User talk:Genekoprowski

Gene J. Koprowski
Gene J. Koprowski is a writer/producer/director of documentary films. His latest film, The Frank Capra Story: A Wonderful Life (2018) aired on PBSChicago/WTTW-TV on December 23, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. (1), and on other PBS affiliates during the summer and fall of 2018. The Capra film earned the Back by Demand accolade from the American Documentary Film Festival on April 4, 2019 in Palm Springs, Calif. (2, 3) The film was initially screened at the Camelot Theater on March 31, and proved so popular with documentary fans at the festival that it was screened a second time as an award to the filmmaker.(4)

Koprowski was also a producer/writer for the PBS-TV series, TechnoPolitics, seen on 350 PBS affiliates during the 1990s. (5)

His wife, Nancy, is his producing partner, and the pair was written about by the Above-the-Line Magazine published by the Producers Guild of America for a spoof of horror films they produced in 1999. (6)

The pair also produced half-hour radio specials on civil rights issues for Pacifica Radio Network in 2018.

Koprowski wrote/produced science and technology segments for Fox News Channel from 2006 through 2015, and earned an Emmy Award Nomination for his interactive TV producing/writing in 2008 for a report on police tracking technology for the Fox Science Desk.

He was a columnist for United Press International (UPI) from 2000-2006. (9)

Sources:

1. WTTW Schedule: https://schedule.wttw.com/episodes/457483/Frank-Capra-Story-A-Wonderful-Life 2. News coverage in The Desert Sun: https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/movies/film-festival/2019/03/30/amdocs-films-go-deeper-than-usual-news-cycle-but-also-offers-star-dust/3256248002/ 3. American Documentary Film Festival: https://www.americandocumentaryfilmfestival.com/official-selections-t-z 4. American Documentary Film Festival, Back By Demand Theatrical Screening, April 4: https://www.americandocumentaryfilmfestival.com/copy-of-thursday-april-4 5. IMBD Profile: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1672377/ 6. Producers Guild of America/Above the Line Magazine: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1672377/publicity?ref_=nm_pdt_pub_sm 7. Pacifica Radio Network: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/ej/urban-news-service-with-eJSg8HrINfY/ 8. Fox News Channel: foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=Gene+J.+Koprowski 9. United Press International: https://www.upi.com/topic/Gene_Koprowski/