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Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking

Autor: Christian Taylor | Documentary First

Conversations with the people behind documentaries and how the work changed them, from Ken Burns and PBS American Masters creator Susan Lacy to first-time directors finishing their first film. Documentary First is a weekly podcast for anyone who loves a true story, and for the filmmakers who tell them. Host Christian Taylor, director of the award-winning The Girl Who Wore Freedom (25+ international awards; distributed by Virgil Films, Swank, and Canal+), has talked with documentary directors, editors, producers, distributors, composers, entertainment lawyers, actors and more across HBO, Netflix, PBS, and the independent documentary world in nearly 300 conversations. Guests have included Emmy...

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  1. Documentary First Podcast Trailer: The People Behind Documentaries – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  2. Even Scorsese Had a Mentor. How Do You Find Yours? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  3. Charles Grodin Documentary: Comedy Star, Prison Crusader – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  4. The Velveteen Rabbit and Old Home Movies: What Is Real? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  5. Archival Footage: Why Use Home Movies? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  6. How Do You Get a Documentary Made? Ask the Woman Who Co-Runs RKO – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  7. Beyond Banners: How to Make a Documentary With No Film School – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  8. What Dementia Taught Me About Building an Audience – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  9. How to Fund a Documentary Without the Industry – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  10. Why You Need Someone to Believe in You First – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  11. Cold War in Philly: Joe Amodei Directs His First Documentary – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  12. Don't Let Data Kill Your Story | Lessons From Normandy – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  13. The 13 Letters That Saved My WWII Film (I Almost Gave Up) – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  14. When a Dream Ends, What Comes Next? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  15. Danny Gans: The Man of Many Voices Who Lost His Own – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  16. When Is Silence Wisdom and When Is It Complicity? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  17. Heather O'Rourke Documentary: The Film Her Family Trusted – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  18. Solitude or Loneliness? Why Creative People Burn Out – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  19. Adapt or Die: A Working Filmmaker on AI in 2026 – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  20. Why the Boring Work Is the Most Important Work – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  21. Why Does One Documentary Clip Cost $70,000? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  22. Could a Documentary Save Your Kid's Life? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  23. Why Documentary Subjects Freeze on Camera – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  24. They Wanted My Voice to Train AI. So I Asked 10 Questions. – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  25. Ken Burns' Thoreau Documentary: How Do You Fund a PBS Film? – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  26. What Thoreau Meant by Quiet Desperation – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  27. Henry David Thoreau on PBS: The Brothers Who Made It – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  28. What Francesca Bridgerton and a D-Day Veteran Both Discovered About Grief – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  29. Why He Brings Kids and Cops to the D-Day Beaches – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking
  30. What If You're Not Actually Failing? I Deep Dive with Director Quinnolyn Benson-Yates – Documentary First: Conversations on Documentary Filmmaking