Kary Antholis (born 1962) is an American publisher and editor o
CrimeStory.com
former executive at the television network

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and documentary filmmaker best known for the Oscar-winning short '' One Survivor Remembers'', which was inducted into the

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in 2012. Antholis serves on the Board of Visitors of the

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and formerly served as co-chair of board of directors for

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Biography

Antholis grew up in

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and attended the

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. He is a 1984 graduate of

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, earned a master's degree in History at

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with a focus on the historical role European nations in Africa and graduated from the

in 1989. He has one brother, William J. Antholis, CEO of the

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Career

Kary Antholis founde
Crime Story Media, LLC
in July 2019, after retiring as President of Miniseries and Cinemax Programming at

. In over 25 years as a creative executive at HBO, Kary oversaw Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning projects, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Olive Kitteridge'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Gathering Storm'', '' Wit'', ''

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, Elvis Presley: The Searcher'' and '' Educating Peter''. As head of Cinemax Programming since 2011, Kary led the channel’s branding strategy, commissioning breakthrough series including '' Strike Back'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Jett'' and '' Tales from the Tour Bus''. Kary began his film career as a documentarian, winning the

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for Documentary Short Subject and the

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for Outstanding Informational Special for his film '' One Survivor Remembers'', about Holocaust survivor, Gerda Weissmann Klein. One Survivor Remembers was the first HBO program added by the Librarian of Congress to the

, an honor given to “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant American films. Kary serves on the Board of Visitors at

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and as an adjunct professor at USC’s

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. He holds a JD from Georgetown Law, an MA in History from

, and a BA from

''One Survivor Remembers''

As a filmmaker he won the

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(1995) and the

for Outstanding Information Special (1994–95) for his film '' One Survivor Remembers'' about Holocaust survivor, Gerda Weissmann Klein. Exploring Gerda's story offered him an extraordinarily vivid connection to his own mother's experiences during the war. Antholis' mother Evanthia grew up in

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-occupied

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during

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. Weissmann's story helped Antholis understand what his mother went through when her father, Vassilios, was killed by Nazi collaborators. In 2005, the film was offered by the

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as part of a '' Teaching Tolerance'' curriculum for high school teachers to teach their students about the realities of the Holocaust. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors at

and formerly served as the co-chair of the board of directors for

, an arts education nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles. Antholis is currently Publisher/Editor a
Crime Story

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Antholis, Kary Living people Bowdoin College alumni Delbarton School alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni People from Florham Park, New Jersey Stanford University alumni American television executives 1962 births Directors of Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners