Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Presents: Reaching Out to the World Through Non-Fiction Film

Published: May 10, 2018, 10 a.m.

Kevin Kelley has been a documentary filmmaker for over three decades. His work has been honored with two regional EMMY Awards, two CINE Golden Eagle Awards and Three New York Festivals World Medal. His work has been screened at The International Documentary Film Festival in Los Angles, The Newport Beach Film Festival, The New Filmmakers Festival in New York and aired on HBO, PBS and qualified in 2001 for the Short Documentary Category for the Academy Awards. Kelley has mentored other young filmmakers for over three decades who have gone on to work professionally for Oprah Winfrey, Warner Brothers, Lions Gate and Saturday Night Live.

Kevin is currently the Artistic Director for New Mile Media Arts, a non-profit that 'educates and inspires through the art of filmmaking, presenting unique stories of common people in uncommon situations.' His current project, "Stout Hearted: George Stout, The Man Who Saved Art." The documentary tells the story of the University of Iowa art student who became the leader of the Monuments Men, a military special forces unit assigned to retrieve art stolen art by the Nazis. It also explores Stout's pioneering efforts in art conservation, which elevated the discipline into the world of modern science. Many of his discoveries are used globally to restore masterworks and protect them from deterioration.

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