Todd Wider

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Todd Wider is an American

Emmy Award
–winning film producer based in New York, who is active in documentary filmmaking.

Education

He graduated from Ward Melville High School in 1982, Princeton University in 1986, and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1990.

Medicine

As a surgeon, he was active in helping the passage of the Women's Health and Cancer Act of 1998, federal legislation signed into law by President

September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City.[1]

Films

As a film producer, Wider has produced, with his brother Jedd,

Sikh family in Arizona. In addition, he produced Kicking It (2007), a documentary about the Homeless World Cup, an international tournament for the homeless football league, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, and features Colin Farrell and the music of U2
.

He also produced A Time to Stir which screened as a work-in-progress at the 2008

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
in 2012.

Wider's directorial debut, God Knows Where I Am premiered to critical acclaim, and screened in cities and film festivals all over the world, winning numerous awards, including the Special Jury Prize for International Feature at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The documentary premiered and was nationally broadcast on PBS stations and Netflix in 2018.[2]

References

  1. ^ FOXNews.com – False Hope Temporarily Buoys Rescuers at World Trade Center – U.S. & World
  2. ^ Busch, Anita (August 27, 2018). "PBS Sets Premiere Date For Feature Documentary 'God Knows Where I Am' – Update". Deadline. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

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