AHA Award Recipients
John E. O'Connor Film Award
In recognition of his exceptional role as a pioneer in both teaching and research regarding film and history, the American Historical Association has established this award in honor of John E. O'Connor, New Jersey Institute of Technology. The honorific award seeks to recognize outstanding interpretations of history through the medium of film or video. The award is presented in the form of a certificate.
2007 |
Sacco and Vanzetti (Willow Pond Films, 2007) director and producer: Peter Miller, editor and producer: Amy Carey Linton |
| 2006 | By committee decision, the John E. O’Connor Film Award |
2005 |
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision, David Lebrun, producer, writer, director, and editor (Night Fire Films, Inc.) |
2004 |
Morning Sun, Carma Hinton, producer, Richard Gordon, director and producer, and Geremie Barme, director, producer, and writer.(Longbow Group 2003) |
2003 |
The Intolerable Burden, directed by Chea Prince and produced by Constance Curry (both of Blue Stream Productions) |
2002 |
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It, produced and directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rich Tejada-Flores (Paradigm Productions Inc. in association with the Independent Television Service) |
2001 |
Stranger with a Camera, Elizabeth Barret, producer and director (Appalshop and Kentucky Educational Television, co-producers in association with Independent Television Service) |
2000 |
Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians, 2000, directed by Anne Makepeace. (Anne Makepeace Productions, Inc., and WNET producers; Bullfrog Films distributor) |
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1999 |
Rabbit in the Moon, Emiko Omori, director and producer |
1998 |
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich versus Stalin, Larry Weinstein, producer (Rhombus Media) |
1997 |
A World Inscribed, Kathleen McDonough, writer, producer, and director |
1996 |
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press, Rick Goldsmith, co-writer and producer |
1995 |
FDR, David Grubin, writer and producer (David Grubin Productions) |
1994 |
Freedom on my Mind, Connie Field and Marilyn Mumford, directors (Clarity Film Productions) |
1993 |
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl, Pennee Bender, Joshua Brown, and Andrea Andes Vasquez, directors (American Social History Project at Hunter College-CUNY) |