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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer Born: July 22, 1936 in Lafayette, IN Biography:An amateur filmmaker from the age of 16, "John Korty" went professional after receiving a Liberal arts education at Antioch College. After designing and directing animated TV commercials, Korty won an Oscar for his 1964 short subject "Breaking the Habit". He was critically garlanded for his first feature, "Crazy Quilt" (1965), an ultracheap character study shot silent (it was post-dubbed, with narration by "Burgess Meredith" and music by "Peter "PDQ Bach" Schickele") and in black and white. In comparison, his next effort, the low-budget "Funnyman" (1967), was a "Cecil B. DeMille" epic; this largely improvisational effort is distinguished by the presence of the comedy troupe The Committee (including "Peter Bonerz") and by Korty's animated vignettes. His subsequent films ("Riverrun", "Alex and the Gypsy" etc.) were more mainstream in nature, though they still could not be considered conformist. On... Full Biography
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