Chuck Workman
{{Short description|American documentary filmmaker}}
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Chuck Workman is a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His 1986 film Precious Images won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A10X42GHva8 "Precious Images" winning the Oscar® for Live Action Short] his work has also been nominated for Emmy Awards, Sundance Film Festival awards, and the Taos Talking Film Festival awards.
Workman frequently creates the montages seen on the televised Academy Awards shows, including the in memoriam segment.{{cite news|first=Sandy|last=Cohen|title=Oscar's 'In Memoriam' segment is touching to watch, painful to make |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2010-03-03-oscar-memorial-segment_N.htm|agency=Associated Press|publisher=USA Today|date=2010-03-03 |access-date=2010-03-08}} He is sometimes credited as Carl Workman. He is the father of filmmaker Jeremy Workman.
Selected filmography
- 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{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-source-1798195190 |title=The Source |website=The A.V. Club |date=29 March 2002 }}
- 2003: A House on a Hill
- 2010: Visionaries[https://tribecafilm.com/films/512d0afa1c7d76e046002e13-visionaries Visionaries|2010 Tribeca Festival|Tribeca]
- 2013: What Is Cinema?
- 2014: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-magician-the-astonishing-life-and-work-of-orson-welles-1201334973/ |title=Film Review: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=October 20, 2014 |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=September 7, 2015}}
References
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External links
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- [https://film-makerscoop.com/filmmakers/chuck-workman Chuck Workman] at The Film-Makers' Cooperative
- [https://www.npr.org/2015/02/21/387814405/the-king-of-condensed-films-meet-hollywood-s-montage-master King of Condensed Films: Meet Chuck Workman, The Oscars' Montage Master - NPR article]
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Category:American documentary filmmakers
Category:American film editors
Category:Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners