Awards & Winners

Alfred R. Kelman

Date of Birth 17-May-1936
Place of Birth The Bronx
(United States of America, New York City, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Alfred Kelman
Profession Television Director, Television Producer, Film Producer, Film Director
Alfred R. Kelman is an American film and television documentary producer and director best known for his work on "The Body Human" and the 1984 television version of "A Christmas Carol" starring George C. Scott. His career began in the early days of live television at the local level as a director for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, WBZ-TV Boston. Subsequently, an Oscar nominee for his documentary film The Face of a Genius, an autobiographical study of America’s famed playwright, Eugene O’Neill. It marked the first time in the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that a film originally produced for television was recognized by the Academy as a nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Fully restored as a 35mm print by UCLA Film & Archive and The Motion Picture Academy, the film was honored in the annual UCLA Festival of Preservation, screened before a live audience of the 35mm print at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles. March 14, 2013. A mass communications graduate scholar studying public opinion at Boston University under the aegis of WGBH, a Senior Research Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies, he also served as a principal of MEDCOM, a publicly traded company and pioneer of the learning industry in the dissemination of medical knowledge to physicians and the public. As Producer. Director & Co-Creator of the groundbreaking CBS documentary series, THE BODY HUMAN, a cinematic exploration of the relationship between biochemistry, medicine and human behavior, he opened the door to LIFELINE, the first non-fiction series, e.g., the practice of medicine, ever carried in prime time by the NBC television network.

Awards by Alfred R. Kelman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alfred R. Kelman.

1984


Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
Honored for : The Body Human
(For the episode The Journey Within)

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries The Body Human
For the episode The Journey Within
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special The Body Human
The Body Human: The Journey Within

1983


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming
Honored for : The Body Human
(The Body Human: The Living Code)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special
Honored for : The Body Human
(The Living Code)

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries The Body Human
For episode The Living Code
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special The Body Human
The Living Code
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming The Body Human
The Body Human: The Living Code

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Informational/Instructional Special The Body Human: Becoming a Woman
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Informational/Instructional Special The Body Human: Becoming a Man

1981


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special
Honored for : The Body Human
(The Bionic Breakthrough)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special The Body Human
The Sexes II
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special The Body Human
The Bionic Breakthrough

1980


Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
Honored for : The Body Human
(For the episode The Body Beautiful)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Program
Honored for : The Body Human
(The Magic Sense)

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries The Body Human
For the episode The Body Beautiful
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Program The Body Human
The Body Beautiful
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Program The Body Human
The Magic Sense

1979


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class
Honored for : Lifeline
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
Honored for : The Body Human
(For the episode The Magic Sense)

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries The Body Human
For the episode The Magic Sense
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Program The Body Human
The Sexes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class Lifeline

1978


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series
Honored for : The Body Human

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series The Body Human

1966


Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature The Face of a Genius