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Vivian Kleiman

Vivian Kleiman is a Peabody Award winning documentary filmmaker. Other honors include a National Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Research and an Academy Award nomination for Documentary Short.

Selected filmography
As consultant or writer Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics & Men, (Director Sascha Jenkins) Story Consultant, 4 part series, Showtime, 2019 • Strike Anywhere Films - (founded by Barry Jenkins) feature-length documentary, Writer, 2018 • Something Ventured - Consulting Producer, 85 minutes, PBS (Directors Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller), 2011. • Ripe for Change - Consulting Writer, one hour, PBS (Director Emiko Omori), 2005. • The Cockettes- 100-minutes, PBS (Directors David Weissman and Bill Weber), 2002. As executive producer • Pool Stories, work in progress (Director Vicky FunariNear Normal Man 28 minutes, 2017 (Director Charlene Stern) • Last Day of Freedom, animated documentary/transmedia project. KQED Truly California, 32 minutes, 2015 (Directors Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman). Academy Award nominated • Strong! PBS, ITVS, one hour, 2012. (Director Julie Wyman) • Passion & Power, 74 minutes, 2007. (Directors Emiko Omori and Wendy Slick) • Hope Along the Wind (Director Eric Slade) PBS, ITVS • The Key of G PBS, ITVS, one hour, 2007. (Director Robert Arnold) • Maquilapolis: City of Factories PBS, ITVS, one hour, 2006. (Directors Vicky Funari and Sergio dela Torre) • First Person Plural PBS, POV and ITVS, one hour, 2000. (Director Deann Borshay) As producerForgotten Fires PBS, ITVS, one hour, 1998. (with Michael Chandler) • Roam Sweet Home PBS, ITVS, one hour, 1996. (with Ellen Spiro)Color Adjustment PBS, POV, 90 minutes, PBS, POV series, 90-minutes, 1992 (with Marlon Riggs) • Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey 1982 (with Gene Rosow & Howard Dratch) As director/producerNo Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (world premiere Tribeca Festival 2021) • Families Are Forever Commissioned by the Family Acceptance Project, 21 minutes, 2013 • Audience Award, LA Outfest; Best Documentary Short, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival • Always My Son Commissioned by the Family Acceptance Project, 16 minutes, 2011 • Profiles of Change Commissioned by Rubicon Programs, 8 minutes, 2011 • The Meaning of Food PBS, 3 x 60 minute series, 2005 (also Series Producer) • ''My Body's My Business'' 16 minutes, 1992. • Out For The Count Commissioned by Lavender Message Project, 14 minutes, 1992. • Ein Stehaufmannchen Commissioned by Shana Films, 40 minutes, 1991. == Selected awards ==
Selected awards
George Foster Peabody Award • Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature-Length Documentary, OutFest Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2021. • Eureka Fellowship, The Fleishhacker Foundation • National Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Individual Research • Outstanding Documentary Award, International Documentary Association • Erik Barnouw Award, Organization of American Historians • National Owl Award, AARP • Prized Pieces, National Black Programmers Association • Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival= == Additional Experience ==
Additional Experience
As member of the board of directors • San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (the world's first) • Frameline • Film Arts Foundation • AIVF (Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers) • Encampment for Citizenship, founded by Eleanor Roosevelt • Signifyin' Works, founded by Marlon T. Riggs As mentor • CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) James T. Yee Mentorship Award (Kleiman served as an inaugural mentor) == References ==
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