Frederick Wiseman Dead: Oscar-Winning Documentarian Was 96
Frederick Wiseman, the pioneering documentary filmmaker whose penetrating, observational depictions of public institutions raised ethical issues and provoked social examination,…
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Apocalypse in the Tropics Documentarian on Christian Nationalism, Jan. 6
One might assume that an Oscar-contending 2025 documentary that features footage of citizens storming a government building in their nation’s…
Documentarian, Modern-Day Indiana Jones Was 89
Nicholas Clapp, a documentarian, author and amateur archaeologist who studied, filmed and wrote about the deserts of the world as…
Marcel Ophuls, ‘Sorrow and the Pity’ Documentarian, Dies at 97
Ophuls was also behind the influential docs ‘Hotel Terminus,’ ‘A Sense of Loss,’ ‘The Memory of Justice’ and ‘Veillees d’armes.’…
Marcel Ophuls, ‘Sorry and the Pity’ Documentarian, Dies at 97
Ophuls was also behind the influential docs ‘Hotel Terminus,’ ‘A Sense of Loss,’ ‘The Memory of Justice’ and ‘Veillees d’armes.’…
Sacha Jenkins Dead: Journalist Turned Documentarian
Sacha Jenkins, the journalist and filmmaker, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. According to reports, Jenkins was 54. Born…