Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an American documentary filmmaker, best known for her documentary, Heroin(e) for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination with husband Kerrin Sheldon at the 90th Academy Awards. Her production company is Requisite Media.
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon
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- Name
- Elaine McMillion Sheldon
- Birthplace
- Logan County, West Virginia
- Education
- West Virginia University (BS) Emerson College (MFA)
- Occupation
- Director, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, producer
- Spouse
- Kerrin Sheldon (m. 2013)
- Born
- Elaine McMillion Sheldon was born in 1988. · Logan County.
- Known for
- Heroin(e) · Recovery Boys
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an American documentary filmmaker, best known for her documentary, Heroin(e) for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination with husband Kerrin Sheldon at the 90th Academy Awards. Her production company is Requisite Media.
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• Name — Elaine McMillion Sheldon • Birthplace — Logan County, West Virginia • Education — West Virginia University (BS) Emerson College (MFA) • Occupation — Director, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, producer • Years Active — 2011–present • Spouse — Kerrin Sheldon (m. 2013) • Website — www.elainemcmillionsheldon.com/
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film — Type — Note • 2023 — King Coal — Documentary • 2019 — Tutwiler — Documentary • 2018 — Recovery Boys — Documentary • 2017 — Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution — Documentary — Camera operator • 2017 — 11/8/16 — Documentary • 2017 — Heroin(e) — Documentary short • 2017 — Timberline — Short • 2017 — Betting on Trump: Coal — Documentary short • 2015 — Forager — Documentary short • 2013 — For Seamus — Documentary short • 2013 — Hollow: An Interactive Documentary — Documentary • 2012 — The Lower 9: A Story of Home — Documentary • 2011 — Lincoln County Massacre — Documentary
Jeff Soyk and Elaine McMillion Sheldon accept the Peabody Award for the interactive documentary "Hollow"
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Jeff Soyk and Elaine Sheldon accept the Peabody Award for the interactive documentary "Hollow"
Peabody Awards · Jeff Soyk / Elaine Sheldon
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scholarly publication
- Recovery Boys by Elaine McMillion Sheldon (review), Appalachian Journal, 2019
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- “Elaine McMillion Sheldon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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