Julian Krainin (born January 24, 1941) is an American film producer, director, cinematographer, and scriptwriter. Notable films during his fifty-year career include ''

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'', ''

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,'' and '' Princeton: A Search for Answers'', for which he has won an Academy Award, four Academy Award nominations, a Golden Globe, and two Emmy Awards.

Life and career

Krainin was born in New York City, He was the son of David and Anne Krainin. After graduating from Forest Hills High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree from

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. Inspired by ''Lawrence of Arabia'', he dropped out of

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to pursue a career in film. At Columbia film school, he produced ''The March'', a chronicle of Martin Luther King’s Selma to Montgomery, Alabama march for civil rights. “We marched from that little town, Selma, at first with 500 to a thousand people. The next day it doubled and soon there were tens of thousands getting on planes, in cars, even coming from foreign countries to march,” recalled Krainin. In 1995, he shared an Academy Award nomination as co-producer with Michael Jacobs,

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and

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for ''

'' (1994). Earlier, he had produced a documentary about the quiz show scandal for PBS's ''

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'' series, basing the story on interviews with participants who had not been interviewed in 30 years.

Filmography

* ''

Something the Lord Made ''Something the Lord Made'' is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas (1910–1985) and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), the ...

'' (2004) (producer) * ''The John Glenn Story: A Return to Space'' (1998) *''

'' (1997) Golden Globe Award, Best Television Mini-series and Best Television Movie * ''

'' (1994) Academy Award nomination for Best Picture * ''

The Quiz Show Scandal
' (1993) *''Memory and Imagination!'' (1990) * ''

Disaster at Silo 7 ''Disaster at Silo 7'' is a 1988 American made-for-television thriller-drama film directed by Larry Elikann. It is loosely based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion. Plot During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel ...

'' (1988)
''Verdict: The Wrong Man''
(1986) *''The Smithsonian - A View from the Castle'' (1985) *''

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: Don’t Touch That Dial!'' (1983) *''Heritage: Civilization and the Jews'' (1981 - 1985) Emmy Award *''Opening Night: The Making of an Opera'' (1980) *''Luciano Pavarotti in Italy'' (1979) *''The World of James Michener'' (1977) *''To Communicate is the Beginning'' (1976) *''To America'' (1975) * '' Princeton: A Search for Answers'' (1973) Academy Award, Best Documentary Short Subject * ''Oceans: The Silent Crisis'' (1972) * '' Art Is...'' (1971) Academy Award nomination for Documentary Short Subject *''

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'' (1969) Emmy Award * ''

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'' (1965)

References

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