Dawn Porter had a couple of careers before she landed in documentary filmmaking-where she feels most at home. She was an attorney for BakerHostetler
Career Sustainability
Docuphiles know and love the elegant British director Michael Apted for his " Up" series, the ground-breaking British documentary project that, for 40
Shoestring budgets, borrowed equipment, deferred pay, intermittent and interminable production schedules—these have become the required ingredients in
In January 1999, The New York Times ran an article in its Arts and Leisure section entitled ''Female Directors Battle the Indie Boys Club,'' about the
A lesbian couple shares heartfelt feelings about motherhood. Scientists separate fact from fiction about the abilities of robots. A racecar driver
What advice do senior documentary filmmakers have for new filmmakers interested in pursuing internships and first jobs in documentary media? To
I’ve been an IDA member for a fifteen years, sat on the board for nine of them, and served as president in 1996. Looking back at the documentary world