Laura Checkoway

Laura Checkoway is an American journalist and filmmaker, best known for her documentary, Edith+Eddie for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination at the 90th Academy Awards.[1] She was a writer for numerous publications including Rolling Stone.

Laura Checkoway
OccupationDirector, screenwriter, editor, producer and journalist
Years active2004–present
Websitewww.lauracheckoway.com

Checkoway wrote the 05 February 2008 Village Voice cover story entitled "Prodigy's 25th Hour."[2] In 2011, Simon & Schuster published My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, a memoir co-authored by Checkoway and Prodigy. This work has been described in the Ringer as being "one of the best music autobiographies ever."[3]

Filmography

2017: Edith+Eddie (Documentary short)

2016: Wolffland (Documentary short) - Screened in 2016 at the Brooklyn Film Festival[4] and the New York Short Film Festival;[5] featured artist Mia Wolff with commentary from writer Samuel R. Delany and Annie Potts.[6]

2014: Lucky (Documentary feature) - Won Best Feature Documentary, Urbanworld Film Festival 2014; executive producer Steve James.[7]

References
  1. "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. "Prodigy's 25th Hour". The Village Voice. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. Kwak, Donnie (23 June 2017). "How Prodigy Told His Life Story". The Ringer. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. "WOLFFLAND by Laura Checkoway @ Brooklyn Film Festival". Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. "Winners of Festival 2016 – New York Short Film Festival". Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. Delany, Samuel R. (9 November 2021). "Notes on the City of Green Fire" in Occasional Views, Volume 2: "The Gamble" and Other Essays. Wesleyan University Press. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-8195-7979-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. "LUCKY - Cinema Guild Non-Theatrical". store.cinemaguild.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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