Documentarians

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Documentarians

Alex Hauger
Eugene Jarecki
An American author
and documentary
filmmaker
Some of his work
includes : Addiction,
The Trials of Henry
Kissinger,
Freakonomics and
Reagan
Louis Theroux
English journalist and
broadcaster who is best
known for his
documentaries.
Some of his most notable
works are : The Most Hated
Family in America, The City
Addicted to Crystal Meth,
Under the Knife, TV Nation
and Miami Mega Jail.

Errol Morris
An American film
director. He is ranked in
the top 40 best active
directors.
Some of his work
includes: The Thin Blue
Line, A Brief History of
Time, Tabloid and Fast,
Cheap and Out of
Control
James Marsh
A British film director
best known for directing
the cult film Wisconsin
Death Trip.
He has many other noted
documentaries such as
Man on Wire, Project
Nim and the upcoming
movie The Theory of
Everything.
Lucy Walker
She is a British documentary
maker and has received
many nominations for an
Academy award.
Some of her best work
includes: Devils Playground,
Blindsight, Waste Land,
Count Down to Zero and The
Crash Reel
Barbara Kopple
She is an American film
director known
primarily for her
documentary work.
Her work includes:
Winter Soldier, Beyond
JFK, Fallen Champ,
Bearing Witness,
Running from Crazy,
Havoc and Century of
Women
Jessica Yu
She is an American film
director, producer and
editor.
Her work includes: Last
Call at the Oasis,
Protagonist, In the
Realms of the Unreal
and Breathing Lessons
Morgan Spurlock
He is an American
documentary filmmaker,
humorist, television
producer, screenwriter and
political activist
His best known
documentaries include
Supersize me, Where in the
World is Osama Bin Laden,
One Direction: This is Us and
POM Wonderful Presents.
Sebastian Junger
An American journalist and
filmmaker. His most notable
works are his award
winning chronicles of war in
Afghanistan in the
documentary films Restrepo
and Korengal.
Ron Mann
He is a Canadian
documentary film director
focusing primarily on
aspects of Canadian and
American popular culture.
His films include: Imagine
the Sound, Poetry in
Motion, The Twist, Dream
Tower, Grass
Albert and David Maysles
They were an American documentary
filmmaking team
Their work includes: Salesman, Gimmi
Shelter, Grey Gardens and Islands
Michael Moore
He is an American filmmaker,
author, journalist and political
activist. He directed and
produced Fahrenheit 9/11
which was the highest grossing
documentary of all time. Some
of his other work includes:
Bowling for Columbine, Sicko,
Slacker Uprising and The Awful
Truth.

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