An Emmy

Recently, the documentary I edited for Connecticut Public Television received an Emmy. Here is a description of the program taken from the press release.

In the half-hour documentary, Living Modern in Connecticut, host and producer Diane Smith tells the story of notable buildings, erected in the middle of the Twentieth Century. They range from the Glass House in New Canaan, to the Phoenix Companies’ “boat building” in Hartford, to a hockey rink shaped like a whale in New Haven, and a “floating tower” on Long Wharf. The world-renowned architects who designed these buildings took advantage of new technologies and materials to reshape our cities and suburbs. But, just 50 years later, many of these landmarks are threatened. As the documentary makes clear, historic preservation has progressed far beyond saving that colonial home on the town green.

In a stunning review of the bold and innovative designs that set modern buildings apart, Smith tracks the history of the modernist movement in Connecticut. From New Canaan to New Haven to Main Street in Suffield, Smith examines the increasing threat to modern buildings now considered ‘gems’ in the world of architecture, through interviews with Robert A.M. Stern, the dean of Yale University’s School of Architecture, modernist architect Kevin Roche, architect and preservationist Jared Edwards, architect John Johansen, the last surviving member of the “Harvard Five” and others.

While I have been editing commercials for over 25 years, this was my first program. Thanks to Diane Smith and Jennifer Boyd for giving me this opportunity.

Here is a link to the show.
Living Modern in CT