Laura Checkoway
Laura Checkoway is an American journalist and filmmaker, best known for her documentary, "Edith+Eddie" for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination at the 90th Academy Awards. She was a writer for numerous publications including "Rolling Stone". Checkoway wrote the 05 February 2008 "Village Voice" cover story entitled "Prodigy's 25th Hour." In 2011, Simon & Schuster published "My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy", a memoir co-authored by Checkoway and Prodigy. This work has been described in the Ringer as being "one of the best music autobiographies ever." Filmography. 2017 : "Edith+Eddie" (Documentary short) 2016: "Wolffland" (Documentary short) - Screened in 2016 at the Brooklyn Film Festival and the New York Short Film Festival; featured artist Mia Wolff with commentary from writer Samuel R. Delany and Annie Potts. 2014: "Lucky" (Documentary feature) - Won Best Feature Documentary, Urbanworld Film Festival 2014; executive producer Steve James.