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Laura Checkoway

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Laura Checkoway
Occupation(s)Director, producer, editor, screenwriter and journalist
Websitewww.lauracheckoway.com

Laura Checkoway is a documentary filmmaker and writer, known for her documentary Edith+Eddie for which she received an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination at the 90th Academy Awards.[1] The film also received an Emmy nomination[2] and won numerous awards including the IDA Documentary Awards Best Short.[3] In The New Yorker, critic Richard Brody wrote: “One of the most impressive aspects of Checkoway’s film is that, with a simple and straightforward approach, she brings the overwhelming force of abstract institutions seemingly onto the screen.”[4] Academy Award winning filmmaker Julia Reichert called Edith+Eddie "One of the most beautiful and quietly furious films I've ever seen." Checkoway's documentary The Cave of Adullam[5] is executive produced by Laurence Fishburne and premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, winning top prizes Best Documentary Feature, Best Editing, and the Audience Award.[6] In an interview with Deadline, Fishburne said: “She has a cinematic sensitivity and a doctor’s bedside manner... Laura doesn’t impose her personality or her energy onto anything. It boils down to her humanity and her ability to see the humanity in all…” [7] The film was released by ESPN Films. She received NYWIFT’s Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking Award[8] in 2022.

With a background in journalism, Checkoway was a writer for numerous publications including Vibe and Rolling Stone.

Checkoway wrote the 05 February 2008 Village Voice cover story entitled "Prodigy's 25th Hour."[9] In 2011, Simon & Schuster published My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, a memoir co-authored by Checkoway and Prodigy. This work has been described in the Ringer as being "one of the best music autobiographies ever."[10]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Abacus, Edith+Eddie earn Emmy® nominations". Kartemquin Films. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Edith+Eddie wins Best Short at 2017 IDA Awards". Kartemquin Films. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Two Standouts Among the 2018 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts". The New Yorker. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. ^ Complex, Valerie (31 May 2022). "Actor Laurence Fishburne Documentary About Jason Wilson 'The Cave Of Adullam' To Have World Premiere At Tribeca; Directed By Laura Checkoway". Deadline. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  6. ^ Lewis, Hilary (16 June 2022). "Tribeca Festival: 'Good Girl Jane,' 'The Cave of Adullam' Among Top Competition Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  7. ^ Complex, Valerie (13 June 2022). "'The Cave Of Adullam's Laurence Fishburne & Jason Wilson Discuss The Story Of How They Connected To Create The Documentary: Q&A". Deadline. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  8. ^ "NYWIFT Presents 10 Scholarships and 14 Festival Awards throughout 2022". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Prodigy's 25th Hour". The Village Voice. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  10. ^ Kwak, Donnie (23 June 2017). "How Prodigy Told His Life Story". The Ringer. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  11. ^ Ford, Rebecca (23 February 2018). "Cher on 'Edith+Eddie': "They Were Not Treated Like People"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  12. ^ "LUCKY - Cinema Guild Non-Theatrical". store.cinemaguild.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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