Jessica Yu

Jessica Yu

female, 43 years old
Jessica Lingman Yu, Documentaryfilmmaker, Filmmaker, academy award winner, Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject, Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject…Documentary film
Jessica Lingman Yu (born 1966) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. A Yale University graduate, she has worked in both...
Joris Ivens

Joris Ivens

male, deceased (1989)
Documentaryfilmmaker, Magnitogorsk, Propaganda film director, Song of Hero, propaganda film, The Spanish Earth…Documentary film
Joris Ivens (November 18 1898-June 28 1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker and devout communist. He is generally respected as one of the...
Saul Landau

Saul Landau

male
American University, Latin Americanist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Pacifica Radio, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Emmy…Documentaryfilmmaker
Saul Landau was Director of Digital Media Programs and Hugh O. Bounty Chair of Applied Interdisciplinary Knowledge at California State Polytechnic...
Arthur Dong

Arthur Dong

male, 56 years old
San Francisco State University, LGBT Asian American, AFI Conservatory, Film Independent, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…Documentaryfilmmaker, Filmmaker
Arthur Dong (born October 30, 1953 in San Francisco, California) is an American documentary filmmaker. He is Chinese American and his work combines...
Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

male, 88 years old
Documentaryfilmmaker, English, Harvard University, Bedales School, Canary Islands, Dartington Hall…Documentary film, Filmmaker
Richard Leacock (born 18 July 1921, London) is a documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema. Leacock (known to his friends...
Aaron Russo

Aaron Russo

male
activist, Film Maker, Jewish American, political, Documentaryfilmmaker, film director
Aaron Russo is an entertainment businessman, film maker, and libertarian political activist.
Emile de Antonio

Emile de Antonio

male
tax resister, World War II, Point of Order, compilation film, Painters Painting, Rush to Judgment…documentary films, Documentaryfilmmaker
Emile de Antonio (1919-December 16, 1989) was a director and producer of documentary films, usually detailing political or social events circa...
Alanis Obomsawin

Alanis Obomsawin

female, 77 years old
First Nations artist, film director, Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation, Spudwrench – Kahnawake Man, My Name is Kahentiiosta, Rocks at Whiskey Trench…Documentaryfilmmaker
Alanis Obomsawin : Filmmaking with a focus on social justice Alanis Obomsawin (photo: National Film Board of Canada)Reference: Publication of the...

Michael Tucker

male
Documentaryfilmmaker, The Prisoner or How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair, director, film director, American, 2003 invasion of Iraq
Michael Tucker, an American documentary film director, was born in Seattle, Washington. He is currently best known for his recent documentary "The...
Kim Longinotto

Kim Longinotto

female
documentary, British, Documentaryfilmmaker, Documentary film, writer, film producer
Kim Longinotto is a British documentary maker, most famous for making films which highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or...