival; Nominated for Documentary Awards at the Hawaii International Film Festival, The Fund for Santa Barbara, the International Documentary Association, and the DOCNZ Film Festival)
*"Terry Sanford & the New South" (2006) - producer, director, writer ("Full-Frame Documentary Festival" (premiere))
*"Becoming American: The Chinese Experience", PBS mini-series (2003) - series producer, writer (Emmy Nominations (four); Writes’ Guild nomination; IDA nomination; Christopher Award)
*"Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives", HBO (2003) - producer, director (Sundance Film Festival (premiere), Emmy nominations (two); Christopher Award)
*"RKO 281", HBO (1999) (starring John Malkovich, Liev Schreiber, Melanie Griffith) - consultant (Golden Globe Award, Emmy Awards (three))
*"The Irish in America: Long Journey Home", PBS mini-series (1998) - series producer, director, writer (Emmy Award (four nominations) Writers’ Guild nomination, Grammy Award for soundtrack CD)
*"The Battle Over Citizen Kane", "The American Experience" (PBS, 1996) - producer, director, writer (Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Academy Award nomination, George Foster Peabody Award, Writers’ Guild Award)
*"The Battle of the Bulge", PBS The American Experience (1994) - producer, writer (duPont-Columbia Award; Emmy nominations (two))
*"Tabloid Truth", PBS Frontline (1994) - producer, writer (Writers’ Guild nomination)
*"The Choice" (1992) - producer, writer (San Francisco International Film Festival Grand Jury Award, George Foster Peabody Award)
*"Seven Days in Bensonhurst", "Frontline" (PBS, 1990) - producer, writer (Emmy, Outstanding Documentary)
*"Demon Rum" (1989) - producer, writer

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502072 Thomas Lennon at IMDB]


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