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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