Peter Ladue
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Peter Ladue is an American film director
and writer. In 1981, Ladue and Roland Halle' won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1215738503788 for producing Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
. Incorporating interviews, archival footage, and animation, the film chronicles the life of Karl Hess
.
's College of Communications, Graduate Film Program. The film's style and approach is a reaction to the Direct Cinema movement Direct Cinema
and co-called balanced television documentaries of the 1960s and 1970s. Direct Cinema made a claim on objectivity (real stories about real life), while Karl Hess: Toward Liberty tells a transparently subjective story, presenting the point-of-view of one man who experienced American politics from both the inside and out.
almost cancelled, when President Ronald Reagan
was shot on the day of the scheduled event http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/06/oscar.qanda/index.html. The following day, the Academy Awards took place with the President addressing the audience via a television remote link-up from his hospital bed. Receiving the award from actors Richard Chamberlain
and Lesley-Anne Down
, Ladue and Halle' thanked the team of Boston University students and others who collaborated in the making of the film. Karl Hess: Toward Liberty was the first AMPAS Student Film Award-winner http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/wins_nominated.html to also be awarded an Oscar.
and the New York Museum of Modern Art, as a result of the FOCUS Award and toured the world, as part of the CINE program.
In 1996, working with local high school students and a team of creative professionals, Ladue directed production of The Civil Right Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7dcWR-jCo&feature=related, a music video designed to reacquaint young people with the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. This educational video was screened at the United Nations
, on BET
and was distributed to over a thousand high schools.
He also directed production of Saving Place, a widely televised documentary on preserving the character of rural New England, for the National Trust for Historic Preservation
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and writer. In 1981, Ladue and Roland Halle' won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1215738503788 for producing Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty is a 1980 short documentary film about the anarchist Karl Hess, produced by Roland Hallé and Peter W. Ladue. It won an Academy Award in 1981 for Documentary Short Subject. The film was produced at Boston University's College of Communications, School of Broadcasting and...
. Incorporating interviews, archival footage, and animation, the film chronicles the life of Karl Hess
Karl Hess
Karl Hess was an American national-level speechwriter and author. He was also a political philosopher, editor, welder, motorcycle racer, tax resister, atheist, and libertarian activist...
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Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
This 26 minute film, Ladue's and Halle's master thesis, was produced at Boston UniversityBoston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
's College of Communications, Graduate Film Program. The film's style and approach is a reaction to the Direct Cinema movement Direct Cinema
Direct Cinema
Direct Cinema is a documentary genre that originated between 1958 and 1962 in North America, principally in the Canadian province of Quebec and the United States...
and co-called balanced television documentaries of the 1960s and 1970s. Direct Cinema made a claim on objectivity (real stories about real life), while Karl Hess: Toward Liberty tells a transparently subjective story, presenting the point-of-view of one man who experienced American politics from both the inside and out.
Academy Award
In 1981, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) AMPAS 53rd award ceremony was delayed, 53rd Academy Awards53rd Academy Awards
The 53rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1980, were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, were originally scheduled for the previous day but were postponed due to the assassination attempt...
almost cancelled, when President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
was shot on the day of the scheduled event http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/06/oscar.qanda/index.html. The following day, the Academy Awards took place with the President addressing the audience via a television remote link-up from his hospital bed. Receiving the award from actors Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain
George Richard Chamberlain is an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare .-Early life:...
and Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down is a British film and television actress, former model and singer.Down achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs...
, Ladue and Halle' thanked the team of Boston University students and others who collaborated in the making of the film. Karl Hess: Toward Liberty was the first AMPAS Student Film Award-winner http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/wins_nominated.html to also be awarded an Oscar.
Additional Awards
In addition to winning the Oscar, the film also was awarded the FOCUS Student Film Award, in 1980; the AMPAS Student Film Award, in 1980 http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf, the CINE Golden Eagle, in 1981 http://www.cine.org/golden-eagle-award.php, along with 18 additional international festivals, including the American Film Institute's AFI Award, in 1981 http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards/default.aspx. Karl Hess: Toward Liberty was screened at the White HouseWhite House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
and the New York Museum of Modern Art, as a result of the FOCUS Award and toured the world, as part of the CINE program.
Additional Productions
Ladue also won an Emmy Award for Best Sports Special, in 1996, for directing The Banner Years: The Official History of the Boston Garden (directed by David Sternburg) http://boston.emmyonline.org/. Just one month after release, Banner Years became the all-time best-selling special interest video in New England.In 1996, working with local high school students and a team of creative professionals, Ladue directed production of The Civil Right Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7dcWR-jCo&feature=related, a music video designed to reacquaint young people with the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. This educational video was screened at the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, on BET
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television is an American, Viacom-owned cable network based in Washington, D.C.. Currently viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide, it is the most prominent television network targeting young Black-American audiences. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, by its...
and was distributed to over a thousand high schools.
He also directed production of Saving Place, a widely televised documentary on preserving the character of rural New England, for the National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities, including the publication of Preservation...
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Career
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- 1965 - 1967: Stagehand, Joshua Light Shows, Fillmore East, New York, New York.
- 1968 - 1970: Student Manager, Sarah Orne Jewitt Art Center, Berwick Academy, Berwick, Maine.
- 1974 - 1977: Curator of Exhibits, Polk Public Museum, Lakeland, FloridaLakeland, FloridaLakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 94,406...
. - 1977 - 1978: Lighting Designer, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, Haines City, FloridaHaines City, FloridaHaines City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 13,174 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population estimated by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida is 18,762. Haines City is the third most populous city in Polk County, Florida...
. - 1978 - 1980: Teaching Assistant, School of Broadcasting and Film, College of Communications, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1881 - 1983: Director of the Graduate Film Program / Associate Professor, School of Broadcasting and Film, College of Communications, Boston University.
- 1983 - 1988: Producer / Director, Vesti Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1991 - 1999: Writer / Director, Cramer Productions, Braintree, MassachusettsBraintree, MassachusettsThe Town of Braintree is a suburban city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Although officially known as a town, Braintree adopted a municipal charter, effective 2008, with a mayor-council form of government and is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The population was 35,744...
. - 2000 - 2003: Creative Director / Communications Strategist, Jack Morton Worldwide, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2004–present: Communications Consultant: Writer / Creative Director / Strategist, Medford, OregonMedford, OregonMedford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
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Honors
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- Academy Award for Documentary Short SubjectAcademy Award for Documentary Short SubjectThis is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
, 1981. - Emmy Award: Best Sports Special, 1996.
- Over 50 international awards for creative excellence.
- Voting Member and Documentary Judge, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
, 1981–present. - Work has been presented at the United Nations, the White House, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Garden, and the American Film InstituteAmerican Film InstituteThe American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
. - Productions have been broadcast on CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, The Discovery Channel, TNTTurner Network TelevisionTurner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
, and MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
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- Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject