David Gaynes

{{Short description|American documentary filmmaker}}

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David Gaynes is an American documentary filmmaker with three critically praised features in distribution.{{cite web |title=General - Filmshop |url=http://www.thefilmshop.org/general#/david-gaynes |website=thefilmshop.org |accessdate=14 April 2019}} Films directed by Gaynes include the independent features Next Year Jerusalem (2014), Saving Hubble (2012) and Keeper of the Kohn (2005).{{cite web |last1=Gaynes |first1=David |title=DGFILMWORKS |url=http://dgfilmworks.com |website=dgfilmworks.com |accessdate=14 April 2019}}October 18, 2012, Metz, Nina, Chicago Tribune, “[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/10/18/saving-hubble-shows-off-the-stars/ Saving Hubble shows off the stars]”{{cite news|author=Jeff Foust |url=http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2008/1 |title=Review: Saving Hubble |publisher=The Space Review |date=2012-01-23 |accessdate=2014-06-15}} He was one of 40 filmmakers worldwide to contribute a scene to the award-winning ensemble documentary Sacred, directed by Academy Award-winning director Thomas Lennon and broadcast on PBS in December, 2018.{{cite web |title=Filmmakers Worldwide |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/sacred/filmmakers/ |website=pbs.org |accessdate=14 April 2019}} Gaynes is an accomplished documentary cinematographer, having photographed the award-winning All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert (2011) among other films.