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My ProfileDon HardySan Francisco Bay AreaFilmmakerSupplementary InformationTitle/Occupation: DirectorServices Provided: Film/Video EditingGender: MaleRace: Caucasian/WhiteCitizenship: USALanguages Spoken: EnglishBiography:
Don Hardy Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Don’s first feature length documentary film, Witch Hunt, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008 and was awarded the Grand Jury Award at the Washington DC Independent Film Festival and the Audience Award at Cinequest. Don served as Director, Director of Photography, and Editor on Witch Hunt. He served in the same capacity on his latest documentary film, LOVE HATE LOVE, which recently premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. Don directed both films with his creative partner, Dana Nachman, through the production company they co-founded, KTF Films.
Prior to directing independent documentary films, Don Hardy spent more than a decade working as a television news photojournalist with FOX, ABC and NBC affiliates in New York, Florida and the San Francisco Bay Area. Don has won numerous awards for his photography and editing including 6 Emmys, 3 Edward R. Murrow Awards, 7 Associated Press Awards, the prestigious San Francisco Bay Area Photographer of the Year Award and more than 15 National Press Photographer Association Awards throughout his career.
Don is currently in production on a new film called The Human Experiment.
Don Hardy Filmography
LOVE HATE LOVE (2011) (KTF Films) (Producer, Co-Director, Director of Photography, Editor) (82 minutes – documentary)
Witch Hunt (2008) (KTF Films) (Co-Director, Director of Photography, Editor) (91 minutes – documentary) – Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection 2008, Washington DC Independent Film Festival Grand Jury Award, Cinequest Film Festival Audience Award, AFI Los Angeles Official Selection, Starz Denver Official Selection, Broadcast Nationally on MSNBC
Dreams to Dust: Americans Interned (2007) (TV-NBC11) (Post Production Supervisor, Online Editor) (48 minutes – documentary) – 2008 Emmy Nomination Best Documentary
The Kiss (2006) (Bay Area Pictures) (Cinematographer) (8 minutes – narrative)
Sound Man (2006) (TV-NBC) (Co-Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor) (59 minutes – documentary)
Doing Time (2005) (Bay Area Pictures) (Cinematographer) (10 minutes – narrative)
Pot and Politics: California vs. US (2004) (TV-NBC11) (Co-Director, Cinematographer, Editor) (48 minutes – documentary) – 2005 Associated Press Award Best Documentary
Close to Home (2002) (TV-NBC11) (Cinematographer) (60 minutes – documentary) – 2003 Emmy Award, Radio and Television News Director Association, Edward R. Murrow Award
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