Documentaries:

Perspectives, 2011¡ªhost and writer of 8 shows on the Documentary Channel featuring contemporary and classic documentaries.

Doctors of the Dark Side, 2011¡ªa feature length documentary about the involvement of doctors in torture in our military prisons. Writer.

The Defector, 2008¨C a feature length documentary about Victor Kravchenko, the famous Communist defector who wrote I Chose Freedom. Director, co-writer.  Unreleased.

Living in Emergency, 2008 ¨C a feature length documentary about Doctors Without Borders. Executive Producer. Venice Film Festival. Special Jury Award for Documentary at Cinequest Film Festival. Hot Docs Toronto. Shortlisted for 2009 Oscar for Best Feature Documentary.

Oceans Away, 2008 ¨C- a 14-episode series examining Chinese students who have chosen to study and live in America. Made for China¡¯s CCTV.  Co-producer.

Darfur Now, 2007 -¨C a feature length documentary focusing on six people who are trying to end the genocide in Darfur.
Producer.  Toronto International Film Festival. Barcelona Documentary Film Festival, and others. Nominated for Best Documentary of the Year by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review, the International Press Academy, and Cinema for Peace.  NAACP Image Award for Documentary.

Spirit of the Marathon, 2007 ¨C a feature documentary on six runners competing in the Chicago Marathon.  Executive Producer.  Audience Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.

The Boomer Century: 1946-2046, 2007-- a two-hour documentary for PBS examining the largest generation in American history and the impact it may have on this country now that baby boomers are turning 60. Writer.

Doc Talk, 2006-¡ªthree half hour programs interviewing today¡¯s cutting edge documentary filmmakers. Host and producer.  Documentary Channel.

DocU, 2006 -- Four short films about Los Angeles made by film students from USC and CUC (the Communication University of China) in a summer workshop I taught at USC. Executive Producer.  Broadcast on the Documentary Channel.

The Cutting Edge:  The Magic of Movie Editing, 2004 -- a 98-minute documentary about editing with Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, George Lucas, Jodie Foster, Walter Murch, Dede Allen and many others. Produced for the BBC in England, NHK in Japan, and Starz TV in the United States. Writer. Opening night film Hollywood Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, Maui Film Festival. Grand Award, Best Documentary, 2006 International TV Programming and Promotion.

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives,  2002 ¨C a 75-minute documentary about slavery in the United States based on interviews with ex-slaves conducted by the WPA in the 30¡¯s. Writer. Produced by HBO. Sundance Film Festival, 2003. Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programs. Literacy in Media Award for Outstanding Television Special.

Christopher Award.

Into the Arms of Strangers, Stories of the Kindertransport, 2000 -- a feature documentary about the British rescue of 10,000 German, Austrian and Czech children just before the outbreak of WWII. Writer-director. Produced by Warner Bros. Academy Award for Best Feature Length Documentary. London Evening Standard Award for Best Documentary.  Heartland Film Festival Crystal Heart Award.

A Dream No More, 1998, a two-hour documentary for the 50th anniversary of Israel. Co-writer-director. (Unreleased)

The Long Way Home, 1997--a two-hour theatrical documentary for the Simon Wiesenthal Center exploring what happened to the survivors of the Holocaust from the liberation of the concentration camps in 1945 to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. Writer-director.  Sundance, Valladolid, Montreal, Chicago, Jerusalem and many other international film festivals. Multiple awards including Gold Hugo at Chicago, Time Out of History prize at Valladolid and Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. 

How Will I Survive?  1992--an hour documentary on coping with breast cancer.  Executive producer.  Best Health and Medical Film, Silver State Film Festival.

Toward 2,000, 1990--a twelve-minute video produced for the Toyota Co. forecasting social and economic trends in the U.S. by the end of the century. Writer-director. Cindy Award for Special Achievement in Cinematography.

Co-director of Documentary Production at USC's School of Cinema-TV, 1985-1991.  During this period I supervised the production of 34 student-produced documentaries.  The films won over 100 international awards, including two Academy Award nominations for Best Short Documentary.  The films have been shown on PBS, the Learning Channel, Discovery, the BBC, and Swedish television.

The Homefront, 1984--a 90-minute PBS documentary examining the profound social and economic changes brought about in the U.S. by World War II. Co-producer.  Blue Ribbon American Film Festival, Houston Film International Festival Special Jury Award, Best of Festival National Educational Film Festival. Cine Golden Eagle.

The Foreigners, 1968--a 60-minute documentary made for the Peace Corps about a group of volunteers doing community development work in a small village near Bogota in the Colombian Andes. Writer-producer. Invitational screening at Robert Flaherty Seminar, Museum of Modern Art, New York.

The Redwoods, 1967--a documentary made for the Sierra Club about the importance of creating a redwoods national park in California.  Writer, co-producer. Academy Award for Best Short Documentary. Cine Golden Eagle.

Huelga! l966--a 60-minute documentary about the first year of the Delano grape strike. Writer-producer. NET Journal. Award of Merit Vancouver International Film Festival.  Special Award Leipzig International Film Festival, among others.

Speak for Myself, 1966--a 30-minute examination of Portland, Oregon's poverty program from the vantage point of the poor. Writer.

The Golden Calf, 1965--an hour television documentary about the state of the church in America. Writer. Regional Emmy Award.

As They Like It, 1965--a half hour television documentary about the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. Associate Producer.  Regional Emmy Award.