Nathaniel Kahn (born November 9, 1962, in

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, Pennsylvania) is an American filmmaker. His documentaries '' My Architect'' (2003) – about his father, the

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Louis Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whil ...

– and '' Two Hands'' (2006) were nominated for

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. His mother is landscape architect Harriet Pattison. In 2018 Kahn directed the

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documentary '' The Price of Everything'' about the exponential sums paid for works on the

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. In 2023, he directed ''

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''. Kahn is a graduate of Germantown Friends School and

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References

External links

The Beast: Interview with Nathaniel Kahn in Musee
* * 1962 births Living people American documentary film directors American people of Estonian-Jewish descent Artists from Philadelphia Yale University alumni Timothy Dwight College alumni Directors Guild of America Award winners {{US-film-director-1960s-stub