
John Korty
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jun 22, 1936
- Died
- Mar 9, 2022 (aged 85)
- Place of birth
- Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Credits
- 54
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John Korty (born July 22, 1936 – March 9, 2022) is an American film director and animator, best known for the television film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the documentary Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, as well as the theatrical animated feature Twice Upon a Time. He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (for Who Are the DeBolts?) and several other major awards. He is described by the film critic Leonard Maltin as "a principled filmmaker who has worked both outside and within the mainstream, attempting to find projects that support his humanistic beliefs".
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Known for

The Ewok Adventure
1984Movie
Director, Director of Photography

Oliver's Story
1978Movie
Director, Screenplay

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974Movie
Director

Twice Upon a Time
1983Movie
Director, Screenplay, Story, Character Designer

Go Ask Alice
1973Movie
Director

Resting Place
1986Movie
Director
Filmography
The Blues Broads
2012Movie
Camera Operator, Director

Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn
2009Movie
Producer, Director, Cinematography
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
1999Movie
Director

Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story
1998Movie
Director

Ms. Scrooge
1997Movie
Director

Redwood Curtain
1995Movie
Director

Getting Out
1994Movie
Director

They
1993Movie
Director

Deadly Matrimony
1992Movie
Director

Long Road Home
1991Movie
Director

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991Movie
Director

Keeping Secrets
1991Movie
Director

A Son's Promise
1990Movie
Director

Cast the First Stone
1989Movie
Director

Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
1989Movie
Co-Producer

Winnie
1988Movie
Director

Eye on the Sparrow
1987Movie
Director

Angry Annie
1987Movie
Director
Baby Girl Scott
1987Movie
Director

Resting Place
1986Movie
Director

A Deadly Business
1986Movie
Director

The Ewok Adventure
1984Movie
Director, Director of Photography

Bark in the Dark
1984Movie
Director

Second Sight: A Love Story
1984Movie
Director

Join a Daisy
1984Movie
Director

The Haunting Passion
1983Movie
Director

Twice Upon a Time
1983Movie
Director, Screenplay, Story, Character Designer

Vietnam Requiem
1982Movie
Executive Producer

A Christmas Without Snow
1980Movie
Director, Producer, Teleplay

Oliver's Story
1978Movie
Director, Screenplay

Forever
1978Movie
Director

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
1977Movie
Director, Producer

Alex & the Gypsy
1976Movie
Director

Farewell to Manzanar
1976Movie
Writer, Director

Crocodile eating crackers
1976Movie
Director

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974Movie
Director
Silence
1974Movie
Director

The Music School
1974Movie
Director, Cinematography, Writer

T for Typewriter, Toe
1973Movie
Director

Class of '63
1973Movie
Director

Pat the Pilot
1973Movie
Director, Writer

Go Ask Alice
1973Movie
Director

Q for Quiet
1973Movie
Director

The People
1972Movie
Director

Imogen Cunningham, photographer
1970Movie
Screenplay, Director

Riverrun
1968Movie
Cinematography, Writer, Director

Funnyman
1967Movie
Director of Photography, Writer, Animation, Director

The Crazy-Quilt
1966Movie
Writer, Director

Any, Many, and Man
1966Movie
Director

Breaking the Habit
1965Movie
Director

A Scrap of Paper and a Piece of String
1964Movie
Director

The Dragon's Tears
1963Movie
Director, Producer

The Owl and the Pussycat
1962Movie
Director

The Language of Faces
1961Movie
Director