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Gordon Quinn was born in 1942 in Washinton DC. He founded Kartemquin films in 1966 with Jerry Temaner and Jerry Blumenthal. He has produced and and directed over 30 documentaries. See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (40 titles)
2014 Unbroken Glass (documentary) (executive producer) (filming)
 
2014 The Homestretch (documentary) (executive producer) (filming)
 
2014 Living Revolution (executive producer) (filming)
 
2014 Generation Food (documentary) (executive producer) (filming)
 
2013 In the Game (documentary) (executive producer) (filming)
 
2013 The Trials of Muhammad Ali (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2013 Cooked (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2013 Mormon Movie (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2013 American Arab (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2012 A Sister's Call (documentary) (consulting producer) (completed)
 
2013 On Beauty (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2012 As Goes Janesville (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2012 Frontline (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
The Interrupters (2012) (executive producer)
 
2011 The Interrupters (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2010 Prisoner of Her Past (documentary) (executive producer)
 
Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 3 episodes, 2004-2009) (producer - 1 episode, 2004)
Milking the Rhino (2009) (executive producer)
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita (2008) (executive producer)
The New Americans (2004) (executive producer, producer)
 
2009 Milking the Rhino (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2009 Typeface (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2008 P.O.V. (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
In the Family (2008) (executive producer)
 
2008 At the Death House Door (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2008 In the Family (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2007 Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2004 Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes (documentary) (co-producer)
 
2004 The New Americans (TV series documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Refrigerator Mothers (TV documentary) (co-producer)
 
2002 Stevie (documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
2001 5 Girls (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1998 Vietnam Long Time Coming (documentary) (producer)
 
1994 Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries (video documentary short) (producer)
 
1994 Hoop Dreams (documentary) (co-producer, executive producer)
 
1993 Higher Goals (documentary short) (producer)
 
1991 Grassroots Chicago (documentary short) (producer)
 
1988 Golub (documentary) (producer)
 
1984 Women's Voices: The Gender Gap (short) (producer)
 
1983 The Last Pullman Car (documentary) (producer)
 
1980 Taylor Chain (short) (producer)
 
1976 The Chicago Maternity Center Story (documentary) (producer)
 
1970 Marco (documentary) (co-producer)
 
1968 Thumbs Down (documentary) (producer)
 
1967 Home for Life (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (15 titles)
2010 Burning Ice (documentary) (for: Kartemquin Films)
 
2008 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (production team - 1 episode)
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita (2008) (production team)
 
2007 Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research (documentary) (production team)
 
1994 Hoop Dreams (documentary) (creative consultant)
 
1989-1990 Home to Roost (TV series) (studio supervisor - 6 episodes)
Leaving (1990) (studio supervisor)
High Noon (1990) (studio supervisor)
Return to Clagthorpe (1990) (studio supervisor)
Thought for the Day (1989) (studio supervisor)
Front Runner (1989) (studio supervisor)
 
1989 A Bit of a Do (TV series) (studio supervisor - 5 episodes)
The Civil Wedding (1989) (studio supervisor)
The Funeral (1989) (studio supervisor)
The Grand Opening of Sillitoe's (1989) (studio supervisor)
The Christening (1989) (studio supervisor)
The Church Wedding (1989) (studio supervisor)
 
3-2-1 (TV series) (technical supervisor - 2 episodes, 1986) (studio supervisor - 1 episode, 1987)
Episode #10.5 (1987) (studio supervisor)
Winners (1986) (technical supervisor)
Pictures (1986) (technical supervisor)
 
1983-1985 Behind the Bike Sheds (TV series) (technical supervisor - 9 episodes)
Episode #2.4 (1985) (technical supervisor)
Episode #1.8 (1983) (technical supervisor)
Episode #1.7 (1983) (technical supervisor)
Episode #1.6 (1983) (technical supervisor)
Episode #1.5 (1983) (technical supervisor)
 
1984 Duty Free (TV series) (technical supervisor - 6 episodes)
Adios (1984) (technical supervisor)
Snap (1984) (technical supervisor)
Pepe (1984) (technical supervisor)
El Astro (1984) (technical supervisor)
Couples (1984) (technical supervisor)
 
1982 Countdown (TV series) (technical supervisor - 1 episode)
Episode #1.1 (1982) (technical supervisor)
 
1982 In Loving Memory (TV series) (technical supervisor - 1 episode)
The Actress and the Undertaker (1982) (technical supervisor)
 
1982 ITV Playhouse (TV series) (technical supervisor - 1 episode)
The Reunion (1982) (technical supervisor)
 
1982 The Bounder (TV series) (technical supervisor - 5 episodes)
On Approval (1982) (technical supervisor)
Raising the Wind (1982) (technical supervisor)
We'll Go No More A-Roving (1982) (technical supervisor)
Howard at the Majestic (1982) (technical supervisor)
He's Not Heavy: He's My Brother-in-Law (1982) (technical supervisor)
 
1972 Emmerdale (TV series) (technical supervisor)
 
1969 Hum 255 (documentary short) (filmmaker)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (23 titles)
2010 Prisoner of Her Past (documentary)
 
2008 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
In the Family (2008)
 
2008 In the Family (documentary)
 
2004 With No Direction Home (short)
 
2004 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
The New Americans (2004)
 
2004 Aging Out (documentary)
 
2003 Refrigerator Mothers (TV documentary)
 
2002 Stevie (documentary)
 
1998 Vietnam Long Time Coming (documentary)
 
1991 Grassroots Chicago (documentary short)
 
1988 Golub (documentary)
 
1983 The Last Pullman Car (documentary)
 
1983 Anarchism in America (documentary)
 
1980 Taylor Chain (short)
 
1976 All of Us Stronger (short)
 
1974 Now We Live on Clifton (documentary short)
 
1969 Hum 255 (documentary short)
 
1968 Thumbs Down (documentary)
 
1968 Inquiring Nuns (documentary)
 
1967 Home for Life (documentary)
 
Show ShowDirector (13 titles)
2013 63 Boycott (documentary) (filming)
 
2011 A Good Man (documentary)
 
2010 Prisoner of Her Past (documentary)
 
2004 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
The New Americans (2004) (Palestinian story director)
 
1998 Vietnam Long Time Coming (documentary)
 
1988 Golub (documentary)
 
1980 Taylor Chain (short)
 
1974 Now We Live on Clifton (documentary short)
 
1970 Marco (documentary)
 
1968 Thumbs Down (documentary)
 
1968 Inquiring Nuns (documentary)
 
1967 Home for Life (documentary)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (9 titles)
2009 Typeface (documentary) (additional camerawork)
 
2004 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode)
The New Americans (2004) (camera operator)
 
2001 5 Girls (documentary) (additional camera)
 
1994 Hoop Dreams (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
1990 American Dream (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series) (additional photographer - 1 episode)
The Roommate (1984) (additional photographer)
 
1983 Seeing Red (documentary) (additional camera)
 
1980 Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
1971 The Murder of Fred Hampton (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (4 titles)
2010 The House of Suh (documentary) (story consultant)
 
Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (consulting editor - 2 episodes, 2006) (editing consultant - 1 episode, 2009)
Milking the Rhino (2009) (editing consultant)
A Lion in the House: Part 2 (2006) (consulting editor)
A Lion in the House: Part 1 (2006) (consulting editor)
 
2006 A Lion in the House (documentary) (consulting editor)
 
1967 Festival (documentary) (assistant editor)
 
Show ShowEditor (5 titles)
1970 Marco (documentary)
 
1968 Inquiring Nuns (documentary)
 
1968 Thumbs Down (documentary)
 
1967 Home for Life (documentary)
 
1965 And This Is Free (documentary)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
2012 The Making of Stony Island, Music Makes Us One (video documentary short) (sound)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1983 The Last Pullman Car (documentary) (writer)
 
1964 The College (documentary) (assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2012 The Making of Stony Island, Music Makes Us One (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2008 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
 
2007 Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home (documentary) (thank you)
 
2004 A Place Called Home: An Adoption Story (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1990 Eyes on the Prize (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
Two Societies: 1965-1968 (1990) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2013 Democracy Now! (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 April 2013 (2013) … Himself
 
2010 SXSW Flashback 2010 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (documentary)
Himself