BoxRobotsAdam

Big fan of your work. We often screened your documentaries in my non-fiction cinema class in college.

I recently produced a short documentary that was featured on a few major film news sites and we constantly looked at your docs for inspiration during the edit process. I don't think it would have been as successful without keeping your work in mind. Thank you for that.

2 questions:

1) Cliche, i know, but what advice would you have to young documentary filmmakers?

2) Every documentary filmmaker has their own thoughts on maintaining truth throughout the edit process so i'm wondering what your thoughts are on creative use of editing and how documentaries can skirt the line between remaining true to the subject but also telling a compelling story? Is the filmmaker bound by morality to present the truth as uninterrupted as possible or is the story and theme of a story most relevant to the documentarian?

Thanks for doing this AMA!

What can young/independent filmmakers do to better the chances of getting a film of theirs reviewed by a "bigger named" critic like yourself?