Moira Demos is an
Emmy Award
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winning American
filmmaker
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, producer and
editor
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. Demos rose to prominence with her
documentary ''
Making a Murderer
''Making a Murderer'' is an American true crime documentary television series written and directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos. The show tells the story of Steven Avery, a man from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who served 18 years in pris ...
'' which she co-directed with filmmaker
Laura Ricciardi
Laura Ricciardi (1969/1970) is an American filmmaker, producer and editor. Ricciardi is known for the documentary television series ''Making a Murderer,'' which she co-directed with filmmaker Moira Demos, in a process that took 10 years to comple ...
, in a process that took 10 years to complete.
Film career
Before working as a director Demos worked frequently as a film editor and an electrician on the set of films. She is credited as an electrician for the film ''
Pollock
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'' based on painter Jackson Pollock's life, and is also credited as an additional electrician on the film ''
You Can Count on Me''.
''Making a Murderer''
In 2005 Demos and
Laura Ricciardi
Laura Ricciardi (1969/1970) is an American filmmaker, producer and editor. Ricciardi is known for the documentary television series ''Making a Murderer,'' which she co-directed with filmmaker Moira Demos, in a process that took 10 years to comple ...
read the article "Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime" in ''
The New York Times
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''.
Fascinated by
Steven Avery
Steven Allan Avery (born July 9, 1962) is an American convicted murderer from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who had previously been wrongfully convicted in 1985 of sexual assault and attempted murder. After serving eighteen years of a thirty-tw ...
's case, they rented a car and borrowed a camera and began filming the day after they arrived in Wisconsin.
The series premiered on
Netflix
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in December 2015 to positive reviews. Review aggregator site
Metacritic
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awarded it a score of 85 out of 100, indicating majority positive reviews.
Demos went on to win four Emmys for her work on ''
Making a Murderer
''Making a Murderer'' is an American true crime documentary television series written and directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos. The show tells the story of Steven Avery, a man from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who served 18 years in pris ...
'':
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series,
Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming, and
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming which she shared with Ricciardi and the Emmy for
Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming which she won on her own.
In 2018 Demos and Ricciardi released a second season of ''
Making a Murderer
''Making a Murderer'' is an American true crime documentary television series written and directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos. The show tells the story of Steven Avery, a man from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who served 18 years in pris ...
''.
Personal life
Demos is in a long-term relationship with director
Laura Ricciardi
Laura Ricciardi (1969/1970) is an American filmmaker, producer and editor. Ricciardi is known for the documentary television series ''Making a Murderer,'' which she co-directed with filmmaker Moira Demos, in a process that took 10 years to comple ...
.
She graduated from
Columbia University
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in 1996.
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American documentary filmmakers
LGBT film directors
American film editors
Living people
American women film editors
American women documentary filmmakers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Columbia College (New York) alumni
21st-century American women