Why Man Creates

1968 film by Saul Bass
Movie short_film Q2070468
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Why Man Creates

Summary

Why Man Creates is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Man Creates received the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3].
  • Why Man Creates's instance of is recorded as short film[4].
  • Why Man Creates's director is recorded as Saul Bass[5].
  • Why Man Creates's screenwriter is recorded as Saul Bass[6].
  • Why Man Creates's composer is recorded as Jeff Alexander[7].
  • Why Man Creates's genre is recorded as documentary film[8].
  • Why Man Creates's cast member is recorded as Paul Saltman[9].
  • Why Man Creates's producer is recorded as Kaiser Aluminum[10].
  • Why Man Creates's producer is recorded as Saul Bass[11].
  • Why Man Creates's director of photography is recorded as Erik Daarstad[12].
  • Why Man Creates's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0063804[13].
  • Why Man Creates's part of is recorded as National Film Registry[14].
  • Why Man Creates's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[15].
  • Why Man Creates's color is recorded as color[16].
  • Why Man Creates's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • Why Man Creates's publication date is recorded as +1968-01-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Why Man Creates's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0160lq[19].
  • Why Man Creates's film editor is recorded as Kent Mackenzie[20].
  • Why Man Creates's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[21].
  • Why Man Creates's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Why Man Creates'}[22].
  • Why Man Creates's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+25'}[23].
  • Why Man Creates's ČSFD film ID is recorded as 289063[24].
  • Why Man Creates's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 8900[25].
  • Why Man Creates's OFDb film ID is recorded as 193484[26].
  • Why Man Creates's Big Cartoon Database ID is recorded as 55396[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Kaiser Aluminum[10] and Saul Bass[11]. Why Man Creates's director is recorded as Saul Bass[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Saul Bass[6]. Its cast member is recorded as Paul Saltman[9].

Publication

Why Man Creates's publication date is recorded as +1968-01-01T00:00:00Z[18]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[15]. Its genre is recorded as documentary film[8]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[14].

Reception

Why Man Creates received the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3].

Why It Matters

Why Man Creates ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Why Man Creates receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Online-Filmdatenbank. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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