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Mr. Lending is an Academy Award nominated and national Emmy winning producer/director/writer/editor/cinematographer whose work has aired nationally on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, HBO; has been screened and awarded at national and international festivals; and has been televised internationally in Europe and Asia. He is the president and founder of Nomadic Pictures, a documentary film production company that is based in Chicago. Bios for other associates at Nomadic Pictures Mr. Lending's feature length documentary, LEGACY , which he produced, directed, wrote, and filmed was nominated for an Academy Award in 2001. Legacy tells the inspiring story of how members of one African-American family, filmed over a five year period, recovered from the loss of their child, broke free of welfare, overcame addiction, and escaped the specter of violence in their community. The film aired on Cinemax/HBO in the summer of 2000, was a critical success at the Sundance Film Festival 2000, and received a prime-time national PBS release in the fall of 2002. The film was awarded the Reel Screen Innovation in Documentary Award, was nominated for a national Emmy and two IDA awards and was broadcast internationally. In addition, LEGACY inspired the creation and passing of a federal bill entitled: The Legacy Act of 2003. This bill provides low-income housing to grandparents raising grandchildren. Mr. Lending also directed, co-series produced, wrote, and co-edited the international award winning PBS series NO TIME TO BE A CHILD, a $1.4 million three-part documentary series that aired nationally on PBS and was a co-production with Detroit Public Television. The series of documentaries are about children overcoming the effects and consequences of violence in war-zone communities, their homes, and in situations of poverty. In addition to Lending's national Emmy for the ABC Afterschool Special Shades of a Single Protein , documentaries in the No Time to be a Child series ( GROWIN' UP NOT A CHILD , BREAKING TIES , and TIME TO SPEAK ) have garnered Lending numerous awards including a national Emmy nomination for Outstanding Documentary and Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, New York Festival World Medals, Cine Eagles, among others. Lending's Emmy nominated feature-length documentary, entitled OMAR & PETE followed two men before their release from prison, and then two years thereafter. The film examines the social and economic barriers that these men confront as they work at reintegrating into their communities and families. The project aired nationally on PBS through the POV series and garnered major support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Foundation for Child Development through a Journalism Fellowship in Child and Family Policy. Lending also co-produced, filmed, and directed the national PBS award winning short, ROSEVELT'S AMERICA . Shot over two years, this inspiring story is about a Liberian refugee who, after surviving torture and losing his home, brought his family to the US to rebuild their lives.

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