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Dan Cogan
Dan Cogan is an American film producer. He has produced multiple documentary films including ''The Queen of Versailles'' (2012), ''How to Survive a Plague'' (2012), ''The Hunting Ground'' (2015), ''Icarus'' (2017), ''Won't You Be My Neighbor'' (2018), '' On the Record'' (2020), and has produced documentary series including ''I'll Be Gone in the Dark'' (2020), and '' Allen v. Farrow'' (2021). Cogan is the co-founder of Impact Partners, Gamechanger Films, and Story Syndicate. Cogan has won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for ''Icarus'' and ''The Apollo'' (2019), and has been nominated for two other Emmy awards. Career In 2007, Cogan co-founded Impact Partners a documentary film and television production company alongside Geralyn Dreyfous. Cogan has produced multiple films which have gone on to receive Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominations including ''Hell and Back Again'', directed by Danfung Dennis, ''How to Survive a Plague'' by David France, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Garbus
Elizabeth Freya Garbus (born April 11, 1970) is an American documentary film director and producer. Notable documentaries Garbus has made are ''The Farm: Angola, USA,'' ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib,'' ''Bobby Fischer Against the World,'' ''Love, Marilyn,'' ''What Happened, Miss Simone?,'' and ''Becoming Cousteau.'' She is co-founder and co-director of the New York City-based documentary film production company, The Story Syndicate. Early life and education Garbus grew up in New York City. She is the daughter of civil rights attorney Martin Garbus and writer, therapist, and social worker Ruth Meitin Garbus. Her family is Jewish. In 1992, Garbus graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history and semiotics from Brown University. Career While in high school, Garbus made a documentary about students' last day of school. Then while at Brown she took classes in video production. After college, Garbus worked as an intern at Miramax, eventually getting a job working for filmm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danfung Dennis
Danfung Dennis is a still photographer and documentary film maker. He graduated from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. His images have been published in ''Newsweek'', ''Time'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Guardian'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Le Figaro'', ''Financial Times'', ''Mother Jones'', ''Der Spiegel'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''. He won the Bayeux-Calvados Award For War Correspondents in 2010 and was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by ''Filmmaker'' magazine. He was also chosen as one of the 30 New and Emerging Photographers by ''Photo District News'' magazine. He photographed and directed his first feature-length documentary on the war in Afghanistan, ''Hell and Back Again''. The film premiered at the 2011 ''Sundance Film Festival'' and won both the World Cinema Jury Award and the World Cinema Cinematography Award. The film was nominated for a 2012 Academy Award The Academy Awards, better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry & Meghan
''Harry & Meghan'' is an American documentary series streaming on Netflix, starring Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The series has six parts and covers the couple's relationship from their early courtship to their decision to step back as working members of the British royal family and their subsequent activities. It also includes interviews with family, friends, historians, and journalists. The series was released in two volumes: three, one-hour episodes on December 8, 2022; and three more, one week later on December 15. It received mixed reviews from critics. According to BARB, it was the most-watched premiere for a Netflix show in 2022 in the United Kingdom. It holds the record for the biggest debut for a Netflix documentary with a total 81.6 million hours watched on its first four days of release, amounting to more than 28 million households. Cast Starring * Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex * Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Notable cameos * * Dori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Pete (film)
''Mayor Pete'' is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Jesse Moss. It follows Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, as he runs for President of the United States. It had its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 14, 2021. It was released on November 12, 2021, on Amazon Prime Video. Synopsis The Studebaker factory shut down in the early 1960s in South Bend. Since then the city had been in decline until Buttigieg becomes its mayor. The film follows Pete Buttigieg as he runs for the President of the United States, campaigning to become the country's first gay president. The film begins one year before the 2020 Iowa caucuses, which Buttigieg won, marking the peak of his presidential campaign. In April 2019, Buttigieg holds a press conference with Al Sharpton at the Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem. Sharpton says, "We have to deal with homophobia in all communities, including the black community, including the faith community." I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Los Angeles Times
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media. The awards were conceived by the National Association of Broadcasters in 1938 as the radio industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. Programs are recognized in seven categories: news, entertainment, documentaries, children's programming, education, interactive programming, and public service. Peabody Award winners include radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals from around the world. Established in 1940 by a committee of the National Association of Broadcasters, the Peabody Award was created to honor excellence in radio broadcasting. It is the oldest major electronic media award in the United States. Final Peabody Award winners are selected unanimously by the prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuclear Family (TV Series)
''Nuclear Family'' is an American documentary miniseries directed and produced by Ry Russo-Young. It follows Russo-Young's mothers as an unexpected lawsuit sends shockwaves throughout their family's lives. It consisted of 3 episodes and premiered on September 26, 2021, on HBO. Plot Sandra Russo and Robin Young have two children, Ry and Cade, each through a different sperm donor. Initially the relationship with the donors was pleasant, until one of them sued for paternity and visitation rights. Episodes Production Ry Russo-Young had wanted to tell her story of her childhood for many years, and initially wanted to make a narrative film about her experience, but instead decided to make a documentary. She initially decided against making a documentary, feeling it would be a "me-and-my problems movie". Russo-Young had been shooting footage of her family over the course of 15–20 years. Russo-Young and her editors went through footage of her childhood and material documenting the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fourth Estate (TV Series)
''The Fourth Estate'' is a four-part 2018 documentary series about ''The New York Times'' coverage of the White House, directed by Liz Garbus. A 90-minute version was shown on April 28, 2018 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was followed by a panel discussion with Dean Baquet, Elisabeth Bumiller, Julie Davis, Mark Mazzetti, Liz Garbus, and Jenny Carchman. The opening sequence is scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross; the series features variations of songs from Reznor's ''Ghosts I-IV''. The series was released by Showtime a month later. It combines running office footage with interviews of investigative reporters and their bosses as they go about their work. The title of the series comes from the common term " the Fourth Estate" for the press' role as independent watchdog keeping an eye on the government. The choice of title can be seen as an ironic comment to Trump's statement at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 24, 2017, that much of the news media is "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First given out in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the " Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to other sectors of the television industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards generally air every September, on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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