Allen Moore, a graduate of Harvard University, has been producing, directing, photographing and editing his own documentaries for more than 30 years. His independent films include: The Shepherds of Berneray; Food On Hand; Black Water; A Sheepherder’s Homecoming; ThePursuit of Truth: 200 Years at Middlebury College: and Albert Alcalay: Self Portraits. Among the honors awarded to Moore are several state artist fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Filmmaking in 1982.
Moore has also served as a director of photography for several of Ken Burns’s films, includingThe Civil War; The Congress; Thomas Jefferson;Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery;Mark Twain; and Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip. For his work onBaseball, Moore received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1995 for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography.
In addition to his work on Ken Burns’s films, Moore has been a director of photography on a number of other award-winning documentaries. He received a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination in August 2000 for his cinematography work on Ric Burns’ American Experience series on New York. Other film credits include: Wild by Law, The Donner Party, The Way West,Divided Highways, The Harriman Expedition, and Monkey Trial, winner of the George Foster Peabody Award in 2003.