Ian Cheney
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Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has completed ten feature documentaries, including King Corn (2007), The Greening of Southie (2008), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015), The Most Unknown (2018), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), Picture a Scientist (2020) and The Long Coast (2020). His short films include Two Buckets (2006), Truck Farm (2010), The Melungeons (2013), The Smog of the Sea (2016) and The Measure of a Fog (2017). He received bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Yale University, and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A former MacDowell Fellow & Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, he lives in midcoast Maine. For more information about Ian’s films, visit www.wickedelicate.com.
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Who is Ian Cheney?+
Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker and environmental advocate recognized for his feature-length and short non-fiction films.
What is Ian Cheney known for?+
He is best known for directing critically acclaimed documentaries such as King Corn, The City Dark, The Search for General Tso, and Picture a Scientist.
What production company is associated with Ian Cheney?+
He is the founder of Wicked Delicate Films, through which many of his independent documentary projects are produced.
Where did Ian Cheney study film and environmental topics?+
He earned his degrees from Yale University and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, alongside fellowships at MIT and MacDowell.