Freida Lee Mock

Freida Lee Mock

Freida Lee Mock is an American screenwriter , director and film producer .

Life

Mock studied history and law at the University of California at Berkeley . After her bachelor's degree , she worked for the National Geographic Channel, among others . In 1983 she was nominated for an Oscar for the first time for the documentary To Live Or Let Die produced for the television station PBS . In 1989 she received the Emmy for the portrait of the actress Lillian Gish , Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me . A second nomination for an Oscar came in 1991 for the portrait of Rose Kennedy , Rose Kennedy: A Life To Remember . She finally received the Oscar in 1995 for Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision , a film about the artist and architect Maya Ying Lin . She received other Oscar nominations for Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper , a portrait of Herbert Zipper, and for Sing! , a documentary about a children's choir in Los Angeles .

Together with Terry Sanders she founded the American Film Foundation and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America . She speaks Chinese and French .

Filmography (selection)

• 1982: To Live or Let Die
• 1988: Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
• 1990: Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
• 1994: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
• 1995: Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
• 1998: Return with Honor
• 1999: Bird by Bird with Anne
• 2001: Sing!
• 2006: Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
• 2008: Sing Opera!
• 2009: Sing China!
• 2010: Lt. Watada

Awards

• 1983: Oscar nomination for To Live or Let Die
• 1989: Emmy for Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
• 1991: Oscar nomination for Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
• 1995: Oscar for Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
• 1996: DGA Award nomination for Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
• 1996: Oscar nomination for Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
• 2002: Oscar nomination for Sing!

Web links

• Freida Lee Mock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Freida Lee Mock in the All Movie Guide (English)
• Biography (English)