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Arthur Dong is a producer, director, writer and self-distributor of independent social issue documentaries for over 20 years. His first, Sewing Woman, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. His other credits, including Family Fundamentals, Forbidden City, U.S.A., Coming Out Under Fire, and Licensed to Kill have earned him the Peabody Award, the Berlin Film Festival’s Teddy Award, three Sundance Film Festival awards, five Emmy nominations, two GLAAD Media Awards, and over 100 other film excellence honors worldwide. Arthur has been awarded both the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Film Fellowships to support his artistic vision. In addition to serving on the IFP/Los Angeles Board of Directors’ Executive Committee, he is on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, representing the Documentary Branch. Arthur is currently developing a documentary for HBO and a series on Asians in Hollywood for PBS.