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词条 Jeremy Kagan
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Film and television career

  3. Other ventures

  4. Personal life

  5. Awards and nominations

  6. References

  7. External links

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| birth_place = Mount Vernon, New York
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| othername = Jeremy P. Kagan
| occupation = Television and film director, screenwriter
| education = AFI Conservatory
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}}Jeremy Paul Kagan (born December 14, 1945) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and television producer.[1]

Early life

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Kagan received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1967. He went on to attend the newly formed New York University Graduate Institute of Film & Television and was in the first class at the AFI Conservatory.

Film and television career

Kagan's feature film credits include the box-office hit Heroes (1977),[2] The Big Fix[2] (1978) a political comedy-thriller starring Richard Dreyfuss; The Chosen (1981), from the classic book of the same name by Chaim Potok; The Journey of Natty Gann[1] (1985), the first American movie ever to win the Gold Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival; the underground comedy Big Man on Campus[2] (1989); the cult classic fencing film By The Sword[2] (1991); and the hybrid film Golda's Balcony[2] (2006), from the hit play of the same name.

He has also been a prolific television director, starting already in 1972 at the age of 26, directing The Most Crucial Game (starring Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Valerie Harper, Val Avery, Susan Howard, Dean Stockwell among others), an episode in the second Columbo[2] season.

In 1996, Kagan won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the Chicago Hope episode "Leave of Absence". Other credits include the television movie The Making of an American Revolutionary, which he also wrote, and The Trial of the Chicago 8[2] for which he won the CableACE Award for Best Dramatic Special. Kagan also directed The UFO Conspiracy,[2] which garnered a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Other television films include The Ballad of Lucy Whipple,[2] Courage[2] with Sophia Loren, Scott Joplin, Descending Angel for HBO and for Showtime Color of Justice,[2] Bobbie's Girl,[2] and Crown Heights,[2] about the riots in 1991 which won the Humanitas Award in 2004 for "affirming the dignity of every person." This film also received an NAACP Image Award and the Directors Guild nomination for best family film. Kagan also directed a movie episode of Steven Spielberg's Emmy winning Taken. He has worked on several other series shows including The West Wing, The Guardian,[2] Resurrection Blvd.,[2] Picket Fences,[2] Boomtown and more.

Kagan produced and directed the ten-part series The ACLU Freedom Files, in 2006 and 2007 which received a number of awards and was shown on Link TV, Court TV and PBS. Kagan recently made a number of short documentaries and advocacy films for NGOs including The Doe Fund which works with the homeless and formerly incarcerated, and The Democracy School a movement developing local governance, and Bioneers which advances achievements in environmental and social justice.

Other ventures

Kagan is a full tenured professor at the University of Southern California where he teaches the graduate courses in directing and has recently created the Center for Change Making Media which is to become a hub for research and training in advocacy cinematic techniques.

He has served as artistic director at the Robert Redford's Sundance Institute and is on a National Board Member of the Directors Guild of America and chairperson of its Special Projects Committee which provides cultural and educational programs for the 14,000 members. In 2004 he was honored with the Robert Aldrich Award for "extraordinary service to the guild."{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

Kagan is also the author of the book Directors Close Up (Scarecrow, 2006). 0240804066

Personal life

Kagan lives in Venice, California with his companion Anneke Campbell. She is an author, and was a writer on the series Freedom Files. His daughter Eve is a graduate of the Harvard Ed School, and is now an actress, writer, and yoga teacher.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardResultCategoryFilm or series
1988CableACE AwardsNominatedDirecting a Theatrical or Dramatic SpecialConspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
WonDramatic SpecialConspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
(Shared with Amanda DiGiulio, Charles Hairston, Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller, and Ron Sossi)
2004Directors Guild of America AwardWonRobert B. Aldrich Achievement Award
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2005NominatedOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsCrown Heights
1996Emmy AwardWonOutstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Drama SeriesChicago Hope
(For ""Leave of Absence" episode)
1981Montreal World Film FestivalWonPrize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special MentionThe Chosen
Grand Prix des AmériquesThe Chosen
1987Paris Film FestivalWonSpecial Jury PrizeThe Chosen

References

1. ^{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Jeremy Kagan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/96564/Jeremy-Kagan}}
2. ^10 11 12 13 14 15 {{cite web|title=Jeremy Kagan Filmography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/96564/Jeremy-Kagan/filmography|work=The New York Times}}

External links

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18 : 1945 births|Living people|English-language film directors|Jewish American screenwriters|Harvard University alumni|AFI Conservatory alumni|American television directors|Television producers from California|American male screenwriters|Tisch School of the Arts alumni|Writers from Mount Vernon, New York|University of Southern California faculty|People from Venice, Los Angeles|Film directors from Los Angeles|Film directors from New York (state)|Screenwriters from California|Screenwriters from New York (state)|Television producers from New York (state)

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