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Specializing in documentaries
and other non-fiction film and video, Wilkman Productions, Inc.
is an award-winning production company owned by the husband and wife
team, Jon and Nancy Wilkman. Founded in 1971, our full-service
facilities are located in Hollywood, California.
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Wilkman Productions has begun a
ten-part series for Turner Classic Movies entitled Moguls and
Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood. A chronological history of
American movies and movie makers, from the 1890s to the present, the
series will air on TCM during 2010. |
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Jon and Nancy's new book,
Los Angeles: A Pictorial Celebration, a visual survey on the
modern city, illustrated with new color photographs, is available online and in bookstores. |
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Wilkman Productions has produced four thirty-minute documentaries to mark the 100th Anniversary of the
Port of Los Angeles.
This series includes excerpts from more than 100 interviews with people who lived the history of
San Pedro, Wilmington and America's busiest international harbor.
It will also include rare film and photographs that put this
little-known story into a proper place in the history of the United
States and the growth of global trade. Click
here to see sample stories. |
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Wilkman
Productions' 60-minute documentary, Chicano Rock!
The Sounds of East
Los Angeles the story
of Chicano rock 'n roll, produced with major production grants from Latino Public Broadcasting,
the California Council for
the Humanities and the Skirball Foundation, aired on national PBS. Order a DVD from
www.pbs.org/chicanorock |
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As part
of a major symposium, hosted by the
Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Media and the Public Interest
Institute at Chapman University,
Wilkman Productions has completed a forty-minute five-part documentary,
At Issue: Immigration, an informative examination of the most
reliable facts concerning the issue of immigration in the United
States. For further information and DVDs contact nancy@wilkman.com. |
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Jon and Nancy have completed a
major illustrated history of Los Angeles. Entitled
Picturing Los Angeles,
the book contains more than 550 photographs and 70,000 words of
text and can be ordered online or purchased at a bookstore near you. |
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DVD's are available of the
latest Wilkman Productions documentary, "With Heart and Hand: The
Restoration of the Gamble House." Three years in the
making, this one-hour video explores the lives of architects Charles
and Henry Greene, as it documents the exterior restoration and
conservation of the 1908 Gamble
House, a masterpiece of American Arts and Crafts architecture.
To order yours, email: nancy@wilkman.com |
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Jon and Nancy and our
St. Francis Dam
documentary are featured on
NPR's "All Things Considered" and KCET's "Life & Times"
The Wilkmans are also preparing a major book on the subject entitled
Floodpath: The Forgotten Tragedy of the St. Francis Dam
Disaster.. |
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