Motto Pictures

Motto Pictures
Industry Documentary
Founded 2009
Founder Julie Goldman (producer)
Headquarters Brooklyn, NY
Key people
 Julie Goldman (producer), Chris Clements, Carolyn Hepburn
Website mottopictures.com

Motto Pictures is a documentary production company based in Brooklyn, New York specializing in producing and executive producing documentary features. Motto secures financing, builds distribution strategies, and creatively develops films, and has produced over 25 feature documentaries and won numerous awards.[1]

History

Motto Pictures was founded in 2009 by Julie Goldman (producer), an Emmy Award-winning producer of documentary feature films.[2]

Films

YEAR FILM DIRECTOR(S) AWARDS NOTES
2009 Sergio (film) Greg Barker Sundance Film Festival: 2009 Documentary Film Editing Award;[3] Primetime Emmy Nominee: 2010 Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking; PGA Awards Nominee: 2010 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures; IDA Documentary Awards Nominee: 2009 ABCNews VideoSource Award
2011 Buck (film) Cindy Meehl Sundance Film Festival: 2011 Audience Award;[4] Shortlisted for 2012 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary;[5] National Board of Review, USA: 2011 Top Five Documentaries; Critics’ Choice Movie Award Nominee: 2012 Best Documentary Feature
2011 Koran By Heart Greg Barker Tribeca Film Festival: 2011 Official Selection & Premiere [6]
2011 Our School Mona Nicoara, Miruna Coca-Cozma Tribeca Film Festival: 2011 Official Selection & North America Premiere [7]
2011 Better This World Kelly Duane, Katie Galloway Emmy Awards Nominee: 2012 Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form;[8] Emmy Awards Nominee: 2012 Best Documentary; Emmy Awards Nominee: 2012 Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing – Documentary and Long Form; IDA Documentary Awards: 2011 Creative Recognition Award; IDA Documentary Awards: 2011 Best Feature Nominee; Writers Guild Award: 2012 Best Documentary Screenplay
2012 Beware of Mr. Baker Jay Bulger SXSW Film Festival: 2012 Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature [9]
2012 A Place at the Table Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush Sundance Film Festival: 2012 Official Selection; PGA Awards Nominee: 2014 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures;[10] IDA Documentary Awards: 2013 Pare Lorentz Award
2012 Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry Alison Klayman Sundance Film Festival: 2012 Special Jury Prize; Emmy Awards Nominee: 2014 Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming; Emmy Awards [11] National Board of Review, USA: 2012 Top Five Documentaries; Directors Guild of America, USA: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Nominee
2013 Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden Greg Barker Sundance Film Festival: 2013 Official Selection & Premiere; Emmy Awards Winner: 2013 Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special; Emmy Awards [2] Nominee: 2013 Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming; Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA: 2014 Best Sound Editing – Long Form Documentary in Television Nominee
2013 The Kill Team Dan Krauss Tribeca Film Festival: 2013 Best Documentary Feature; San Francisco International Film Festival: 2013 Golden Gate Award; Shortlisted for 2015 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary[12]

Independent Spirit Awards: 2014 Truer Than Fiction Award Nominee; National Board of Review, USA: 2014 Top Five Documentaries

2013 God Loves Uganda Roger Ross Williams Sundance Film Festival: 2013 Official Selection & Premiere; Shortlisted for 2014 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary;[13] Sheffield Doc/Fest: 2013 Sheffield Youth Jury Award
2013 Gideon's Army Dawn Porter Sundance Film Festival: 2013 U.S. Documentary Editing Award;[14] Ridenhour Prizes: 2014 Documentary Film Prize; Emmy Awards Nominee: 2014 Outstanding Informational Programming; Independent Spirit Awards Nominee: 2014 Best Documentary
2014 The Great Invisible Margaret Brown SXSW Film Festival: 2014 Grand Jury Prize [15]
2014 1971 (2014 film) Johanna Hamilton Tribeca Film Festival: 2014 Official Selection & Premiere; International Documentary Association: 2014 ABCNews VideoSource Award
2014 Art and Craft Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman Tribeca Film Festival: 2014 Official Selection & Premiere; Shortlisted for 2015 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary [12]
2014 We Are the Giant Greg Barker Sundance Film Festival: 2014 Official Selection & Premiere
2014 The Yes Men Are Revolting Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Laura Nix Toronto International Film Festival: 2014 Official Selection & Premiere
2015 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets Marc Silver Sundance Film Festival: 2015 Special Jury Prize [16] Shortlisted for 2015 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary[17]
2015 Best of Enemies (film) Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville Sundance Film Festival: 2015 Official Selection & Premiere; Shortlisted for 2015 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary[17]
2015 Indian Point Ivy Meeropol Tribeca Film Festival: 2015 Official Selection & Premiere [18]
2016 Life, Animated Roger Ross Williams Sundance Film Festival: 2016 Directing Award: U.S. Documentary [19]
2016 Weiner Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg Sundance Film Festival: 2016 U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary [19][20]

References

  1. ↑ Motto Pictures » About
  2. 1 2 Manhunt: The Inside Story Of The Hunt For Bin Laden | Television Academy
  3. ↑ Sundance Institute
  4. ↑ Sundance Institute
  5. ↑ OSCARS: 15 Documentary Features Rise | Deadline
  6. ↑ http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/koran-by-heart/synopsis.html
  7. ↑ Silverdocs Festival Names 'Our School' Best U.S. Feature - Hollywood Reporter
  8. ↑ The Emmy Awards - - 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards nominations
  9. ↑ http://www.sxsw.com/sites/default/files/attachments/sxsw_film_2012_award_winners.pdf
  10. ↑ 2014 PGA Awards: Winners and Nominees | Variety
  11. ↑ NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 35th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  12. 1 2 15 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES ADVANCE IN 2014 OSCAR RACE | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  13. ↑ 15 Documentary Features Advance in 2013 Oscar® Race | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  14. ↑ Sundance Institute
  15. ↑ SXSW Film Awards Announced! | South by Southwest 2016 Music, Film and Interactive Festivals - Austin Texas
  16. ↑ HBO Buys ‘3 1/2 Minutes’, Documentary About ‘Loud Music Killing’, At Sundance | Deadline
  17. 1 2 15 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES ADVANCE IN 2015 OSCAR® RACE | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  18. ↑ Indian Point | Tribeca Film Festival
  19. 1 2 https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/sundance-institute-announces-feature-film-awards-for-2016-sundance-film-festival
  20. ↑ 'Life, Animated': Sundance Review - Hollywood Reporter
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