2017Nominee
Career Highlight
Cuba and the Cameraman
Keiko Tsuno
Director · Producer
Biography
Keiko Tsuno is a New York–based television producer and documentary filmmaker and a co-founder of the Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), one of the first community media centers in the United States. Working frequently with filmmaker Jon Alpert, Tsuno helped pioneer early video journalism and independent documentary production beginning in the 1970s. Her work includes Chinatown: Immigrants in America (1976) and Vietnam: Picking Up the Pieces (1978), both winners of the duPont-Columbia Award, as well as Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive (1980), which received a National Emmy Award for editing. Her later projects include The Story of Vinh (1991), honored with a CINE Golden Eagle Award and recognition at the Tokyo Video Festival.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1978Nominee
Best Picture
Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life
1976Nominee
Best Director
Chinatown: Immigrants in America
Career Highlights
1978Highlight
Best Director
Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces
1974Highlight
Best Director
Cuba: The People
Video
Cuba and the Cameraman
Canal Street: First Stop in America
Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive