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Chevigny was a social worker who started out in film in Chicago and then moved to New York City to start Big Mouth Productions in 1997 with a friend from college, [[Julia Pimsleur]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Angell |first=Elizabeth |date=2004-03-01 |title=The Girl Team |url=https://independent-magazine.org/2004/03/01/girl-team/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Independent Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Pimsleur left the company in 2002.<ref name=":8" /> As of 2004 Chevigny's partner in the company was Dallas Brennan.<ref name=":8" /> As of 2022 [[Marilyn Ness]] had joined the company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Big Mouth Productions - Team |url=https://www.bigmouthproductions.com/partners |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Big Mouth Productions |language=en-US}}</ref>
Chevigny was a social worker who started out in film in Chicago and then moved to New York City to start Big Mouth Productions in 1997 with a friend from college, [[Julia Pimsleur]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Angell |first=Elizabeth |date=2004-03-01 |title=The Girl Team |url=https://independent-magazine.org/2004/03/01/girl-team/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Independent Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Pimsleur left the company in 2002.<ref name=":8" /> As of 2004 Chevigny's partner in the company was Dallas Brennan.<ref name=":8" /> As of 2022 [[Marilyn Ness]] had joined the company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Big Mouth Productions - Team |url=https://www.bigmouthproductions.com/partners |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Big Mouth Productions |language=en-US}}</ref>


With [[Kirsten Johnson]] she co-directed ''Deadline'' (2004), which won a [[Death Penalty Information Center#Awards|Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2017 |title=Enterprise Documentary Fund Advisory Board - Katy Chevigny |url=https://www.documentary.org/enterprise-documentary-fund-advisory-board-katy-chevigny |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en}}</ref> The film, an examination of Illinois governor [[George Ryan]]'s decision to commute the death sentences of everyone awaiting execution in the state, was purchased and broadcast on Dateline NBC, a rare example of a major commercial network acquiring an independent documentary.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = November 21, 2022 | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-07-30-0407300273-story.html | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | date = July 30, 2004 | title = Effective `Deadline' gets `Dateline' airing | first = Steve | last= Johnson }}</ref>
With [[Kirsten Johnson]] she co-directed ''Deadline'' (2004), which won a [[Death Penalty Information Center#Awards|Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2017 |title=Enterprise Documentary Fund Advisory Board - Katy Chevigny |url=https://www.documentary.org/enterprise-documentary-fund-advisory-board-katy-chevigny |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en}}</ref> The film, an examination of Illinois governor [[George Ryan]]'s decision to commute the death sentences of everyone awaiting execution in the state, was purchased and broadcast on Dateline NBC, a rare example of a major commercial network acquiring an independent documentary.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = November 21, 2022 | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-07-30-0407300273-story.html | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | date = July 30, 2004 | title = Effective `Deadline' gets `Dateline' airing | first = Steve | last= Johnson }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Villaseñor |first=Irene |date= 2008 |title=Election Day by Katy Chevigny: A Film Discussion Guide | via= Academia |url=https://www.academia.edu/38110655/Election_Day_by_Katy_Chevigny_A_Film_Discussion_Guide}}</ref>{{efn|A partial transcript of the film is available online.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna5578095 | date = August 2, 2004 | title = 'The Abrams Report: Deadline" for July 30 }}</ref>}}


Chevigny directed ''Election Day'' which premiered at the [[South By Southwest Film Festival]] in 2007 and was broadcast on POV in 2008.{{cn}}
Chevigny directed ''Election Day'' which premiered at the [[South By Southwest Film Festival]] in 2007 and was broadcast on POV in 2008.{{cn}}
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At the [[International Documentary Association]], she serves on the Advisory Board of the Enterprise Documentary Fund.<ref name=":1"/>
At the [[International Documentary Association]], she serves on the Advisory Board of the Enterprise Documentary Fund.<ref name=":1"/>


== Film work ==
== Selected works ==
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What is needed is dividing this list into films Chevigny directed and films she produced. -->
* ''My Two Months in Harlem'' (2022)
* ''My Two Months in Harlem'' (2022)
* ''The First Step'' (2021)
* ''The First Step'' (2021)
* ''[[Dick Johnson Is Dead|Dick Johnson is Dead]]'' (2021)<ref name=telacad/>
* ''[[Dick Johnson Is Dead|Dick Johnson is Dead]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Becoming (2020 documentary film)|Becoming]]'' (2020)<ref name=telacad/>
* ''[[Becoming (2020 documentary film)|Becoming]]'' (2020)
* ''Charm City'' (2018)
* ''Charm City'' (2018)
* ''Don't Be Nice'' (2018)
* ''Don't Be Nice'' (2018)
* ''[[Dark Money (film)|Dark Money]]'' (2018)<ref name=pbsdark/>
* ''[[Dark Money (film)|Dark Money]]'' (2018)
* ''Sasaba'' (2017)
* ''Sasaba'' (2017)
* ''Trapped'' (2016)
* ''Trapped'' (2016)
* ''Cameraperson'' (2016)
* ''Cameraperson'' (2016)
* [[Hard Earned]], episode 2 (2016)<ref name=":1" />
* [[Hard Earned]], episode 2 (2016)<ref name=":1" />
* [[1971 (2014 film)|''1971'']] (2014)<ref name=":0" />
* [[1971 (2014 film)|''1971'']] (2014)
* ''[[E-Team]]'' (2014)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title= 'E-team' explores the human side of Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.kbia.org/2014-02-28/e-team-explores-the-human-side-of-human-rights-watch |access-date=January 19, 2022 |website= KBIA BBC World Service | date = February 28, 2014 | first = Rehman | last = Tungekar |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Burde |first=Dana |date=November 1, 2015 |title=E-Team by Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/684072 |journal=Comparative Education Review |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=804–806 |doi=10.1086/684072 |issn=0010-4086}}</ref>
* ''[[E-Team]]'' (2014)<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title= 'E-team' explores the human side of Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.kbia.org/2014-02-28/e-team-explores-the-human-side-of-human-rights-watch |access-date=January 19, 2022 |website= KBIA BBC World Service | date = February 28, 2014 | first = Rehman | last = Tungekar |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Burde |first=Dana |date=November 1, 2015 |title=E-Team by Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/684072 |journal=Comparative Education Review |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=804–806 |doi=10.1086/684072 |issn=0010-4086}}</ref>
* ''The Internet Must Go'' (2013)
* ''The Internet Must Go'' (2013)
* ''(A)sexual'' (2011)<ref name=":1" />
* ''(A)sexual'' (2011)<ref name=":1" />
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* ''Camp Victory, Afghanistan'' (2010)
* ''Camp Victory, Afghanistan'' (2010)
* ''The Teacher'' (2009)
* ''The Teacher'' (2009)
* ''[[Election Day (2007 documentary)|Election Day]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Election Day (2007 documentary)|Election Day]]'' (2007)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Villaseñor |first=Irene |date= 2008 |title=Election Day by Katy Chevigny: A Film Discussion Guide | via= Academia |url=https://www.academia.edu/38110655/Election_Day_by_Katy_Chevigny_A_Film_Discussion_Guide}}</ref>
* ''Arctic Son'' (2006)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Arctic Son'' (2006)<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[Deadline (2004 documentary)|Deadline]]'' (2004)<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[Deadline (2004 documentary)|Deadline]]'' (2004)<ref name=":0" />
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In July 2011, she married [[Jack Smith (lawyer)|Jack Smith]], a prosecutor working for the U.S. Department of Justice.<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=2012 | title=Class Notes |magazine=[[Harvard Law Bulletin]] |volume=63 |page=58 |url=https://docplayer.net/94980938-Harvard-law-new-connections-between-theory-and-practice-bulletin-l-real-world-perspectives-and-hands-on-training-v.html |quote=On July 23, Jack Smith and Katy Chevigny were married on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in upstate New York by the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis. Smith is serving as the chief of the public integrity section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where the couple lives.}}</ref> They have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite interview |title= Masters/Tri Q&A: Jack Smith |url= http://swimnac.com/masterstri-qa-jack-smith/ | access-date = November 20, 2022 | website = Nashville Aquatic Club | date= January 31, 2018 }}</ref>
In July 2011, she married [[Jack Smith (lawyer)|Jack Smith]], a prosecutor working for the U.S. Department of Justice.<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=2012 | title=Class Notes |magazine=[[Harvard Law Bulletin]] |volume=63 |page=58 |url=https://docplayer.net/94980938-Harvard-law-new-connections-between-theory-and-practice-bulletin-l-real-world-perspectives-and-hands-on-training-v.html |quote=On July 23, Jack Smith and Katy Chevigny were married on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in upstate New York by the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis. Smith is serving as the chief of the public integrity section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where the couple lives.}}</ref> They have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite interview |title= Masters/Tri Q&A: Jack Smith |url= http://swimnac.com/masterstri-qa-jack-smith/ | access-date = November 20, 2022 | website = Nashville Aquatic Club | date= January 31, 2018 }}</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 23:55, 20 November 2022

Katy Chevigny (born c.1970)[1] is an American documentary filmmaker. She has produced or directed more than 30 documentary films and won a number of awards for her work.

Early life and education

Chevigny was born Katy Gale Chevigny c.1970 to Paul and Bell Gale Chevigny.[1] Her father taught law at New York University and as of 2001 led the university's human rights clinic. Her mother taught literature at Purchase College and edited Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing (1999).[1] Chevigny graduated cum laude from Yale University[1] in 1990.

Career

Chevigny was a social worker who started out in film in Chicago and then moved to New York City to start Big Mouth Productions in 1997 with a friend from college, Julia Pimsleur.[2] Pimsleur left the company in 2002.[2] As of 2004 Chevigny's partner in the company was Dallas Brennan.[2] As of 2022 Marilyn Ness had joined the company.[3]

With Kirsten Johnson she co-directed Deadline (2004), which won a Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award.[4] The film, an examination of Illinois governor George Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of everyone awaiting execution in the state, was purchased and broadcast on Dateline NBC, a rare example of a major commercial network acquiring an independent documentary.[5][6][7][a]

Chevigny directed Election Day which premiered at the South By Southwest Film Festival in 2007 and was broadcast on POV in 2008.[citation needed]

She co-directed with Ross Kauffman the feature-length documentary E-Team, which won Best Cinematography at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival[9] and was released as a Netflix Original in October 2014.[10] She produced the 2014 documentary 1971.[6]

She directed one of six segments of Hard Earned, which aired on Al Jazeera America in 2015 and won an Alfred I. duPont Award.[11]

With Kimberly Reed, Chevigny co-produced Dark Money (2018). PBS purchased distribution rights to the film, planning to include it in the docu-series POV.[12]

Other recognition

Chevigny received a MacDowell Fellowship in 2008.[13]

She has twice been nominated for an Emmy, in 2020 for Becoming and in 2021 for Dick Johnson is Dead,[14] which also won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling at Sundance in 2020.[15]

Industry service

At the International Documentary Association, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Enterprise Documentary Fund.[4]

Selected works

Television work

Personal life

Chevigny married Jonathan Chen in 2001.[1]

In July 2011, she married Jack Smith, a prosecutor working for the U.S. Department of Justice.[18] They have a daughter.[19]

Notes

  1. ^ A partial transcript of the film is available online.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Weddings: Katy Chevigny, Jonathan Chen". The New York Times. September 30, 2001. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Angell, Elizabeth (2004-03-01). "The Girl Team". Independent Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  3. ^ "Big Mouth Productions - Team". Big Mouth Productions. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Enterprise Documentary Fund Advisory Board - Katy Chevigny". International Documentary Association. April 5, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Johnson, Steve (July 30, 2004). "Effective `Deadline' gets `Dateline' airing". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "December 2014 Filmmaker of the Month - Katy Chevigny". DC.gov. December 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  7. ^ Villaseñor, Irene (2008). "Election Day by Katy Chevigny: A Film Discussion Guide" – via Academia. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "'The Abrams Report: Deadline" for July 30". August 2, 2004.
  9. ^ Patten, Dominic; Yamato, Jen (January 25, 2014). "Sundance Awards: 'Whiplash' & 'Rich Hill' Win Grand Jury Prizes; Dramatic Directing Goes To Cutter Hodierne For 'Fishing Without Nets'". Deadline. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  10. ^ Gilman, Greg (September 17, 2014). "Netflix's 'E-Team' Trailer Exposes Terrifying Human Rights Abuses". The Wrap. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  11. ^ "Hard Earned - Al Jazeera America & Kartemquin Films". duPont-Columbia Awards. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  12. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2018-03-01). "PBS Acquires Rights To Sundance Docu 'Dark Money'". Deadline. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  13. ^ "Katy Chevigny". MacDowell. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  14. ^ "Katy Chevigny". Television Academy. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  15. ^ "U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling — Dick Johnson Is Dead". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; February 4, 2020 suggested (help)
  16. ^ Tungekar, Rehman (February 28, 2014). "'E-team' explores the human side of Human Rights Watch". KBIA BBC World Service. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  17. ^ Burde, Dana (November 1, 2015). "E-Team by Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman". Comparative Education Review. 59 (4): 804–806. doi:10.1086/684072. ISSN 0010-4086.
  18. ^ "Class Notes". Harvard Law Bulletin. Vol. 63. 2012. p. 58. On July 23, Jack Smith and Katy Chevigny were married on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in upstate New York by the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis. Smith is serving as the chief of the public integrity section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where the couple lives.
  19. ^ "Masters/Tri Q&A: Jack Smith". Nashville Aquatic Club (Interview). January 31, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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