"When I sit down with your parent or grandparent, I bring the same curiosity and care I’ve brought to interviewing musicians, writers, and culture bearers. My job is to make them feel comfortable, draw out the stories they may not have told in years, and shape those memories into a film that feels true to who they are."
George Ingmire
George Ingmire has worked in film and radio for 25 years as a sound recordist, producer, editor and interviewer. Love of film runs in his family; George’s grandfather, Dwight Core, filmed daily life. One of George’s earliest film projects was completing, “Think of Me First as a Person,” a film by his grandfather. It entered the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress in 2006.
His lively, wide-ranging radio work for WWOZ includes such subjects as New Orleans musicians, chefs, artists and culture bearers. New Orleans Calling, his signature radio program, was nationally syndicated for 8 years, and he now produces The Reading Life with Susan Larson for WWNO-NPR, adding literary pieces to his repertoire. George brings his background in anthropology, followed up by a master’s in film production from UNO, his depth of experience and his dedication to the art of interviewing, to every oral history project. He believes everyone has a story to tell; his passion is finding that story and crafting it with insight and warmth.