Kief Davidson

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Kief Davidson (born May 12, 1970 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American filmmaker who was nominated at the 2013 Academy Awards for his work on Open Heart together with Cori Shepherd Stern for the Oscar in the category Best Documentary Short Film .

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Davidson began his career as an editor of comedy and music videos . He is the founder of the film and advertising company Urban Landscapes . Davidson lives and works in Los Angeles . Above all, the film Devil's Miner, released in 2005, brought him awards at various film festivals, for example at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005 as Best New Documentary Filmmaker - Special Jury Mention .

Filmography

  • 1994: Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann (short documentary film, editor)
  • 1998: Minor Details (Director and Screenwriter)
  • 2000: South Park (actor)
  • 2002: Exotic Islands (TV series, director, editor, screenwriter and producer)
  • 2003: Boys Life 4: Four Play (Editor)
  • 2003: Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, # *% $ # @ !! (Documentary TV special, additional editor)
  • 2005: Devil's Miner (documentary, director, editor, screenwriter and producer, The Devil's Miner )
  • 2005: Robert Klein: The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue (TV movie, editor)
  • 2005: Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (television documentary, additional editor)
  • 2006: Independent Lens (television documentary series, director, editor, screenwriter and producer)
  • 2008: Kassim the Dream (documentary, director, editor, screenwriter and producer)
  • 2010: Swamp Men (TV series, editor)
  • 2011: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (documentary, producer)
  • 2012: Emergency (documentary short film, director, producer)
  • 2012: Open Heart (documentary, director, editor and producer)
  • 2014: A Lego Brickumentary (documentary, director and screenwriter)
  • 2015: Saving Sight (short film, director)
  • 2016: The Ivory Game: The Ivory Plot (Director, The Ivory Game )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kief Davidson at serienjunkies.de (English)
  2. The 85th Academy Awards | 2013 at oscar.org (English)
  3. Interview with Kief Davidson at indiewire.com (English)
  4. Kief Davidson ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at kiefdavidson.com (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kiefdavidson.com