March 14, 2018 All About My Father: Rebecca Miller's Intimate Portrait of a Great American Artist Rebecca Miller was 21 years old when she realized that she wanted to be a filmmaker. Noticing that her father—distinguished Pulitzer Prize-winning Read more
January 10, 2018 The Human Factor: How Makers of Profile Documentaries Shape Their Subject from Archival Footage To create a portrait of an individual—movie producer Robert Evans, say, or musician Kurt Cobain—director Brett Morgen abides by an austere tenet. "I Read more
December 5, 2016 Amicus Award: Change Agents: Amicus Award Honorees Norman and Lyn Lear Editor's Note: The landscape of American entertainment would look very different without the work of Norman Lear, who wrote, produced, created or Read more
August 4, 2014 Ron Mann's 'Altman' Lets the Director Speak for Himself 'Altman' premieres August 6 on Epix. Read more
June 2, 2014 '112 Weddings' and a Documental: Doug Block's Look at Marriages Years Later '112 Weddings' airs June 30 on HBO. Read more
September 4, 2013 Finding Poetry in Memory Loss: Alan Berliner's 'First Cousin Once Removed' 'First Cousin Once Removed' airs September 23 on HBO. Read more
February 1, 2013 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: David France Editor's Note: In the month leading up to the Academy Awards, we at IDA will be featuring articles — some new, some from our archives—about each of Read more
November 29, 2012 2011 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award--Ethics Amidst the Fog of War: Danfung Dennis The chopping sound of helicopter blades hovers over a black screen, feeling less like an entrance than a continuous perpetual drone, a cloud that Read more
May 17, 2012 Nashville Rebel: The Coming Out of a Country Music Star 'Chely Wright: Wish Me Away' opens June 1 through First Run Features. Read more
November 29, 2011 Documenting Film Preservation: 'These Amazing Shadows' 'These Amazing Shadows' premieres December 29 on PBS' 'Independent Lens.' Read more