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Dana Perry
Dana Perry (née Heinz) is an American filmmaker. Together with her husband Hart Perry, she operates Perry Films. She won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 87th Academy Awards for co-producing film ''Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1'' (2013); the win was shared with the film's director and co-producer Ellen Goosenberg Kent. She also directed the HBO documentary ''Boy Interrupted'' (2009), which addressed the 2005 suicide of her 15-year-old son Evan. Other documentaries include ''The Drug Years'' (2006), which won a Stony Awards, Stony Award from ''High Times'' magazine, ''And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop'' (2004) and ''Rhythm, Country & Blues'' (1994), which explores the relationship between these musical genres. References External links * * American film directors Place of birth missing (living people) American film producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Documentary (Short Subject)
This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year. Copies of every winning film (along with copies of most nominees) are held by the Academy Film Archive. Ten films are shortlisted before nominations are announced. Rules and eligibility Per the recent rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a Short Subject Documentary is defined as a nonfiction motion picture "dealing creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects". It may be photographed in actual occurrence, or may employ partial reenactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact, and not on fiction. It must have a run time of no more than 40 minutes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |