Rick Goldsmith

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Rick Goldsmith (* 1951 in Valley Stream , Long Island , New York ) is an American documentary filmmaker .

Life

Rick Goldsmith grew up in Valley Stream. In 1969 he began studying at Brown University and moved relatively quickly to the Rhode Island School of Design , where he studied furniture design and architecture. However, he didn't finish his studies and made his way through small clubs and bars as a folk singer for a while, worked for some time as a prisoner rights attorney, in administration and as a consultant at the Berkeley Free Clinic , where he was released in 1975 for being released reported the illegal abuse of shock therapy in a 17-year-old girl. He lived in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1975 and, after taking a course on filmmaking, began producing his first documentary, Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press , in 1988 . For this, as well as for The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers , he was each recognized with an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary .

Filmography

Awards

Oscar
  • 1997 : Nomination for Best Documentary with Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
  • 2010 : Nomination for Best Documentary with The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tell the Truth at faqs.org , accessed January 22, 2012
  2. ↑ a b Rick Goldsmith - Biography ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at sfjff.org , accessed January 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sfjff.org
  3. ↑ Amy R. Handler: The Most Dangerous Man in America: An Interview with Rick Goldsmith on filmint.nu, January 15, 2011, accessed January 22, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Goldsmith, Rick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Valley Stream , Long Island , New York, United States