Brian Knappenberger is an American[1]documentaryfilmmaker, known forThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz,We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, andTurning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror and his work onBloomberg Game Changers.
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The documentary filmWe Are Legion (2012) was written and directed by Knappenberger. It is about the workings and beliefs of the self-describedhacktivist collectiveAnonymous.[2]
In June 2014,The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz was released. The film is about the life of internet activistAaron Swartz.[3] The film was on the short list for the 2015 Academy Award for best documentary feature.[4]
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press was released onNetflix in June 2017, after debuting at theSundance Film Festival. It follows professional wrestlerHulk Hogan'slawsuit against Gawker Media, and the takeover of theLas Vegas Review-Journal by casino ownerSheldon Adelson.[5]
In 2020, Knappenberger directed true crime documentaryThe Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, a television series about the 2013Murder of Gabriel Fernandez, an eight-year-old boy fromPalmdale, California.[6]
Knappenberger has directed and executive produced numerous other documentaries for theDiscovery Channel,Bloomberg, andPBS, including PBS'Ice Warriors: USA Sled Hockey. He owns and operates Luminant Media, a Los Angeles–based production and post-production company.[7]
In 2024, Knappenberger directed the documentaryTurning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War on Netflix, a series about the lead up to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as theCold War.[8]
See also
edit- Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet – 2022 Netflix docuseries
References
edit- ^Beston, Sarah."'The Internet's Own Boy' Director Talks About the Tragic Fate of Programming Prodigy Aaron Swartz".TakePart. Archived fromthe original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved4 December 2014.
- ^"About the film".We Are Legion.Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved30 June 2014.
- ^"The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz".Internet Archive. 27 June 2014. Retrieved30 June 2014.
- ^"15 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES ADVANCE IN 2014 OSCAR RACE".Oscars. December 2014.Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved4 December 2014.
- ^"Gawker, Hulk Hogan, and the fight for a free press – ThinkProgress".ThinkProgress. 2017-06-26.Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved2017-07-14.
- ^"Netflix's 'The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez' as it unfolded: Read our coverage".Los Angeles Times. 26 February 2020.Archived from the original on 2020-09-06. Retrieved2020-09-07.
- ^"Our Team – Luminant".Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved2024-05-22.
- ^"Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War — new Netflix documentary takes the baton from Oppenheimer".www.ft.com.Archived from the original on 2024-04-07. Retrieved2024-04-08.
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