Documentaries about film directors

Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Martin scorsese, allison anders, kathryn bigelow, francis ford coppola. The greatest documentaries ever made, as voted by 103 directors including john akomfrah, michael apted, clio barnard, james benning, sophie fiennes, amos gitai, paul greengrass, jose guerin, isaac julien, asif kapadia, sergei loznitsa, kevin macdonald, james marsh, joshua oppenheimer, anand patwardhan, pawel pawlikowski, nicolas philibert, walter salles and james toback. Latin american female directors movies list on mubi. Tracing the ways patriotism and industry existed side by side, and the role hollywood played in mobilizing and shaping the consciousness of a divided america, bouzereau and his team gathered over 100 hours of archival and newsreel footage. Its one of the best documentaries of the decade, and in her new and equally astonishing film the kingmaker, she keeps her lens trained on all thats gold and glittery, but with far more. The 20 best historical documentaries on netflix paste. See our acknowledgements page for a full list of the voters. Pages in category documentary films about film directors and producers. In addition to the cousins film, documentaries likely to intrigue buyers at this years tiff. The directors of 10 of the years most outstanding documentaries.

Our panel of critics picks out the filmmakers who are leading the way. Home features 10 great documentaries about filmmaking. Here is a list of great documentaries about legendary movie directors of the xxth century. Hearing, watching, touching, smelling and tasting are the only doorways to the outer world. If you think any other documentary about a filmmaker should be on this list, or if you want to recommend any other film made by these directors, please leave your recommendations on the comments section below. Along with rachel grady, she founded loki films in 2001 and has collaborated on films. The story of cult film director alejandro jodorowskys ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel. Women made up 39 percent of directors behind the documentaries screening at highprofile film festivals like sundance and tribeca in the united states between 2011 to 2012, according to a. Since few doc branch members have the time to see all of the eligible titles, the savannah film festival, for the past three years, has offered a little bit of help by highlighting 10 standouts as. Film buffs will enjoy examples of how legendary scenes were staged and shot.

Focusing its camera on wisconsin suburbanite mark borchardt a mullet with a movie camera, director chris smiths droll documentary about a. Host molly crabapple, an artist and writer whose work has appeared in vice. We watch because we are fans of a certain movie or director. Knowledge comes in different ways through our five senses. So, here are the 10 best documentaries about great filmmakers. The worlds 40 best directors the hollywood blockbuster may be in crisis, but the art of the cinema is as healthy as ever. How the story of hollywood directors in world war ii became a great netflix series documentarian laurent bouzereau and writer.

Top documentary films watch free documentaries online. The 10 best documentaries about great filmmakers taste. The directors son finally secured a theatrical release for the film in 2015. Filled with priceless footage of russell and his contemporaries. The 20 greatest documentary filmmakers of all time the 20 greatest documentary filmmakers of all time. Reportedly the force wakens was the first film in the new star wars trilogy, so we can expect some more excellent films like this in future directed by him. These are the 66 best documentaries of all time vogue. Tiff will screen a 14hour documentary on women directors that will rewrite film history. So when the maledominated film industry gets you down, check out 16 of the best femaledirected. These are all of our favorite documentaries that have come out this year, including sundance films and streaming hits. This was a landmark film for me because it made documentaries popular people who didnt normally watch documentary films watched this.

Documentaries about films, filmmaking and filmmakers imdb. Directors tim hetherington and sebastian junger gain unprecedented access to second platoon, battle company of the 173rd airborne brigade for over a year. A documentary film is a nonfictional, motion picture intended to document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record. The film is celebrated for fulfilling its makers intent to turn everything people thought they knew about dr. Documentary films about film directors and producers. No wonder the best movies about film making tend to be documentaries its harder to bs an audience about the process of. Getting more women behind the camera also means more documentaries about the sorts of topics that men might think are not compelling enough or capable of carrying a featurelength film. To coincide with the release, enjoy eight more of the best documentaries looking at the work of great directors behind the scenes. The focus of halal docs is to create documentaries of the highest international quality. Documentary films strictly speaking, are nonfictional, slice of life factual works of art and sometimes known as cinema verite. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. Terry gilliam might be the patron saint of put upon film directors.

Pages in category documentary films about film directors and producers the following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. With a new film about roger eberts last days, he continues his exploration of lives in transition. The 16 best documentaries by female directors on netflix. A man pretends to be mohsen makhmalbaf, the director of salaam cinema. Abrams has ranked fifth in our list of best directors working in hollywood today. Explore the nfbs vast documentary film collection by director or via curated features and watch new, timely and awardwinning canadian documentaries online. I fell in love with moviemovies, not documentaries. Alex gibney was born on october 23, 1953 in new york city, new york.

The documentary department is headed by olivia sophie van leeuwen, who is a partner of gijs kerbosch, roel oude nijhuis and gijs determeijer at halal. Overall at top documentary films you can find thousands of stunning, eyeopening and interesting documentaries. Why best documentary has become an oscar haven for female. This film documents a type of art that falls under the category of pornography in a broader sense. A documentary on woody allen that trails him on his movie sets and follows him back to brooklyn as he visits his childhood haunts. When young french director francois truffaut spoke to the wise, provocative alfred hitchcock for eight days in 1962, cinema history was made. Critics have called the film one of the best and most searching documentaries ever made about an actor. Film directors possess ultimate creative control over their projects, be they featurelength films, documentaries, or other formats.

Tiff will screen a 14hour documentary on women directors. The top 10 greatest documentary directors of all time 1. Film directors have control over selecting scripts, input if. Top 10 best directors working in hollywood today wonderslist. Help bring programs like independent lens to your pbs station. The 15 best documentaries about making a film the film stage february 25, 2015 the blood, sweat, and tears that go into creating a film are not often publicized around its release, but for some features we eventually get a peek behind the curtain or rather, the camera.

Documentary has been described as a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries. Steve james has captured revealing personal moments in documentaries like hoop dreams and the interrupters. Choose one that suits your interest through navigation system of tdf, watch it, and tell us how it was through comments. For many years, as films became more narrativebased, documentaries branched out and took many forms since their early beginnings some of. Charles ferguson was born on march 24, 1955 in san francisco, california. There are a lot of great male directors of course, i was asking. Narrated by sydney pollack, film critic richard schickels dazzling twohour plus documentary to one of the towering figures in film. War documentaries this intimate are rare and that is why it is such a moving, heartbreaking, and patriotic film. Savenokgetty images, caroline wurtzel bustle julia reichert, 73 american factory, codirectorwhen directors julia reichert and steven bognar set out. More female documentary directors, but celluloid ceiling. List of directors and producers of documentaries wikipedia.

The 20 greatest documentary filmmakers of all time taste. Theres something meta about watching a documentary on filmmaking. Watch the best african documentaries online, as chosen by africas best filmmakers and the worlds best documentary awards and websites. The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total.

Documentaries about cinema, directors and actors imdb. A documentary film jim butterworth seoul train lesley chilcott waiting for superman, an inconvenient truth, codegirl, a small section of the world matthew cooke how to make money selling drugs merian c. Documentary directors talk challenges at savannah film. Documentaries about film directors list challenges.

According to our visitors these are the most valuable works in our vast library of nonfiction films. Great directors discuss filmmaking making it in hollywood part 1. Martin scorsese describes his initial and growing obsession with films from the 1940s and 50s as the art form developed and grew with clips from classics and cult classics. Pioneering women of documentary film independent lens.

Actually, female directors are dominating in documentaries. A collection of visionary director david lynchs short films from the first 29 years of his career is accompanied by a special introduction to each film by the director himself. Thankfully, there are a ton of documentaries on netflix in spring 2020 that you can stream right now to take your mind off things because while watching cheer for the umpteenth time is great. They created this 30 min film to highlight what the psu community does to change the world and the boustany film company, llc donated a portion of the proceeds of the film to help children with pediatric cancer with the four diamonds fund and penn states thon. He insinuates himself into a familys life out of loneliness, to make. Top documentaries on directors dogwoof documentary.