Thomas Lennon Biography

Filmography

• "Knife Skills" (work-in-progress)
•  ?Sacred" Producer & Director. Shot by filmmaking teams worldwide. Expected to air PBS 2017
•  ?The Trail from Xingjiang" (2013) Senior Creative Consultant
• "Angle of Attack" (2011) - writer, cinematographer, producer"?Public Television
• The Warriors of Qiugang (2010) - writer, producer. Oscar nominee, Documentary Short Subject
• Tongzhi in Love (2008) - producer
• The Supreme Court, PBS (2007) - director (International Documentary Association, Best Series, 2007; Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association, 2008)
• The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) - producer (Academy Award winner - best documentary short subject; 2007 Excellence in Media Award - Global Health Council International Documentary Festival; Chicago Doc Humanitarian Award - Chicago International Documentary Film Festival; Golden Reel Jury Prize, Best Short - VC FilmFest; Grand Jury Award - AFI Silverdocs Film Festival; Audience Award - Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival; Jury Prize Award - Documenta International Film Festival; Jury Prize Award - RiverRun International Film Festival; Nominated for Documentary Awards at the Hawaii International Film Festival, The Fund for Santa Barbara, the International Documentary Association, and the DOCNZ Film Festival)
• Terry Sanford & the New South (2006) - producer, director, writer (Full-Frame Documentary Festival (premiere))
• Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, PBS mini-series (2003) - series producer, writer (Emmy nominations (four); Writes"? Guild nomination; IDA nomination; Christopher Award)
• Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives, HBO (2003) - producer, director (Sundance Film Festival (premiere), Emmy nominations (two); Christopher Award)
• RKO 281, HBO (1999) (starring John Malkovich, Schreiber, Melanie Griffith) - consultant (Golden Globe Award, Emmy Awards (three))
• The Irish in America: Long Journey Home, PBS mini-series (1998) - series producer, director, writer (Emmy Award (four nominations) Writers"? Guild nomination, Grammy Award for soundtrack CD)
• The Battle Over Citizen Kane, The American Experience (PBS, 1996) - producer, director, writer (Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Academy Award nomination, George Foster Peabody Award, Writers' Guild Award)
• The Battle of the Bulge, PBS The American Experience (1994) - producer, writer (duPont-Columbia Award; Emmy nominations (two))
• Tabloid Truth, PBS Frontline (1994) - producer, writer (Writers' Guild nomination)
• The Choice (1992) - producer, writer (San Francisco International Film Festival Grand Jury Award, George Foster Peabody Award)
• Seven Days in Bensonhurst, Frontline (PBS, 1990) - producer, writer (Emmy, Outstanding Documentary)
• Demon Rum (1989) - producer, writer