FILMS + SERIES [selected]
The Antidote
Director/Producer (with John Hoffman). Award-winning feature doc exploring civility and decency during our uncivil times. 5-Star rating on Amazon. 2020. www.theantidotemovie.com
Joe's Violin
Director/Producer. Academy Award-nominated, award-winning short doc about a violin that connects two strangers born 80 years apart. 2016. www.JoesViolin.com
The Me You Can't See
Executive Producer/Story Director. Doc series exploring global mental health issues and solutions with Oprah and Prince Harry. For Harpo and Radical Media. AppleTV+. 2021.
Debunking Borat
Director. Six documentary shorts in which Borat's two roommates have their theories debunked by some of the world's leading experts. WGA award winner. WIth Story Syndicate and Four By Two Films. Amazon. 2021.
The New Yorker Presents
Executive Producer/Showrunner. Series based on content from the legendary The New Yorker magazine. Premiered 2016 Sundance Film Festival. With Jigsaw Productions for Amazon Prime. 2016.
Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders
Co-Director/Executive Producer/Showrunner. True crime docu-series about the Clutter family murders, made famous by Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. With Joe Berlinger and Radical Media For SundanceTV. 2018.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Co-Executive Producer. Groundbreaking, award-winning topical late-night news satire hosted by Jon Stewart. Eleven Emmy and three Peabody Awards. Comedy Central. 1996-2015.
Making Dazed
Director/Producer/Sound Recordist. Behind-the-scenes of and a look back on the making of Richard Linklater's cult classic Dazed and Confused. AMC. Available on the Criterion Collection.The YouTube bootleg below has almost 2 million views. 2005.
Night of Too Many Stars
Executive Producer/Director Short Films for HBO live broadcast with comedians and other stars raising money for autism services and education. Emmy-nominated. EP'd seven shorts, directed two including the one below. 2017.