Nancy Lee Dine (née Nancy Lee Minto;[1] March 7, 1937 – September 6, 2020) was an American filmmaker.[1] Her documentary Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls was nominated for an Academy award in 1996.[2]

Early life

Nancy Dine was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937.[2] Her parents were a steelworker and a stay-at-home mother.[2] She graduated with a degree from Ohio University, where she met and married Jim Dine.[2]

Creative career

Throughout her marriage to Jim Dine, Nancy Dine had a frequent role as either assistant, model, muse or producer of his works.[2][3][4] In her 50s she took up filmmaking,[2][4] producing a number of short films.[5] Her film Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls was nominated for an Academy award in the category of Best Documentary: Short Subject in 1996.[5]

Filmography

  • 1990 Debut[5]
  • 1991 Bali Beyond the Postcard[5]
  • 1995 Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls[6]
  • 1996 All About Looking[7][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Penelope (September 14, 2020). "Nancy Dine, Filmmaker and Muse of Artist Jim Dine, Dies at 83". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nancy Dine, a Filmmaker Who Redefined the Role of the 'Artist's Wife,' Has Died at 83". artnet News. 15 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Art, Katonah Museum of (1994). Block/plate/stone: What a Print is. Katonah Museum of Art. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-915171-32-3.
  4. 1 2 "Jim and Nancy Dine - Charlie Rose". charlierose.com.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Goodale, Gloria (3 December 1996). "Making Movies About Art and a Famous Husband Named Jim". Christian Science Monitor.
  6. 1 2 Holden, Stephen (22 January 1997). "Tracing The Process Of an Artist". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "All About Looking | IDFA". Oberon Amsterdam.
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