Judith Dwan Hallet

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Judith Dwan Hallet (born 1941) is an American documentary filmmaker.

Early life[]

Judith Dwan Hallet was born Judith Ann Dwan in 1941 in San Francisco, California. Her father, Robert Dwan, was a radio and television producer, director and writer including for You Bet Your Life starring Groucho Marx (1947–1961).[1] Her mother, Lois Smith Dwan, was a restaurant critic for The Los Angeles Times.[2]

Hallet graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where she specialized in filmmaking her senior year.[3] While a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tunisia teaching English as Second Language (1964-1966), Hallet co-directed her first hour-long documentary film in French on The Berber Villages of Southern Tunisia.[4] After returning to the United States, she did graduate studies in film at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)[5]and married Stanley Ira Hallet, an architect and professor of architecture.[6] Hallet moved to Salt Lake City where she made several short documentary films with her husband. In 1971, she received a Master of Arts degree in French from the University of Utah.[7]

Filmmaking career[]

In 1971, Hallet's husband Stanley Hallet accepted a Fulbright lectureship to the Department of Architecture at Kabul University in Afghanistan. While there Hallet and her husband made two documentaries, The Painted Truck and The Nomads of Badakhshan. These films are still widely shown and have become classics for the Afghan Diaspora living in the United States and Europe because they depict Afghanistan before recent wars ravaged the country.[4][8][9][10]

After returning from Afghanistan, Hallet accepted a job as a documentary filmmaker and producer/reporter for KUTV, the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah. During her 14 years at KUTV, Hallet produced over 100 short films and 25 long form documentaries. The subjects were extremely varied and included the documentaries Buckaroos, Navajo Hopi Land Dispute, and A Very Special Dance.[11][4]

After moving to Washington DC, Hallet worked for National Geographic Television’s weekly show, National Geographic Explorer, as the Senior Producer supervising over 60 documentaries as well as producing and directing four of her own including The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall, Gauchos, and El Dorado Gold.[8][11]

After leaving National Geographic in 1991, Hallet produced and directed 17 hour-long documentary films through her own company, Judith Dwan Hallet Productions, Inc. Again her films were diverse from The American Buffalo Battling Back to Witness to Hope: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II to Moby-Dick and Lords of the Garden (on a tribe in Western Papua New Guinea).[8][11][10][12]

Numerous newspaper and magazine articles describe and review Hallet's films. [13]

Selected filmography[]

Hallet was producer and director of the following films, unless noted. Additional information about these films including the awards they received can be found at the Judith D. Hallet archives in the Special Collections of the J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah. [14] [15]

1960s and 1970s films[]

  • (1968)(Co-directed with Stanley Hallet)
  • (1972)(Co-directed with Stanley Hallet)
  • (1972) (Co-directed with Stanley Hallet) Finalist at American Film Festival (New York, 1975)
  • The Longest War (1973)(Editor & cameraperson only; Director: Diane Orr)
  • ((1975)(Also writer) First place at International Festival of Women's Films (New York, 1977); Finalist at American Film Festival (New York, 1977)
  • (1975)(Editor, sound person & cameraperson only; Director: Lucky Severson)
  • (1976) Finalist at American Film Festival (New York, 1978)
  • (1977) (Editor & sound person only; Director: Diane Orr) Second place at Denver International Film Festival (1979)
  • (1978) (Co-produced & co-directed with Karl Idsvoog) First place NATPE IRIS award (1979); First place at Denver International Film Festival (1979); Finalist at American Film Festival (New York, 1979)

1980s films[]

  • (1981) Nominated for Rocky Mountain EMMY (1982)
  • (1981) (Also writer) Nominated for Rocky Mountain EMMY (1982); First place NAPTE IRIS award (1983)
  • (1983) Nominated for Rocky Mountain EMMY (1983); First place at Utah Film & Video Festival (1983)
  • (1984)(Co-produced & co-directed with Deborah Lindner) Gold Award at International Film & TV Festival of New York (1984); Special Jury Award at San Francisco International Film Festival (1985)
  • (1984) (Co-produced & co-directed with Deborah Lindner) Red Ribbon at American Film Festival (New York, 1985)
  • The Buckaroos (1985) Rocky Mountain EMMY (1986); Second place NAPTE IRIS award (1986)
  • (1986)(Co-producer & co-director with Mike Rossen) Second place NAPTE IRIS award (1987)
  • (1988) (Co-produced with Wolfgang Bayer)Produced for National Geographic Television, Explorer; Gold award at Houston International Film Festival (1989)

1990s films[]

  • (1990)Produced for National Geographic Television, Explorer; Lillian Gish Award for Best Woman Director of the Year (1990), Chris (First Place) Award, Columbus International Film Festival (1990)
  • (1991)Produced for National Geographic Television, Explorer; Nominated for EMMY for cinematography (1991)
  • (1992)Produced for Audubon Society, aired on PBS; Golden Eagle Award at Cine Film & Video Festival (1992)
  • (1993)(Segment producer)Produced for JWM Productions & Time/Life Television; Golden Eagle Award at CINE Film & Video Festival (1993)
  • (1994)(Also co-writer with Michael Olmert)Produced for Smithsonian Institution/Hearst Entertainment, aired on A&E; Outstanding Documentary & Golden Eagle Awards, CINE Film & Video Festival (1995), Gold Award, Houston International Film Festival (1995)
  • (1995)(Also writer)Winner of New York Film Festival (1995), Golden Eagle Award, CINE Film & Video Festival (1995)
  • Moby-Dick (1996)(Also writer)Produced for Cronkite Ward TV for Discovery Communications, aired on The Learning Channel ; Gold Award, Houston International Film Festival (1997), Golden Eagle Award, CINE Film & Video Festival (1997)
  • A Place in the Land (1997)(Field director)Produced for Guggenheim Productions; Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary (Short Subject)(1998)
  • (1998)(Also writer)Produced for The National Wildlife Federation & WNET for "Nature", aired on PBS; Best of Festival Masters Series Award, CINE (2000), Best Documentary, Malibu International Film Festival (1999)
  • (1999)(Also writer)Aired on PBS; Gold Award, Houston International Film Festival (2000), Golden Eagle, CINE Film & Video Festival (2000)

2000s and 2010s films[]

  • (2000)(Also co-written with Larry Klein)Produced for WGBH/NOVA & aired on PBS, George Peabody Award
  • (2001)(Also writer; Co-produced with Catherine Wyler)Aired on PBS, Special Jury Gold Award, Houston International Film Festival (2002), Platinum Best of Show for Directing and Gold Award for Documentary, Aurora Awards (2005)
  • (2002)(Also writer)Produced for Cronkite Ward TV for Discovery Communications, aired on The Learning Channel; Golden Eagle Award at CINE Film & Video Festival (2003), Platium Award at Houston International Film Festival (2003)
  • (2003) (Also writer)
  • (2013)(Co-produced & co-directed with Stanley Hallet; also writer)

Publications[]

  • Discovering Tunisian Cuisine. Co-authored with Raoudha Guellali Ben Taarit and Hasna Trabelsi. Spirit of Place/Spirit of Design, 2019. ISBN 978-1-7923-1830-6.[16][17]

General awards and recognition[]

Awards for specific films are in the Filmography section.

  • Woman of Vision Award for Creative Excellence, 1995, Women in Film & Video, Washington DC[18] (Also known as the Women in Film & Video-DC Women of Vision Awards)
  • Mayor’s Art Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, 2001, Washington DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities[8]
  • Emmy for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession in the Last 25 years, 2008, The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences[9]
  • Around the World on Film with Judy Dwan Hallet, 2013, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.[19]
  • An Evening with Judith Dwan Hallet, 2013, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.[20]
  • March Filmmaker of the Month Award, 2015, District of Columbia Office of Motion Picture & Television Development[4]

Archives[]

Hallet’s films and videos are archived at The University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections.[21] Hallet's papers and journals are archived in the same Library.[22]

References[]

  1. ^ "Robert Dwan, 89; Directed Groucho on TV, Radio Show". Los Angeles Times. January 27, 2005.
  2. ^ "Lois Dwan, 91; Veteran L.A. Times Restaurant Critic". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 2005.
  3. ^ Ann Jardine Bardsley, "Real Life is Story She Puts on Screen," Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah), May 1985; https://www.judyandstanleyhalletproductions.com/new-page-2
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "March 2015 Filmmaker of the Month - Judy Hallet | entertainment". entertainment.dc.gov.
  5. ^ Ann Jardine Bardsley, "Real Life is Story She Puts on Screen," Deseret News (Salt Lake City,Utah), May 1985; https://www.judyandstanleyhalletproductions.com/new-page-2
  6. ^ David Arnold, "Three/One/Sixty-One",National Peace Corps Association, vol.3, no. 1, Spring 1996; https://www.judyandstanleyhalletproductions.com/new-page-97
  7. ^ Ann Jardine Bardsley, "Real Life is Story She Puts on Screen," Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah), May 1985; https://www.judyandstanleyhalletproductions.com/new-page-2
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "An Evening with Judith Dwan Hallet". National Press Club. August 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Silver Circle Inductees". Capital Emmys.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Afghanistan in Times of Peace: A Screening of the Film "Painted Trucks" | The Middle East Center at Penn". www.sas.upenn.edu.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c https://dceff.org/filmmaker/hallet-judith/Judith Dwan Hallet
  12. ^ Lords of the Garden: The Treetop People of New Guinea: A Summer Film Special: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/22336/
  13. ^ "Articles about Judith Dwan Hallet". Judith Dwan and Stanley Hallet Productions.
  14. ^ "Archives West: Judith Hallet independent film collection, 1967-2014". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
  15. ^ "Archives West: Judith D. Hallet papers, 1926-2017". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
  16. ^ "Books". Judith Dwan and Stanley Hallet Productions.
  17. ^ "Discovering Tunisian Cuisine with Judy Dwan Hallet". 7 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Women of Vision Awards". Women in Film and Video of Washington, DC.
  19. ^ "Site Login". www.cosmosclub.org.
  20. ^ "An Evening with Judith Dwan Hallet | National Press Club". www.press.org.
  21. ^ "Archives West: Judith Hallet independent film collection, 1967-2014". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
  22. ^ "Archives West: Judith D. Hallet papers, 1926-2017". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.

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