Barbara Kopple- 10th Annual Woodstock Film Festival Awards 09
- Date of Birth: 30 July, 1946
- Place of Birth: New York City, New York
- Biography: Barbara Kopple (born July 30, 1946) is an American film director, primarily known for her work in documentary film. She has won two Academy Awards, the first in 1976 for Harlan County, USA, about a Kentucky miners' strike, and the second in 1991 for American Dream, the story of the... Read more
Filmography
- Kevorkian Chronicles (2008)
- The D.C. Sniper's Wife: A Barbara Kopple Film (2008)
- Toots (2007)
- Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts (2007)
- High School Musical: The Music in You (2007)
- Shut Up & Sing (2006)
- Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2005)
- Havoc (2005)
- Bearing Witness (2005)
- WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
- I Married... (2004)
- Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
News
Woodstock: More Than Just the Music
nytimes.com –
2009-08-12
In a career marked by documentaries that have won Oscars ("Harlan County U.S.A.," "American Dream") or deserved to ("Wild Man Blues," "Shut Up & Sing") Barbara Kopple has pursued a lesser-known sideline: Woodstock films. ... Full Article
The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival on Thursday announced the short-film lineup for this year's fest, which runs March 13-21 in Austin, Texas. ... Full Article
It's not the Dixie Chicks, this movie about a popular band spouting off against a president and his war. CSNY: Deja Vu features, as one wag calls 'em, "four balding hippie millionaires" - '60s music icons David Crosby, Stephen Stills,... ... Full Article
I'm not sure what to make of the Barbara Kopple film The D.C. Sniper's Wife , which debuted on TruTV last weekend. It seems to be a strange hybrid of interview/testimonial, overedited crime rehash and evocative profile of a serial... ... Full Article
Bomb scare delays Bon Jovi concert
digitalspy.co.uk –
2008-04-28
Organisers were forced to evacuate a Bon Jovi concert last Saturday after a hoaxer called in a bomb threat. The audience at the Bank Atlantic Centre in Sunrise, Florida had to leave the stadium so bomb sniffer dogs could be... ... Full Article
Bon Jovi scrap autobiography plans
digitalspy.co.uk –
2008-02-20
Bon Jovi have abandoned a planned autobiography after they were unable to decide on what to include. The rockers were collaborating with author David Ritz on a book about their 25-year career but realised they were not being completely honest... ... Full Article