Lawrence R. Hott
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| Intro | Filmmaker | ||||
| is | Filmmaker Documentary filmmaker | ||||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||
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| Birth | 6 October 1950, New York, USA | ||||
| Age | 74 years | ||||
| Star sign | Libra | ||||
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Biography
Lawrence "Larry" Hott is an American academic and documentary filmmaker.
Hott is a co-founding partner of Florentine Films, joining Ken Burns, Roger Sherman and Buddy Squires in documentary production in 1978. He has produced and directed documentary films for PBS, the Library of American Landscape History, the American Antiquarian Society and others. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, received a Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and five blue ribbons from the American Film Festival. Hott has taught courses in the University Without Walls program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Hott is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hott has been a Fulbright Program Fellow in both Vietnam and Great Britain.