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George Langworthy is an American film director, producer and writer. He is best known for his work on '' Cake: A Wedding Story'' (2007) and ''
Vanishing of the Bees ''Vanishing of the Bees'' is a 2009 documentary film by Hive Mentality Films & Hipfuel Films, directed by George Langworthy and Maryam Henein and released in the United Kingdom in October 2009. The story is centered on the sudden disappearance ...
'' (2009).


Early life and education

Langworthy attended
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and spent his senior year on a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge University. While a student at Cambridge, he wrote and performed sketches with the
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comedic troupe. He received an M.F.A. in Screenwriting as a fellow in the
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at the
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.


Career

Langworthy began his career in 1993, as a member of the editorial staff of ''American Heart'', a drama film starring
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and directed by
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. While working on his M.F.A., he served as the cinematographer for the biographical documentary ''Janis Joplin Slept Here,'' featuring
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and
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and awarded Best Documentary at the 1994
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. In 1996, he directed a 12-minute comedy entitled ''Breezewa''y. The short film premiered at the
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and was broadcast on
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, the
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and
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. In 2002, Langworthy filmed and produced videos of live performances of bands such as
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,
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and
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. In 2007, Langworthy co-wrote the screenplay for '' Cake: A Wedding Story'' with fellow Cambridge University alumni, Iain Weatherby. The film was directed by
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and won the award for Best Comedy Feature Film in the Other Venice Film Festival. In 2009, he served as the director, producer, writer and cinematographer for the 90-minute environmental documentary ''
Vanishing of the Bees ''Vanishing of the Bees'' is a 2009 documentary film by Hive Mentality Films & Hipfuel Films, directed by George Langworthy and Maryam Henein and released in the United Kingdom in October 2009. The story is centered on the sudden disappearance ...
''. The film was released in the U.K. on October 9, 2009 and re-released in the U.S. with a new edit which was narrated by
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. The documentary received the best documentary award at the
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, the Cosmic Cine Film Festival and the Ecocup Film Festival. In 2019, Langworthy produced, wrote and edited the documentary ''Big Fur'', which premiered at the
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. The film secured a distribution deal with
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, and has earned a 100% approval rating on
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based on 14 reviews.


Filmography


References


External links


Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Langworthy, George Living people American film directors American film producers American film editors American male screenwriters American documentary film directors People from Kansas City, Kansas Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Year of birth missing (living people)