Ian Cheney

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Directing

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Ian Cheney

Biography

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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King Corn
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King Corn

Oct 12, 2007

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Big River

Sep 29, 2010

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Acting

2010
Big River
2007
King Corn as Himself

Camera

2020
The Emoji Story as Director of Photography

Crew

2017
The Smog of the Sea as Cinematography
2013
World Fair as Cinematography

Directing

2025
Observer as Director
2024
Shelf Life as Director
2023
Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones as Director
2023
The Arc of Oblivion as Director
2020
Picture a Scientist as Director
2020
The Long Coast as Director
2020
The Emoji Story as Director
2018
The Most Unknown as Director
2017
The Smog of the Sea as Director
2015
Bluespace as Director
2014
The Search for General Tso as Director
2013
The Melungeons as Director
2012
The City Dark as Director
2011
Truck Farm as Director
2008
The Greening of Southie as Director

Editing

2017
The Smog of the Sea as Editor
2010
The Greenhorns as Editor

Production

2020
Picture a Scientist as Producer
2020
The Emoji Story as Producer
2013
World Fair as Co-Producer
2007
King Corn as Producer

Writing

2025
Observer as Writer
2023
The Arc of Oblivion as Writer
2017
The Smog of the Sea as Writer
2007
King Corn as Writer
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