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ArgoFilms is a production company specializing in documentary filmmaking. Established in 1990, ArgoFilms has received six Emmy Awards, a duPont-Columbia Award for Journalism, four Genesis Awards, and over one hundred other awards internationally.〔"Frogs: The Thin Green Line: Ask the Filmmaker," Nature, April 2009, Aug. 2012, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/frogs-the-thin-green-line/ask-the-filmmaker/4872/.〕 Allison Argo, who serves as producer, director, writer, editor, and narrator for ArgoFilms, began the company with the goal of "lending a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves."〔"About ArgoFilms," ArgoFilms, 2011, Aug. 2012, http://www.argofilms.com/films.〕 The company focusing especially on endangered species and captive animal issues. ''Frogs: The Thin Green Line'', ''Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History'', and ''Crash: A Tale of Two Species'' are acclaimed documentaries produced in collaboration with ''National Geographic'' and PBS.〔Nature, 2012, Aug. 2012, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/〕 In total, ArgoFilms has created fifteen films for National Geographic and PBS.〔“ArgoFilms,” Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Aug. 2012, http://www.imdb.com/company/co0249843/.〕 Currently in pre-production at ArgoFilms is ''The Story of Dao,'' the company’s first feature film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= "Allison Argo: Filmmaker, Conservationist," Izilwane: Voices for Biodiversity )〕 ==History== In the late 1980s, Allison Argo encountered a captive gorilla named Ivan living inside a shopping mall in Tacoma, Washington. For over two decades, Ivan had lived in a concrete enclosure without exposure to natural light or other gorillas. Prompted by this encounter, Argo left her career as an actress to produce films on conservation and captive animal welfare.〔 ''The Urban Gorilla'', directly inspired by Ivan’s condition, took three years for ArgoFilms to complete as their first production.〔 The team included Allison Argo as writer, director, and producer; Argo’s then-husband, Director of Photography Robert E. Collins, as principal cinematographer; and Glenn Close as narrator.〔“Robert E. Collins,” IMDb, Aug. 2012, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002300/, “Glenn Close,” IMDb, Aug. 2012, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000335/, and Allison Argo, interviewed by “The American Dog Reports,” “Inspire: Documentary Filmmaker Allison Argo,” The American Dog Magazine, Winter 2011, 56-57, http://issuu.com/americandogmag/docs/www.theamericandogmag.com/search?q=Argo.〕 The film, broadcast by National Geographic, was nominated for two national Emmys, and received a 1992 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award. After the success of ''The Urban Gorilla'', National Geographic approached Argo to discuss further collaboration. This led to ArgoFilms’ second documentary, ''Keepers of the Wild'', for which Argo won a 1992 National Emmy for Directing. Filming for ''Keepers of the Wild'' spanned Kenya, Belize, Canada, and the US, starting ArgoFilms’ international travel. Argo wrote, directed, and produced the film, with Glenn Close once again performing as narrator. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ArgoFilms」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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