Community Media Pioneer George C. Stoney, 1916-2012

George Stoney was pioneering documentary filmmaker, free-lance writer, professor and considered the father of public-access television. Stoney co-founded the Alternate Media Center in 1972, which trained citizens in the tools of video production for a brand new medium, public-access television.
Stoney was an active member of the Board of Directors for the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) and the Alliance for Community Media (ACM). Each year, the ACM presents "The George Stoney Award" to an organization or individual who has made an outstanding contribution to championing the growth and experience of humanistic community communications.
 
Until his death, he continued to team-teach a course at NYU Tisch School of the Arts with David Bagnall, his long time film collaborator and former student. Stoney and Bagnall also continued to make films together.
He died peacefully at the age of 96 at his home in New York City.