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Barbara Kopple

Film Producer / Film Director | * 07/30/1946 (77) | New York City, New York
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Barbara Kopple (born July 30, 1946) is an American film director known primarily for her documentary work. She is credited with pioneering a renaissance of cinema vérité, and bringing the historic french style to a modern American audience. She has won two Academy Awards, for Harlan County, USA (1977), about a Kentucky miners' strike,[1] and for American Dream (1991), the story of the 1985–86 Hormel strike in Austin, Minnesota,[2] making her the first woman to win two Oscars in the Best Documentary category. Kopple gained acclaim for the film Bearing Witness (2005), a documentary about five women journalists stationed in combat zones during the Iraq War. She is also known for directing the documentary films Wild Man Blues (1997), A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999), My Generation (2000), Running from Crazy (2013), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Crime | Music

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Awards & Nominations for Barbara Kopple

Guggenheim Fellowship Directors Guild of America Awards 2x Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Maya Deren Award
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Movies with Barbara Kopple as Actress(2)

TV Shows/Series with Barbara Kopple as Actress(1)

as herself1997 The View

Movies with Barbara Kopple as Crew(57)

Directing/Director2022 Gumbo Coalition
Production/Producer2022 Gumbo Coalition
Directing/Director2019 Desert One
Production/Producer2019 Desert One
Directing/Director2018 New Homeland
Production/Producer2018 New Homeland
Directing/Director2017 This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Production/Producer2017 This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Directing/Director2017 A Murder in Mansfield
Production/Executive Producer2017 A Murder in Mansfield
Production/Executive Producer2016 Borderline
Directing/Director2016 Killing the Colorado
Directing/Director2015 Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation
Production/Producer2015 Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation
Directing/Director2015 Miss Sharon Jones!
Directing/Director2013 Running from Crazy
Production/Producer2013 Running from Crazy
Production/Executive Producer2013 Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde
Directing/Director2011 Gun Fight
Production/Producer2011 Gun Fight
Directing/Director2010 The House of Steinbrenner
Production/Producer2010 The House of Steinbrenner
Writing/Writer2010 The House of Steinbrenner
Directing/Director2009 Woodstock: Now & Then
Production/Producer2009 Woodstock: Now & Then
Directing/Director2008 The D.C. Sniper's Wife
Production/Producer2008 The D.C. Sniper's Wife
Writing/Writer2008 The D.C. Sniper's Wife
Directing/Director2007 Addiction
Directing/Director2006 Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Production/Producer2006 Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Directing/Director2005 Havoc
Production/Executive Producer2004 WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Directing/Director2000 My Generation
Directing/Director1999 A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Production/Producer1999 A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Directing/Director1997 Wild Man Blues
Directing/Director1990 American Dream
Production/Producer1990 American Dream
Sound/Sound Recordist1990 American Dream
Sound/Sound1983 When Women Kill
Directing/Director1983 Keeping On
Production/Executive Producer1983 Keeping On
Directing/Director1977 Harlan County U.S.A.
Production/Producer1977 Harlan County U.S.A.
Sound/Sound1977 Harlan County U.S.A.
Crew/Second Unit1974 Hearts and Minds
Sound/Sound1973 Year of the Woman
Editing/Editor1972 Winter Soldier
Production/Producer1972 Winter Soldier
Sound/Sound Mixer1972 Winter Soldier

TV Shows/Series with Barbara Kopple as Crew(6)

Production/Executive Producer2023 The Super Models
Production/Executive Producer2020 Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Directing/Director2009 30 for 30
Production/Producer2002 The Hamptons
Directing/Director1997 Oz
Directing/Director1993 Homicide: Life on the Street

Additional Information

Full Name: Barbara Kopple
Born: Tuesday, 07/30 1946 (July) in New York City, New York (current age: 77 years + 243 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Educated at: Northeastern University, New School, Scarsdale High School
Barbara Kopple frequently works together with these people:
David Cassidy (12x, Crew)
Gary Griffin (10x, Crew)
Tom Fontana (7x, Crew)
Barry Levinson (5x, Crew)
Cecilia Peck (5x, Actress)
Ray Nowosielski (4x, Crew)
Michael Culyba (4x, Crew)
Bob Eisenhardt (4x, Crew)
Rob Kuhns (4x, Crew)
Hart Perry (4x, Crew)
Sandra Hochman (4x, Crew)
Nancy Baker (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:492481, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/01/2024