Chuck Workman

Chuck Workman
OccupationFilmmaker
Known forPrecious Images, The Source

Chuck Workman is a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His 1986 film Precious Images won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film;[1] 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.[2] He is sometimes credited as Carl Workman. He is the father of filmmaker Jeremy Workman.

Select filmography

  • 1986: Precious Images (2009 National Film Registry inductee)
  • 1986: Stoogemania
  • 1987: Words
  • 1989: 50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes
  • 1994: 100 Years at the Movies
  • 1999: The Source[3]
  • 2003: A House on a Hill
  • 2010: Visionaries[4]
  • 2013: What Is Cinema?
  • 2014: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles[5]

References

  1. ^ "Precious Images" winning the Oscar® for Live Action Short
  2. ^ Cohen, Sandy (2010-03-03). "Oscar's 'In Memoriam' segment is touching to watch, painful to make". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  3. ^ "The Source". The A.V. Club. 29 March 2002.
  4. ^ Visionaries|2010 Tribeca Festival|Tribeca
  5. ^ Harvey, Dennis (October 20, 2014). "Film Review: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

External links

  • Chuck Workman at IMDb
  • Workman's official Vimeo channel
  • King of Condensed Films: Meet Chuck Workman, The Oscars' Montage Master-NPR article
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