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About the DGA Documentary Committee

The mission of the Documentary Committee is to provide recommendations regarding creative and economic rights, enforcement of contractual and legal protections for documentary filmmakers. The Committee also coordinates events that support that mission.

Director

Marc

Levin

discusses An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th

Eastern Region Special Projects Documentary Series Screening in New York

Hear a podcast from Director Marc Levin on the making of his new film, An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th, and see photos of his conversation moderated by Director Alexandra Pelosi.

Director

Matt

Tyrnauer

discusses CARVILLE: Winning is Everything, Stupid

A Special Projects Documentary Series Screening

Hear a podcast from Director Matt Tyrnauer on the making of his new film, CARVILLE: Winning is Everything, Stupid, and see photos of his conversation moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Ondi Timoner.

Director

Irene

Taylor

discusses I Am: Celine Dion

A Special Projects Documentary Series Screening

Hear a podcast from Director Irene Taylor on the making of her new film, I Am: Celine Dion, and see photos of her conversation moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Ondi Timoner.

A Documentary Series Screening in NY

Hear a podcast from Director Yance Ford on the making of his new documentary, Power, and see photos of his conversation moderated by Director Kristi Jacobson.

Director

Lucy

Walker

discusses Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa

A Special Projects Documentary Series Screening

Hear a podcast from Director Lucy Walker on the making of her new film, Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, and see photos of her conversation moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Ondi Timoner.

Director

Steve

James

discusses A Compassionate Spy

A Special Projects Documentary Series Screening

Hear a podcast from Director Steve James on the making of his new documentary feature, A Compassionate Spy, and see photos of his conversation moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Ondi Timoner.

Director

Ondi

Timoner

discusses Last Flight Home

A Documentary Series Screening in NY

Hear a podcast from Director Ondi Timoner on the making of her new documentary, Last Flight Home, and see photos of her conversation moderated by by Director Susanna Styron.

Director

Lisa

Cortés

discusses Little Richard: I Am Everything

An Special Projects Documentary Series Screening

Hear a podcast from Director Lisa Cortés on the making of her documentary feature, Little Richard: I Am Everything, and see photos of her conversation moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Ondi Timoner.

Director

Miranda

Yousef

discusses Art for Everybody

A Documentary Series Screening in LA

Hear a podcast from Director Miranda Yousef on the making of her debut documentary feature, Art for Everybody, and see photos of her conversation moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Ondi Timoner.

discusses Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Special Projects Documentary Series Screenings

Hear a podcast from Director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson speaking about the making of his documentary feature, Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), and see photos of his conversations with moderators Ondi Timoner in Los Angeles and Amir Bar-Lev in New York.

Director

Davis

Guggenheim

discusses Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

A Documentary Series Screening in LA

Hear a podcast from Director Davis Guggenheim on the making of his new documentary feature, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, and see photos of his conversation moderated by DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Ondi Timoner.

Contact

Jennifer Peat
Special Assignments Executive (310) 289-5305
jpeat@dga.org

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Chuck

Workman

This is a Visual History Recording

Visual History Interview

Chuck Workman discusses his career as a director of the Academy Award-winning short film Precious Images (1986), feature-length documentaries Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) and Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990), and his early work as an editor of numerous commercials, feature film trailers and Academy Awards montages.

The

DGA

Interview:

Barbara

Kopple

Barbara Kopple

The pioneering documentarian, with an uncanny ability to gain her subjects’ trust, has repeatedly put herself at risk while leaving no stone unturned.

Michael

Apted

This is a Visual History Recording

Visual History Interview

Veteran feature and documentary film director and past-president of the DGA Michael Apted discusses his 45-plus year directorial career, highlighting his work on the Seven Up! documentary series, Coal Miners Daughter (1980), and Nell (1994) and reflecting on his presidency and Guild leadership over the years.

Shot

Remember: The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line

In the opening sequence of The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris enhances his quest for the truth with innovative, and controversial, style.

Steve

James

This is a Visual History Recording

Visual History Interview

Director Steve James recounts career highlights including the groundbreaking documentary Hoop Dreams and the six-year-long process to make the film, which led to directing narrative films like Prefontaine and critically-acclaimed documentaries like The Interrupters and Life Itself.

Mel

Stuart

This is a Visual History Recording

Visual History Interview

Mel Stuart (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Wattstax, Four Days in November) discusses his long and varied career as a director and producer of everything from fantastical musical pieces to hard-cutting political documentaries. Stuart shares his working philosophies, among them, his Five Rules to “making it” in the film industry.