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David Kuznicki

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

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  • Email: david.kuznicki@UND.edu
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Office Address

Clifford Hall, Room 260
4149 Campus Road - Stop 9022
Grand Forks ND 58202-9022

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 five Emmy® Awards for documentaries such as The Red River Flood, The Town That Disappeared Overnight 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:

  • 2021 - The Red River Flood (Writer)
  • 2020 - Claire’s Day (Producer:  Short Form Program - Informational/Entertainment)
  • 2018 - The Builder (Producer: Short Form Program)
  • 2015 - The Town That Disappeared Overnight (Producer: Nostalgia Program)
  • 2015 - The Town That Disappeared Overnight (Research)

Regional Emmy Nominations:

  • 2021 - The Red River Flood (Producer: Historical Documentary)
  • 2021 - The Red River Flood (Writer)
  • 2020 - Claire’s Day (Producer:  Short Format Program - Informational/Entertainment)
  • 2019 - The Prohibition Chronicles: Echoes of Point Place (Producer: Short Form Program)
  • 2018 - The Builder (Producer: Short Form Program)
  • 2016 - The Big Stir (Producer: Human Interest Single Story - News)
  • 2016 - The Magic School Bus (Writer: News)
  • 2015 - The Town That Disappeared Overnight (Producer: Nostalgia Program)
  • 2015 - The Town That Disappeared Overnight (Writer)
  • 2015 - The Town That Disappeared Overnight (Research)
  • 2015 - The Town That Disappeared Overnight (Videography)
  • 2013 - Apple Corps (Videography)
  • 2013 - Apple Corps (Sound)
  • 2013 - Cherry Street’s Mission (Producer: Societal Concerns Program)
  • 2013 - University of Toledo “Dreams” Commercial (Producer: Commercial)
  • 2011 - Reverence: Life in Ballet (Producer: Art & Entertainment Program)

Other Awards:

  • 2021 - Silver Telly Award-  Documentary: Individual (The Long Hair)
  • 2021- The Long Hair - Best Documentary Short: Garden State Film Festival 
  • 2018 - Best Documentary- Maumee Film Festival (The Builder)
  • 2016 - Nomination - Press Club of Toledo Touchstone Award (Excellence in Journalism)
  • 2016 - Bronze Telly Award-  Documentary (The Town That Disappeared Overnight)
  • 2016 - Best Documentary Short: Garden State Film Festival (The Town That Disappeared Overnight)
  • 2015 - Audience Choice Award- Documentary; Maumee Film Festival (I Throw Rocks)
  • 2010 - Crystal Award (Reverence: Life in Ballet)

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

My Hatton (2022)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Official Selection - New Jersey Film Awards
    • Winner- Best Documentary Short
  • Official Selection - Fargo Film Festival

The Red River Flood (2021) 

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Emmy Winner, Upper Midwest Region- Writer
  • Emmy Nomination, Upper Midwest Region- Producer, Historical Documentary
  • Bronze Telly Award - Best Use of Music

The Long Hair (2020)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Silver Telly Award-  Documentary: Individual
  • Official Selection- Garden State Film Festival 
    • Winner - Best Documentary Short
  • Official Selection- South Dakota Film Festival
  • Official Selection- Black Hills Film Festival
  • Official Selection - Dakota Film Festival

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

  • Emmy Award Winner, Lower Great Lakes Region-  Short Subject
  • Official Selection- Maumee Film Festival (Maumee, OH)
    • Winner- Best Documentary
  • Official Selection - Columbus International Film and Video Festival (Columbus, OH)
  • Official Selection - Short. Sweet. Film Fest.  (Cleveland, OH)

The Fall of New Rome (2017)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Videographer

  • Official Selection - Just A Minute film festival

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)
    • Winner- Best Documentary Short
  • 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 Herald - "My Hatton - Still Playing Dress-Up" (February 17, 2023)
  • Grand Forks Best Source - Interview with David Kuznicki (April 6, 2022)
  • Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks' Empire Arts Center to host documentary on 1997 Flood (March 30, 2022)
  • TapInto.net - "'Siege of Jutland' Topic of Presentation, Documentary" (November 22, 2019)
  • OnlyInYourState.com - "The Tragic Story Behind The Village That Was Flooded To Make Way For New Jersey’s Round Valley Reservoir" (September 21, 2019)
  • North Dakota Library Association - "On the Horizon..." (June 15, 2019)
  • Bismarck Tribune - "Documentary Being Produced About 1997 Flood" (March 24, 2019)
  • Grand Forks Herald - "The Red River Flood Documentary" (March 24, 2019)
  • Jamestown Sun - "Documentary Produced About Grand Forks Flood" (March 24, 2019)
  • Traverse City Ticker - "Traverse City Native Lands Emmy Award" (July 13, 2018)
  • Toledo City Paper - "Glass City Screenwriters: Local group meets in support of Toledo film scribes" (November 22, 2017)
  • Delaware Online - "It's Hartly's turn to step into the spotlight"  (November 9, 2016)
  • Hunterdon Historical Record - "Curator Cornelius Debuts Round Valley Collection" (April 1, 2016)
  • Hunterdon Review - "'The Town that Disappeared Overnight' Round Valley documentary aims for national TV" (November 13, 2015)
  • Delaware Public Media - "Filmmaker explores efforts to rebuild Hartly's government" (October 22, 2015)
  • Delaware Bay to Bay News - "Focus on Hartly: Delaware’s smallest town on the mend" (October 22, 2015)
  • NJ.com - "'The Town that Disappeared Overnight' documentary presented April 18 in Flemington" (April 10, 2015)
  • NJ.com - "Newark politics, witness protection, in Hunterdon film premiere 'The Town that Disappeared Overnight' (March 5, 2015)
  • MyCentralJersey.com - "Second showing added for Round Valley documentary" (March 4, 2015)
  • MyCentralJersey.com - "Excitement builds ahead of Round Valley documentary premiere" (March 4, 2015)

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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