Twenty-five long-format documentary films in under a month. That was the deal. No pay. Imagine that. All you get for the effort is the prestige that
Inside the IDA
IDA Founder Linda Buzzell tells the story of how IDA began.
Michael Lumpkin recently took the reins as IDA’s new executive director, following a distinguished 25-year tenure at Frameline, the well-regarded San
In 1982, shortly after Linda Buzzell founded the IDA, she invited me to run for the board of directors, with the cheerful promise that it would
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One of the fonder memories in my 40 years as a filmmaker is the time I spent in 1994 and 1995 as President of the International Documentary
I first encountered IDA Founder Linda Buzzell's “baby” shortly after it was born. I had recently returned to Los Angeles after 14 years in New York
The IDA wants YOU! The IDA is embarking upon an exciting and valuable new program to document the lives and careers of documentary filmmakers—an oral
Having been present at the creation of the IDA in 1982, I am today not only proud and grateful at receiving this new award, but proud of the current
It might be argued that the 1990s was a Golden Age for documentaries. Certainly, the number of worldwide television distribution outlets, and hence