# Chuck Workman

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{{Short description|American documentary filmmaker}}
{{for|the baseball player|Chuck Workman (baseball)}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Chuck Workman
| image       = Chuck Workman.jpg
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| occupation  = Filmmaker
| known_for   = ''[Precious Images](/source/Precious_Images)'', ''[The Source](/source/The_Source_(1999_film))'' 
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'''Chuck Workman''' is a documentary filmmaker from [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), Pennsylvania. His 1986 film ''[Precious Images](/source/Precious_Images)'' won an [Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Live_Action_Short_Film);<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A10X42GHva8 "Precious Images" winning the Oscar® for Live Action Short]</ref> his work has also been nominated for [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award)s, [Sundance Film Festival](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival) awards, and the Taos Talking Film Festival awards.

Workman frequently creates the montages seen on the televised [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) shows, including the [in memoriam segment](/source/in_memoriam_segment).<ref name=usatoday>{{cite news|first=Sandy|last=Cohen|title=Oscar's 'In Memoriam' segment is touching to watch, painful to make |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2010-03-03-oscar-memorial-segment_N.htm|agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)|publisher=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)|date=2010-03-03 |access-date=2010-03-08}}</ref> He is sometimes credited as Carl Workman.  He is the father of filmmaker [Jeremy Workman](/source/Jeremy_Workman).

==Selected filmography==
* 1984: ''The Director and the Image''
* 1984: ''The Director and the Actor''
* 1986: ''[Precious Images](/source/Precious_Images)'' (2009 [National Film Registry](/source/National_Film_Registry) inductee)
* 1986: ''[Stoogemania](/source/Stoogemania)''
* 1987: ''The Best Show in Town''
* 1987: ''Words''
* 1989: ''50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes''
* 1994: ''100 Years at the Movies''
* 1999: ''[The Source](/source/The_Source_(1999_film))''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-source-1798195190 |title=The Source |website=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) |date=29 March 2002 }}</ref>
* 2003: ''[A House on a Hill](/source/A_House_on_a_Hill)''
* 2010: ''Visionaries''<ref>[https://tribecafilm.com/films/512d0afa1c7d76e046002e13-visionaries Visionaries|2010 Tribeca Festival|Tribeca]</ref>
* 2013: ''What Is Cinema?''
* 2014: ''[Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles](/source/Magician%3A_The_Astonishing_Life_and_Work_of_Orson_Welles)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-magician-the-astonishing-life-and-work-of-orson-welles-1201334973/ |title=Film Review: ''Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles'' |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=October 20, 2014 |website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |publisher=[Penske Media Corporation](/source/Penske_Media_Corporation)|access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0941457}}
*{{Vimeo user|user13064393}}
*[https://film-makerscoop.com/filmmakers/chuck-workman Chuck Workman] at [The Film-Makers' Cooperative](/source/The_Film-Makers'_Cooperative)
*[https://www.npr.org/2015/02/21/387814405/the-king-of-condensed-films-meet-hollywood-s-montage-master King of Condensed Films: Meet Chuck Workman, The Oscars' Montage Master - NPR article]
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