Chuck Workman is a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His 1986 film Precious Images won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film;[1] his work has also been nominated for Emmy Awards, Sundance Film Festival awards, and the Taos Talking Film Festival awards.
Chuck Workman | |
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| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Known for | Precious Images, The Source |
Workman frequently creates the montages seen on the televised Academy Awards shows, including the in memoriam segment.[2] He is sometimes credited as Carl Workman. He is the father of filmmaker Jeremy Workman.
Selected filmography
edit- 1984: The Director and the Image
- 1984: The Director and the Actor
- 1986: Precious Images (2009 National Film Registry inductee)
- 1986: Stoogemania
- 1987: The Best Show in Town
- 1987: Words
- 1989: 50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes
- 1994: 100 Years at the Movies
- 1999: The Source[3]
- 2003: A House on a Hill
- 2010: Visionaries[4]
- 2013: What Is Cinema?
- 2014: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles[5]
References
edit- ^ "Precious Images" winning the Oscar® for Live Action Short
- ^ Cohen, Sandy (2010-03-03). "Oscar's 'In Memoriam' segment is touching to watch, painful to make". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ "The Source". The A.V. Club. 29 March 2002.
- ^ Visionaries|2010 Tribeca Festival|Tribeca
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (October 20, 2014). "Film Review: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 7, 2015.