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Andrea Kalin
BornBoston, MA
United States
OccupationFilmmaker
NationalityAmerican

Andrea Kalin is an independent American filmmaker (writer, producer and director).[1] She is also the principal and founder of Spark Media, Inc. and founder and Executive Director of Stone Soup Productions, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit foundation[2][3][4]

Personal life

Filmmaking

Kalin started as a newsreel researcher for Ken Burns on his film The Congress.[5][6]

Kalin’s films have received industry awards and nominations[7] including prime time Emmys,[8] a Gracie Allen Award,[9] CINE Golden Eagles, EdPress Awards of Distinction, The Chris Awards,[10] a Paul Robeson award,[11] a Gold UNESCO medal at the NY Festivals, the 2004 Organization of American Historians "(OAH)" Erik Barnouw Award for best documentary concerning a topic of American History,[12] Black Maria Film Festival Jury Awards[13] and a nomination from the Writers Guild of America for outstanding achievement in television (documentary non current events) among others.”[7][14][15]

Director, Andrea Kalin & Director of Photography, John Rhode, Partners of Heart


Her first feature-length documentary film Partners of the Heart was inspired by Katie McCabe's Washingtonian article "Like Something the Lord Made".[16][17]

Along with the McCabe's Washingtonian article, "Something The Lord Made", Kalin's film Partners of the Heart inspired the making of the HBO feature film "Something the Lord Made".[18] "Something the Lord Made" was the feature film version of the Partners of the Heart story.[19] Andrea Kalin was the film's Executive Consultant for the "Something the Lord Made" film.[20] "Something the Lord Made" was produced by Robert Cort, directed by Joseph Sargent, written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell, and starred Mos Def and Alan Rickman. "Something the Lord Made" was nominated for nine Emmy Awards (including acting nominations for both principals) and won three, for Best Made for Television Movie, Best Cinematography (Don Morgan) and Best Picture Editing (Michael Brown). It also received two Golden Globe nominations, Black Reel Awards for Best Film and Best Supporting Actor (Clayton LeBouef, in the role of Thomas' activist brother Harold), an NAACP Image Award, a Director's Guild of America Award for director Joseph Sargent, and a Writer's Guild of America Award for scriptwriters Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell. The American Film Institute, which named "Something the Lord Made" "Best Television Movie of the Year for 2004", called it "a revelation...a bittersweet story [that] is an important tool for America as it continues to search for a public vocabulary to discuss issues of race."[8][21]


In 2009, Kalin, directed, co-produced, and co-wrote a National Endowment for the Humanities and Smithsonian Networks funded documentary about the Federal Writers Project[22] titled "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story", which includes interviews with notable project alumni Studs Terkel, Stetson Kennedy, Richard Ford, as well as American historians Douglas Brinkley and David Bradley.[23][24] The documentary is narrated by Patricia Clarkson.[24] "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story" premiered on Smithsonian Networks in September 2009 and has been rebroadcast a number of times[25] The documentary includes footage from the Library of Congress & American Folklife Center, photographs revealing personal glimpses of the period and the FWP Writers, excerpts from the Project’s life history interviews, slave narratives, and folk recordings preserved on acetate disk, and interviews with Project alumni.[26][27][28] The film centers on the struggle between conflicting visions of America.[29] "Soul of A People: Writing America's Story", which Andrea Kalin co-wrote with David Taylor and Olive Emma Bucklin, was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievement in television (documentary non-current events category) in December 2009.[30] The American Library Association has been screening the documentary as part of the film's outreach nationwide.[31] "Soul of A People: Writing America's Story" had a special screening in December 2009 at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.[32] In November 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington DC, "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story" won the TIVA-DC’s Peer Award for "Best of DC". The film also received a sliver trophy in the documentary category and a gold for screen writing.[33] Kalin also produced and co-directed a documentary on the Smithsonian Folkways record label called Worlds of Sound: The Ballad Of Folkways, which premiered on Smithsonian Networks on October 25, 2009.[34] "Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways" won a TIVA-DC Bronze award in the long form Documentary category (30 minutes and over) in November 2010.[33] In addition, "Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways" won the Special Jury Award WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival, the Spring 2010 Cine Golden Eagle award and a Directors Jury Award (3rd) at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival.[35]

Awards

In addition to winning a TIVA-DC Peer bronze, silver, gold (classic) award and "Best of DC" award for three of her documentaries in the documentary category,[33] Spark Media also won five other TIVA-DC Peer film awards in 2010, including a gold for script writing for "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story" (David A. Taylor, Olive Emma Bucklin, Andrea Kalin-Spark Media); a bronze in the Education category for the training film: "Siemens: Export Control & Customs Awareness", produced and directed by James Mirabello/Spark Media); a bronze in the education category for a film on financial responsibility for NFL players called "Game On: Protecting Your Financial Future" (Andrea Kalin & Walter Gottlieb/Spark Media); a gold in the Audio Post Original Composition category for "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story", (Joseph Vitarelli, Wall Matthews- Spark Media); and a silver in the Audio Post Sound Mixing category for "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story" (Joe Powers, Clean Cuts/ Spark Media)[33] Kalin also was an honored awardee in November 2010 of the Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation of Greater Washington ("TOWF"). TOWF is a non profit foundation dedicated to creating social change for women and girls through grants.[36]

In addition to documentaries, Kalin also produced and directed a comedy concert film with Unity Productions Foundation[37] featuring three Muslim-American comedians, titled "Allah Made Me Funny", which was theatrically released in seventeen markets across the US as well as in markets overseas.[38][39]....Michael Ordona of the Los Angeles Times observed: [The Allah Made Me Funny film] "has the potential to be culturally bridging in its way, and that makes looking for Muslim comedy in the Western world worthwhile.[40]

Andrea Kalin produced a number of commissioned films for non-profits, NGOs and development banks including the Asian Development Bank (ADB),[41][42] the International Development Bank (IADB),[43] UNICEF, UNFPA,[44] Refugees International, PCRM[45] CSPI,[46] the World Bank,[47] the Urban Institute, Southeast Asian Refugees Association, and the NFPLA.[33] For a number of years, Andrea Kalin provided media, interactive and broadcast reporting services to the Inter-American Development Bank IADB.[48] Kalin established and operated a news bureau in the member bank country that was hosting the bank's annual meeting in order to provide live coverage of the meeting.[48]

Selected filmography

  • The Pact
  • Prince Among Slaves
  • Partners of the Heart
  • Talking Through Walls
  • Allah Made Me Funny
  • Asia’s Water Crisis: The Struggle Within Each Drop
  • Battered Lives, Broken Trust: When Men Abuse Women
  • Too Brief a Child: Voices of Married Adolescents
  • Vital Allies: Making Motherhood Save
  • A Place at the Table
  • Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue
  • Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Investing in Early Childhood
  • Bridges: Southeast Asians’ American Journey
  • Wired for Change: Information Technology for Development in the Americas
  • A Voice of Her Own: Women and Economic Change in Asia
  • From Rage to Recovery: Society’s Search for Peace
  • World Bank “HUNGER” Public Service Announcement
  • The Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
  • Hospice: A Testimony to Life
  • Kitchen Fun for Kids
  • The Real Scoop About Diet and Exercise
  • School-to-Work, Connecting Youth to the Future
  • Worlds of Sound: The Ballad Of Folkways
  • The Wonder of Israel
  • Land Use Analysis
  • Urban Institute
  • Art of Compassion
  • Kuna Rape
  • Youth and Development
  • Game On: Protecting Your Financial Future"
  • Opening Doors to Compassion
  • Dancing with N.E.D. (Trailer – In Development)
  • La Lucha (In Development)
  • '"Prodigy" (In Development)
  • Smoke and Mirrors (In Development)
  • The Low Cholesterol Gourment" (Television-30 Episodes)

References

  1. ^ Andrea Kalin, IMDB.com
  2. ^ American Experience | Partners of the Heart | Today. Pbs.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ http://stonetosoup.org/contact.html
  5. ^ Full cast and crew for The Congress (1988), IMDB.com
  6. ^ The Congress. PBS. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  7. ^ a b Welcome. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  8. ^ a b Something the Lord Made – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  9. ^ Gracie Allen Award : Who, What, Where, When. Servinghistory.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  10. ^ http://www.neh.gov/projects/medialog/us.html NEH
  11. ^ http://www.newarkmuseum.org/uploadedFiles/PDFs/Press_Office/2008/july_22,_2008_-_paul_robeson_awards.pdf
  12. ^ OAH Erik Barnouw Award Winners. Oah.org.
  13. ^ Awards – 2010. Blackmariafilmfestival.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  14. ^ The Internet Movie Database. IMDb (2009-05-01). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  15. ^ 2010 WGA Awards TV Nominees Announced. Wga.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  16. ^ DOME: Almost a Miracle. Hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  17. ^ Washingtonian
  18. ^ Los Angeles Times Article May 28, 2004
  19. ^ Movies: Home. HBO. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  20. ^ Something the Lord Made: Information from. Answers.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  21. ^ http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Something_The_Lord_Made
  22. ^ Division of Public Programs
  23. ^ Smithsonian Channel announces Soul of a People. Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  24. ^ a b Full cast and crew for Soul of a People: Writing America's Story (2009) (TV), IMDB.com
  25. ^ Welcome. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  26. ^ WPA Writers' Project Subject of Discussion, Screening – The Library Today (Library of Congress). Loc.gov (2009-04-13). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  27. ^ American Memory from the Library of Congress – Home Page. Loc.gov. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  28. ^ Library of Congress Photos on Flickr (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress). Loc.gov. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  29. ^ The Smithsonian Channel « Problem Solving with Smithsonian Experts. Smithsonianconference.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  30. ^ Soul of a People | Worlds of Sound. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  31. ^ ALA, NEH bring "Soul of a People" grants to libraries. ALA (2008-04-01). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  32. ^ The Reynolds Center – Calendar. Americanart.si.edu (2009-12-09). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  33. ^ a b c d e 2010 Peer Awards Winners Announced | Peer Awards. Tivadc.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  34. ^ http://www.folkways.si.edu/newsletter/2009_october_sf_newsletter.html
  35. ^ Smithsonian Folkways – Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways. Folkways.si.edu. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  36. ^ Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation. Shalomdc.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  37. ^ http://upf.tv
  38. ^ The Movie – In Theaters October 2008 :: Starring Preacher Moss, Azhar Usman and Mohammed Amer. Allah Made Me Funny. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  39. ^ Allah Made Me Funny Preview. YouTube. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  40. ^ Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert Theatrical Release Movie Waiting To Be Released On DVD Movie. Cduniverse.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  41. ^ US International Film & Video Festival. Filmfestawards.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  42. ^ Asia's Water Crisis: The Struggle Within Each Drop. ADB.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  43. ^ http://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=1028634
  44. ^ UNFPA State of World Population 2004. Unfpa.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  45. ^ >> Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine >> About. PCRM. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  46. ^ http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/pdfs/1995-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf
  47. ^ World Hunger PSA on Vimeo. Vimeo.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  48. ^ a b http://www.iadb.org/am/2007/contactus.cfm

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