Oscar-winning ‘American Factory’ directors win Emmy
RetiredWright State University professors previouslywon Emmy in 2007.
Academy Award-winning filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert of Yellow Springs won theEmmy for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Programfor their acclaimed Netflix documentary “American Factory” Monday, Sept. 14, the first night of thisweek’s five-night Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
The retiredWright StateUniversity film professorswon the AcademyAward for Best Documentary Feature earlier this year for “AmericanFactory,” which chronicled the Chinese-ownedFuyao GlassAmerica inMoraine. The documentary also received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program (Erick Stoll, AubreyKeith) and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Lindsay Utz).
“We are deeply honored to win theEmmy for directing ‘American Factory,’” said Bognar, recently named Wright State University Alumnus of the Year. “Though a team of us made this film, we could only have made it with the great leap of faith taken by and the trust given to us by everyonewho works or worked at Fuyao Glass America. We tried to make a film thatwas both fair and honest, and that told this big story throughmultiple points of view. We are proud to bring a national Emmy home to Dayton.”
Thetalentedduopreviouslywon anEmmyin2007forthedocumentary “A Lion in the House.” They also notably received anAcademy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subjects in 2010 for “The Last Truck: Closing of a GMPlant.” Currently, they hope to schedule a local premiere of their latest documentary “9 to 5: The Story of a Movement.”
The 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be telecast Sunday, Sept. 20 on ABC.