Janet Paxton Gardner
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Janet Paxton Gardner

Producer-Director
The Gardner Group
Full Bio
Janet Paxton Gardner is the producer, director and writer of award-winning documentaries on Vietnamese and Cambodian subjects as well as notable films on the Religious Society of Friends and on the life of American Peter Cooper. In recognition of her work with the Gardner Documentary Group, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2015-2016. Her most recent project is Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries, distributed nationwide by American Public Television and internationally by PBS International. Ms. Gardner began her career as a film editor, field producer and news writer for WNBC and WRC-TV. She also was a staff feature writer for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer and contributor to major newspapers such as the New York Times and Boston Globe. She is an alumna of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Cooper Union.
Professional Credits
Producer/Director/Writer: Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries. Lost Child - Sayon's Journey. Mechanic to Millionaire - The Peter Cooper Story. Last Ghost of War. Siberian Dream. Precious Cargo. Dancing through Death: The Monkey Magic & Madness of Cambodia. A World Beneath the War: The Secret Tunnels of North Vietnam. Vietnam: Land of the Ascending Dragon. Children of the Night. The United Nations: It's More than You Think.
Industry Awards
National News Emmy nomination for A World Beneath the War. International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Award. CINE Special Jury Award for Precious Cargo. Seven CINE Golden Eagle Awards. Deadline Club Award. Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award Bronze Medallion. Lowell Thomas Award.
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