Лони Дин
Лони Дин | |
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Рожденный | 8 июня 1931 г. |
Умер | 20 февраля 2010 г. (78 лет) Окленд |
Занятие | Кинорежиссер, телепродюсер , преподаватель университета |
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Айседора Куанехия Дин Уэлш (8 июня 1931 - 20 февраля 2010), [1] профессионально известный как Лони Дин, [2] был режиссером -документалистом , режиссером, продюсером телесериалов, активистом и университетским преподавателем. [2] Она известна своей работой по изучению опыта американцев азиатского происхождения . Примечательно, что два ее фильма сыграли решающую роль в принятии Закона о гражданских свободах 1988 года , который предоставил репарации американцам японского происхождения , находившимся в заключении во время Второй мировой войны . [3]
Ранний период жизни
[ редактировать ]Дин выросла в Сан-Франциско и сначала жила в китайском квартале , где ее родители держали магазин трав . [2] Ее родители были родом из провинции Гуандун , Китай . Дин был младшим из семи детей. [4] По словам Дин, в это время она замечала различия между американцами азиатского происхождения и белыми людьми, живущими в Сан-Франциско, и думала о том, как ей перемещаться между этими разными пространствами, вызывая у нее интерес к азиатско-американским проблемам и изучая азиатско-американский опыт. . [4]
Карьера
[ редактировать ]Дин учился в Калифорнийском университете в Беркли , получив степень магистра социологии . [5] С 1958 по 1967 год она преподавала на факультете социологии университета.
Between 1980 and 2009, she taught film and media analysis in the Asian American Studies Program at the Ethnic Studies Department of the University of California, Berkeley.[5] She also taught as a visiting faculty member at Cornell University in 1991, New School for Social Research in New York City in 1999, and Mills College. She was also Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1998.[5]
Ding was a prolific television producer. She also worked on productions with organizations such as the California Historical Society, the California State Department of Education, Chinese for Affirmative Action, the San Francisco Opera Center, and KQED-TV.[5]
She produced many films that documented early Asian immigrant stories including Nisei Soldier in 1984 and Ancestors in the Americas in 1997—she was one of the first directors to do so.[6]
She co-founded media and arts organizations including the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) and helped establish the Independent Television Service (ITVS).[6]
She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1982,[7] an American Film Institute Directors Fellowship in 1983, and a Rockefeller Foundation Film/Video Fellowship in 1994.[6]
In 2011, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) in association with the Asian American Journalists Association established the Loni Ding Award In Social Issue Documentary award "in memory of Loni Ding’s spirit and vision for creating media about the Asian American experience."[6]
She died on February 20, 2010, in Oakland, California, following a stroke.[8]
Awards
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- Rockefeller Foundation, Intercultural Film/Video Fellowship, 1994 [6]
- 20th Anniversary Honoree, Chinese for Affirmative Action, SF, 1989
- Media Alliance, Meritorious Achievement (Film/Video), SF, 1989
- Artist's Award, State of California Arts Council, 1988
- National Japanese American Citizens League, Legislative Education Committee Award, 1988
- James D. Phelan Award for Video, SF, 1988
- Asian CineVision, Annual Filmmaker's Award, NY, 1988[9]
- Award of Honor, San Francisco Arts Commission, 1987
- Asian Cultural Council, US/Japan Fellow, NY, 1986
- Association of Asian Pacific American Artists Media Award, LA, 1985
- Steven Tatsukawa Memorial Fund Award, LA, 1985
- American Film Institute Director's Fellowship, LA, 1983 [6]
- University Plaque of Honor, Syracuse University, 1983
- John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1982
- San Francisco State University, Broadcast Preceptor Award, 1981
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting Senior Producer's Fellowship, 1980
References
[edit]- ^ "Loni Ding". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Addiego, Walter (2010-03-12). "Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Loni Ding dies". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ "Ancestors in the Americas: About the Filmmaker". PBS. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Loni Ding: Creating 'Ancestors in the Americas'". Asia Society. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "CET Films | Loni Ding". www.cetel.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Loni Ding Award". CAAM Home. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Marx, Alex. "Loni Ding". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ Addiego, Walter (2010-03-12). "Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Loni Ding dies". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "2012 Asian American Media Award- Janet Yang – Asian CineVision". Asian CineVision. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- University of California, Berkeley faculty
- 1931 births
- 2010 deaths
- American women documentary filmmakers
- Film directors from San Francisco
- Activists from San Francisco
- American people of Chinese descent
- Emmy Award winners
- American women television producers
- Asian-American movement activists
- American women film directors