Nancy Dine

Nancy Lee Dine (née Nancy Lee Minto;^[1] March 7, 1937 – September 6, 2020) was an American filmmaker.^[1] Her documentary Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls was nominated for an Academy award in 1996.^[2]

Early life

Nancy Dine was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937.^[2] Her parents were a steelworker and a stay-at-home mother.^[2] She graduated with a degree from Ohio University, where she met and married Jim Dine.^[2]

Creative career

Throughout her marriage to Jim Dine, Nancy Dine had a frequent role as either assistant, model, muse or producer of his works.^[2][3][4] In her 50s she took up filmmaking,^[2][4] producing a number of short films.^[5] Her film Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls was nominated for an Academy award in the category of Best Documentary: Short Subject in 1996.^[5]

Filmography

• 1990 Debut^[5]
• 1991 Bali Beyond the Postcard^[5]
• 1995 Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls^[6]
• 1996 All About Looking^[7][6]

References

1. Green, Penelope (September 14, 2020). "Nancy Dine, Filmmaker and Muse of Artist Jim Dine, Dies at 83". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095.
2. "Nancy Dine, a Filmmaker Who Redefined the Role of the 'Artist's Wife,' Has Died at 83". artnet News. 15 September 2020.
3. Art, Katonah Museum of (1994). Block/plate/stone: What a Print is. Katonah Museum of Art. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-915171-32-3.
4. "Jim and Nancy Dine - Charlie Rose". charlierose.com.
5. Goodale, Gloria (3 December 1996). "Making Movies About Art and a Famous Husband Named Jim". Christian Science Monitor.
6. Holden, Stephen (22 January 1997). "Tracing The Process Of an Artist". The New York Times.
7. "All About Looking | IDFA". Oberon Amsterdam.