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David Kuznicki

  • Video Prod Spec&Tech Supt Asst, Academic Support Services

Contact Info

Office Address

Clifford Hall, Room 260
4149 University Ave Stop 9022
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9022

Curriculum Vitae

Websites

Biography

David Kuznicki is an award-winning filmmaker and video producer for University of North Dakota Aerospace. His films have garnered numerous awards and nominations, including eight regional Emmy® Awards for documentaries such as The Red River Flood, The Town That Disappeared Overnight, Carl Ben Eielson: Over the Top of the World and The Builder. His filmography showcases an aptitude for crafting American history and local heroism narratives with broad appeal. Three of his films have aired on PBS stations across the country.

Regional Emmy Awards:

Regional Emmy Nominations:

Other Awards:

• Bachelor of the Arts- Communications.  University of Toledo, May 2008

The Aviatrix (2024)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Nomination, Midwest Region- Director (Short or Long Form Content)
  • Emmy Nomination, Midwest Region- Writer (Short or Long Form Content)

Carl Ben Eielson: Over the Top of the World (2024)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Winner, Midwest Region- Producer (Historical Long Form Content)
  • Emmy Winner, Midwest Region- Writer (Short or Long Form Content)
  • Emmy Nomination, Midwest Region- Director (Short or Long Form Content)

My Hatton (2022)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

The Red River Flood (2021) 

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

The Long Hair (2020)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

Claire’s Day: A Life Celebrated (2019)

Producer, Editor

  • Emmy Award Winner; Lower Great Lakes Region-  Producer:  Short Format Program - Informational/Entertainment 

The Prohibition Chronicles: Echoes of Point Place (2019)

Co- Producer, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region-  Producer: Short Subject

The Builder (2018)

Producer, Director, Editor, Videographer

The Fall of New Rome (2017)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

A Hope For Hartly (2016)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • 60 minute documentary film

I Throw Rocks (2015)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Official Selection- Maumee Film Festival
    • Runner up- Best Documentary
    • Winner, Audience Choice Award- Best Documentary
  • Official Selection- Toledo Film Festival

The Town That Disappeared Overnight (2014)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Award Winner, Lower Great Lakes Region-  Nostalgia Program
  • Emmy Award Winner, Lower Great Lakes Region-   Research
  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region-   Videographer
  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region-  Writer
  • Bronze Telly Award-  Documentary 
  • Official Selection- Garden State Film Festival  (NJ)
  • Official Selection- Indie Street Film Festival  (NJ)

Lips are the Hardest Part (2013)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • PBS World national air in “Local USA” compilation program

Timelapse Toledo (2013)

Producer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • 30 minute documentary produced for WGTE-PBS

Heel (2013)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Official Selection- PBS Online Film Festival

War of 1812 in the Old Northwest (2012)

Editor

  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region-  Writer
  • PBS national air through APT

Cherry Street’s Mission (2012)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region-  Social Concerns Program

Pictures at an Exhibition (2012)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

  • 90 minute documentary produced for WGTE-PBS

Apple Corps (2012)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region- Videography
  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region-  Sound

Stony Ridge (2011)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Official Selection- Chagrin Falls Film Festival

A Gift of Life: The Jobst Story (2011)

Co-Producer, Co-Writer, Co-Director, Co-Editor, Videographer

  • 30 minute documentary produced for WGTE-PBS

Reverence: Life in Ballet (2010)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Nomination, Lower Great Lakes Region- Art & Entertainment Program
  • PBS national air through APT
  • Winner- Toledo Crystal Award

Grand Forks Historical Society

     • Elected to Board of Directors, January 2022

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Central Great Lakes Region

  • Elected to Board of Governors, June 2014
  • Re-election to Board of Governers, June 2016
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