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'''Nicole Newnham''' is an American documentary film producer, writer, and director known for the movie ''[[Crip Camp]]'' which she co-directed with [[James LeBrecht]] and the |
'''Nicole Newnham''' is an American [[documentary]] film producer, writer, and director known for the [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-nominated movie ''[[Crip Camp]]'' (2020) which she co-directed and produced with [[James LeBrecht]], and the multiple-[[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-nominated film ''The Rape of Europa''.<ref name="IndieWire 2020">{{cite web | title=Crip Camp Directors Want You To Rethink the Idea of Disability | website=IndieWire | date=2020-03-16 | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/03/crip-camp-directors-jim-lebrecht-nicole-newnham-documentary-1202217733/ | access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref><ref name="TVGuide.com 2019">{{cite web | title=The Rape Of Europa | website=TVGuide.com | date=2019-05-22 | url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/rape-europa/review/290474 | access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref> With the [[Australia]]n artist/director Lynette Wallworth, she produced the virtual reality work ''[http://www.collisionsvr.com Collisions]'', which won the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary, and ''[http://www.awavenavr.com Awavena]'', which won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary. Both ''Collisions'' and ''Awavena'' premiered simultaneously at [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] and the [[World Economic Forum]] in [[Davos]], and ''Awavena'' was selected for the 2018 Venice Biennale. Her most recent film, ''[[The Disappearance of Shere Hite]],'' premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Dry |first=Jude |date=2023-01-20 |title=‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ Review: Slighted Women’s Sexuality Pioneer Gets Her Due |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-disappearance-of-shere-hite-review-sex-1234802227/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref> That film also made the influential 2023 DOC NYC Awards Short List<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Anne |date=2023-10-17 |title=DOC NYC Reveals Influential Awards Short List, from ‘The Eternal Memory’ to ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/doc-nyc-awards-short-list-the-eternal-memory-little-richard-i-am-everything-1234917771/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref> and won Special Mention for Editing, edited by Eileen Meyer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=2023 Award Winners |url=https://www.docnyc.net/news/2023-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=DOC NYC |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Newnham's 2013 film ''The Revolutionary Optimists'' was nominated for an Emmy and won the Sundance Hilton Sustainability Award.<ref name="Catapult Film Fund">{{cite web | title=Films - Crip Camp | website=Catapult Film Fund | url=https://catapultfilmfund.org/films/CripCamp/ | access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref> That film also spawned the data-mapping website Map Your World which is an open source data/mapping/storytelling platform.<ref name="The Alliance 2015">{{cite web | title=Map Your World | website=The Alliance | date=2015-09-10 | url=http://www.thealliance.media/profile/map-world/ | access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref> In 2006 she co-directed the Independent Lens / PBS documentary ''Sentenced Home'', also nominated for an Emmy, about three [[Cambodian-Americans|Cambodian-American]] men - raised in the United States - who found themselves eligible to be deported to [[Cambodia]] after [[Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001|9/11]]. |
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With [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[photography|photographer]] Brian Lanker, she produced ''They Drew Fire'', about the Combat Artists of [[World War II|WWII]], and co-wrote the companion book, distributed by [[HarperCollins]]. Her first documentary, ''Unforgettable Face'', screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994. |
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Newnham earned an M.A. from the Stanford Documentary Film Program in 1994.<ref name="alliance">{{cite web | title=Nicole Newnham | website=The Alliance | date=2017-01-06 | url=https://www.thealliance.media/profile/nicole-newnham/ | access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref> She lives in Oakland with her husband Tom, and their two sons.<ref name="alliance" /> |
Newnham earned an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from the [[Stanford University|Stanford]] Documentary Film Program in 1994.<ref name="alliance">{{cite web | title=Nicole Newnham | website=The Alliance | date=2017-01-06 | url=https://www.thealliance.media/profile/nicole-newnham/ | access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref> She lives in [[Oakland]], CA with her husband Tom Malarkey, and their two sons.<ref name="alliance" /> |
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 2 December 2023
Nicole Newnham is an American documentary film producer, writer, and director known for the Oscar-nominated movie Crip Camp (2020) which she co-directed and produced with James LeBrecht, and the multiple-Emmy-nominated film The Rape of Europa.[1][2] With the Australian artist/director Lynette Wallworth, she produced the virtual reality work Collisions, which won the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary, and Awavena, which won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches to Documentary. Both Collisions and Awavena premiered simultaneously at Sundance and the World Economic Forum in Davos, and Awavena was selected for the 2018 Venice Biennale. Her most recent film, The Disappearance of Shere Hite, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. [3] That film also made the influential 2023 DOC NYC Awards Short List[4] and won Special Mention for Editing, edited by Eileen Meyer.[5]
Newnham's 2013 film The Revolutionary Optimists was nominated for an Emmy and won the Sundance Hilton Sustainability Award.[6] That film also spawned the data-mapping website Map Your World which is an open source data/mapping/storytelling platform.[7] In 2006 she co-directed the Independent Lens / PBS documentary Sentenced Home, also nominated for an Emmy, about three Cambodian-American men - raised in the United States - who found themselves eligible to be deported to Cambodia after 9/11.
With Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Lanker, she produced They Drew Fire, about the Combat Artists of WWII, and co-wrote the companion book, distributed by HarperCollins. Her first documentary, Unforgettable Face, screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.
Personal life[edit]
Newnham earned an M.A. from the Stanford Documentary Film Program in 1994.[8] She lives in Oakland, CA with her husband Tom Malarkey, and their two sons.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Crip Camp Directors Want You To Rethink the Idea of Disability". IndieWire. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ "The Rape Of Europa". TVGuide.com. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ Dry, Jude (2023-01-20). "'The Disappearance of Shere Hite' Review: Slighted Women's Sexuality Pioneer Gets Her Due". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ Thompson, Anne (2023-10-17). "DOC NYC Reveals Influential Awards Short List, from 'The Eternal Memory' to 'Little Richard: I Am Everything'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ^ "2023 Award Winners". DOC NYC. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- ^ "Films - Crip Camp". Catapult Film Fund. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ "Map Your World". The Alliance. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ a b "Nicole Newnham". The Alliance. 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
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