Charles Koppelman

Documentary Notebook is a weekly newsletter for people interested in the state of the genre, people behind the camera, and the process of making documentaries. I was struck this week by two stories, both having to do with creativity and originality. This is from the New Yorker by Hilton Als

Documentary Notebook is a weekly newsletter for people interested in the state of the genre, people behind the camera, and the process of making documentaries. Documentaries arrive, each in their own way. One film began after overhearing a comment at a meeting. For another, it was a tip from someone

Documentary Notebook is a weekly newsletter for people interested in the state of the genre, people behind the camera, and the process of making documentaries. For my Tom Girardi documentary film I have one hundred seventy-three sources in my database. They accumulated over the last five years from news reports,

Documentary Notebook is a weekly newsletter for people interested in the state of the genre, people behind the camera, and the process of making documentaries. Interview with the editor: not to be confused with Anne Rice's book, Interview with the Vampire, the TV series (2022) or the feature

First off, a big thanks to all the new subscribers. Welcome. Sunday is the Oscars. AKA, The 98th Academy Awards as presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Full disclosures: I’m not a member, have never attended, and never been nominated. I did once have a

Documentary Notebook is a weekly newsletter for people interested in the state of the genre, people behind the camera, and the process of making documentaries. First off, a big thanks to all my new subscribers, many of you from Doculink, a terrific place where documentary filmmakers share information. The documentary