''Death on the Job'' is a 1991

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directed by

Bill Guttentag Bill Guttentag is an American dramatic and documentary film writer-producer-director. His films have premiered at the Sundance, Cannes, Telluride and Tribeca film festivals, and he has won two Academy Awards. Career Guttentag won an Oscar for ...

. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Feature. It aired on HBO as an episode of ''

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''.

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Direct Cinema Limited Mitchell Block (born c. 1950) is an American filmmaker, primarily a producer of documentary films. He was executive producer of the 2000 short documentary film '' Big Mama'', which won Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 73rd Academy Awards ...

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