Personal Life
Creadon was born in Riverside, Illinois and graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois in 1985. He graduated with a BA in International Relations from The University of Notre Dame in 1989, where he had served as a writer and an editor for the school paper The Observer.
Creadon is married to and works with producer Christine O'Malley. They live in Los Feliz, California, where they are raising their three young children.
He was a member of the U.S. Documentary Jury at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
In 2010, Creadon spearheaded support for documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger during his legal battles against Chevron Corporation. Chevron had sued for and won the right to gain access to all the footage Berlinger had shot during production of his film Crude. The letter, co-signed by editor Doug Blush and supported by the International Documentary Association, was signed by over 200 members of the documentary community, including over 20 Academy Award winning documentary filmmakers. Berlinger appealed the decision and won a more positive ruling in a later hearing.
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