Carl Deal is an American documentary filmmaker and journalist. He is the producer and director of the films ''

Trouble the Water ''Trouble the Water'' is a 2008 documentary film produced and directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. The film portrays a young couple surviving Hurricane Katrina, leading them to face their own troubled past during the storm's aftermath, in a c ...

'' and ''

Citizen Koch ''Citizen Koch'' is a 2013 film produced and directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, concerning the political influence of American plutocrats on the political process following the US Supreme Court decision in ''Citizens United v. FEC'' which grant ...

'', producer of

Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...

's ''

Where To Invade Next ''Where to Invade Next'' is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Michael Moore. The film, in the style of a travelogue, has Moore spending time in countries such as Italy, France, Finland, Tunisia, Slovenia, Germany, and Portu ...

'' and ''

Fahrenheit 11/9 ''Fahrenheit 11/9'' is a 2018 American documentary by filmmaker Michael Moore about the 2016 United States presidential election and presidency of Donald Trump up to the time of the film's release. The film is a follow-up to Moore's '' Fahren ...

'', and co-producer of '' Capitalism: A Love Story'' and ''

Fahrenheit 9/11 ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' is a 2004 American documentary film directed, written by, and starring filmmaker, director, political commentator and activist Michael Moore. The film takes a liberal, critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush, the w ...

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Career

Carl Deal directed and produced, together with

Tia Lessin Tia Lessin is an American documentary filmmaker. Lessin has produced and directed documentaries and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary. She co-directed the film ''The Janes ...

, the Oscar-nominated documentary ''

'', their feature debut. The film, which chronicles one remarkable couple’s survival of

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...

and their journey in its aftermath, was also honored with the 2008

Sundance A Sun Dance is a Native American ceremony. Sun dance or Sundance may also refer to: Places ;Canada *Sundance, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood *Sundance, Manitoba, a ghost town ;United States * Sundance, New Mexico, a census-designated place ...

Grand Jury Prize, and named Best Documentary Feature at the Full Frame Festival and the IFP/Gotham Independent Film Awards. A longtime collaborator of director

, Deal produced the anti-Trump epic ''

'', which opened in September 2018 on over 1800 screens in the US, the widest theatrical opening of any documentary to date. He previously produced Moore's ''

'', and co-produced '' Capitalism: A Love Story.'' He has contributed to many other films. Previously, as a broadcast news producer and journalist, Deal reported throughout the US,

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and in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. He is a graduate of Columbia University's journalism school, which awarded him its social justice prize, and has written investigative reports on environmental, civil and criminal justice for

Greenpeace Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth t ...

Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...

and

Public Citizen Public Citizen is a non-profit, progressive consumer rights advocacy group and think tank based in Washington, D.C., United States, with a branch in Austin, Texas. Lobbying efforts Public Citizen advocates before all three branches of the Unit ...

. Deal and his partner and collaborator,

, live and work in Brooklyn, New York.

Films

* ''

'' (2018), producer * '' Michael Moore In Trumpland'' (2016), producer * ''

'' (2015), producer * ''

'' (2013), director & producer * '' Capitalism: A Love Story'' (2009), co-producer * ''

'' (2008), director & producer * '' The War on Democracy'' (2007), archival producer * ''

'' (2004), co-producer * ''

Bowling for Columbine ''Bowling for Columbine'' is a 2002 documentary film written, produced, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Moore suggests are the primary causes for the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and other acts of gun ...

'' (2002), archival producer

References

External links

*
Trouble the Water Official Site
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