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Documentary Filmmaking

Documentary filmmaking requires collecting hours of film footage before the real writing begins in the editing room. Learn from the pros with our interviews of documentarians!

Documentary Filmmaking

INTERVIEW: Academy Award-Nominated Producer Rosalie Varda Discusses Her Documentary Film, "Varda by Agnès," Collaborating with Her Mother and Preserving Agnès Varda’s Legacy

INTERVIEW: 63 UP Director Michael Apted

INTERVIEW: Born to Be Documentary Director Tânia Cypriano

Filmmaker Rodney Evans Discusses His New Documentary Vision Portraits

Susan Kouguell Speaks with Filmmaker Sam Green About His Live Documentary A Thousand Thoughts

INTERVIEW: Searching for Ingmar Bergman Director Margarethe von Trotta

INTERVIEW: Director of Monrovia, Indiana, Frederick Wiseman

Producing Documentaries: A Conversation with Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Barbara Multer-Wellin

INTERVIEW: Trey Ellis Shares Personal Insights Behind the HBO Martin Luther King Documentary, King in the Wilderness

Steve McQueen: American Icon... and Then Some

Susan Kouguell Speaks with Unrest Documentary Director Jennifer Brea and Producer Lindsey Dryden

Susan Kouguell Speaks to Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Joe Berlinger About Intent to Destroy

A Conversation with Actress Vanessa Redgrave on Her Debut Documentary Sea Sorrow at the New York Film Festival

A Conversation with Faces Places Documentary Filmmakers Agnès Varda and JR at the New York Film Festival

Susan Kouguell Talks with Motherland Documentary Filmmaker Ramona Diaz

Behind the Scenes of BIG SONIA: A Small Story Writ Large in Film

Susan Kouguell Interviews 'The Reagan Show' Filmmaker Pacho Velez

Susan Kouguell Interviews ‘No Man’s Land’ Director David Garrett Byars at the Tribeca Film Festival

Susan Kouguell Speaks with Filmmaker Agnès Varda

Susan Kouguell Interviews Director Jenny Gage on Documentary ‘All This Panic’

Susan Kouguell Interviews Director Tyler Hubby about his Documentary 'Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present'

Award-Winning Writer and Director Rosemary Rodriguez talks about her film 'Silver Skies' with Susan Kouguell

Susan Kouguell Talks to Brian David Cange, Producer of "Take My Nose... Please!"

SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Documentary 'A Way to Forgiveness' Writer/Director/Producer Erin R. Dooley

Academy Award®-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker, Carl Deal, Talks 'Citizen Koch' & 'Michael Moore in TrumpLand'

SHORT CIRCUIT: Documentary - Use Your Voice!

Inspiring Storytelling and Insights from the Filmmakers at the Tribeca Film Festival's Documentary Shorts: 'New York Then' Program

A Conversation with Sheila Nevins President HBO Documentary Films

One-on-One @ The Writers Store: Q&A with Sadie Dean on Documentary Filmmaking

Tips for Writing the Music Documentary Film

Reenactments in Documentary Films: Is There an Authentic Truth in Documentary?

Writing the Documentary

Writing a Documentary Film With No Rules

Susan Kouguell Interviews: Academy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Allie Light

Going for the Oscar Gold: 2014 Nominations for Documentary Feature

Legally Speaking, It Depends – Writing Documentaries

An Army of Lovers: Inside the Inspirational Documentary 'Vito'

Writers on Writing: Documentary Filmmaker Kevin Knoblock