Peter Ladue

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yearsactive = 1965 - present
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1980 ""
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Peter Ladue (born 1950) is a film director and writer, living in the USA. In 1981, Ladue and Roland Halle' won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject [http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1215738503788] for producing "". Incorporating interviews, archival footage, and animation, the film cronicles the extraordinary life of Karl Hess.

"Karl Hess: Toward Liberty"

This 26 minute film, Mr. Ladue's and Mr. Halle' master thesis, was produced at Boston University's College of Communications, Graduate Film Program. The film's style and approach is a reaction to the "Direct Cinema" movement [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Cinema] and co-called "balanced" television documentaries of the 1960s and 1970s. "Direct Cinema" made a claim on "objectivity" (real stories about real life), while "Karl Hess: Toward Liberty" tells a transparently "subjective" story, presenting the point-of-view of one man who experienced American politics from both the inside and out.

53rd Academy Awards

In 1981, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPAS] 53rd award ceremony was delayed, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_Academy_Awards] almost cancelled, when President Reagan was shot on the day of the scheduled event [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/06/oscar.qanda/index.html] . Following a one day delay, the Academy Awards went on with the President delivering his best wishes via a television remote link-up from his hospital bed. Receiving the award from Richard Chamberlain and Leslie Ann Downs, Mr. Ladue and Mr. Halle' thanked the team of Boston University students and others who collaborated in the making of the film. "Karl Hess: Toward Liberty" was the first AMPAS Student Film Award-winner [http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/wins_nominated.html] to also be awarded an "Oscar".

Additional Awards

In addition to winning the Oscar, the film also was awarded the FOCUS Student Film Award, in 1980; the AMPAS Student Film Award, in 1980 [http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf] , the CINE Golden Eagle, in 1981 [http://www.cine.org/golden-eagle-award.php] , along with 18 additional international festivals, including the American Film Institute's AFI Award, in 1981 [http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards/default.aspx] . Karl Hess: Toward Liberty was screened at the White House and New York's Museum of Modern Art, as a result of the FOCUS Award and toured the world, as part of the CINE program.

Additional Productions

Mr, Ladue also won an "Emmy Award" for "Best Sports Special", in 1996, for writing and directing "The Banner Years: The Official History of the Boston Garden" [http://boston.emmyonline.org/] . Just one month after release, "Banner Years" became the all-time best-selling special interest video in New England.

In 1996, Mr. Ladue's, working with local high school students and a team of creative professionals, directed production of "The Civil Right Rap" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7dcWR-jCo&feature=related] , a music video designed to reaquaint young people with the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. This educational video was screened at the United Nations, on BET and was distributed to over a thousand high schools.

He also directed production of "Saving Place", a widely televised documentary on preserving the character of rural New England, for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Career

** 1965 - 1967: Stagehand, Joshua Light Shows, Fillmore East, New York, New York
** 1968 - 1970: Student Manager, Sarah Orne Jewitt Art Center, Berwick Academy, Berwick, ME
** 1974 - 1977: Curator of Exhibits, Polk Public Museum, Lakeland, FL
** 1977 - 1978: Lighting Designer, Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Haynes City, FL
** 1978 - 1980: Teaching Assistant, School of Broadcasting and Film, College of Communications, Boston University, Boston, MA
** 1881 - 1983: Director of the Graduate Film Program / Associate Professor, School of Broadcasting and Film, College of Communications, Boston University, Boston, MA
** 1983 - 1988: Producer / Director, Vesti Corporation, Boston, MA
** 1991 - 1999: Writer / Director, Cramer Pooductions, Braintree, MA
** 2000 - 2003: Creative Director / Communications Strategist, Jack Morton Worldwide, Boston, MA
** 2004 - present: Communications Consultant: Writer / Creative Director / Strategist, Medford, OR

Honors

** Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject, 1981
** Emmy Award: Best Sports Special, 1996
** Over 50 international awards for creative excellence
** Voting Member and Documentary Judge, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1981 - present
** Work has been presented at the United Nations, the White House, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Garden, and the American Film Institute
** Productions have been broadcast on CBS, ABC, PBS, the BBC, The Discovery Channel, TNT, and MTV

External links

*imdb|0480627|Peter Ladue

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