Laura Checkoway is a documentary filmmaker and writer, known for her documentary ''Edith+Eddie'' for which she received an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination at the 90th Academy Awards.
The film also received an Emmy nomination and won numerous awards including the IDA Documentary Awards Best Short. In The New Yorker, critic Richard Brody wrote: “One of the most impressive aspects of Checkoway’s film is that, with a simple and straightforward approach, she brings the overwhelming force of abstract institutions seemingly onto the screen.” Academy Award winning filmmaker Julia Reichert called ''Edith+Eddie'' "One of the most beautiful and quietly furious films I've ever seen." Checkoway's documentary ''The Cave of Adullam'' is executive produced by Laurence Fishburne and premiered at Tribeca Festival, Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, winning top prizes Best Documentary Feature, Best Editing, and the Audience Award. In an interview with Deadline, Fishburne said: “She has a cinematic sensitivity and a doctor’s bedside manner... Laura doesn’t impose her personality or her energy onto anything. It boils down to her humanity and her ability to see the humanity in all…” The film was released by ESPN Films. She received New York Women in Film & Television, NYWIFT’s Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking Award in 2022.
With a background in journalism, Checkoway was a writer for numerous publications including Vibe (magazine), Vibe and Rolling Stone.
Checkoway wrote the 05 February 2008 ''Village Voice'' cover story entitled "Prodigy's 25th Hour." In 2011, Simon & Schuster published ''My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy'', a memoir co-authored by Checkoway and Prodigy (rapper), Prodigy. This work has been described in The Ringer (website), the Ringer as being "one of the best music autobiographies ever."
Filmography
*2022: ''The Cave of Adullam'' (Documentary feature) Executive producer Laurence Fishburne.
*2017: Edith+Eddie (Documentary short) Executive producers Steve James (film producer), Steve James and Cher.
*2014: ''Lucky'' (Documentary feature) Executive producer Steve James (film producer), Steve James.
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Living people
American producers
American directors
American photographers
Year of birth missing (living people)