Brian McGinn | |
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| Born | October 12, 1984 Palo Alto, California |
| Education | Palo Alto High School |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Brian McGinn (born December 10, 1984) is an American TV and film director, writer, producer and showrunner.
Brian McGinn was born in Palo Alto, California, on December 10, 1984. [1] His mother was an art history librarian [2] and his father an ethics and technology professor from Stanford. [1] He attended Palo Alto High School [3] and Duke University, [4] where he got in 2007 a degree in English and a certificate in the Film/Video/Digital Program. [5]
His first directing, producing and writing credits were on the short films Llamas for Ken (2007) and The Frozen City (2008) -which received an honorable mention at the 2009 Cleveland International Film Festival- [4] and Carry (2009). [6] [7]
Between 2011 and 2014 he directed a series viral videos for the comedy video website and film and television production company Funny or Die starring Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Alison Brie [8] [9] [10] as well as Funny or Die’s HBO 2015 special Ferrell Takes The Field starring Will Ferrell. [11]
In 2011, he codirected with Vanessa Roth the documentary film American Teacher [12] and in 2012 he wrote and directed The Record Breaker, [13] a short film about Ashrita Furman, the man who has the most Guinness World Records of all time. [14] The documentary won awards at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, [15] the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Palm Springs International ShortFest, [16] the Cleveland International Film Festival [17] and the New Orleans Film Festival. [18]
Since 2015 he is one of the executive producers and directors of Netflix’s documentary series Chef’s Table , [19] [20] which gave him three nominations to the Emmy Awards. [21] He got other two Emmy nominations [21] for the Netflix documentary Amanda Knox , which he has produced, written and directed. [22]
Along with David Gelb, his partner in the production company Supper Club with Jason Sterman, [23] [24] McGinn is one of the executive producers of the Netflix series Street Food . [25] [26]
In 2019 he produced the film Machine –a documentary about Artificial Intelligence– [27] and in 2020 he produced the Netflix show Trial By Media , where he also directed a chapter. [28]
As executive producer, he was behind several Disney+ original documentaries such as Marvel's 616, People & Places –a revival of a show originally aired in the ‘50s and ‘60s-, A Spark Story , More Than Robots and Earthkeepers. [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
He also was the producer of the Disney+ documentary films Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return, [35] Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2U [36] and Wolfgang . He is also the writer of the latter film about the chef Wolfgang Puck. [37]
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Work |
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| 2012 | Jury Award - Palm Springs International ShortFest [38] | Winner | Best documentary | The Record Breaker |
| 2012 | SXSW Grand Jury Award - SXSW Film Festival [39] | Nominee | Narrative Short | Would You |
| 2013 | Grand Jury Award - New Orleans Film Festival [40] | Winner | Documentary Short | The Record Breaker |
| 2013 | The Spalding and Jackson Award: In Celebration of Joy - Cleveland International Film Festival [41] | Winner | Honorable Mention | The Record Breaker |
| 2013 | Full Frame Documentary Film Festival [42] | Winner | Audience Award | The Record Breaker |
| 2014 | Big Sky Documentary Film Festival [43] | Winner | Best Short Documentary | The Record Breaker |
| 2015 | International Documentary Association [44] | Winner | Best Episodic Series | Chef's Table |
| 2016 | International Documentary Association [45] | Nominee | Best Episodic Series | Chef's Table |
| 2016 | Critics' Choice Documentary Award [46] | Nominee | Best Director (TV/Streaming) | Amanda Knox |
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy Awards [47] | Nominee | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Chef's Table |
| 2017 | International Documentary Association [48] | Nominee | Best Episodic Series | Chef's Table |
| 2017 | Webby Awards and Webby People’s Voice Award [49] | Winner | Best Food & Drink Video and the Webby Award for Best Documentary: Series (Film & Video) | Chef's Table |
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards [50] | Nominee | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Amanda Knox |
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards [50] | Nominee | Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming | Amanda Knox |
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards [51] | Nominee | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Chef's Table |
| 2017 | Danish Film Academy (Robert Awards) [52] | Nominee | Best Documentary | Amanda Knox |
| 2019 | Primetime Emmy Awards [51] | Nominee | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Chef's Table |
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