Miriam has served numerous times as a Lab Advisor for the Sundance Institute Documentary Composers Lab, and on film festival and awards juries including Sundance, Ashland, Bend, AFI, Independent Spirit Awards and IDA Awards. Miriam co-produced and scored ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT (OWN) and now is embarking on her second project as a co-producer of DARK MONEY. Her enthusiasm for documentaries has continued to escalate her involvement and has led her to becoming part of the production team.
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Her passion for documentary film has led to a focus in nonfiction: Sundance Premiere THE HUNTING GROUND (CNN), Oscar-nominated, KINGSPOINT (HBO) and POSTER GIRL (HBO), Emmy winners GHOSTS OF ABU GRAHIB (HBO), DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART (PBS) VITO (HBO), Emmy- nominated ETHEL (HBO), THIN (HBO), BAFTA-nominated LOST IN LA MANCHA (IFC), Sundance winners AMERICAN PROMISE (PBS), SCOUTS HONOR (PBS) and LICENSE TO KILL (PBS), and Peabody Award-winning THE CASTRO. Miriam Cutler, Documentary Branch Academy member and Emmy-nominated composer, has an extensive background scoring for independent film amd TV projects.
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Chevigny’s films have been shown theatrically, on HBO, Cinemax, POV, Independent Lens, NBC, Arte/ZDF, Britain’s Channel 4, and others, and have played at festivals around the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, Full Frame, SXSW, IDFA, Sheffield and Berlin. After premiering at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, DEADLINE was broadcast on NBC to an audience of over six million, in an unusual acquisition of an independent film by a major network. With Kirsten Johnson, she co-directed DEADLINE, an investigation into Illinois Governor George Ryan’s commutation of death sentences. She also directed ELECTION DAY (2007) which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2007 and was broadcast on PBS in 2008.
She co-directed the Emmy-nominated E-TEAM with Ross Kauffman, which won the award for Best Cinematography at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix for a worldwide release. Katy Chevigny is an award-winning filmmaker and a co-founder of Big Mouth Productions.