David France
Peabody Awards · Joy Tomchin / David France · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 1959. · United States.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- journalist, documentary filmmaker, writer, documentarian and director.
- Fields
- investigative journalism, documentary film and literature.
- Education
- Kalamazoo College.
- Honours
- Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant and Baillie Gifford Prize.
- Languages
- English.
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France worked across journalist, documentary filmmaker, writer, film director and documentarian and 1 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 4 published texts and 34 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
David France studied at Kalamazoo College. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is investigative journalism, documentary film and literature. Work by David France is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant and Baillie Gifford Prize.
David France is recorded with the occupation documentary filmmaker. Recorded with the occupation film director. Established in Library of Congress under n2003114969. Recorded as having received Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant and Baillie Gifford Prize.
David France and Joy Tomchin accept the Peabody Award for "How to Survive a Plague"
Peabody Awards · Joy Tomchin / David France
David France and Joy Tomchin accept the Peabody Award for "How to Survive a Plague"
Peabody Awards · Joy Tomchin / David France
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1959
David France was born on 25 February 1959.
2017
Receives Baillie Gifford Prize.
2018
Receives Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant.
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GND (German National Library) authority file 1128250489GND (German National Library)
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Library of Congress authority file n2003114969Library of Congress
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q5233788: David FranceWikimedia Foundation
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David France received Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant and Baillie Gifford Prize. Connected to 3 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Museum of Modern Art
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