Alison Chernick

Alison Chernick is a New York based writer/director and filmmaker.[1][2]

Chernick's first documentary was on contemporary artist Jeff Koons titled, The Jeff Koons Show (2005).[3] Her second feature-length documentary on artist Matthew Barney, titled Matthew Barney No Restraint,[4] premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2006 and was acquired for theatrical distribution by IFC and The Weinstein Company. She founded the production company Voyeur Films[5] in 2006.

Diagram of an Artist: Roy Lichtenstein was commissioned by the Tate Modern for its 2013 exhibition Lichtenstein: A Retrospective. The Artist is Absent, a short film on designer/artist Martin Margiela, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015.[6] Her latest documentary Itzhak on violinist Itzhak Perlman opened the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2017, was released theatrically in the spring of 2018, and will be broadcast on American Masters PBS in fall of 2018.[7][8]

She is the recipient of a National Endowment for The Humanities award,[9] a New York Women in Film and Television award, a Loreen Arbus grant and a Woman of Her Word grant.

Chernick's documentaries have been screened at various museums around the world, including the five Guggenheims, the Smithsonian, SFMOMA, and the Walker.[10] She has written for the Sundance Channel, Showtime, SyFy, MTV, VH1, The History Channel, and National Geographic. Her commissioned short films often center around themes of art, fashion, music, gastronomy, and healthcare. In 2010, Chernick was signed for global commercial representation.

References

  1. ↑ "Skip the Popcorn". The New York Times. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Ken (21 January 2007). "Portrait of wild artist is a model of restraint". Boston Globe. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ↑ The Jeff Koons Show for Rainbow Media
  4. ↑ Matthew Barney No Restraint
  5. ↑ "Alison Chernick : Voyeur Films". voyeurfilms.net. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  6. ↑ "Artist Is Absent A Short Film on Martin Margiela | Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  7. ↑ Cox, Gordon (2017-08-30). "Itzhak Perlman Documentary to Open Hamptons Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. ↑ "HIFF25 Opening Night Film 'Itzhak' + Seven World Premieres". hamptonsfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  9. ↑ "Awards List July 2017". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  10. ↑ "MATTHEW BARNEY NO RESTRAINT". www.matthewbarneynorestraint.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.


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