Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers
We have a "Twofer" this week with
two new episodes all about great documentaries.
Benjamin Ree and his stunning new doc "The Painter and the Thief" in #54 and Morgan Neville ep # 55 talks about some his greats.
20 Feet From Stardom (Oscar winner)
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal
New Episode #54
Young director has created magic with his new feature doc.
Available now on Hulu and other streaming platforms.
Director Benjamin Ree and Exec Producer Morgan Neville
New Episode # 55
MORGAN NEVILLE
is one of today's most successful and prominent documentary filmmakers.
Episode # 51 April 21, 2020
$80 million of fake art - HotDocs 2020
Producer Director
BARRY AVRICH
Episode # 48. Mar 9, 2020
Marion Stokes recorded 30 years of tv
and MATT WOLF archived her life and videos.
Episode # 45 Dec 14, 2019
"APOLLO 11"
OSCAR SHORT LIST
Producer Director Editor
TODD DOUGLAS MILLER
Episode # 42 October, 2019
22 New original documentaries each season
19 Emmys, 10 Oscar noms, 16 Peabodys
Independent Lens Executive Producer
LOIS VOSSEN
Episode # 39 Sept 10, 2019
"THIS IS NOT A MOVIE"
Director Yung Chang and the subject of his doc,
journalist Robert Fisk.
Episode # 52 April 23, 2020
"911 Kids"
HotDocs 2020
STEVE GAMESTER & ELIZABETH ST. PHILIP
Episode # 49 Mar 13, 2020
Photographic Orchestra Conductor
RICK SMOLAN
Episode # 46 Jan 3, 2020
Oscars, Emmys, HBO and MTV
Executive Producer
SHEILA NEVINS
Episode # 43 November 2019
Executive Director of the
International Documentary Association
SIMON KILMURRY
Episode # 40 Sept. 12, 2019
"Where's My Roy Cohn?"
new feature documentary by
MATT TYRNAUR
Episode # 53
"PAHOKEE"
Stunning iportrait of four teens in rural Florida
PATRICK BRESNAN & IVETE LUCAS
Episode # 50 Mar 16, 2020
"Most important documentarian of our time."
ALEX GIBNEY
Episode # 47 Feb 12, 2020
"No one makes documentaries the way
DAVID SUTHERLAND
And perhaps no one ever will; the toll is too great."
Episode # 44 Nov 21, 2019
"FIRE IN PARADISE"
OSCAR SHORT LIST
Producer Director
DREA COOPER
Episode # 41 October 15, 2019
He came to L.A. with two ideas.
"Mike Wallace Is Here" and
"No One Saw a Thing"
AVI BELKIN
Episode # 36 July 22, 2019
"HONEYLAND"
OSCAR NOMINATION!
Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
Episode # 33 June 13, 2019
"Sea of Shadows"
He risked his life to try to save the planet
Director and Cinematographer
RICHARD LADKANI
Episode # 30 May 3, 2019
"Butterfly"
Hot Docs 2019
Director CASEY KAUFFMAN
Episode # 27 April 19, 2019
"PIPE DREAMS"
Hot Docs 2019
STACEY TENENBAUM
Episode # 37 August 27, 2019
Multimillion-dollar business from
user-genrated videos. Jukin Media CEO
JONATHAN SKOGMO
Episode #34 July 15, 2019
Netflix documentary series
"Making A Murderer"
Defense attorney
DEAN STRANG
Episode # 31 May 15, 2019
50 shows, 2500 episodes
Executive Producer
SCOTT STONE
Episode #28 April 25 2019
"Killing Patient Zero"
Hot Docs 2019
Director LAURIE LYND
Episode # 38 September 3, 2019
"COPPERS" premiered at TIFF
His 10th feature doc
ALAN ZWEIG
Episode # 35 July 26, 2019
OSCAR NOMINATION!
"FOR SAMA"
IDA Winner Best Feature
Episode # 32 May 19, 2019
Restoration of William Wyler WWII raw footage
"The Cold Blue" Producer-Director
ERIK NELSON
Episode # 29 May 3, 2019
"INSIDE LEHMAN BROTHERS"
Hot Docs 2019
Director JENNIFER DESCHAMPS
Episode # 24 March 8, 2019
He's on a mission to save the world
Oscar nominated
"Lifeboat"
SKYE FITZGERALD
Episode 21 October 11, 2018
RaMell Ross
Producer, Director, Cameraman
OSCAR NOMINEE
HALE COUNTY, THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
Episode 18 August 8, 2018
Doc feature about Oscar® winning filmmaker Hal Ashby "HAL"
AMY SCOTT
Episode #15 July 17, 2018
DGA Winner Best Doc!
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
TIM WARDLE
Episode # 12 May 9, 2018
Imax - The BIG Picture
Greg Macgillvray, Stephen Low,
Sean Philips, Mark Krenzien,
Episode #9 March 21, 2018
Show Me The Money:How to Get Grants
Toni Bell (IDA) Monika Navarro (ITVS)
Jonathan Skurnik (Filmmaker) author Morrie Warshawski
Episode #25 March 25, 2019
Hybrid, Producer, Director, Writer
"I Am Richard Pryor"
JESSE JAMES MILLER
Episode # 22 Nov 1, 2018
Director Writer
Anna Zamecka
Oscar Short List
"COMMUNION"
Episode # 19 August 23, 2018
EVP Non-Fiction and Alternate Programming
AMC and SundanceTV
ELIOT GOLDBERG
Episode # 16 - July 11, 2018
Producer, Director, Disruptor
We Live In Public to Mappelthorpe
ONDI TIMONER
Episode #13 May 22, 2018
National Geographic Channel
Vice President of Development
CHARLILE PARSONS
Episode #10 April 3, 2018
The Making of the Netflix Documentary series
"Shot In The Dark"
Jeff Daniels, Tom Djokaj, Howard Raishbrook
Episode # 26 April 14, 2019
HotDocs 2019
"There Are No Fakes"
JAMIE KASTNER
Episode #23 November 18, 2018
Director feature Documentary
Michael Dweck
THE LAST RACE
Episode 20 LIVE August 29th
Different paths to Documentary Distribution
JAMES SWIRSKY, LISANNE PAJOT
and BRADLEY OLSEN
Episode #17 July 17, 2018
What do Robin Williams, Richard Pryor,
Roman Polanski, and ESPN have in common?
MARINA ZENOVICH
Episode #14 June 13, 2018
PBS American Masters
Series Executive Producer
MICHAEL KANTOR
Episode # 11 April 18, 2018
Hot Docs at HotDocs
Five directors at the largest doc
film festival in North America.
Episode # 6 February 20, 2018
STEVE JAMES
"Hoop Dreams" and "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail"
Episode 7 March 7, 2018
The Business of Online
Tom Antos, Josh Enobakhare,
Brandon Li. Erik Naso
Episode #8 March 10, 2018
Oscar Documentary Winner How he won
FRANK STIEFEL
Episode # 3 January 23, 2018
Oscar Documentary Short Nominees
Laura Checkoway, Edith+Eddy
Frank Stiefel, Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Thomas Lennon, Knife Skills
Elaine McMillion, Heroin(e)
Episode #4 Jan 18, 2018
Documentary short "Kayayo"
director Mari Bakke Riise and the complete 32 minute film.
Episode #5 Feb 6, 2018
Licensing Clips: Do's and Dont's
Lisa Callif, attorney at Donaldson + Callif
Jonathan Chinn, Exec Producer, Lightbox, LA '92
Steve Kozak, AMCUP
Jason Teichman, CEO of Pond5
Episode # 1 December 5, 2017
PROMOTING YOUR DOC to OSCAR VOTERS
Chuck Braverman, Moderator
Julie Goldman, Producer
Scott Feinberg, Hollywood Reporter
David Magdael, PR Guru
David Oyer, AMPAS
Episode # 2 January 9, 2018
DISTRIBUTION CHOICES
Richard Abramowitz, Abramorama
Cristine Dewey, ro*co films
Orly Ravid, The Film Collaborative
Jonathan Dana, Code Entertainment
Chuck Braverman, Moderator
