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{{short description|American film producer}}
{{for|the English footballer|Gordon Quinn (footballer)}}
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'''Gordon Quinn''' is Artistic Director and founding member of [[Kartemquin Films]], a 2007 recipient of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 40 years. His recent directing credits include ''[[Prisoner of Her Past]]'' and ''[[A Good Man]]''. Recent producing credits include the films ''[[Hoop Dreams]]''; ''[[In the Family]]'';''[[Vietnam, Long Time Coming]]''; ''Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes''; ''[[5 Girls]]''; ''[[Refrigerator Mothers]]''; and ''[[Stevie (2002 film)|Stevie]]''. Most recently, Gordon executive produced ''[[Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita]]'' and ''[[The New Americans]]'', for which he directed the Palestinian segment. Currently, he is Executive Producing several films for Kartemquin.
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'''Gordon Quinn''' is artistic director and founding member of [[Kartemquin Films]] and a 2007 recipient of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.macfound.org/videos/263/|title = Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films|date = 6 November 2008|access-date = 8 January 2014}}</ref> Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 45 years and has produced or directed over 30 films.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703850/|title = Gordon Quinn| website=[[IMDb]] |date = 8 January 2014|access-date = 8 January 2014}}</ref> His recent directing credits include ''[[Prisoner of Her Past]]'' and ''[[A Good Man (2011 film)|A Good Man]]''. His producing credits include the films ''[[Hoop Dreams]]''; ''[[In the Family (2008 film)|In the Family]]'';''[[Vietnam, Long Time Coming]]''; ''Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes''; ''[[5 Girls]]''; ''[[Refrigerator Mothers]]''; and ''[[Stevie (2002 film)|Stevie]]''. Most recently, Gordon executive produced ''[[Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita]]'' and ''[[The New Americans]]'', for which he directed the Palestinian segment. Currently, he is executive producing several new films for Kartemquin.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.kartemquin.com/about/gordon-quinn|title = Gordon Quinn: Founder and Artistic Director|date = 8 January 2014|access-date = 8 January 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190508101005/http://kartemquin.com/about/gordon-quinn|archive-date = 8 May 2019|url-status = dead}}</ref>
Gordon has been a long-time supporter of public media and community-based independent media groups, and served on the boards of several organizations including The National Coalition of Public Broadcast Producers, The Citizens Committee on the Media, The Chicago Public Access Corporation, The Illinois Humanities Council, The Public Square Advisory Committee and The IL Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Gordon has been a long-time supporter of public media and community-based independent media groups, and served on the boards of several organizations including the National Coalition of Public Broadcast Producers, the Citizens Committee on the Media, the Chicago Access Corporation, the Illinois Humanities Council, the Public Square Advisory Committee and the Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cmsimpact.org/media-impact/pull-focus/gordon-quinn|title = Gordon Quinn|date = 8 January 2014|access-date = 8 January 2014}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==


Executive Producer:
Executive Producer:
*''[[The Interrupters (film)|The Interrupters]]'', in 2011
*'[[No_Crossover:_The_Trial_of_Allen_Iverson|'No Crossover'']], in 2010
*''[[No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson|No Crossover]]'', in 2010
*'[[Typeface_(film)|'Typeface'']], in 2009
*''[[Typeface (film)|Typeface]]'', in 2009
*'[[At_the_Death_House_Door|'At the Death House Door'']], in 2008
*''[[At the Death House Door]]'', in 2008
*''[[Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita]]'', 2007
*''[[Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita]]'', 2007
*''[[The New Americans]]'', 2004 TV episode
*''[[The New Americans]]'', 2004 TV episode
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Producer:
Producer:
*'[[In_The_Family|'In the Family'']], in 2008 (with Joanna Rudnick)
*''[[Prisoner of Her Past]]'', in 2010 (with Joanna Rudnick and Howard Reich)
*[[Golub_(film)|''Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes'']], 2004 (with Jerry Blumenthal)
*''[[In the Family (2008 film)|In the Family]]'', in 2008 (with Joanna Rudnick)
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*''[[Golub (film)|Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes]]'', 2004 (with Jerry Blumenthal)
*''[[Refrigerator Mothers]]'', 2003 (with JJ Hanley and David E. Simpson)
*''[[Refrigerator Mothers]]'', 2003 (with JJ Hanley and David E. Simpson)
*''[[Stevie (2002 film)|Stevie]]'', 2002
*''[[Stevie (2002 film)|Stevie]]'', 2002
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*''Higher Goals'', 1993
*''Higher Goals'', 1993
*''Grassroots Chicago'', 1991
*''Grassroots Chicago'', 1991
*'[[Golub_(film)|'Golub'']], 1988
*''[[Golub (film)|Golub]]'', 1988
*''[[Taylor Chain]]'', 1985
*''[[Taylor Chain]]'', 1985
*''Women's Voices: The Gender Gap'', 1984
*''Women's Voices: The Gender Gap'', 1984
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*''Marco'', 1970 (with Gerald Temaner)
*''Marco'', 1970 (with Gerald Temaner)
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968
*''[[Home For Life]]'', 1968
*''[[Home for Life]]'', 1968


Director:
Director:
*''[[A Good Man (2011 film)|A Good Man]]'', in 2011
*'[[Prisoner_of_Her_Past|'Prisoner of her Past'']], in 2010
*''[[Prisoner of Her Past]]'', in 2010
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*'[[Golub_(film)|'Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes'']], 2004
*''[[Golub (film)|Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes]]'', 2004
*''[[The New Americans]]'', 2004 TV episode (Palestinian story director)
*''[[The New Americans]]'', 2004 TV episode (Palestinian story director)
*''[[Vietnam, Long Time Coming]]'', 1998
*''[[Vietnam, Long Time Coming]]'', 1998
*[[Golub_(film)|''Golub'']], 1988
*''[[Golub (film)|Golub]]'', 1988
*''Marco'', 1970
*''Marco'', 1970
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968
*''[[Home For Life]]'', 1968
*''[[Home for Life]]'', 1968
*''[[Inquiring Nuns]]'', 1968
*''[[Inquiring Nuns]]'', 1968


Cinematographer:
Cinematographer:
*[[Golub_(film)|''Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes'']], 2004
*''[[Golub (film)|Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes]]'', 2004
*''[[The New Americans]]'', 2004 TV episode
*''[[The New Americans]]'', 2004 TV episode
*''Aging Out'', 2004
*''Aging Out'', 2004
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*''[[Vietnam, Long Time Coming]]'', 1998
*''[[Vietnam, Long Time Coming]]'', 1998
*''Grassroots Chicago'', 1991
*''Grassroots Chicago'', 1991
*[[Golub_(film)|''Golub']]', 1988
*''[[Golub (film)|Golub]]'', 1988
*''Women's Voices: The Gender Gap'', 1984
*''Women's Voices: The Gender Gap'', 1984
*'[[Taylor_Chain|'Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining'']], 1984
*''[[Taylor Chain|Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining]]'', 1984
*''Anarchism in America'', 1983
*''Anarchism in America'', 1983
*''The Last Pullman Car'', 1983
*''The Last Pullman Car'', 1983
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*''Hum 255'', 1969
*''Hum 255'', 1969
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968
*''[[Home For Life]]'', 1968
*''[[Home for Life]]'', 1968
*''[[Inquiring Nuns]]'', 1968
*''[[Inquiring Nuns]]'', 1968


Editor:
Editor:
*''Marco'', 1970
*''Marco'', 1970
*''[[Home For Life]]'', 1968
*''[[Home for Life]]'', 1968
*'[[Inquiring_Nuns|'Inquiring Nuns'']], 1968
*''[[Inquiring Nuns]]'', 1968
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968
*''Thumbs Down'', 1968


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==Awards==
==Awards==
*Excellence in Documentary Cinematography at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] for ''Stevie'', 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/gordon-quinn-218293/awards|title=Awards: Gordin Quinn|publisher=[[Allmovie]]|accessdate=5 April 2010}}</ref>
*Excellence in Documentary Cinematography at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] for ''Stevie'', 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/gordon-quinn-218293/awards|title=Awards: Gordin Quinn|publisher=[[Allmovie]]|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
{{imdb name|0703850|Gordon Quinn}}
{{IMDb name|0703850|Gordon Quinn}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Kartemquin Films}}
{{Kartemquin Films}}
{{DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardDocumentaries}}

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Latest revision as of 16:29, 18 November 2023

For the English footballer, see Gordon Quinn (footballer).
Gordon Quinn
Born1942
Washington, DC

Gordon Quinn is artistic director and founding member of Kartemquin Films and a 2007 recipient of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.[1] Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 45 years and has produced or directed over 30 films.[2] His recent directing credits include Prisoner of Her Past and A Good Man. His producing credits include the films Hoop Dreams; In the Family;Vietnam, Long Time Coming; Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes; 5 Girls; Refrigerator Mothers; and Stevie. Most recently, Gordon executive produced Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita and The New Americans, for which he directed the Palestinian segment. Currently, he is executive producing several new films for Kartemquin.[3]

Gordon has been a long-time supporter of public media and community-based independent media groups, and served on the boards of several organizations including the National Coalition of Public Broadcast Producers, the Citizens Committee on the Media, the Chicago Access Corporation, the Illinois Humanities Council, the Public Square Advisory Committee and the Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.[4]

Filmography

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Executive Producer:

Producer:

Director:

Cinematographer:

Editor:

Writer:

  • The Last Pullman Car, 1983

Awards

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Gordon Quinn at IMDb

References

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  1. ^ "Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films". 6 November 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Gordon Quinn". IMDb. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Gordon Quinn: Founder and Artistic Director". 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Gordon Quinn". 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Awards: Gordin Quinn". Allmovie. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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