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Tod Lending
Mr. Lending is an Academy Award nominated and national Emmy winning producer/director/writer/editor/cinematographer whose work has aired nationally on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, HBO; has been screened and awarded at national and international festivals; and has been televised internationally in Europe and Asia. He is the president and founder of Nomadic Pictures, a documentary film production company that is based in Chicago.

The Filmmaker
Mr. Lending's feature length documentary, LEGACY, which he produced, directed, wrote, and filmed was nominated for an Academy Award in 2001. Legacy tells the inspiring story of how members of one African-American family, filmed over a five year period, recovered from the loss of their child, broke free of welfare, overcame addiction, and escaped the specter of violence in their community. The film aired on Cinemax/HBO in the summer of 2000, was a critical success at the Sundance Film Festival 2000, and received a prime-time national PBS release in the fall of 2002. The film was awarded the Reel Screen Innovation in Documentary Award, was nominated for a national Emmy and two IDA awards and was broadcast internationally. In addition, LEGACY inspired the creation and passing of a federal bill entitled: The Legacy Act of 2003. This bill provides low-income housing to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Lending's Emmy nominated feature-length documentary, entitled OMAR & PETE followed two men before their release from prison, and then two years thereafter. The film examines the social and economic barriers that these men confront as they work at reintegrating into their communities and families. The project aired nationally on PBS through the POV series and garnered major support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Foundation for Child Development through a Journalism Fellowship in Child and Family Policy.

Recently Lending was awarded a 1.5 million dollar grant by the Wallace Foundation to produce a documentary film project for PBS entitled, THE PRINCIPAL STORY. This film follows three very passionate and committed public school principals as they relentlessly work to improve the educational standards for their students, over 98% of them coming from families living below the poverty line. A multi-year outreach project is also attached to the film.

He is currently producing and directing ALL THE DIFFERENCE, a feature-length documentary film. Inspired by Wes Moore's book, The Other Wes Moore, Lending and Moore work together as Wes takes to the road and explores the emergence into manhood of young African Americans from multiple perspectives.

Mr. Lending was a University of Maryland Journalism Fellow in Child and Family Policy.

Selected Awards and Honors
LEGACY


 * 1) Academy Award Nominee, Legacy
 * 2) Best Social and Political Documentary, BANFF
 * 3) Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism
 * 4) Council on Foundation Honor
 * 5) Prism Commendation, NIDA, Robert Wood Johnson Found., EIO
 * 6) Reel Humanitarian Award, Tambay Filmfest
 * 7) Official Selection, Sundance Documentary Competition
 * 8) Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award, Florida Film Festival
 * 9) Official Selection, Edinburgh International Film Festival
 * 10) Audience Award, SeoulDoc (Seoul, Korea)
 * 11) Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival
 * 12) Two IDA nominations, International Documentary Association
 * 13) Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival
 * 14) Victim Service Award, Illinois State Attorney's Office
 * 15) Silver Medal, Houston World Festival
 * 16) ReelScreen Innovation in Documentary Award
 * 17) Official Selection, Cinema du Reel
 * 18) Special Invitation, Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
 * 19) Special Invitation, Independent's Night at Lincoln Center (NYC)
 * 20) Official Selection, Thesaloniki International Documentary Film Festival (Greece)
 * 21) "Travelin' Shoes" Award, I.T.C.

OMAR & PETE


 * 1) National Emmy nomination for Best Documentary
 * 2) Henry Hampton award winnger from Council on Foundations
 * 3) University of Maryland Casey Journalism Fellowship
 * 4) Special Selection United Nations Film Festival
 * 5) Cine Gold Eagle
 * 6) Golden Gate Award Selection San Francisco International Film Festival
 * 7) Special Selection Chicago International Film Festival

ROSEVELT'S AMERICA


 * 1) Cine Golden Eagle
 * 2) Chris Award, Columbus Film Festival
 * 3) Riverrun Film Fest., Best Short Documentary
 * 4) WorldFest-Houston International Film Fest, Best Short Documentary
 * 5) Action Cut Short Film Festival, Best Documentary

TIME TO SPEAK


 * 1) New York Festival, World Medal
 * 2) Univ. of Maryland's Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism
 * 3) Cine Gold Eagle
 * 4) Chris Bronze Plaque, Columbus Film Festival
 * 5) National Ed. Media Market, Bronze Apple

BREAKING TIES


 * 1) Cine Gold Eagle
 * 2) National Headliner award
 * 3) National Ed. Media Market, Bronze Apple

GROWIN' UP NOT A CHILD


 * 1) National News and Doc. Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Documentary
 * 2) National Ed. Media Market, Gold Apple
 * 3) University of Maryland's Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism
 * 4) Chris Bronze Plaque, Columbus Film Festival
 * 5) New York Festival, World Medal

SHADES OF A SINGLE PROTEIN


 * 1) National Emmy for Outstanding Children's Special

THE PRINCIPAL


 * 1) Chicago Emmy

THE PRINCIPAL STORY


 * 1) The Wallace Foundation

Grant Awards

 * 1) Sundance Institute: WAR IS A FORCE THAT GIVES US MEANING
 * 2) Annie E. Casey Foundation: AIMEE'S CROSSING
 * 3) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: AIMEE'S CROSSING
 * 4) Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation: AIMEE'S CROSSING
 * 5) Annie E. Casey Foundation: OMAR & PETE
 * 6) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: OMAR & PETE
 * 7) Corporation for Public Broadcasting: OMAR & PETE
 * 8) Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation WAR IS A FORCE THAT GIVES US MEANING
 * 9) Foundation for Child Development Journalism Fellow
 * 10) National Endowment for the Humanities: AHG
 * 11) Annie E. Casey Foundation: Legacy
 * 12) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Legacy
 * 13) J.R. Houlsby Foundation: Legacy
 * 14) Richard H. Driehaus Foundation: Legacy
 * 15) Corporation for Public Broadcasting: No Time to be a Child (series)
 * 16) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Found.: No Time to be a Child-Growin' Up Not a Child
 * 17) Ford Foundation: No Time to be a Child-Growin' Up Not a Child
 * 18) U.S. Office of Education: Seeing Things
 * 19) Chicago Community Trust: Seeing Things
 * 20) Continental Bank Foundation: Seeing Things
 * 21) The Wallace Foundation: The Principal Story
 * 22) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Found.: All The Difference

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