Irish film maker Alan Cooke has won the NY Emmy for Best Writing for his documentary ‘Home’ at the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Awards at the weekend.
‘Home’ had received an additional two Emmy nominations at the awards for Best Documentary (Producers Dawn Scibilia and Alan Cooke) and Best Photography (Dawn Scibilia).
The doc is a reflection on Alan Cookes immigration to New York. Surrounding questions of the concept of home, it features interviews with Liam Neeson, Susan Sarandon, Mike Myers, Alfred Molina, Colin Quinn, Rosie Perez, Pete Hamill, Fran Lebowitz, Frank and Malachy McCourt, Elaine Kaufman, Drew Nieporent, Vinny Vella and Armand DiMele. (Woody Allen appears in TV/Cable version only)
The film has previously won the Best Documentary at the Magners Irish Film Festival 2006 and at the Chashama Film Festival, New York City 2008.
For more information visit: http://homethemovie.com.