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- Allison_McGourty abstract "Allison Claire McGourty is a British producer, writer and photographer, a member of the Writers Guild of America, West, and the IDA, and a co-founder of Lo-Max Films.McGourty is the creator, producer and writer of the three films that comprise the American Epic trilogy; American Epic: The Big Bang, American Epic: Blood and Soil, and American Epic: Out Of The Many The One. She also produced and wrote The American Epic Sessions, a musical film featuring many top contemporary artists including Alabama Shakes, The Americans, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Frank Fairfield, Ana Gabriel, Rhiannon Giddens, Merle Haggard, Bobby Ingano, Elton John, Pokey LaFarge, Bettye LaVette, Los Lobos, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Taj Mahal, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Fred Martin & The Levite Camp, Ashley Monroe, Nas, Willie Nelson, Blind Boy Paxton, Raphael Saadiq and Jack White.McGourty's films have been selected for a number of prestigious film festivals: The American Epic Sessions at the BFI London Film Festival 2015, The American Epic Sessions at IDFA 2015, American Epic: The Big Bang at IDFA 2015, American Epic: Out Of The Many The One at the Hawaiian International Film Festival where it was nominated for the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award, The American Epic Sessions North American premiere at the SXSW Film Festival 2016, the Gothenberg Film Festival in Sweden, and the Sundance Film Festival on 28th Jan 2016 where Robert Redford presented the USA premiere of American Epic at The Eccles. The Sundance special event was produced by Allison McGourty, and featured an introduction by Sundance founder Robert Redford, a screening of excerpts from the American Epic films, and a Q&A, hosted by Peter Golub of The Sundance Institute, with MacMahon, Taj Mahal, Jack White and T Bone Burnett. This was followed by performances by Taj Mahal and The Avett Brothers.In 2003, McGourty founded the British independent record label LO-MAX Records, whose releases are distributed through [P.I.A.S]. Shortly afterwards, she signed the New Jersey-based rock band The Wrens to the label after spotting them at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas. The band, and their 2005 Lo-Max album The Meadowlands, subsequently received critical acclaim from the UK press. Other signings to the label include The Go-Betweens and Kevin Ayers. McGourty has also worked with many artists, including the Jeff Buckley estate, Justin Adams, Nico Muhly and Bic Runga among others.In 2010, McGourty signed the Greenlandic singer-songwriter Simon Lynge, whose debut album, The Future, reached the top of the Amazon.com UK Rock Charts in the week of its release, as well as gaining the artist considerable media attention, with several radio interviews, and features in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Scotsman, and the German edition of Rolling Stone. McGourty has written, directed and produced a short film in Greenland about Lynge.McGourty is also the founder and director of Lo-Max Publishing Ltd (trading as Maida Vale Music), which publishes the work of the American musician Frank Fairfield and that of Simon Lynge. Lynge’s music has been featured on the US television shows Lie to Me and Brothers & Sisters.McGourty is also a photographer who has taken a series of professional portraits of published authors for their books, including Charles Shaar Murray, Cathi Unsworth and Tony Barrell.Since 2004, McGourty has run an internship programme for students participating in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University in New York state. This program involves mentoring Syracuse students at Lo-Max in London and Los Angeles.McGourty has homes in London, UK, and Santa Monica, California.".
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