January 31, 2007 Career Achievement Award: Giving Voice to the Conscience of the People: Haskell Wexler Photo by Mark S. Wexler I was in Vietnam with Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden shooting a documentary. I was filming a peasant working in a field when he Read more
December 31, 2006 Still Lives: Capturing the Essence of Photographers Sally Mann and Robert Frank On Steven Cantor's 'What Remains,' and Gerald Fox's 'Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank. Read more
August 31, 2006 The Life Aquatic Howard Hall Is an Underwater Man What are the differences between shooting documentaries for the IMAX screen and for television? Of all the filmmakers, Howard Hall is probably among Read more
May 31, 2006 Staying Focused: Cinematographer Shana Hagan Concentrates on Capturing the Scene Cinematographer Shana Hagans films a scene for Shakespeare Behind Bars . Courtesy of Philomath Films You may not know what cinematographer Shana Read more
April 30, 2006 Close Up on Wiseman: Pioneering Documentarian Earns Cinematographers Guild's Highest Honor Legendary documentary maker Frederick Wiseman received an Award of Distinction from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) at the 20th Annual Read more
August 31, 2005 Capturing the Enchantment of the Land: John Grabowska's Poetic Tribute to New Mexico Remembered Earth is the eighth film that former TV news reporter/cinematographer John Grabowska has produced, written and directed for the National Read more
August 31, 2005 Two Decades of Discovery, and There's Still More to Learn By Brigid Kelly and Thomas White When the Discovery Channel first launched in 1985 with 156,000 subscribers, the Cold War was in full bloom, Apple Read more
August 31, 2005 Small Cameras, Big Show: NAB Ushers in the Year of HDV Every April, over 100,000 delegates converge on the Convention Center in Las Vegas for NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), the largest Read more
June 30, 2005 The Straight Dope on the Crooked E: Glossy Images, Black Humor and the Music of Tom Waits Inform Enron Doc Editor’s Note: On September 28 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles, IDA will present Alex Gibney in conversation with Turner Classic Movies Read more
June 30, 2005 Be Careful What You Wish For: Doc on Natural Disasters Finds Its Drama in Sumatra As every freelance producer knows, work can be a real grab bag. Shows and shoots can range from the tawdry to the sublime, and the silly to the Read more