Erik Nelson
1) Grizzly man
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Werner Herzog investigates the death of preservationist and former television actor Timothy Treadwell, who was killed in the Alaskan wilderness, along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard, by the bears he lived among and dedicated his life to protecting.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A stirring tribute to the men of the Eighth Air Force, who flew deadly missions during World War II. Half of the U.S. Army Air Force's casualties during the war were suffered by the Eighth. Director Erik Nelson tracked down nine of the surviving Eighth Air Force veterans to recall the harrowing experiences they endured in the summer of 1943.
Publisher
[Distributed by] MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog ... probes the human psyche to explore why people kill--and why a state kills. Through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eights days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as 'a gaze into the abyss of the human soul.' Herzog's inquiries...
4) A gray state
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film *Gray State*. Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film's crowd funded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists and members of the nascent alt-right. In January 2015, Crowley was...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Anne Frank's world-famous diary comes to an abrupt end several days before she and her companions in the secret annex were arrested on August 4, 1944. This is the story of what happened next as this nameless young girl and her family were absorbed into the Nazi system of work and death camps. Through eyewitness testimony from camp survivors and historic pictures and film, the brutality and horror of Auschwitz, Sobibor and Bergen-Belsen are revealed....
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The film draws on over 25 years of exclusive video footage that captures Ellison at his most inspiring and irritating, curmudgeonly and lovable. See Ellison rant about the idiocies of geekdom, confess to mailing a dead gopher to an executive at a publishing house, and more.
8) Dinotasia
Publisher
Flatiron Film Company
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The dinosaur gets a makeover and then some in this fantastically groundbreaking documentary. Based on cutting-edge paleontology and the latest fossil records, Dinotasia presents a series of vignettes about dinosaurs, both familiar faces and some we have only found out about in the past ten years. The film uses CGI to bring the stories to life, but draws on animation's birth in silent film and early Disney to create proper, traditional visual storytelling....
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This intimate portrait of Harlan Ellison pays homage to the legendary writer, foul-mouthed provocateur, and unholy fusion of Lenny Bruce and Hunter S. Thompson. Features candid interviews with famous and surprising friends, including actor Robin Williams, author Neil Gaiman and Ron Moore