JULIAN KRAININ

PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER OF MOTION PICTURES,
TELEVISION SPECIALS AND DOCUMENTARIES

Principal film awards and honors include:
THE ACADEMY AWARD
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
THE EMMY
EMMY NOMINATIONS
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
FLORENCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CINE GOLDEN EAGLE
BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS / BAFTA
ISRAEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CINDY AWARD, IFPA
FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS AWARD
GABRIEL AWARD
OHIO STATE AWARD
SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE AWARD
CABLE ACE AWARD
COLUMBUS FILM FESTIVAL
AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARD
MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS AWARD
TV GUIDE AWARD CITATION
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, LINCOLN CENTER
CHRISTOPHER AWARD
PEABODY AWARDS

Honorary film screenings:
- The White House
- New York Museum of Modern Art
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
- United Nations

Biographical listings:
- Who's Who in America
- Dictionary of International Biography
- Who’s Who in the World
- Who’s Who in EntertainmentFilm organization memberships
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Directors Guild of America
- Writers Guild of America

Film jury memberships:
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Directors Guild of America

PRINCIPAL FILMS

THE JOHN GLENN STORY: A RETURN TO SPACE - CNN 1998
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THE JOHN GLENN STORY: RETURN OF THE HERO - CNN 1999
Produced, directed and written by Julian Krainin & Michael Lawrence.
The extraordinary life and achievements of one of America’s greatest heroes. Including exclusive interviews with John Glenn, his close friends and associates. These two-hours also incorporate rarely seen behind-the-scenes footage of his dangerous and harrowing early space mission, as he became the first American to orbit the earth — in addition to his most recent triumph in returning to space as the worlds most elderly astronaut. Friends and colleagues, from former press secretary Mike McCurry to baseball great Ted Williams provide insightful and moving stories about this strangely secretive yet uniquely driven American hero.

GEORGE WALLACE - A four-hour mini-series for Turner Broadcasting - 1997
Produced by Julian Krainin.
The life and times of Alabama’s former segregationist Governor, George Corley Wallace. For the first time a film depicts America’s greatest social upheaval of the 20th Century, through a revealing and dramatic look at the behind-the-scenes world of the Southern white establishment. With its heroes and hypocrites, its dreamers and demagogues, we witness the turmoil and birth of the “New South” as it enters the modern era.
The film was directed by John Frankenheimer, and stars Gary Sinise as Governor Wallace. Also in featured rolls are: Angelina Jolie, Mare Winningham, Clarence Williams III, and Joe Don Baker.
- Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Mini-series and Best Television Movie
Winner of the Peabody Award for distinguished journalism
Winner of the Cable Ace Award for Best Mini-series
Winner of the Humanitas Prize

QUIZ SHOW —A Theatrical Feature Film. 1994-1995

Directed by Robert Redford and Produced by Julian Krainin.
Nominated for four Academy Awards, including “Best Picture”“QUIZ SHOW” features actors John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, Rob Morrow, Paul Scofield, Mira Sorvino, and David Paymer. Directors Barry Levinson and Martin Scorsese appear in the film in dramatic roles and portray two of the story’s real life characters. The film is a Walt Disney Presentation of a Baltimore Pictures Production of a Robert Redford Film. Barry Levinson and Richard Dreyfuss are Executive Producers.
This feature film is based on a documentary about the television quiz show scandal of the 1950s, which was produced by Julian Krainin and Michael R. Lawrence.

THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDAL — PBS Special 1992
Produced, Directed & Written by Julian Krainin and Michael Lawrence.
A look at one of the most bizarre and disillusioning chapters in the history of broadcasting.
During the mid-1950s Americans were glued to their television sets each evening as everyone watched quiz show contestants Charles Van Doren, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Herb Stempel, and Teddy Nadler on hit programs like “The $64,000 Dollar Question” and “Twenty-One.” Viewers were amazed to see the transformation of ordinary Americans into national heroes, almost overnight.
“The Quiz Show Scandal” is a true story about how more than 100 million viewers were deceived. We see how shame and fear led well-educated, highly respected middle-class citizens, both contestants and television producers, to destroy their lives by participating in a fraud, and then by attempting to cover it up by committing perjury. It was one of America’s most deeply felt scandals, because everyone trusted the new medium of television and its new heroes who they had welcomed into their living rooms, and into their lives.
Following the scandal, most of the contestants and producers went into hiding. Participants speak out publicly in this film for the very first time, to reveal the true depths of the fraud, and to reflect on America’s loss of innocence.
— One of the highest rated shows in the history of the PBS series “The American Experience”
— CINE Golden Eagle Award. Chosen as the year’s official American entry to represent the United States in documentary film festivals abroad
— San Francisco Film Festival, Golden Gate Award
— Emmy Nomination Award

MEMORY & IMAGINATION ! — PBS Special 1990
Produced, Directed & Written by Julian Krainin and Michael Lawrence.
The memory bank of mankind! The only film ever commissioned by the Library of Congress — about the Library's hidden treasures and its awe-inspiring prospects for the future. From ISAAC STERN discovering a Brahms manuscript, and FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA celebrating the preservation of lost films, to JULIA CHILD with the world's first cookbook and PENN & TELLER trapped inside the Houdini Collection. This hour-long film explores the Library as it moves into the 21st Century, with special appearances exclusively for this film by: TED KOPPEL, HENRY STEELE COMMAGER, JAMES WATSON (co-discoverer of DNA), GORE VIDAL, PETE SEEGER, STEVE JOBS (co-creator of the Apple Macintosh Computers), Vice-President, ALBERT GORE, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, STEWART BRAND, and SAM WATERSTON.
— CINE Golden Eagle Award. Chosen as the year’s official American entry to represent the United States in documentary film festivals abroad
— Grand Prize Award, The New York International Film and Television Festival
— CINDY Grand Prize Award, The International Film Producers of America
— Grand Prize, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
— Grand Prize, Bulgarian International Film Festival
— Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Honorary Screening

DISASTER AT SILO 7 — A Movie for the ABC Television
Network and an international motion picture release 1988
Produced by Julian Krainin for Mark Carliner Productions.
Based on a true story that occurred at a Titan II Missile Silo base near Little Rock, Arkansas, in which a one pound wrench was accidentally dropped — resulting in the largest non-nuclear explosion in history, and the consequent loss of the silo's nine megaton nuclear warhead. The motion picture had one of the largest budgets for a single network television movie, and it received strong cooperation from the Air Force despite the potentially controversial nature of its subject. The film's cast features: MICHAEL O'KEEFE, PETER BOYLE, DENNIS WEAVER, and PERRY KING.
Soon after its initial telecast, Disaster at Silo 7 received international recognition, when as a result of President Gorbachev's invitation, the film was broadcast in the USSR and seen on a single night by more than 200 million citizens of the Soviet Union.
— EMMY Nomination for the Best Cinematography in a television movie.

THE POWER OF EXCELLENCE! WITH TOM PETERS - PBS Special 1987
Produced, Directed and Co-Written by Julian Krainin.
The program takes the viewer across the United States with TOM PETERS, author of In Search of Excellence, and investigates several remarkable American companies which have achieved unparalleled success, both with the general public and in the financial marketplace. The program shows how each of these companies seems to defy almost every doctrine of contemporary corporate thinking. In dynamic settings and situations, we meet with the Presidents of these corporations and look at the companies themselves. The companies include: Federal Express, The Worthington Steel Corporation, The Limited, University National Bank, and The Louisville Red Birds minor-league baseball team.This 90 minute video special combined a live audience with documentary segments photographed on location. It was produced for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcasting Service — and was commissioned as the principal program to spearhead PBS’ annual fund-raising effort.

THE WRONG MAN — HBO Documentary Special 1986
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
A look at four innocent middle-class Americans who were wrongfully accused by the police, and subsequently convicted of committing major crimes, including murder, robbery, and rape. Each of the four individuals has now been completely exonerated — although one of them died of a heart attack at 32 years of age before he could prove his innocence, and another spent over a third of his life in prison before being released. Remarkably, following its broadcast, this documentary film was instrumental in helping two of the individuals prove their innocence and win their release from prison.

THE SMITHSONIAN - A VIEW FROM THE CASTLE — PBS Special 1985
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
A portrait of the Smithsonian Institution which focuses on the initial concept, subsequent design and eventual construction of its extraordinary new underground Museum for Asian, African and Middle Eastern Art. We take a look behind the scenes at the prime movers of the Smithsonian Institution. Featured, among others in the film, are the Secretary of the Smithsonian, S. DILLON RIPLEY II, and President GEORGE BUSH.

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL! — CBS REPORTS 1983
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin, for the CBS Television Network.
A landmark in network television documentaries. For the first time the television industry takes a revealing look at itself. In the power centers of network boardrooms, hotel suites and restaurant enclaves, we follow the heads of America's television networks and some of the most influential producer-creators in broadcasting. MORLEY SAFER takes us into the high pressured world of two new television series, to witness their creation, production, testing and final fates.
The film features behind-the-scenes looks at TV executives; GARY GOLDBERG, DAVID GERBER, FRED SILVERMAN, BRANDON TARTIKOFF, JEFF SAGANSKY, BUD GRANT, HARVEY SHEPHERD, HUGH WILSON, PETER CHERNIN and LEE RICH.
— TV Guide Citation for one of the year's outstanding programs
— Two National Emmy Nominations, for best Network Documentary Special and best Writing in a Television Documentary
— Designated by CBS as a “Classic Broadcast” of the “CBS Reports” series

HERITAGE: CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS 1981 - 1985
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
The most ambitious documentary television series to be undertaken in the history of Public Broadcasting in America. This 11-hour series was filmed in l8 countries and on four continents. The series features ABBA EBAN as well as preeminent figures and personalities of all faiths from around the world, tracing over 4,000 years of Jewish experience within the context of world history.
- Initial programs in the series.
— Peabody Award
— Emmy Award
— Christopher Award
— American Film Festival Award

OPENING NIGHT 1980
Produced and Directed by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage.
Featuring LUCIANO PAVAROTTI in a dramatic backstage look at the creation of a major opera. From the initial idea of staging the production, through its frantic casting, set construction, rehearsals, and the opening curtain, we get a revealing look at candid real-life tensions and emotions that often rival the drama of the opera itself.

THE WRITER 1980
Produced and Directed by Julian Krainin.
A series of six dramatic half-hour programs, starring ED ASNER and a cast of prominent actors. This highly successful series of dramas was designed to teach writing skills, and was performed on an elaborate multi-set stage built specifically for this unique Time-Life television production.

PAVAROTTI AT HOME 1979
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
An insightful personal look at one of the outstanding operatic artists of our time, as LUCIANO PAVAROTTI returns during the Christmas season to his home, family and friends, in Modena, Italy.

THE WORLD OF JAMES MICHENER, 1978
THE SOUTH PACIFIC: END OF EDEN?
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
An hour-long film in the multi-part Public Broadcasting System television series; The World of James Michener. We travel half-way around the world with the internationally celebrated author, visiting some of the most remote island locations on earth — each depicted in JAMES MICHENER'S Pulitzer Prize winning book, Tales of the South Pacific. The cameras go on location to New Guinea, Easter Island, Fiji, Tahiti, Bora Bora, The Solomon Archipelago, Eniwetok and Pitcairn Island.

THE MAKING OF AN OPERA - A TELEVISION MINI-SERIES 1979
Produced and Directed by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage.
Four films that were part of a quartet of hour-long programs for Public Broadcasting. The films feature actor TONY RANDALL as the host, and show the extraordinary behind-the-scenes staging and actual performance of a major production of La Gioconda, staring LUCIANO PAVAROTTI and
RENATA SCOTTO at the San Francisco Opera House.

THE WORLD OF JAMES MICHENER, 1977
HAWAII REVISITED
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
An hour-long film in the documentary television series, The World of James Michener, for the Public Broadcasting System. JAMES MICHENER revisits Hawaii, the scene of one of his greatest literary triumphs, Hawaii. The film is a journey which touches on the history of these islands, its unspoiled beauty, its people and the overwhelming challenges it faces.

TO COMMUNICATE IS THE BEGINNING . . . 1976
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
The film both documents and celebrates the founders of American communications —featuring pioneers in film, television, radio and electronic communications. The film's participants include: ORSON WELLES, WILLIAM S. PALEY, JOHNNY CARSON, VLADIMIR ZWORYKIN (one of the inventors of television), WALTER BRATTAIN (co-inventor of the transistor) and co-workers and descendants of Edison, Bell and Marconi.
— San Francisco International Film Festival, Special Jury Award, 1976
— Chicago International Film Festival Award, 1976
— CINE, Golden Eagle, 1976
— Festival of the Americas Award, 1976 — IFPA, CINDY AWARD, 1976

TO AMERICA 1975
Directed by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage.
A dramatic two-hour CBS Network movie for Television, filmed in Europe and the United States. The film combines the true story of three immigrant families' last months in Eastern Europe, their search for a new country and their first months in America, with ALAN ARKIN'S fictional portrayal of an elderly immigrant returning to the deserted buildings and grounds of Ellis Island.
— San Francisco International Festival, Best Network Documentary, 1976
— American Film Festival, Red Ribbon Award, 1977
— Chicago International Film Festival, Gold Plaque Award, 1977
(At the Chicago International Film Festival “To America” tied
with the television mini-series "Roots,” for the award as the
best television drama of the year.)

THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT 1974
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
A half-hour theatrical and television film for international audiences, released in 13 languages. In this film for the USIA, an enormous time-capsule filled with memorabilia from every decade of American history, provides the theme for a look at the effects of American dissent, protest, and politics during the last two centuries.
- CINE, Golden Eagle Award, 1974

GOING METRIC 1974
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
A half-hour motion picture for international audiences. The film portrays Stonehenge as a universal symbol of measurement. Photographed on location throughout a dozen European countries and also in the United States, the documentary captures the significance of the world-wide movement towards adoption of the Metric System.

PRINCETON: A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS 1973
Produced and Directed by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage.
A widely distributed half-hour film for national audiences that paints a compelling portrait of Princeton University — from black holes in space to Bach's B-Minor Mass; and from Shakespeare and the structure of Gothic cathedrals, to campus life and the unending search for knowledge.
- Academy Award, Best Documentary Short Subject, 1973
- Florence International Film Festival Award, 1974
- Chicago International Film Festival Award, 1974
- Atlanta International Film Festival Award, 1974
- IFPA, Cindy Award, 1974
- Chris Award, 1974

OCEANS: THE SILENT CRISIS 1972
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage.
A one-hour ABC Television Network Special consisting of an investigation into the far-reaching causes and dangers of ocean pollution, with explorer, and oceanographer, JACQUES COUSTEAU.
- American Film Festival, Best Network News Special, 1972
- Directors Guild of America, Nomination for Best Network Documentary, 1972
- Chris Award, 1972

ART IS . . . 1971
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage.
Executive Producer, Henry Strauss. (For the Associated Councils of the Arts.)
A half-hour documentary designed to open up a diverse national film and television audience to the lively possibilities and meanings of the word, "art". Featured in special film appearances are LEONARD BERNSTEIN, JEROME ROBBINS, the NEW YORK CITY BALLET COMPANY and other performing groups and artists.
— Academy Award Nomination, Documentary Short Subject, 1971
— Moscow International Film Festival Award, 1971
— Mannheim International Film Festival Award, 1971
— Photographic Society of America Award, 1972
— San Francisco International Film Festival Award, 1972
— Chris Award, 1972
— CINE, Golden Eagle, 1971
— IFPA, Cindy Award, 1971
— USIFP, Gold Camera Award, 1971

THE OTHER AMERICANS 1969 - 1970
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin. Co-Producer/Writer, DeWitt Sage.
Filmed in over a dozen communities across the nation, the documentary depicts both the creative potential of children, and the devastating effects that poverty can have on the young. This hour-long film features EARTHA KITT and GORDON PARKS.
Produced for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Stations.
WINNER OF MORE AWARDS THAN ANY OTHER TELEVISION PROGRAM, 1969 -70.
— The Emmy, 1970
— The Venice Film festival, 1970
— Saturday Review of Literature, Television Award, 1970
— Chicago International Film Festival, 1969
— New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, 1969
— Israel International Film Festival, 1969
— Mannheim International Film Festival, 1971
— CINE, Gold Eagle Award, 1969
— Moscow International Film Festival Award, 1971
— Florence International Film Festival Award, 1970
— San Francisco International Film Festival, 1970
— International Film and Television Festival of New York, 1969
— Atlanta International Film Festival, Gold Medal, 1970
— Photographic Society of America, Blue Ribbon Award, 1970
— National Conference of Christians and Jews, Gold Medal, 1970

THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTION 1968
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
An hour-long television documentary film which looks at the extreme contrasts in the quality of America's education system — the very worst and the very best that America offers its children. Both a hope and a warning, this film portrays the far-reaching potential of young people, while at the same time it pursues a critical investigation into the devastating conditions that adversely affect the ability of children to learn.
— Photographic Society of America Award, 1968

NOWHERE FAST! 1968
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
A view of the transportation dilemma that faces America, including this nation's greatest successes and its worst failures, as seen in a half-dozen major U.S. cities.

EXIT TO NOWHERE 1967
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
A dramatic look at the conditions and philosophy of America's prison system.
— Ohio State Award, Outstanding Television Special, 1968
— Gabriel Award, Achievement in the Media Award, 1968

PROMISES TO KEEP 1967
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
Both a critical overview and a personal impression of some of the devastating aspects of life which comprise the nation's urban crises, as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
— Atlanta International Film Festival Award, 1967

HIDE AND SEEK 1966
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
One of the most widely distributed films ever produced on the destructive effects of hard-core drug addiction.

THE MARCH 1965
Produced, Directed and Written by Julian Krainin.
The Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, civil rights march, featuring the Reverend MARTIN LUTHER KING. The meaning of this historic event from the personal and dramatic viewpoint of its participants.
— Venice Film Festival, Award of Excellence, 1965
— International New York Times and Herald Tribune, “...citation for excellence in documentary films.”
— Library of Congress National Registry of Historic American Films.
(The March is part of the widely acclaimed theatrical documentary, KING, which depicts the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. The March, almost in its entirety, serves as the concluding dramatic climax of KING.)