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Ian Cheney

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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…

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The Search for General TsoDirector

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King CornWriter

The City Dark

Picture a ScientistProducer

Filmography

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2026ObserverDirector · WriterMovie

2026The Work in ProgressDirectorMovie

2025The Last ClassExecutive ProducerMovie

2024Shelf LifeDirectorMovie

2023Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother JonesDirectorMovie

2023The Arc of OblivionWriter · DirectorMovie

2020Picture a ScientistProducer · DirectorMovie

2020The Long CoastDirectorMovie

2019The Emoji StoryProducer · Director · Director of PhotographyMovie

2018The Most UnknownDirectorMovie

2017The Smog of the SeaEditor · Cinematography · Director · WriterMovie

2015BluespaceDirectorMovie

2014The Search for General TsoDirectorMovie

2013The MelungeonsDirectorMovie

2013World FairCinematography · Co-ProducerMovie

2012The City DarkDirector · Producer · Editor · Writer · Director of PhotographyMovie

2011Truck FarmDirectorMovie

2010The GreenhornsEditorMovie

2010Big RiverMovie

2008The Greening of SouthieDirectorMovie

2007King CornWriter · ProducerMovie

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