Mimi Freedman is an American

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filmmaker who specializes in films about

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history. She is best known for the 2005 documentary ''

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: The Essence of Cool'', and has produced films for '' A&E

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'', ''AMC Backstory'', and ''Lifetime Intimate Portrait''. She directed a documentary about

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for

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, for which she was nominated for an

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. Freedman was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1961. She earned her bachelor's degree at the

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and went on to earn a master's degree at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freedman, Mimi American documentary filmmakers People from Toledo, Ohio Living people University of Michigan alumni 1961 births