Although I have produced three live action shorts and two feature films, this is my first documentary, and my first project as a director. Like many
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At the 9th annual World Congress of Science Producers, held in Washington, DC in October, some 315 delegates from 20 countries attended panels whose
You dream of a unique opening shot for your documentary—say, an elephant giving birth in a safari park. Initially it sounds great, but then reality
In the last decade scientists have made more remarkable discoveries involving the secret inner-workings of the human brain than in the previous 90
The mantra of 2001 was that the events of September 11 changed the way we see the world. For filmmakers, broadcasters and the viewing public
When we consider the long history of war correspondents, we think of Edward R. Morrow, Peter Arnett, Sydney Schanberg, Chrstine Ananpour, among many
Virtually every documentary filmmaker hopes that the meaningful slices of history they have captured will be saved for posterity. For Steven Lighthill
To grasp the importance of private foundation support for documentary film, one has only to read the long lists of funders in the final credits of
Driving down Melrose Ave. on a warm August day, one couldn’t miss the distinctive bright banners of the Hollywood Film Festival flanking either side
In many ways, the making of my documentary My Khmer Heart appears to be the classic “success against all odds” story. One can suffer “survivor guilt”