Episode 270 | Charles Olivier on Editing "Surviving Ohio State" for HBO
Emmy-winning editor Charles Olivier reveals how he restructured HBO's Surviving Ohio State and what it's like getting notes from George Clooney.Charles has cut some of the biggest docs of the last dec...
29 Jan 57min
Episode 269 | Egyptian “Indiana Jones”, Zahi Hawass of “The Man With The Hat”, Interview with Jeffery Roth
Jeffrey Roth has spent his career letting extraordinary people tell their own stories—Apollo astronauts, President George H.W. Bush, and now Dr. Zahi Hawass. In this episode, Christian Taylor inquires...
15 Jan 1h 15min
Episode 268 | Peter Kelly’s Archaeological Adventure in the Turks and Caicos
In this episode of Documentary First, host Christian Taylor sits down with filmmaker Peter Kelly to explore his remarkable journey from his Mississippi roots to documenting the rich cultural and marit...
1 Jan 37min
Episode 267 | Alan Govenar’s New Film, “Quiet Voices in a Noisy World”
In this episode of Documentary First, host Christian Taylor interviews acclaimed documentary filmmaker, writer, photographer, and cultural documentarian Alan Govenar—a storyteller with a 44-year caree...
18 Dec 20251h
Episode 266 | Emmy-Award Winning Producer, Susan Lacy, “Billy Joel: And So It Goes” Interview
Susan Lacy—the iconic creator of PBS’s American Masters and one of the most influential voices in biographical documentary filmmaking joins us. From her early roots in journalism to building a landmar...
4 Dec 202559min
Episode 265 | Harvesting the Power of Connections: “The Price of Milk” Docuseries Filmmaker Interview
In this episode of Documentary First, host Christian Taylor welcomes back Emmy-nominated director and producer Nicholas (Nick) Bruckman for his third visit to the show. Together, they pull back the cu...
22 Nov 20251h 3min
Episode 264 | Billy Joel: Telling the Story Behind the Musician (with Jessica Levin)
In this episode of Documentary First, Christian sits down with filmmaker Jessica Levin, co-director and producer of the Critics Choice Documentary Awards in the Best Music Documentary-nominated HBO do...
6 Nov 20251h 9min
Episode 263 | Crowdfunding for Filmmakers — Lessons from the UnScarred Campaign
In this episode of Documentary First, return guest filmmaker Elise Jaffe, first-time director of documentary project: UnScarred, and special guest, Stacie Rae Weir, a tattoo artist and breast-cancer p...
23 Okt 202549min
