Matthew O'Neill (filmmaker)
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Matthew O'Neill is a documentary
filmmaker best known for his work on the HBO film Baghdad ER
, for which he and co-creator Jon Alpert
won three Emmy Award
s.
He has been involved with Downtown Community Television Center
since 1997. He primarily produces films about subjects outside the United States
including Turkey's Tigers (2006) about the rise of religious Islam
ic businessmen in Turkey
for PBS
' Wide Angle
and Venezuela: Revolution in Progress (2005) which aired on Discovery Times.
He and Alpert were nominated for a 2010 Academy Award
for their film China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province about the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
.
O'Neill is a graduate of Yale University
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
filmmaker best known for his work on the HBO film Baghdad ER
Baghdad ER
Baghdad ER is a documentary released by HBO on May 21, 2006. It shows the Iraq war from the perspective of a military hospital in Baghdad and by that, illustrates what war really means. It has some relatively disturbing scenes in it , therefore the U.S...
, for which he and co-creator Jon Alpert
Jon Alpert
Jon Alpert is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films. A native of Port Chester, New York, Alpert is a 1970 graduate of Colgate University, and has a black belt in karate....
won three Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
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He has been involved with Downtown Community Television Center
Downtown Community Television Center
The Downtown Community Television Center or DCTV is a community media center located in Manhattan's Chinatown on Lafayette Street. It was founded in 1972 by documentary filmmaker Jon Alpert and his wife, Keiko Tsuno.-Mission:...
since 1997. He primarily produces films about subjects outside the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
including Turkey's Tigers (2006) about the rise of religious Islam
Islam
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ic businessmen in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
for PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
' Wide Angle
Wide Angle (TV series)
Wide Angle is an American documentary television series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for broadcast on PBS and for worldwide distribution. The weekly one-hour series covers international current affairs and is presently hosted by veteran journalist Aaron Brown...
and Venezuela: Revolution in Progress (2005) which aired on Discovery Times.
He and Alpert were nominated for a 2010 Academy Award
82nd Academy Awards
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after...
for their film China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province about the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that measured at 8.0 Msand 7.9 Mw occurred at 14:28:01 CST...
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O'Neill is a graduate of Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
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