6.4
Movie
Directing
Ian Cheney
- Credits
- 21 titles
Biography
Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has completed ten feature documentaries, including King Corn (2007), The Greening of Southie (2008), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015), The Most Unknown (2018), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), Picture a Scientist (2020) and The Long Coast (2020). His short films include Two Buckets (2006), Truck Farm (2010), The Melungeons (2013), The Smog of the Sea (2016) and The Measure of a Fog (2017). He received bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Yale University, and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A former MacDowell Fellow & Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, he lives in midcoast Maine. For more information about Ian’s films, visit www.wickedelicate.com.
Signature work
Known For
6.4
Movie
6.6
Movie
The Most Unknown
6.3
Movie
King Corn
7.5
Movie
The City Dark
8.0
Movie
Picture a Scientist
7.3
Movie
Truck Farm
2.0
Movie
The Arc of Oblivion
9.0
Movie
The Emoji Story
10.0
Movie
The Last Class
Movie
The Long Coast
Movie
Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones
Movie
The Melungeons
Movie
Shelf Life
Movie
Bluespace
Movie
The Greenhorns
Movie
World Fair
Movie
Observer
Movie
The Work in Progress
Acting credits 4
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Search for General Tso Film | self |
| 2012 | The City Dark Film | |
| 2010 | Big River Film | |
| 2007 | King Corn Film | Himself |
Crew credits 20
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Work in Progress Film | Director |
| 2025 | The Last Class Film | Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Observer Film | Director, Writer |
| 2024 | Shelf Life Film | Director |
| 2023 | Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones Film | Director |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivion Film | Writer, Director |
| 2020 | Picture a Scientist Film | Producer, Director |
| 2020 | The Long Coast Film | Director |
| 2019 | The Emoji Story Film | Director, Producer, Director of Photography |
| 2018 | The Most Unknown Film | Director |
| 2017 | The Smog of the Sea Film | Writer, Cinematography, Director, Editor |
| 2015 | Bluespace Film | Director |
| 2014 | The Search for General Tso Film | Director |
| 2013 | The Melungeons Film | Director |
| 2013 | World Fair Film | Cinematography, Co-Producer |
| 2012 | The City Dark Film | Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography |
| 2011 | Truck Farm Film | Director |
| 2010 | The Greenhorns Film | Editor |
| 2008 | The Greening of Southie Film | Director |
| 2007 | King Corn Film | Writer, Producer |