
Birthday:
08-23-1952
(72 years)
Birthplace:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Biography
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Kirby Dick (born August 23, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for directing documentary films. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature for directing Twist of Faith (2005). He has also received numerous awards from film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival.
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Kirby Dick (born August 23, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for directing documentary films. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature for directing Twist of Faith (2005). He has also received numerous awards from film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival.
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Act like Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
event2006 star_border 7.1
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Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.
The Invisible War
Act like Self - Interviewer
event2012 star_border 7.2
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An investigative and powerfully emotional documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the institutions that perpetuate and cover up its existence, and its profound personal and social consequences.
Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate
Act like Self - Interviewer
event1986 star_border 4.4
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A documentary following a sex surrogate and two of her clients.
Forbidden Film: The Production Code Era
Act like Self
event2009
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This short documentary explores the history behind Hollywood's infamous "Production Code".
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Act like Interviewer
event1997 star_border 6.9
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The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn't live past 20, who through a unique odyssey of masochism, art and love found a way to live decades past his expiration date.
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 5.7
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Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
Outrage
Director (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 6.3
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An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the US.
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
Director (1 ep.)
event2022
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Jerry Lewis’s patented form of slapstick made him a 20th-century comedic icon. But former co-stars directors say he was a bully who sexually harassed—and in at least one case, sexually assaulted—women with impunity.
Twist of Faith
Director (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 6.6
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A man confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse as a boy by a Catholic priest only to find his decision shatters his relationships with his family, community and faith.
Derrida
Director (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6.5
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Documentary about French philosopher (and author of deconstructionism) Jacques Derrida, who sparked fierce debate throughout American academia.
A Decent Home
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6
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Mobile homes have long been an affordable option for people who struggle with the cost of other housing in the United States. But now the economy of mobile home parks is under threat as private equity firms are buying up properties and looking to squeeze more money out of mobile home owners. Filmmaker Sara Terry uses this backdrop to explore urgent class issues that resonate across America, and especially in the high-priced rental market of New York City.
Chain Camera
Director (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6
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Award-winning director Kirby Dick gave video cameras to 10 students to record their lives at Los Angeles's John Marshall High School with no limitations on what they could shoot. After one week, the cameras were given to 10 new students, and so on, forming a virtual chain letter and a portrait of young America at the turn of the 21st century.
The End
Director (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 9.5
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A documentary examining the end of live for five hospice patients and their families.
Showgirls: Glitz & Angst
Director (1 ep.)
event2003
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No sick days. Mandatory diets. Boob jobs. Endless rehearsals. It's what showgirls do for love--and a steady job--in the Las Vegas spotlight. 'A Chorus Line' meets 'Real Sex' in this sexy yet poignant documentary that follows the mounting of a new all-female musical revue in Las Vegas--from auditions through opening night--over the course of ten pressure-packed weeks.
The Hunting Ground
Director (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 7.4
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A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
I Am Not a Freak
Writer (1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 5
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This film is a fascinating look at some people afflicted with congenital deformities of an extreme nature. Their ability to live with their aberrations while remaining socially involved and upbeat is truly inspirational. While their predecessors were often seen in so called "freak shows" that were part of various exhibitions from Coney Island to traveling circuses, these performers were actually the more fortunate ones in an era of little tolerance for those who were different from the accepted norm. Many became famous and extremely wealthy, such as Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton), who worked for many years with P.T. Barnum.
Made in Hollywood
First Assistant Director (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7
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Steeped in irony, Made in Hollywood depicts the personal and cultural mediation of reality and fantasy, desire and identity, by the myths of television and cinema. Quoting from a catalogue of popular styles and sources, from TV commercials to The Wizard of Oz, the Yonemotos construct a parable of the Hollywood image-making industry from a pastiche of narrative cliches: A small-town ingenue goes West to find her dream and loses her innocence; the patriarch of a Hollywood studio nears death; a New York couple seeks screenwriting fame and fortune in the movies. With deadpan humor and hyperbolic visual stylization, the Yonemotos layer artifice upon artifice, constructing an image-world where reality and representation, truth and simulation, are meaningless distinctions.
Guy
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 3.5
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A filmmaker picks a "real" subject to shoot, and when she sees Guy on the street, she latches onto him. At first, Guy is enraged that someone is just following him around, filming, but soon he begrudgingly accepts her presence, then gets attached to the attention.
The Bleeding Edge
Director (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6.8
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Each year in the United States, unparalleled innovations in medical diagnostics, treatment, and technology hit the market. But when the same devices designed to save patients end up harming them, who is accountable?
On the Record
Director (1 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6.7
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The haunting story of music executive Drew Dixon as she grapples with her decision to become one of the first women of color, in the wake of #MeToo, to come forward and publicly accuse hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct. A gripping and profound examination of race, gender, intersectionality, and the toll sexual abuse takes on survivors and on society at large.
Allen v. Farrow
Director (4 ep.)
event2021 star_border 6.4
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The story of one Hollywood's most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial, the revelation of Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed.
Not So Pretty
Director (4 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.3
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The first-ever comprehensive large-scale investigative expose of the trillion-dollar cosmetics, beauty and personal care industry. Celebrated and groundbreaking filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering take this unregulated industry to task via rigorous investigations, incisive wit and emotional storytelling to inform audiences of the hidden hazards of cosmetics and safe, budget-friendly alternatives for their daily products.
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