Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: Life on the run ix
1 Errol Morris: American iconoclast 1
2 Nicolas Philibert: French sensibility 27
3 Paul Watson: Influential innovator 55
4 Pawel Pawlikowski: Eastern European analysis 78
5 Kevin Macdonald: Oscar-winning polymath 102
6 Norma Percy: Popular television history 123
7 Brian Hill: The musical documentary 150
8 Victor Kossakovsky: The Dogme from St Petersburg 177
9 Sean Langan: Journalist with a camera 193
10 Clive Gordon: The Berlin aesthetic 212
11 Sean McAllister: Director/cameraman with attitude 232
12 Maxine Baker: Lessons for life – some of the things I have
learned about making documentaries 255
Appendix 1 International documentary film festivals 275
Appendix 2 Sources of funding for documentaries 286
Index 299