Michael Tucker is an American documentary film director, best known for his recent documentary '' The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair''. He also directed a documentary in Iraq during the 2003 Iraqi War entitled ''

Gunner Palace ''Gunner Palace'' is a 2004 documentary film by Michael Tucker, which had a limited release in the United States on March 4, 2005. The film was an account of the complex realities of the situation in Iraq during 2003–2004 amidst the Iraqi insurg ...

''. He was born in Hawaii.

The Iraqi Experience

From May 2003 to June 2004 he traveled to

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 the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

numerous times during the height of the

Iraqi insurgency Iraqi insurgency may refer to: * Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), part of the Iraq War ** Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006), 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency ** Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), multi-sided civil war in Iraq * Iraqi insurgency (20 ...

for the purpose of putting together a documentary. For two months he lived with the 2/3 Artillery, a.k.a. "The Gunners" in one of

Uday Hussein Uday Saddam Hussein ( ar, عدي صدام حسين; 18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician and the eldest son of Saddam Hussein. He held numerous positions as a sports chairman, military officer and businessman, and was the head ...

's palaces where they were stationed. His film was aimed at capturing the lives and humanity of the soldiers who were situated in the center of

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

, one of the most volatile regions of the city. The film was co-directed by Petra Epperlein and distributed by

Palm Pictures Palm Pictures is a US-based entertainment company owned and run by Chris Blackwell. Palm Pictures produces, acquires and distributes music and film projects with a particular focus on the DVD-Video format. Palm places an emphasis on such pro ...

, with a release in the United States on March 4, 2005. He also co-directed a 16-minute short film called '' The Last Cowboy'' with Epperlein in 1998.

Filmography

* '' The Last Cowboy'' (1998; short film) * ''

'' (2004) * '' The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair'' (2006) * '' Bulletproof Salesman'' (2008) * '' How to Fold a Flag'' (2009) * '' Fightville'' (2010) * '' The Flag'' (2013) * ''Karl Marx City'' (2016)

External links

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Review of ''The Prisoner''
''Mother Jones'', March 22, 2007
Filmmaker website
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