Unit+6+Directors+and+Key+People

=Unit 6 Directors and Key People=


 * Bruce Brown-** Director of "On Any Sunday" which was a documentary which told the stories of different professional motorcycle races in the 1970's. He is best known for his surf film "Endless Sumer". Brown narrates his own film, often doing it live in an old style movie theater. His son, Dana Brown, also became a director/narrator making award winning documentaries such as "Dust to Glory" and "Step Into Liquid." Used voice-of god narration in his documentaries, is never seen on camera.


 * Dana Brown-** An American filmmaker who is the son of Bruce Brown (filmmaker). He made footage from The Endless Summer and made interviews from the cast. He, like his father, directed and narrated the documentary "Dust to Glory" about professional motorcycle racers competing in the annual Baja 1000 in Baja California, Mexico in 2005. His recent movies include Highwater (2009), which follows the life of the surfers in North Shore who compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.


 * Michael Moore-** Director of documentary films such as Sicko (2007) and Fahrenheit ( based on the events during 9/11) (2004). Sicko is currently the 4th highest grossing documentary of all time. Has directed many controversial documentaries, most about corrupt politics and greedy business corporations. He won the Academy Award for Best Documentary feature in 2002 for his film "Bowling For Columbine", about gun violence throughout America. He is known for his intense bias and has been criticized for only showing one side of issues. Has directed and hosted many tv shows both in the U.S. and th UK, directed music videos, starred in a few television shows, wrote/co-wrote 8 nonfiction books.


 * Stacy Peralta -** An American director and entrepreneur who was a professional skater with the Z-Boys. Directed "Dogtown and Z-Boys" from 2001, which won an award at the Sundance Film Festival. Dogtown and Z-Boys had both primary and secondary sources, and archival footage that showed the Z-Boys when they were young and how they skated which could not have been rerecorded new. Peralta was a famous skater, part of the Zephyr surf/skate team that grew to fame in the late 1970s. He now owns and runs the Powell skateboard company. He has designed many skateboards and created several tricks that were revolutionary at the time. He has now made a career for himself and solely a director and producer and has directed commercials for companies, such as Burger King.


 * Luc Jacquet -** a French film Director from Paris. He wrote and Directed March of The Penguins, which won an oscar for best documentary feature. Born 1967 on December 5th.

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