---
name: "Julian Krainin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julian-krainin"
fi1m_id: "julian-krainin"
imdb_id: "nm0469313"
tmdb_id: 1247139
wikidata_id: "Q1712018"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 January 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:58:56.734873+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Julian Krainin

## Identity

Julian Krainin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julian-krainin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julian-krainin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0469313
- **TMDB ID:** 1247139
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1712018
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Krainin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1712018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1247139

Producer. Born 24 January 1941 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 January 1941, New York City
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Krainin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1712018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1247139

## Biography

Julian Krainin (born 24 January 1941) is an American film and television producer, director, cinematographer and writer. He began his career in the 1960s with documentaries, including *The March* (1965), a record of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march, and later produced *Princeton: A Search for Answers* (1974), for which he shared an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Krainin produced the 1992 PBS *American Experience* episode "The Quiz Show Scandal", drawing on interviews with participants in the 1950s television quiz show controversies. He served as one of the producers on the 1994 feature film *Quiz Show*, directed by Robert Redford, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. His other credits include the television films *George Wallace* (1997) and *Something the Lord Made* (2004).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Quiz Show* (1994), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *George Wallace* (1997), Producer
- *George Wallace* (1997), series, Producer
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Disaster at Silo 7* (1988), Producer
- *Don't Touch That Dial!* (1982), Director, Producer
- *Princeton: A Search for Answers* (1974), Director, Producer, Cinematography
- *Art Is...* (1971), Director
- *The John Glenn Story* (1962), Producer, Cinematography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1995: Best Picture (nominated), for *Quiz Show*
- 1974: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (won), for *Princeton: A Search for Answers*
- 1972: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (nominated), for *Art Is...*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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