Today Buddy Squires is best known as the cinematographer of dozens of acclaimed documentaries. Six of the projects he photographed are Academy Award nominees, one is an Oscar winner and 9 are Emmy Award winners. Squires has been nominated for seven Emmys between 1986 and 2006. His cinematography is featured in several of Ken Burns' films including: "Mark Twain" (2001, TV), FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1998), "Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery" (1997, TV), "Thomas Jefferson" (1997, TV mini-series), "Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony" (1999, TV mini-series), HUEY LONG (1985), "The West" (1996, TV), and "The War" (2007, TV).
Other notable cinematography credits include IN OUR HANDS (1984), THE CHILDREN'S STOREFRONT (1988), THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON and CHIMPS: SO LIKE US (both 1990), ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS (1995), THE LAST DAYS OF KENNEDY AND KING and "The Irish in America: Don't Say Goodbye" (TV) (both 1998), 7 episodes of "New York: A Documentary Film" (1999, TV series), SCOTTSBORO: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (2000), FREE TO DANCE, AMATO: A LOVE AFFAIR WITH OPERA, "Stealing Home: The Case of Contemporary Cuban Baseball" (TV), "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel" (TV), "Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds" (TV) and RAM DASS, FIERCE GRACE (all 2001), UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON (2004), RING OF FIRE: THE EMILE GRIFFITH STORY, AFTER INNOCENCE and "The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo" (TV) (all 2005), REHEARSING A DREAM and ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM (both 2006), WAITING FOR HOCKNEY and NANKING (both 2007), and FIGHTING FOR LIFE (2008).
In addition to his work as a cinematographer, Squires directed and produced the Emmy-nominated LISTENING TO CHILDREN: A MORAL JOURNEY WITH ROBERT COLES (1995) and 2004's PEOPLE'S POETRY: A POPULIST BACCHANAL.
Nominated for Documentary (Features) 1985: THE STATUE OF LIBERTY - Producer (w. Ken Burns)
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