George
Stoney is the writer, director,
and producer of over fifty
documentaries and television
series, including All My Babies
(1953), How the Myth Was Made
(1978), Southern Voices (1985),
Images of the Great Depression
(1990), and The Uprising of ’34
(1995). He has taught film at
the University of Southern
California, City College of New
York,
Columbia University, Stanford
University, and New York
University, where he received
the NYU Great Teacher Award
(1988). He has been a mentor and
inspiration for generations of
aspiring filmmakers, with his
commitment to illuminating
social issues and humanitarian
concerns.
Taught film at University of
Southern California, City
College (CUNY), Columbia
University, and Stanford
University. Lectures and short
courses at the British National
Film School; Portland State
University; University of Ibadan
in Nigeria; Antioch College;
UCLA; and others. Writer,
director, and producer of over
50 documentaries and television
series, including the
award-winning All My Babies
(1953); How the Myth Was Made
(1978); Southern Voices (1985);
How One
Painter Sees (1988); and Images
of the Great Depression (1990).
Executive producer, Challenge
for Change program at the
National Film Board of Canada
(1968-1970). Founding board
member, National Federation of
Local Cable Programmers
(1976-1986). Recipient, NYU
Great Teacher Award (1988) and
Manhattan Borough President's
Award (1989). Named to the
Manhattan Community Cable Access
Board (1991). Recipient of Leo
Dratfield Award.
University of North Carolina.
He has worked as a photo intelligence
officer in World War II, for the Farm
Security Administration an information
officer, and as a freelance journalist.
In 1946, he joined the Southern
Educational Film Service as writer and
director. He started his own production
company in 1950, and has made over 40
documentary films on wide ranging
subjects.
All My Babies,
one of his first films, received
numerous awards and was inducted into
the National Film Registry in 2002.
With Red Burns, Stoney co-founded
the Alternate Media Center in 1972,
which trained citizens in the tools of
video production for a brand new medium,
public access
television. An early advocate of
democratic media,
Stoney is often cited as being the
Father of Public Access Television.
Today, Stoney sits on the Board of
Directors for the Manhattan Neighborhood
Network and is active in the Alliance
for Community Media. Each year, the ACM
presents "The George Stoney Award" to an
organization or individual who has made
an outstanding contribution to
championing the growth and experience of
humanistic community communications.
