Discusses each step in creating documentaries from conception to final film, and offers advice on capturing human behavior and recreating past events.

Outlines each step in creating documentaries, from conception to final film, and offers advice on capturing human behavior and recreating past events, with advi

“A towering achievement, and a volume I know I'll be consulting on a regular basis.”-Leonard Maltin "Authoritative, accessible, and elegantly written, Scree

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/

As Alan Rosenthal states in the preface to this new edition of his acclaimed resource for filmmakers, Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Vi