Ben Proudfoot prefers to make documentaries that are short, not feature length, for the freedom it affords him. Without the burden of a feature-length budget to raid, or backers to whom he must answer, he can choose his subjects and tell their stories the way he wants to. It’s a philosophy that has resulted in… Read More »
T-REX — Sue Jaye Johnson Interview
Sue Jaye Johnson was photographing female boxers when she met Claressa Shields, the toughest teenager in America, It was 2011, and Johnson realized that one of the women in front of her camera would undoubtedly be competing in the 2012 Olympics, the first Olympics to include female boxing. When I interviewed her on May 4,… Read More »
Bennett Miller on FOXCATCHER
During a press day, it’s usually the publicist who gives the signal that time is up. In the case of Bennett Miller, though, he was concerned that the opening and closing of the door would interfere with the sound I was recording. That’s why he set a timer on his phone, and why at the… Read More »