The Oscar-nominated documentary writer, producer, editor and director has been tapped for the second day address at the Los Angeles event. By Alex Ben Block Kirby Dick - P 2012 The film producer, ...

In the latest edition of Westdoc Online, host and executive producer Chuck Braverman talks to Patrick Reynolds, director and producer of a new feature doc centered on U.S. radio personality, actor and ...

In a change of pace for the long-running interview series, Westdoc Online dipped its toe into discussions of reality TV in its newest episode. Realscreen is partnering with filmmaker and executive ...

A film on the life and adventures of burlesque performer Tempest Storm — an 85-year-old dancer who passed through the orbits of Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy — won a $7,500 prize at this week’s ...

For documentary filmmakers, getting a movie in the can is never without its share of obstacles, whether that means shooting in unforgiving environments, getting access to hard-to-reach subjects or ...

It’s time for a trade conference for producers of documentaries that is designed by producers. If you’ve been in the business for the past decade or so, you may well agree that the limited focus of ...

SANTA MONICA: The documentary producer and filmmaker R.J. Cutler, who is behind the high-profile feature The September Issue, will be a guest keynote speaker at the inaugural WESTDOC documentary and ...

The WESTDOC PitchFest 2012 competition was won by Ridgewood, N.Y. filmmaker Erinnisse Heuer for her documentary 'Spirit/Will/Loss,' announced Wed., Sept. 12 by Chuck Braverman and Richard Propper, ...

"Jumped the Shark" may be the most famous thing Fred Fox, Jr. has ever written and in a way he didn't even write it-- not that phrase exactly. Fox is the Happy Days writer behind the now infamous ...

The third annual Westdoc West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference opens Sept. 9 in Culver City with screenings of “Jason Becker, Not Dead Yet,” “Off Label” and “Big Boys Gone Bananas!*.” The ...

Westdoc co-founders Richard Propper and Chuck Braverman are gearing up for the conference’s fourth edition at the Landmark cinemas in West Los Angeles. The West Coast docu and unscripted conference, ...