Richard Kane

Richard Kane is director of Maine Masters, a New England Emmy-nominated series of artist portraits that airs on MPBN and is currently in negotiations for PBS network syndication. His 2011 release on painter David Driskell has screened at eight film festivals to date and premiered in Washington, D.C. at the National Gallery of Art. “Jon Imber’s Left Hand” will be the fifteenth episode. With partner Melody Lewis-Kane of Kane-Lewis Productions, Kane seeks out subjects that are of greatest benefit to the community. In 2013 he directed two short documentaries about hunger — In These Times and Turning Clothing into Food – both aimed at encouraging people to support their local food pantry. Both films have been playing in theaters across Maine as well as on MPBN. In 2009 Kane produced the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s 50th anniver-sary film Protecting the Nature of Maine and an independent documentary Rock Solid on the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. Since 2007 Richard has served as chair of the Maine Film + Video Association, a trade association promoting greater opportunity and professionalism.