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John Korty

Director

Born - 22 June 1936, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Died - 9 March 2022

Bearded American director of TV movies - best-known: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) - who also won an Oscar for his documentary Who are the DeBoits and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977). Aside from his 30 movies for television, occasional film credits include Crazy-Quilt (1966), Funnyman (1967), Riverrun (1968), Silence (1974), Alex & the Gypsy (1976), Oliver's Story (1978), Twice Upon a Time (1983) and Miracle in a Box (2009), his last. Survived by Jane, his third wife of 33 years, and three children, he died from vascular dementia.