John Van Cleave Korty Biography (1936-)

Born June 22, 1936, in Lafayette, IN; son of Richard Marshall and Mary Elizabeth (maiden name, Van Cleave) Korty; married Beulah Chang, January 16, 1966 (divorced, 1985); married Jane Silvia, March 24, 1989; children: (first marriage) Jonathan, David, Gabriel. Addresses: Agent: Bob Wunsch, Richland/Wunsch Agency, 9220 Sunset Blvd., Suite 311, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, camera operator, writer
Birth Details: June 22, 1936; Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Director
Movies
The People, 1972
Go Ask Alice, 1973
The Class of '63, 1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, CBS, 1974
The Music School, PBS, 1975
Forever, CBS, 1977
(And producer; with Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart) Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (documentary), ABC, 1978
(And producer; with Whitney Green) A Christmas without Snow, CBS,1980
Stepping Out: The DeBolts Grow Up, HBO, 1980
The Haunting Passion, 1983
Second Sight: A Love Story, 1984
(And director of photography) The Ewok Adventure, ABC, 1984
A Deadly Business, CBS, 1986
Baby Girl Scott, CBS, 1987
Eye on the Sparrow, NBC, 1987
Winnie: My Life in the Institution, NBC, 1988
Cast the First Stone, NBC, 1989
A Son's Promise, ABC, 1990
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (also known as A Season forJustice), NBC, 1991
The Long Road Home, NBC, 1991
Keeping Secrets, ABC, 1991

They, Showtime, 1993
Getting Out, ABC, 1994
Miniseries
Deadly Matrimony (also known as Shattered You), NBC, 1992
Television Work
Episodic
Director and producer, "Farewell to Manzanar," NBC World Premiere Movie, NBC, 1976
Director, "A Resting Place," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1986
Coproducer, "Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven," The American Experience, PBS, 1989
Also animator for Sesame Street and The Electric Company.
Film Director
The Language of Faces (short subject), American Friends Service Committee, 1961
The Crazy Quilt, Reape, 1966
(And photographer and animator) Funnyman, New Yorker, 1967
(And cinematographer) Riverrun, Columbia, 1969
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer (short subject), American Film Institute, 1970
Alex and the Gypsy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Oliver's Story, Paramount, 1978
(With Charles Swenson) Twice Upon a Time (animated), Warner Bros.,1983
Film Producer
(With Henry Jacobs) Breaking the Habit (short subject), American Cancer Society, 1964
Film Executive Producer
Can't It Be Anyone Else?, ABC, 1980
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Funnyman, New Yorker, 1967
Riverrun, Columbia, 1969
Oliver's Story, Paramount, 1978
Twice Upon a Time (animated), Warner Bros., 1983
Television Movies
(With Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston) "Farewell to Manzanar," NBC World Premiere Movie, NBC, 1976
A Christmas without Snow, CBS, 1980
Television Specials
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1984

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

New York Times, April 26, 1986

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