Keegan Kuhn

Keegan Kuhn
Born
United States
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, musician

Keegan Kuhn is an American documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and professional musician.[1] He is best known for co-directing the documentary films Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret and What the Health, along with Kip Andersen.[2]

Career and work

Kuhn is the owner of First Spark Media, a digital film production company, which focuses on creating films surrounding social justice issues[3] for companies and non-profits.[4] He also started First Spark Gear, a camera accessory company.[5] In 2018, it was announced that he would be a partner for a project entitled "Fertile Ground: Inspiring Dialogue About Food Access" that received a Bloomberg Philanthropies grant to use art as a medium to help local communities and inform nutrition policy in Jackson, Mississippi.[6]

His work on films have taken him to extreme locations, from the Alaskan wilderness to the American West, where he filmed the remaining wild horses in the United States.[7] In addition to topics like environmental destruction and animal rescue, his work has involved subjects like gender inequality, Buddhism, and endurance sports.[5]

Kuhn is the creator of educational music project True Nature.[5]

Personal life

Kuhn currently resides in the East Bay region of San Francisco with his wife Shani Campbell, a Certified Cat Behaviorist.[8] For most of his life he has been working with nonprofit organizations and assisting in social justice movements.[7] He has been vegan for decades.[9] He spends his day biking and kayaking as much as possible.

Filmography

Kuhn's film projects include:

He was also interviewed in the 2021 documentary Milked, which was influenced by Cowspiracy.[14]

Kuhn is currently producing a documentary entitled The End of Medicine, which is directed by Alex Lockwood.[15] Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix are involved in the project.[16]

Bibliography

  • Kuhn, Keegan; Andersen, Kip (2016). Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret. Earth Aware Editions. ISBN 9781608878437.
  • Andersen, Kip; Kuhn, Keegan; Wade-Hak, Harmony; Slawson, Carly (2017). What the Health Cookbook. AUM Films & Media. ISBN 978-0692846827.
  • Andersen, Kip; Kuhn, Keegan; Wong, Eunice (2018). What the Health: The Startling Truth Behind the Foods We Eat, Plus 50 Plant-Rich Recipes to Get You Feeling Your Best. BenBella Books. ISBN 9781946885685.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Kuhn, Keegan". Environmental Film Festival. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret". COWSPIRACY. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "About". FIRST SPARK MEDIA. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Keegan Kuhn". SoFlo Vegans. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Our Guest Experts". facesummit.org. Farmed Animal Conference E-Summit. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  6. ^ Spooner, Amy (December 6, 2018). "Taubman College alumni secure $1M Bloomberg Grant for public art project in Jackson, Miss". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021. Partners will include... award-winning filmmaker, director, and producer Keegan Kuhn and local director and producer Roderick Red, who both work with nonprofits and focus on social issues
  7. ^ a b "Keegan Kuhn". Lewis & Clark Law School. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn and Kathryn Gillespie". Real: Responsible Eating and Living. December 18, 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  9. ^ Messina, Virginia (July 27, 2017). "A Vegan Dietitian Reviews "What the Health"". vegan.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "Turlock". Your Daily Vegan. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  11. ^ Kanner, Ellen (August 4, 2014). "Meatless Monday – 'Cowspiracy:' The One Thing No One Talks About". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  12. ^ "What To Know About Pro-Vegan Netflix Film 'What the Health'". Time. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  13. ^ "They're Trying to Kill Us | 2021 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  14. ^ "Milked". New Zealand International Film Festival. 2021. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  15. ^ Jim Amos (February 19, 2021). "Watch A Movie, Change The World". Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021. The End of Medicine is a feature length documentary from director Alex Lockwood and producer Keegan Kuhn which explores the link between our treatment of animals and emerging health threats such as pandemics and antibiotic resistance.
  16. ^ @veganuary (August 13, 2020). "Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have teamed up with @Cowspiracy filmmaker, Keegan Kuhn and award-winning '73 Cows' director, @LockwoodFilm to executive produce a documentary about factory farming and the harms this industry poses. 🏭🐄 Follow https://facebook.com/theendofmedicine/ for updates" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Nominations 2018". Cinema for Peace Foundation. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  18. ^ Belluz, Julia (July 25, 2017). "Debunking What the Health, the buzzy new documentary that wants you to be vegan". Vox. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.