Among Krainin's films are QUIZ SHOW (1994), nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture; "The Quiz Show Scandal," for PBS; PRINCETON: A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS (1973), winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject; ART IS... (1971), recipient of an Oscar nomination; "Memory and Imagination!"; "Disaster at Silo 7" (1988), recipient of an Emmy nomination; "The Power of Excellence! With Tom Peters"; "The Wrong Man"; "Don't Touch That Dial," winner of two Emmy nominations; "Heritage: Civilization and the Jewswith Abba Eban," winner of Peabody and Christopher Awards; "Luciano Pavarotti" in Italy; and "The Other Americans," Krainin's 1969-70 production that received more awards, including the Emmy, than any other television documentary.
As director of special projects for the Westinghouse Broadcasting stations, Krainin produced such films as "Promises to Keep"; "Nowhere Fast"; "Exit to Nowhere"; and "The Reluctant Revolution." Early films include "Hide and Seek" and "The March," profiling Martin Luther King.
Nominated for Documentary (Shorts) 1971: ART IS... - Producer (w. DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.)
Documentary (Shorts) 1973: PRINCETON: A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS - Producer (w. DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.)
Nominated for Best Picture of the Year 1994: QUIZ SHOW - Producer at Hollywood Films (w. Michael Jacobs, Michael Nozik & Robert Redford)
3 nominations, 1 Award