December 31, 2003 Why Do You Want to Make This Documentary? The Answer is Within In the journey from idea to premiere screening or airing, a lot happens to both the filmmaker and the film. Regardless of the combination of talent, Read more
May 2, 2003 Hero of Doc 'N' Roll: An Interview with Rockumentarian Malcolm Leo Like many documentarians, Malcolm Leo got his start at David L. Wolper Productions along with Mel Stuart, Jack Haley Jr., William Friedkin, David Read more
December 1, 2002 Portrait of a Vagabond: An Appreciation of Agnès Varda IDA Documentary Award honors Agnès Varda with the Pioneer Award. Read more
March 1, 2002 Tales from the Trenches: Shooting Behind Bars: A Real Fight Club Cinematic immunity : The false sense of invincibility that you get when you’ve got a camera in your hands in a very dangerous situation. This term is Read more
February 1, 2002 Documenting in the Face of Danger The mantra of 2001 was that the events of September 11 changed the way we see the world. For filmmakers, broadcasters and the viewing public, Read more
February 1, 2002 The Art of Documenting 'The Art of Remembering' Although I have produced three live action shorts and two feature films, this is my first documentary, and my first project as a director. Like many Read more
December 1, 2001 Keeping 'My Khmer Heart' Beating In many ways, the making of my documentary My Khmer Heart appears to be the classic “success against all odds” story. One can suffer “survivor guilt Read more
October 1, 2001 Chasing Tapie: Perpetual Pursuit Pays Off In April 1997 I went to a screening of Claude Lelouch’s Hommes, Femmes: Mode D’Emploi (Men, Women: A User’s Manual) . Lelouch introduced the film and Read more
June 1, 2001 A Long Way to Home: The Making of 'Hank Greenberg' I was in Los Angeles in 1986 opening my first film, Partisans of Vilna , when I had heard on the radio that Hank Greenberg, the Hall of Fame baseball Read more
May 1, 2001 All About My Mother... And Myself As a television news reporter and anchor for the past 23 years, I’ve always been conscious of the need to try to maintain a neutral, unbiased and Read more