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Barbara Kopple is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Editor, Sound Recordist and Sound Recordist American born on 30 july 1946 at New York City (USA)

Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple
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Nationality USA
Birth 30 july 1946 (77 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Barbara Kopple (born July 30, 1946) is an American film director known primarily for her documentary work.

Usually with

Cecilia Peck
Cecilia Peck
(4 films)
David Grubin
David Grubin
(1 films)
Rip Torn
Rip Torn
(1 films)
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
(2 films)
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Barbara Kopple (16 films)

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Director

Running from Crazy
Running from Crazy (2013)
, 1h45
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Margaux Hemingway, Dree Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway
Rating64% 3.2376953.2376953.2376953.2376953.237695
Mariel comments early in the film on the fact that seven family members have committed suicide, including Ernest and Margaux. Ernest shot himself a few months before his granddaughter Mariel was born.
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)
, 1h33
Directed by Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Musical films, Political films
Actors Elizabeth Reaser, Emily Robison, Adrian Pasdar, Rick Rubin
Rating75% 3.793933.793933.793933.793933.79393
The film opens during the Dixie Chicks' 2003 Top of the World Tour, discussing the Dixie Chicks' super-star status prior the incident at their London show. They had sold more albums in the United States than any other female band in history. With the release of their 2002 album Home, they were again at the top of the Billboard Charts. The new single from that album "Travelin' Soldier", a sensitive depiction of a soldier's life during the Vietnam War era, and the young woman who waited for him, finding he was killed in battle, had peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart.
Havoc
Havoc (2005)
, 1h25
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Alexis Dziena, Freddy Rodríguez, Michael Biehn
Rating54% 2.7483752.7483752.7483752.7483752.748375
The film begins in a parking lot in which a teenage filmmaker named Eric is attempting to document the faux-gangsta lifestyle enjoyed by Allison Lang and her boyfriend Toby's gang of white upper-class teenagers living in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. A brawl ensues between Toby's gang and another gang, which ends with both sides fleeing just before police arrive. Later that night, Toby's gang goes to a party at Eric's house, and Allison's relationship with Toby as well her other friends Emily and Sam is further revealed. At the end of the party, Allison and her boyfriend have sex in the back seat of the car.
Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness (2005)
, 1h30
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Rating79% 3.986843.986843.986843.986843.98684
It follows five women reporters and the challenges they face as they work in Iraq during the Second Gulf War. Molly Bingham is an experienced photographer who was held for several days at Abu Ghraib prison at the start of the war. Marie Colvin was a reporter who lost her eye to a grenade while working in Sri Lanka. Janine di Giovanni has to deal with the difficulties of becoming a mother and still working to fulfill her duties as a journalist. Mary Rogers is a camerawoman who continues to put herself in harm's way in an effort to get the proper footage to cover her stories.
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)
, 1h37
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Gregory Peck, Cecilia Peck, Lauren Bacall, Mary Badham, Martin Scorsese
Rating77% 3.873973.873973.873973.873973.87397
Ce n'est pas une biographie de film habituelle, mais un voyage dans les coulisses de Gregory Peck et de son one man show. Le programme itinérant de l'acteur propose des séances de questions-réponses avec l'icône américaine et permet à l'acteur de se remémorer sa carrière.
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)
, 1h37
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Cecilia Peck, Anthony Peck, Lauren Bacall, Martin Scorsese
Rating77% 3.873973.873973.873973.873973.87397
La réalisatrice suit l'acteur de légende Gregory Peck pendant une année à travers les États-Unis et l'Europe, où il donne des conférences devant un public venu approcher le voir et lui poser des questions sur sa longue carrière. En parallèle de l'homme public, on découvre un portrait plus intime de celui qui fut l'interprète de Atticus Finch dans Du Silence et des Ombres, à travers des entretiens avec sa femme et ses enfants.
American Dream
American Dream (1990)
, 1h40
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Rating77% 3.8860353.8860353.8860353.8860353.886035
The film is centered on unionized meatpacking workers at Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota between 1985 and 1986. Hormel had cut the hourly wage from $10.69 to $8.25 and cut benefits by 30 percent despite posting a net profit of $30 million. The local union (P-9) opposed the cut, but the national union, the United Food and Commercial Workers, disagreed with their strategy.
Harlan County U.S.A.
Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)
, 1h43
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about technology, Documentary films about anarchism, Political films
Rating81% 4.0924954.0924954.0924954.0924954.092495
Kopple initially intended to make a film about Kenzie, Miners for Democracy and the attempt to unseat Tony Boyle. When miners at the Brookside Mine in Harlan County, Kentucky went on strike in June 1972, Kopple went there to film the strike against Duke Power Company which the UMWA had helped to organize. The strike proved a more interesting subject, so Kopple switched the focus of her film.

Scriptwriter

Harlan County U.S.A.
Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)
, 1h43
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about technology, Documentary films about anarchism, Political films
Rating81% 4.0924954.0924954.0924954.0924954.092495
Kopple initially intended to make a film about Kenzie, Miners for Democracy and the attempt to unseat Tony Boyle. When miners at the Brookside Mine in Harlan County, Kentucky went on strike in June 1972, Kopple went there to film the strike against Duke Power Company which the UMWA had helped to organize. The strike proved a more interesting subject, so Kopple switched the focus of her film.