A review of Jeffrey Ruoff's 'An American Family: A Televised Life'
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In 1982, shortly after Linda Buzzell founded the IDA, she invited me to run for the board of directors, with the cheerful promise that it would
2002 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards Feature Documentary Mai's America Producer/Director: Marlo Poras Executive Producer: David
IDA Documentary Award honors Agnès Varda with the Pioneer Award.
Glossary of Terms Agents: Represent works for a fee to distributors or to broadcast/cable/satellite outlets. Broadcasters/Cable-Satellite Programming
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has developed a knack for methodically and humorously unmasking the powerful, who for some unknown reason keep
The approach to the Festival International du Documentaire in Marseille was uplifting. It involved a harborside walk past luxury yachts with masts
Filmmakers frequently ask me, “At what point in the production process should I offer my film to distributors?” Considering that thousands of
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article in the November 2002 issue written by Mitchell W. Block regarding distribution. This article
Documentary filmmakers often use still images—mostly photographs—to help tell their stories, and prefer to have “camera moves” that complement the