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| Joseph Lovett
founded Lovett Productions in 1989 after ten years
as a producer at ABC News 20/20. Concentrating on
health and social issues, the company has produced
over 30 hours of prime time television specials
in the past 18 years. For 2003, other broadcasts
include Fat Like Me, on childhood obesity for ABC
airing in October, Coming Home, on forgiveness for
the Hallmark Channel airing Thanksgiving week. Three
Sisters, a film on a family dealing with ALS is
to be shown on HBO in the spring of 2004. His latest
feature Gay Sex in the 70’s explores the twelve
years between the Stonewall Riots in June 1969 and
the June 1981 article suggesting that a deadly epidemic
targeted gay men. |
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| As a producer for ABC's 20/20 in
the 1980's, Joe produced the first in-depth AIDS
investigations for national television. Later, as
an independent, he produced and directed In A New
Light, an annual broadcast of AIDS education and
outreach specials using Hollywood celebrities in
performance to showcase the real stories of people
dealing with different aspects of the AIDS epidemic.
In a New Light, aired annually for five years on
ABC. In 1999, The AIDS Action Foundation recognized
his work with the AIDS Leadership Award. |
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| The Accident, Joe's first personal
feature documentary, is a startling perspective
on love and loss in a family memoir shot over twenty-five
years. The Accident toured the international festival
circuit to sold out audiences. Joe wrote, produced
and directed. |
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| Joe wrote, directed and produced
Cancer: Evolution to Revolution, an HBO film about what
people with cancer need to know to maximize their chances
of survival. The film has been honored with The Peabody
Award, The Christopher Award, an Emmy nomination, as well
as with numerous awards from cancer advocacy organizations. |
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