Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers
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
Episode # 51 April 21, 2020
$80 million of fake art - HotDocs 2020
Producer Director
BARRY AVRICH
Episode # 52 April 23, 2020
"911 Kids"
HotDocs 2020
STEVE GAMESTER & ELIZABETH ST. PHILIP
Episode # 53
"PAHOKEE"
Stunning iportrait of four teens in rural Florida
PATRICK BRESNAN & IVETE LUCAS
Episode # 48. Mar 9, 2020
Marion Stokes recorded 30 years of tv
and MATT WOLF archived her life and videos.
Episode # 49 Mar 13, 2020
Photographic Orchestra Conductor
RICK SMOLAN
Episode # 50 Mar 16, 2020
"Most important documentarian of our time."
ALEX GIBNEY
Episode # 45 Dec 14, 2019
"APOLLO 11"
OSCAR SHORT LIST
Producer Director Editor
TODD DOUGLAS MILLER
Episode # 46 Jan 3, 2020
Oscars, Emmys, HBO and MTV
Executive Producer
SHEILA NEVINS
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 # 42 October, 2019
22 New original documentaries each season
19 Emmys, 10 Oscar noms, 16 Peabodys
Independent Lens Executive Producer
LOIS VOSSEN
Episode # 43 November 2019
Executive Director of the
International Documentary Association
SIMON KILMURRY
Episode # 44 Nov 21, 2019
"FIRE IN PARADISE"
OSCAR SHORT LIST
Producer Director
DREA COOPER
Episode # 39 Sept 10, 2019
"THIS IS NOT A MOVIE"
Director Yung Chang and the subject of his doc,
journalist Robert Fisk.
Episode # 40 Sept. 12, 2019
"Where's My Roy Cohn?"
new feature documentary by
MATT TYRNAUR
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 # 37 August 27, 2019
Multimillion-dollar business from
user-genrated videos. Jukin Media CEO
JONATHAN SKOGMO
Episode # 38 September 3, 2019
"COPPERS" premiered at TIFF
His 10th feature doc
ALAN ZWEIG
Episode # 33 June 13, 2019
"Sea of Shadows"
He risked his life to try to save the planet
Director and Cinematographer
RICHARD LADKANI
Episode #34 July 15, 2019
Netflix documentary series
"Making A Murderer"
Defense attorney
DEAN STRANG
Episode # 35 July 26, 2019
OSCAR NOMINATION!
"FOR SAMA"
IDA Winner Best Feature
Episode # 30 May 3, 2019
"Butterfly"
Hot Docs 2019
Director CASEY KAUFFMAN
Episode # 31 May 15, 2019
50 shows, 2500 episodes
Executive Producer
SCOTT STONE
Episode # 32 May 19, 2019
Restoration of William Wyler WWII raw footage
"The Cold Blue" Producer-Director
ERIK NELSON
Episode # 27 April 19, 2019
"PIPE DREAMS"
Hot Docs 2019
STACEY TENENBAUM
Episode #28 April 25 2019
"Killing Patient Zero"
Hot Docs 2019
Director LAURIE LYND
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 #25 March 25, 2019
Hybrid, Producer, Director, Writer
"I Am Richard Pryor"
JESSE JAMES MILLER
Episode # 26 April 14, 2019
HotDocs 2019
"There Are No Fakes"
JAMIE KASTNER
Episode 21 October 11, 2018
RaMell Ross
Producer, Director, Cameraman
OSCAR NOMINEE
HALE COUNTY, THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
Episode # 22 Nov 1, 2018
Director Writer
Anna Zamecka
Oscar Short List
"COMMUNION"
Episode #23 November 18, 2018
Director feature Documentary
Michael Dweck
THE LAST RACE
Episode 18 August 8, 2018
Doc feature about Oscar® winning filmmaker Hal Ashby "HAL"
AMY SCOTT
Episode # 19 August 23, 2018
EVP Non-Fiction and Alternate Programming
AMC and SundanceTV
ELIOT GOLDBERG
Episode 20 LIVE August 29th
Different paths to Documentary Distribution
JAMES SWIRSKY, LISANNE PAJOT
and BRADLEY OLSEN
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 # 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 #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
