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'''Uncommon Productions''', LLC is an independent film company based in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] and [[Los Angeles, California]]. Founded in 2000 by Bill Haney and Tim Disney, Uncommon's films tend to focus on social issues.
| name = Uncommon Productions
| industry = Entertainment
| founded = 2000
| founder = Tim Disney
Bill Haney
| hq_location = Boston, MA
Los Angeles, CA
| key_people = Tim Disney
Bill Haney
Maura McCarthy Haney
| products = Film
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| website = www.uncommonproductions.com
}}
'''Uncommon Productions''', LLC is an independent film company based in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] and [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncommonproductions.com/copy-of-breakthrough|title=ABOUT|website=Uncommon|language=en|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> Founded in 2000 by Bill Haney and Tim Disney, Uncommon's films tend to focus on social issues. Recent films include [[cancer immunotherapy]] documentary, ''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/four-stars-for-a-cancer-documentary-yes-jim-allison-breakthrough-is-that-good/2019/10/02/c5d01320-dfd4-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html?arc404=true Jim Allison: Breakthrough],'' [[mountain top removal]] documentary ''[[The Last Mountain]]''<ref name="ncr">{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-259595763|title=New documentary exposes America's big dirty secret|last=Pacatte|first=Rose|author-link=Rose Pacatte|date=10 June 2011|work=National Catholic Reporter |via=|url-access=|accessdate=}}{{dl|date=July 2021}}</ref> featuring [[Robert Kennedy Jr.]], and the [[NAACP Image Award]] nominated drama ''[[American Violet]]'' about drug enforcement, starring [[Alfre Woodard]] and [[Charles S. Dutton]].

In 2007 the owners of a Dominican Republic sugar plantation sued the company for defamation because of the way they were portrayed in the Uncommon Productions film ''[[The Price of Sugar (2007 film)|The Price of Sugar]]''. As of 2010 the lawsuit had not been settled.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x1009757306/Lawsuit-intrigue-surrounds-Haiti-film-to-be-shown-at-NFA|title=Lawsuit intrigue surrounds Haiti film to be shown at NFA|last=Howard|first=Sharma|date=March 25, 2010|work=Norwich Bulletin|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

===Documentaries===
===Documentaries===
* ''Jim Allison: Breakthrough'' which won the 2021 Award for Scientific Merit at the Scinema International Science Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCINEMA International Science Film Festival 2021 Award Winners |url=https://scinema.org.au/award-winners-2021/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
*''[[The Last Mountain]]'' (2011)
* ''Jim Allison: Breakthrough'' which won the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Award Winners {{!}} AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards |url=https://sjawards.aaas.org/awards/field_award_year/2020-88 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=sjawards.aaas.org}}</ref>
*''[[The Price of Sugar]]'' (2007)
* ''[https://www.breakthroughdoc.com Jim Allison: Breakthrough]'' (2019), which won the "Golden Owl" award at the [[Bergen International Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biff.no/article1412093.ece?language=english|title=Årets prisvinnere 2019!|website=BIFF.no|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref>
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*''A Life Among Whales'' (2005)
* ''[[The Last Mountain]]'' (2011), which received the Pare Lorentz Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.documentary.org/blog/last-mountain-receive-ida-pare-lorentz-award|title=The Last Mountain to Receive IDA Pare Lorentz Award|date=2011-11-02|website=International Documentary Association|language=en|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref>
*''Racing Against the Clock'' (2004)
* ''[[The Price of Sugar (2007 film)|The Price of Sugar]]'' (2007), which won the Emerging Visions audience award at [[South by Southwest|SXSW]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-204418610|title=Film marks new round in battle over sugar |last=Roberts|first=Tom|date=10 July 2009|work=National Catholic Reporter |via= |url-access=|accessdate=}}{{dl|date=July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-237362813|title=Judge oks sugar plantation documentary|last=McElwee|first=Joshua|date=3 September 2010|work=National Catholic Reporter |via= |url-access=|accessdate=}}{{dl|date=July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/2007-sxsw-film-festival-announces-award-winners/|title=2007 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS {{!}} Film Threat|date=2007-03-14|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref>
*''Gift of the Game'' (2003)
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* ''[[A Life Among Whales]]'' (2005)
* ''Racing Against the Clock'' (2004)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LH&s_site=kentucky&p_multi=LH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F47CA8E0F45338&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Documentary runs right over ideas about limits of age|date=January 20, 2006|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref>
* ''Gift of the Game'' (2002), which won the "Best of the Festival" award at the [[Woods Hole Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/148765701.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+11%2C+2002&author=LOREN+KING&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=%60GIFT%27+WINS+WOODS+HOLE+HONORS&pqatl=google|title="Gift" wins Woods Hole honors|last=King|first=Loren|date=August 11, 2002|work=Boston Globe|accessdate=23 July 2013}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


===Feature Films===
===Feature films===
*''[[American Violet]]'' (2008)
* ''William'' (2019)
* ''[[American Violet]]'' (2008)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-216073767.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325224601/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-216073767.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2016|title=ACLU honors Regina Kelly|date=24 August 2009|work=States News Service|accessdate=22 July 2013}}</ref>
*''[[Crusade: A March Through Time]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Crusade: A March Through Time]]'' (2006)
*''Tempesta'' (2005)
*''A Question of Faith'' (2000)
* ''Tempesta'' (2005)
* ''A Question of Faith'' (2000)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{imdb company|0030274}}
* {{Official website}}

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* {{Official website|www.uncommonproductions.com}}
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*[https://twitter.com/uncommonprod Uncommon Productions] on Twitter

*[https://facebook.com/uncommonprod Uncommon Productions] on Facebook
[[Category:Film production companies of the United States]]

Latest revision as of 18:42, 28 July 2024

Uncommon Productions
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2000
FounderTim Disney Bill Haney
HeadquartersBoston, MA Los Angeles, CA
Key people
Tim Disney

Bill Haney

Maura McCarthy Haney
ProductsFilm
Websitewww.uncommonproductions.com

Uncommon Productions, LLC is an independent film company based in Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California.[1] Founded in 2000 by Bill Haney and Tim Disney, Uncommon's films tend to focus on social issues. Recent films include cancer immunotherapy documentary, Jim Allison: Breakthrough, mountain top removal documentary The Last Mountain[2] featuring Robert Kennedy Jr., and the NAACP Image Award nominated drama American Violet about drug enforcement, starring Alfre Woodard and Charles S. Dutton.

In 2007 the owners of a Dominican Republic sugar plantation sued the company for defamation because of the way they were portrayed in the Uncommon Productions film The Price of Sugar. As of 2010 the lawsuit had not been settled.[3]

Filmography

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Documentaries

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Feature films

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References

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  1. ^ "ABOUT". Uncommon. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  2. ^ Pacatte, Rose (10 June 2011). "New documentary exposes America's big dirty secret". National Catholic Reporter.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Howard, Sharma (March 25, 2010). "Lawsuit intrigue surrounds Haiti film to be shown at NFA". Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ^ "SCINEMA International Science Film Festival 2021 Award Winners". Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  5. ^ "Award Winners | AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards". sjawards.aaas.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  6. ^ "Årets prisvinnere 2019!". BIFF.no. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  7. ^ "The Last Mountain to Receive IDA Pare Lorentz Award". International Documentary Association. 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  8. ^ Roberts, Tom (10 July 2009). "Film marks new round in battle over sugar". National Catholic Reporter.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ McElwee, Joshua (3 September 2010). "Judge oks sugar plantation documentary". National Catholic Reporter.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "2007 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS | Film Threat". 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  11. ^ "Documentary runs right over ideas about limits of age". Lexington Herald-Leader. January 20, 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  12. ^ King, Loren (August 11, 2002). ""Gift" wins Woods Hole honors". Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 July 2013.[dead link‍]
  13. ^ "ACLU honors Regina Kelly". States News Service. 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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