Ron Lamothe (born 1968) is a
director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
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of documentary films and the founder of
Terra Incognita Films
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* Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess
* An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet
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.
In 2000, Lamothe began pre-production on ''The Political Dr. Seuss'', a documentary on the life and "political" works of
Theodor Geisel. In 2004, the documentary aired nationwide on
PBS
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as the season premiere of
Independent Lens
''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...
. It was subsequently nominated for a
George Foster Peabody Award in documentary television.
Starting in 2005, Lamothe spent two years shooting and editing his next documentary, ''
The Call of the Wild'', on the self-proclaimed "aesthetic voyager"
Christopher McCandless
Christopher Johnson McCandless (; February 12, 1968 – August 1992), also known by his pseudonym "Alexander Supertramp", was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. McCandless is the subject of '' Int ...
, a filmmaking odyssey that took him through thirty U.S. states, two Canadian provinces, and parts of Mexico.
Filmography
* ''
The Call of the Wild'' (2007)
* ''The Political Dr. Seuss'' (2004)
External links
Terra Incognita Films Official Site*
*
American film directors
Living people
1968 births
American documentary filmmakers
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