JOHN ZARTSKI
b. 1943
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Image © Copyright 2010 by Ralph Lucas. Used with Permission.
John Zaritsky worked as a newspaper reporter for seven years, before exploring film. In 1970, he received a Ford Foundation Fellowship to study at the Washington Journalism Center for six months. In 1972, he won a National Newspaper Award for his investigative reporting at The Globe and Mail. As a producer-writer-director he has won more than 30 awards for his documentary films. Some of his major honours include an Academy Award® in 1982 for his documentary Just Another Missing Kid, a Cable Ace Award in 1987 for Rapists: Can They Be Stopped, a Golden Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for My Husband Is Going To Kill Me, a Robert F. Kennedy Foundation Award for Born In Africa, and an Alfred Dupont Award from Columbia University's School Of Journalism in 1994 for Romeo And Juliet In Sarajevo. In addition, Zaritsky has won six Gemini Awards. He was artist-in-residence at the Graduate School Of Journalism, University Of California At Berkeley. The image above was taken at the 2010 Hot Docs festival in Toronto.
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Features & TV Movies:
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-P indicates also Produced
-W indicates also Screenwriter
The Loser's Game (TV-1977)
Charity Begins at Home (TV-1978)
Caring for Chrysler (TV-1979)
Just Another Missing Kid (TV-1981)
Bjorn Borg (TV-1983)
I'll Get There Somehow (TV-1985)
The Boy Next Door (TV-1985)
Tears Are Not Enough (TV-1985)
Rapists: Can They Be Stopped (TV-1986)
The Real Stuff (TV-1987)
My Husband is Going to Kill Me (TV-1988)
Broken Promises (TV-1989)
Born in Africa (TV-1990)
My Doctor, My Lover (TV-1991)
Choosing Death (TV-1993)
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo (TV-1994)
Murder on 'Abortion Row' (TV-1996)
Little Criminals (TV-1997)
Extraordinary People (1999)
Ski Bums (2001)
Men Don't Cry: Prostate Cancer Stories (TV-2003)
No Kidding: The Search for the World's Funniest Joke (TV-2003)
The Wild Horse Redemption (2007)
The Suicide Tourist (2007)
Leave Them Laughing (2009)
TV Series - at least 1 episode of:
College Days College Nights (mini-series 2005)
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