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Ian Cheney

Overview

Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has completed ten feature documentaries, including King Corn (2007), The Greening of Southie (2008), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015), The Most Unknown (2018), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), Picture a Scientist (2020) and The Long Coast (2020). His short films include Two Buckets (2006), Truck Farm (2010), The Melungeons (2013), The Smog of the Sea (2016) and The Measure of a Fog (2017). He received bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Yale University, and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A former MacDowell Fellow & Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, he lives in midcoast Maine. For more information about Ian’s films, visit www.wickedelicate.com.

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Acting
2010 Big River Actor 59
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2007 King Corn Actor Himself 59
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Directing
2025 Observer Directing Director N/A
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2024 Shelf Life Directing Director N/A
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2023 Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones Directing Director N/A
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2023 The Arc of Oblivion Directing Director 58
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2020 Picture a Scientist Directing Director 59
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2020 The Long Coast Directing Director N/A
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2020 The Emoji Story Directing Director 58
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2018 The Most Unknown Directing Director 59
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2017 The Smog of the Sea Directing Director N/A
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2015 Bluespace Directing Director N/A
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2014 The Search for General Tso Directing Director 59
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2013 The Melungeons Directing Director N/A
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2012 The City Dark Directing Director 59
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2011 Truck Farm Directing Director 59
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The Emoji Story Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2025 Observer Writing Writer N/A
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2023 The Arc of Oblivion Writing Writer 58
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2017 The Smog of the Sea Writing Writer N/A
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2007 King Corn Writing Writer 59
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Production
2025 The Last Class Production Executive Producer N/A
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2020 Picture a Scientist Production Producer 59
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2020 The Emoji Story Production Producer 58
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2013 World Fair Production Co-Producer N/A
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2007 King Corn Production Producer 59
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Camera
2020 The Emoji Story Camera Director of Photography 58
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Crew
2017 The Smog of the Sea Crew Cinematography N/A
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2013 World Fair Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2017 The Smog of the Sea Editing Editor N/A
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2010 The Greenhorns Editing Editor N/A
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