Marshall curry
Marshall Curry at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Marshall Curry is an American director and documentary filmmaker .
Curry grew up in Summit , New Jersey . He graduated from Summit High School in 1988 and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1992 with a degree in Comparative Religions. Curry was a Jane Addams Fellow in Philanthropy at Indiana University . Before working as a documentary filmmaker, Curry worked as an English teacher in Guanajuato , Mexico and for public service radio .
For his first documentary Street Fight , Curry was nominated for an Oscar in 2006 in the category " Best Documentary ". His film If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front was also nominated for an Oscar in the same category in 2011.
Filmography
- 2005: Street Fight (documentary about the Newark Mayoral campaign in 2002)
- 2009: Racing Dreams (documentary about children pursuing careers as racing drivers)
- 2011: If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Documentation on Ecoterrorism and the Earth Liberation Front )
- 2014: Point and Shoot (documentary about filmmaker and activist Matthew VanDyke )
- 2017: A Night at the Garden (documentary)
- 2019: The Neighbors' Window (short film)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kevin Cahillane: The Smartest Guy in Summit? , March 5, 2006, The New York Times , accessed February 12, 2012
- ↑ Alex Weintraub: Marshall Curry '92 Chases Racing Dreams, His Second Award-Winning Documentary ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2011 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. , Swarthmore College, July 13, 2010, accessed February 12, 2012
- ↑ Audree Penner: Marshall Curry '92 Receives Second Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Swarthmore College, January 25, 2012, accessed February 12, 2012
- ^ A b Marshall Curry: About , accessed February 12, 2012
Web links
- Marshall Curry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Site of Marshall Curry (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Curry, Marshall |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |