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Tom Kalin

American activist and director (born 1962)
Person Human Q447005

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
1962, November 30, 1962[8]
Place of birth
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
film director, screenwriter, film producer, teacher, activist shareholder, director[10]
Employer
European Graduate School, Columbia University[11][12]
Educated at
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[13]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship[14]
Work location
United States[19]
Contributed to creative work
Infermental 8[22]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[28]
Family name
Kalin[17]
Given name
Tom[18]
Has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Harvard Film Archive[25][26][27]
Member of
Gran Fury[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NADD Wikidata project, Harvard Film Archive Project[23][24]
Represented by
Electronic Arts Intermix, Video Data Bank[20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tom Kalin ja トム・ケイリン ko 톰 칼린 ru Том Кэлин zh 汤姆·卡林 zh 湯姆·卡林
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
0000000063013838
VIAF cluster ID
9067910
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n94003086
GND ID
1089481241
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tom Kalin by David Shankbone.jpg ↗
ACMI ID
creators/6370
AbART person ID
139873
AllMovie person ID
p96626
AlloCiné person ID
13848
Awards & Winners artist ID
0gx5lf
BBC Things ID
1130fc68-a58c-43c3-85bc-89a2fb880816
BIBSYS ID
5048010
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14270550f
DBC author ID
87097969542441
Danish National Filmography person ID
273598
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
0611c2bc-3bd0-4d8f-9d2b-31e10ef1d0db
Elonet person ID
158422
FAST ID
1515166
FIPRESCI person ID
tom-kalin
Film.ru person ID
tom-kelin
Freebase ID
/m/0gx5lf
Guggenheim fellows ID
tom-kalin
HAND ID
A460-1EA2-12CE-F27A-1031
IMDb ID
nm0435788
IdRef ID
14963286X
Kinobox person ID
269084
Kinopoisk person ID
74195
LdiF person ID
10070
MovieMeter person ID
66983
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
32286
NUKAT ID
n2013148259
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201202443
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810682041105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1288358
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
109797833
PORT person ID
12903
RERO ID (legacy)
A006358923
Related category
Category:Films directed by Tom Kalin
Scope.dk person ID
2423
Swedish Film Database person ID
177377
TMDB person ID
66983
Union List of Artist Names ID
500472040
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpdQkGQ6rbpQfQ7FhPPcP
Yale LUX ID
person/1fda2009-e9d8-4703-afc5-881af20f840e
ZKM person ID
tom-kalin
ČSFD person ID
9723

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
teacher, film director, screenwriter, film producer, director, activist shareholder
Employer 2
Columbia University, European Graduate School
Films directed 2
Savage Grace, Swoon
Has works in the collection 2
Museum of Modern Art, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
← Creator 2
Savage Grace, Swoon
Award received 1
Guggenheim Fellowship
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Films written 1
Swoon
Given name 1
Tom
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
United States
← Film editor 1
Swoon
← Producer 1
I Shot Andy Warhol
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Summary

Tom Kalin was born in 1962[1] in Chicago[2]. He has worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], teacher[6], and activist shareholder[7].

FAQs

Where was Tom Kalin born?

Tom Kalin was born in Chicago[2].

What did Tom Kalin do for work?

Tom Kalin worked as a film director[3], screenwriter[4], film producer[5], teacher[6], and activist shareholder[7].

Where did Tom Kalin go to school?

Tom Kalin was educated at University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[13].

What awards did Tom Kalin receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[14].

Related Entities

Museum of Modern Art United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . zkm.de. Retrieved . zkm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . acmi.net.au. acmi.net.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . acmi.net.au. acmi.net.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . eai.org. Retrieved . eai.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . vdb.org. Retrieved . vdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . zkm.de. Retrieved . zkm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . moma.org. Retrieved . moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . zkm.de. Retrieved . zkm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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