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Filmography

AS DIRECTOR / D.P.

SARAH PALIN:  YOU BETCHA
Feature doc co-directed with Nick Broomfield for Channel 4 (UK)
Nominations: Crystal Arrow at Les Arcs European Film Festival
AILEEN:  LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER
Feature doc co-directed with Nick Broomfield for HBO/Channel 4
Awards: Tribeca Film Festival, Amnesty International DOEN Award
Nominations: IDA Award, European Film Award
ASYLUM
Doc about the criminally insane. Emmy nomination for HBO American Undercover
JUVENILE LIAISON 2
Feature doc co-directed with Nick Broomfield for Channel 4 (U.K.)
Revisited subjects of 1975 film on a controversial crime deterrent program in the north of England.
ONE GENERATION MORE
Feature doc directed and shot for BBC
About an Estonian Jewish family rediscovering their roots after 50 years of Soviet oppression
LILY TOMLIN
Feature doc co-directed and produced with Nick Broomfield for PBS/Channel 4
Focuses on the evolution of comedienne’s Broadway hit, ‘Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.’ Shown widely theatrically throughout the U.S. & at numerous festivals.
SOLDIER GIRLS
Feature doc co-directed and produced with Nick Broomfield for PBS/Channel 4
Focuses on women going through basic training.
Awards: BAFTA for Best Feature Length Documentary, Prix Italia, First Prize Sundance F.F., Blue Ribbon American F.F.
TATTOOED TEARS
Feature doc co-directed and produced with Nick Broomfield for PBS/Channel 4
About California Youth Authority maximum security prison
Awards: Dupont Columbia Award for Outstanding Journalism, California State Bar for Distinguished Reporting
JUVENILE LIAISON
Documentary co-directed and produced with Nick Broomfield for BFI
Focuses on police in U.K. dealing with juvenile offenders, banned in the U.K.
JIMI PLAYS BERKELEY
Feature film shot, directed and co-produced, now a cult-classic about Jimi Hendrix
SYLVIA, FRAN & JOY
Film about women’s roles shot and directed for PBS

SELECTED CINEMATOGRAPHY CREDITS

AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS
Co-producer & D.P., director Ken Rosenberg for PBS Independent Lens
THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS
Feature doc directed by Barbara Kopple for YouTubeRed
TO BEGIN THE WORLD OVER AGAIN:  THE LIFE OF THOMAS PAINE
TV movie, D.P. with Haskell Wexler
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
Doc directed by Rory Kennedy for PBS American Experience
CITIZEN KOCH
Feature doc directed by Tia Lessin & Carl Deal
INVENTING DAVID GEFFEN
Directed by Susan Lacy for PBS American Masters
ROLF HARRIS PAINTS HIS DREAM
TV doc directed by Vikram Jayanti for BBC4 Arena
SNOWBLIND
Feature doc on Rachael Scdoris, 22 year old blind Iditarod racer for Discovery
COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL
feature doc directed by Ron Mann
DIXIE CHICKS: SHUT UP & SING
Feature doc directed by Barbara Kopple
LETTING GO OF GOD
Feature doc directed by Julia Sweeney
HIS BIG WHITE SELF
Feature doc directed by Nick Broomfield – a look at what has become of the Boers
RAIN IN A DRY LAND
Feature doc directed by Anne Makepeace, following 2 Somali Bantu families’ U.S. resettlement
RATED R: REPUBLICANS IN HOLLYWOOD
TV doc, directed by Jesse Moss about Arnold Swartznegger on campaign trail, for A&E
BIGGIE & TUPAC
Feature doc directed by Nick Broomfield
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Feature doc directed by Pennebaker/Hegedus
DOMELESS IN SEATTLE
TV doc on Kingdome implosion, directed by Mike Rossiter for TLC/BBC
KURT & COURTNEY
Feature doc directed by Nick Broomfield
PUNISHMENT PARK
Feature film directed by Peter Watkins
GIMME SHELTER
Feature doc by Maysles Brothers about Rolling Stones’ concert in Altamont
PUMPING IRON (I & II)
Feature docs about body building in which the world meets Arnold Schwarznegger
AN AMERICAN FAMILY
12-part seminal vérité series on the Loud family in Santa Barbara for PBS