Documentary Filmmakers

Documentary filmmakers play an important role in the media world. They research areas of interest and their films often serve as a way to expose the wrongs of society or to educate people about a particular topic. Documentary filmmakers speak about the work they have done. They can give expert presentations to groups and organizations about the subjects of their films. 


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F. Gary Gary Filmmaker and Director

Gray is currently directing and producing the highly anticipated biopic Straight Outta Compton, which follows the birth of the gangsta rap group NWA. The film is produced by Gray (PGA), Dr. Dre and Ic... Read More

Gregory Nava Filmmaker

The couple, who studied filmmaking at the University of California at Los Angeles, had earlier collaborated on "The Confessions of Amans, " a tale of a tragic medieval love affair. "El Norte, " a film... Read More

Liz Garbus Documentary Filmmaker

Liz Garbus is one of America’s most celebrated young voices in documentary filmmaking. She is the co-founder of New York City’s Moxie Firecracker Films and has created award-winning documentaries for... Read More

Quincy Jones Filmmaker and Music Producer

Quincy Jones is a legendary American music producer, composer, and arranger who has worked with some of the biggest names in music throughout his career. Jones moved to Seattle with his family as a ch... Read More

Ruth Ozeki Author and Filmmaker

Ruth Ozeki is an award-winning filmmaker and novelist, whose work has been characterized by USA Today as "ardent and passionate...rare and provocative." Her first novel, My Year of Meats, a sexy, poig... Read More

Sanjay Patel Director and Filmmaker

Sanjay Patel is a supervising animator and storyboard artist at the Emeryville, California-based Pixar Animation Studios. Sanjay's Super Team, a Pixar short animated film that Patel directed, had its... Read More

Steven Spielberg Director, Producer, Writer

Steven Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Spielberg has countless big-grossing, critically acclaimed credits to his name, as produc... Read More

Tina McElroy Ansa Author, Novelist, Publisher, Filmmaker

Author, publisher, director, teacher, and journalist Tina McElroy Ansa also works in publishing and movies. She is a great storyteller, though. She describes herself as "one of those young Southern gi... Read More

Wanuri Kahiu African Filmmaker; Co-Founder of AFROBUBBLEGUM

Wanuri Kahiu is a filmmaker and the co-founder of a media firm that promotes, develops, and commissions humorous, aggressive, and frivolous African art. Kahiu has garnered several honors and nominatio... Read More

Alison Klayman Freelance Journalist, Filmmaker

Alison Klayman, a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker, began shooting her debut documentary feature, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, while living in China from 2006-2010. She followed the artist/ac... Read More