
Born outside Philadelphia in 1943, majored in Russian literature at the University of Wisconsin. An independent filmmaker, primarily of non-fiction works, since 1967. Only one dramatic feature film, WAITING FOR THE MOON, which won 1st prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1987. Since 1992, a professor at the Univeristy of Notre Dame in the Film, Television and Theatre Department, teaching film production courses and other things. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, 2 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships, and others.
Notes and Images From the Vietnam War
2023 · Director
movieSCUM Manifesto
2017 · Director, Producer
movieMabou Mines' Lear '87 Archive (Condensed)
2001 · Director
What Farocki Taught
1998 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieRoy Cohn/Jack Smith
1995 · Director, Writer
movieCalling the Shots
1988 · Self
movieThe Odyssey Tapes
1988 · Director
movieWaiting for the Moon
1987 · Director, Story
Far from Poland
1984 · Director
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Director, Story
With Jerzy Grotowski, Nienadowka 1980
1980 · Director
movieThe Popovich Brothers of South Chicago
1977 · Director
Nevelson In Process
1977 · Director
movieAntonia: A Portrait of the Woman
1974 · Director, Editor
movieTales
1971 · Director