Richard Chisolm

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Richard Chisolm
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NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Occupation(s)Cinematographer and film-maker
Notable workDon't Say Goodbye: America's Endangered Species
Website http://www.richardchisolm.com/

Richard Chisolm is an cinematographer and film-maker based in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] [2] [3] Chisolm is most experienced in documentaries and actuality-style dramas. [4] He has done additional camera work for feature films, television series, commercials and corporate and educational videos. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Chisolm graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1982. [1] [6] In 2001, he was awarded "Distinguished Alumnus of the Year." [4]

Career

After graduating from college, Chisolm taught film classes at Johns Hopkins University until 1992. [4] Don't Say Goodbye: America's Endangered Species, a piece he worked on for the National Geographic Channel, received an Emmy Award in 1998. [1] [7] [8] The program followed two photographers who traveled the United States to take pictures of endangered animal and plant species. [1] That year, Chisolm worked as a camera operator for Homicide: Life on the Streets , a television series featured on NBC. [6] He served as director of photography for 24/7, a six-part documentary on Johns Hopkins Hospital produced by ABC, in 2000. [1] [9] In 2002, Chisolm screened three short documentaries at the Maryland Documentary Symposium. [10] Chisolm shot and co-produced "The Building of a Sanctuary," a documentary about the architecture and setting of The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, in 2003. [7]

Chisolm spoke about school lunch reform at a TEDx event in May 2010. [11] He directed and shot Cafeteria Man, a documentary on school food reform, in 2011. [12] The documentary was screened at over 20 international film festivals and aired on PBS. [13] [14] [15] He has shot documentaries for the American Red Cross in Zimbabwe and El Salvador, directed the camera for a PBS series on homeless children in Guatemala and shot eleven National Geographic documentaries. [8] Chisolm has received a Peabody Award, a Columbia duPont Journalism award, two Kodak Vision awards and three CINE Golden Eagles. [15]

Filmography

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  2. ↑ "The Filmmakers" . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Director to screen, speak about rebel chef in 'Cafeteria Man'". February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Richard Chisolm: Director of the film "Cafeteria Man"". University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
  5. ↑ "Rex Sikes' Movie Beat chats with cinematographer/filmmaker Richard Chisolm" . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Denise Elizabeth Lee. "Creating Visual Poetry and Compelling Stories". Archived from the original on July 25, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Lisa DeNike (May 28, 2003). "Healing power, by design".
  8. 1 2 Michael Fickes. "Director of Photography Richard Chisolm seeks out the highs and lows of real life".
  9. ↑ Zurawik, David (June 17, 2007). "Second act for 'Hopkins 24 / 7'" . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Eric Allen Hatch (November 13, 2002). "Real Life on the Streets".
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  12. ↑ "100 Years of the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic" . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
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