Frank Christopher

This article is about the documentary filmmaker Frank Christopher. For other people, see Christopher Frank .

Frank Christopher (* before 1965) is an American film producer , film director , screenwriter and film editor of documentaries .

Career

Frank Christopher started working in the film industry in 1980 ; his directorial debut was the documentary The Whales That Wouldn't Die , for which he was also responsible for editing . For his documentary In the Name of the People , a film about guerrilla fighters in Central America , he traveled with Alex W. Drehsler and a cameraman and sound engineer from Honduras to El Salvador in order to meet and with a group of guerrillas in Chalatenango to travel across the country for five weeks. For his participation, he received an Oscar nomination in the category " Best Documentary " at the 1985 Academy Awards . Rob Epstein and Richard Schmiechen accepted the award for The Times of Harvey Milk .

Christopher subsequently produced other documentaries such as 1999 Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers , which deals with the subject shortly before the American troops entered World War II , 2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property about Nat Turner and the slave revolt, with Charles Burnett directed and 2017 A Time to Heal concerning the export and after-effects of the Vietnam War .

Filmography (selection)

• 1980: The Whales That Wouldn't Die
• 1985: In the Name of the People
• 1987: In the Shadow of the Law
• 1999: Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers
• 2017: A Time to Heal

Web links

• Frank Christopher in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Salvadoran Rebels Try to End Violent Tactics. The Washington Post , February 22, 1982, accessed February 26, 2018 . 
2. ^ Sd Producers Win Nomination. Los Angeles Times , February 8, 1985, accessed February 26, 2018 . 
3. ^ The 57th Academy Awards - 1985. Oscars.org, accessed January 17, 2018 .