George C. Stoney
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American filmmaker (1916–2012)
Film & TV
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
George Cashel Stoney (July 1, 1916 – July 12, 2012) was a pioneering American documentary filmmaker, educator, and a foundational figure in the development of public-access television, often regarded as its "father." Stoney's documentary films, including Palmour Street, A Study of Family Life (1949), All My Babies (1953), How the Myth Was Made (1979), and The Uprising of '34 (1995), explored…
Known for
- How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran — Self1978
- First Transmission of ACTV1972
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1980-05-24
Discography
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Winston-Salem
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Employer
- National Film Board of Canada
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1916-07-01
- date of death
- 2012-07-12
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