Larry Foley
Larry Foley is a professor of journalism and an accomplished documentary film maker. His productions have earned many regional, national and international awards, including two Emmys from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and eight Emmy nominations.
Foley specializes in writing and producing films on cultural history. His documentary credits include Sacred Spaces-The Architecture of Fay Jones, The Greatest Coach Ever, Beacon of Hope-The Story of the University of Arkansas, Charles Banks Wilson-Portrait of an American Artist (Mid-America Emmy), The Forgotten Expedition, It Started Here: Early Arkansas and the Louisiana Purchase, 22 Straight, Arkansas’ Natural Heritage, Out of the Woods, The Keetoowahs Come Home, The Black Swamp, The Governor from Greasy Creek, Arkansas-A Special Place, Hell on the Border, and Natural, Wild & Free.
His PBS credits include The Buffalo Flows, Saving the Eagles, The Lost Squadron and When Lightning Struck: Saga of an American Warplane (Mid-America Emmy). His work has also been nationally broadcast on ABC, CBS and ESPN.
Foley returned to his alma mater in 1993 to teach, produce documentaries, and build and direct a center for the teaching of television reporting and production. In 1996, he founded and is faculty advisor for the campus television station, UATV. In October 2003, he was inducted into the Lemke Department of Journalism's Hall of Honor, the highest award bestowed upon journalism graduates of the University of Arkansas.
Before coming to the U of A, Foley spent nine years at the Arkansas Educational Television where he worked his way up the ladder to the network’s number two position. He is a former reporter, morning news anchor, assignment editor and producer for KATV Channel 7, Little Rock.
Foley, his wife Susan and family live on Mt. Sequoyah in Fayetteville.