Documentary Committee Members

Click on photos to view DGA member profiles.


Co-Chairs
James Moll
James Moll
Co-Chair
Alex Stapleton
Alex Stapleton
Co-Chair
Marina Zenovich
Marina Zenovich
Co-Chair
Director Members
Beallor_June
June Beallor
Berlinger_Joe
Joe Berlinger
Alison R. Chernick
Alison R. Chernick
Chilcott_Lesley
Lesley Chilcott
Creadon_Patrick
Patrick Creadon
Yance Ford
Yance Ford
Gandbhir_Geeta
Geeta Gandbhir
Gibney_Alex
Philip Alexander (Alex) Gibney
Heineman_Matthew
Matthew Heineman
Steve James
Steve James
Kenner_Robbie
Robbie Kenner
Mock_Freida
Freida Lee Mock
Neville_Morgan
Morgan Neville
Sam Pollard
Sam Pollard
Dawn Porter
Dawn Porter
Jacob Rosenberg
Jacob Rosenberg
SP Committee Photo
Ondi Timoner
Vasarhelyi_Chai
Chai Vasarhelyi
Lucy Walker
Lucy Walker
Committee Chairs
Michael Apted

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.

Mel Stuart

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.

Steve James

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.