DIRECTOR · FROM ABINGDON, USA
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
10 credits since 20133 coming up
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ABOUT ELAINE
Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated, Peabody-winning, and two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker from Logan County, West Virginia. Her films explore life in Appalachia through personal and political lenses, covering topics such as coal’s cultural legacy, the opioid crisis, rural deindustrialization, incarceration, and environmental justice.
Her latest feature documentary, KING COAL, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was named a New York Times Critics’ Pick and one of the year’s best documentaries by Esquire and Marie Claire. The film screened at over 40 international festivals, had a 50-city theatrical run, and aired nationally on PBS’ POV in 2024.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
BirthplaceAbingdon, USA
Known forDirecting
On Cineora3 of 9 titles
Known for
The titles people know Elaine from.
Coming up
What Elaine is working on next.
HollowDirector · Writer · ProducerDate to be announced- Mother JonesDirectorDate to be announced
The AscentDirectorDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 3
- Average IMDb
- 6.4
- Highest rated
- Heroin(e)IMDb 6.8
- Working since
- 2013
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Filmography
The 2020s
2 titles
Producer
Director · Writer · Producer
The 2010s
7 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average
Director · Producer
Coal's Deadly Dust
Not on CineoraDirector · Writer · Producer
MovieDirector · Producer
MovieDirector
MovieDirector · Producer
Director
Director · Producer