Although surfing has been around for 1,500 years, its documentation on film didn't crystallize until the 1950s, when such California-based wave-riders
Music

A review of 'Playing to the Camera: Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema.'

Editor’s Note: On September 28 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles, IDA will present Alex Gibney in conversation with Turner Classic Movies

This past year has been a watermark year for documentarians, with documentaries moving more and more into the mainstream of public awareness and

Over the next month, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work is represented in the DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary

Also: Features on 'Rize'; 'School of Rock'; Al Wasserman, 1921-2005

Editor's Note: What follows is the edited version of a chapter from Selling Your Film without Selling Your Soul, by The Film Collaborative, Jon Reiss

I recently completed the score for a wonderful film of which I was proud to be part. The filmmakers and I collaborated for months, working each cue

After scoring a hit with Grizzly Man and garnering a standing ovation at the Toronto Film Festival screening of Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, Lions