Finding Vivian Maier

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Finding Vivian Maier
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Directed by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • John Maloof
  • Charlie Siskel
Produced by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • John Maloof
  • Charlie Siskel
Screenplay by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • John Maloof
  • Charlie Siskel
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Narrated by John Maloof
Music by J. Ralph
Cinematography John Maloof
Edited by Aaron Wickenden
Production
company
Ravine Pictures
Distributed by IFC Films
Release dates
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  • September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09) (TIFF)
  • March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28) (United States)
Running time
 84 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • English
  • French
Box office $2.2 million[2]

Finding Vivian Maier is a 2013 American documentary film about the photographer Vivian Maier, written, directed and produced by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel and executive produced by Jeff Garlin.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Maier was a French-American woman who worked most of her life as a nanny and housekeeper to a multitude of Chicago families. She carried a camera everywhere she went,[9] but Maier's photographic legacy was largely unknown during her lifetime. She died in 2009.[10]

The film documents how Maloof discovered her work and, after her death, uncovered her life through interviews with people who knew her. Maloof had purchased a box of photo negatives at a 2007 Chicago auction, then scanned the images and put them on the Internet. News articles began to come out about Maier and a Kickstarter campaign for the documentary was soon underway.[11]

The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2013. It was shown in cinemas, and was released on DVD in November 2014.[12] It won various awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 87th Academy Awards.[13]


Selected cast

Accolades

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