Cullen Hoback
Birth Name:
Cullen Hoback
Profession
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Cinematographer, Camera department, Actor
Fast Facts
- Won a Cinequest San Jose Film Festival Award for Feature Length Documentary for "Monster Camp" in 2007
- Won a New York International Independent Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film for "Gaining Miles" in 2004
- Won a Sonoma Valley Film Festival Award for Best Documentary for "Terms and Conditions May Apply" in 2013
- Won two Rome International Film Festival Awards, one for Best American Documentary and one Jury Award, for "Monster Camp" in 2007
- Quote: "Data is ultimately a reflection of who we are․ It's us in ones and zeroes․ That needs to be just as protected as the physical versions of us․"
- Quote: "(On the idea for "Terms and Conditions May Apply"): "I wanted to know how technology was changing us․ The deeper I dug into that, the less I felt that it was technology itself․․․[but] something that was behind that technology․""
- Best known as the director of "Terms and Conditions May Apply" and as the producer, director, and cinematographer of "Monster Camp․"
Awards
- 2007Audience Favorite Choice Award - Documentary - Feature-Length:Winner
- 2007Audience Favorite Choice AwardWinner
- 2007Festival Award - Best American Documentary:Winner
- 2007R.I.F.F. Jury AwardWinner
- 2013Jury Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2013Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2017Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2017Documentary Competition AwardNominated
- 2017Documentary Competition Award - Special MentionWinner
- 2021OFTA Television Award - Best Narration:Nominated
- 2021Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program:Nominated