Kartemquin Films is a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit documentary production company founded in 1966 by University of Chicago graduates Gordon Quinn, Jerry Temaner, and Stan Karter. Operating under a philosophy it calls 'Cinematic Social Inquiry,' the organization creates documentaries that foster a more engaged and just society and supports independent and emerging filmmakers. Its films have earned four Academy Award nominations and won multiple Emmy and Peabody Awards.
Run by: Gordon Quinn — Co-founder, Amir George — Artistic Director
Contact & details
Credits24 of 66
64 films · 2 TV titles
Barbara Forever
2026 · Film
Produced
Traces of Home
2026 · Film
Produced
All of the Above
2026 · Film
Produced
My Omaha
2025 · Film
Produced
Holding Liat
2025 · Film
Produced
The First Step
2023 · Film
Produced
Bike Vessel
2023 · Film
Produced
Story & Pictures By
2023 · Film
Produced
A Compassionate Spy
2022 · Film
Produced
Freedom Hill
2022 · Film
Produced
For the Left Hand
2021 · Film
Produced
Wuhan Wuhan
2021 · Film
Produced
City So Real
2020 · TV
Produced
The Dilemma of Desire
2020 · Film
Produced
Finding Yingying
2020 · Film
Produced
Represent
2020 · Film
Produced
Eating Up Easter
2019 · Film
Produced
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
2019 · Film
Produced
America to Me
2018 · TV
Produced
Minding the Gap
2018 · Film
Produced
Unbroken Glass
2017 · Film
Produced
Raising Bertie
2017 · Film
Produced
Edith+Eddie
2017 · Film
Produced
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
2017 · Film
Produced
46 titles across 24 years, averaging 1.9 a year. The last five years hold at 2.0 a year. 4 of those 24 years carry no credit on file. 46 titles between 1997 and 2026, most in 2010 (4). 10 in the last five years shown, against 14 in the five before.
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- Chicago Film OfficeChicago · 35% (resident/vendor/post); 30% non-resident labor (max 13)
- Illinois Film OfficeChicago · 35% (resident/vendor/post); 30% non-resident labor (max 13)
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