Documentary Club

Alex Gibney

12 documentaries

American filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side and a long run of investigations into power and fraud.

Errol Morris

11 documentaries

American director known for The Thin Blue Line and the Oscar-winning The Fog of War.

Werner Herzog

9 documentaries

German filmmaker drawn to people at the extremes, known for narrating his own films.

Adam Curtis

7 documentaries

British filmmaker who builds sweeping essay films from BBC archive footage.

Joe Berlinger

7 documentaries

American director of the Paradise Lost trilogy and many true-crime films.

Louis Theroux

6 documentaries

British broadcaster known for gently disarming encounters with unusual people.

Chris Smith

5 documentaries

American director of American Movie and Fyre.

Laura Poitras

5 documentaries

American director who won an Oscar for Citizenfour.

Michael Moore

5 documentaries

American filmmaker and provocateur, an Oscar winner for Bowling for Columbine.

Brett Morgen

4 documentaries

American director of immersive portraits of artists, from Kurt Cobain to David Bowie.

Bruce Sinofsky

4 documentaries

American director who made Brother's Keeper and the Paradise Lost films with Joe Berlinger.

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

4 documentaries

American director who won an Oscar for Free Solo with Jimmy Chin.

Jehane Noujaim

4 documentaries

Egyptian-American director of Startup.com and The Square.

Jimmy Chin

4 documentaries

American climber, photographer and co-director of the Oscar-winning Free Solo.

Morgan Neville

4 documentaries

American director who won an Oscar for 20 Feet from Stardom.

Nick Broomfield

4 documentaries

British filmmaker known for putting his pursuit of the story on screen.

Steve James

4 documentaries

American director best known for Hoop Dreams.

Agnès Varda

3 documentaries

French New Wave pioneer whose playful, personal essay films turn the camera on ordinary people, and on herself.

Albert Maysles

3 documentaries

American pioneer of direct cinema, who made Salesman, Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens with brother David.

Amy J. Berg

3 documentaries

American director of Deliver Us from Evil and An Open Secret.

Andrew Jarecki

3 documentaries

American director of Capturing the Friedmans and The Jinx.

Asif Kapadia

3 documentaries

British director of archive-led portraits, including Senna and the Oscar-winning Amy.

Chris Hegedus

3 documentaries

American filmmaker who made The War Room with D. A. Pennebaker.

D. A. Pennebaker

3 documentaries

American pioneer of direct cinema, known for Dont Look Back and The War Room.

David Maysles

3 documentaries

American pioneer of direct cinema, who made Salesman, Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens with brother Albert.

Eugene Jarecki

3 documentaries

American director of Why We Fight and The House I Live In.

Jeff Orlowski

3 documentaries

American director of Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral and The Social Dilemma.

Ken Burns

3 documentaries

American filmmaker known for long historical series, including The Civil War and The Vietnam War.

Kevin Macdonald

3 documentaries

Scottish director of the Oscar-winning One Day in September and Touching the Void.

Kirby Dick

3 documentaries

American director who investigates institutions, from the US military to the film ratings board.

Liz Garbus

3 documentaries

American director of What Happened, Miss Simone? and I'll Be Gone in the Dark.

Mads Brügger

3 documentaries

Danish journalist and filmmaker known for deadpan undercover stunts.

Matt Tyrnauer

3 documentaries

Rory Kennedy

3 documentaries

American director of Downfall: The Case Against Boeing and The Synanon Fix.

Stanley Nelson

3 documentaries

American director known for films on Black American history, including Freedom Riders and Attica.

Wim Wenders

3 documentaries