Bryan Fogel
Bryan Fogel | |
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| Born | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Producer, Writer, Actor |
| Notable work | Icarus The Dissident |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ---- Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Journalism ---- Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award ---- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay ---- Sundance Film Festival Sundance Audience Choice Award ---- Directors Guild of America Nomination for Best Direction of a Documentary ---- 3x Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Awards Nominee: Writing, Directing, Documentary Feature ---- 2x British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA Nominee: Best Documentary Feature |
| Website | bryanfogel.com |
Bryan Fogel is an American film director, producer, author, playwright, speaker and human rights activist, best known for the 2017 documentary Icarus, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.
Early life and education[edit]
Fogel was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended the Denver Jewish Day School.[1] He graduated from East High School and the University of Colorado Boulder.[2]
Career[edit]
Fogel began his career in Hollywood pursuing stand-up comedy and acting.[3] He had a small part in the 2009 Disney movie Race to Witch Mountain.[4]
Fogel has given keynote speeches to organizations around the world including the Oslo Freedom Forum in 2019 and 2020 - Human Rights Foundation and has appeared on ABC Nightline, Charlie Rose, Seth Meyers, Joe Rogan, CNN, ESPN, Meet The Press, The View, NPR, BBC and has been featured in publications around the globe including The Guardian [5] and Financial Times.[6] Fogel currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Jewtopia[edit]
Fogel developed, co-wrote, and initially starred in the play Jewtopia, an off-Broadway comedy about the dating lives of two young men seeking Jewish women, which was made into a feature film. The play opened in Los Angeles in 2003 and ran for 300 performances.[7] It moved on in 2004 to the off-Broadway Westside Theater in New York, where it ran for more than three years and over a thousand performances before closing in April 2007. It is one of the longest-running and fastest-recouping productions in Off-Broadway history.[8]
Fogel co-authored the book Jewtopia: The Chosen Guide for the Chosen People, with Sam Wolfson.[9] The book was published by Hachette Book Group and Fogel appeared on ABC's The View in support of the book.
Fogel directed, co-wrote and produced the feature film adaptation of Jewtopia which was released in 2012. The film had its U.S. premiere as the opening night gala of the 13th Newport Beach International Film Festival.[10][11] The film won the audience choice award of the 2012 Malibu Film Festival.
Icarus[edit]
The New York Times described Fogel's film Icarus as "Illuminating"[12] and Variety magazine called it "A Game Changing Documentary."[13] Icarus premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award "The Orwell Award" and the first ever "Audience Choice" Award of Sundance Film Festival London. The film was acquired in a historic $5 million sale by Netflix[14] and launched globally on August 4, 2017 and won its first Feature Documentary Oscar with Icarus.[15]
The Dissident[edit]
After Icarus, Fogel directed and produced the 2020 American documentary film The Dissident, which follows the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia's efforts to control international dissent. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020 and was released on December 18, 2020, by Briarcliff Entertainment. Fogel's screenplay for The Dissident won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay award at the 73rd Writers Guild of America Awards in 2020 and received a nomination for "Best Documentary" at the (BAFTA Awards) British Academy Film Awards in 2020.
Icarus: The Aftermath[edit]
Fogel completed Icarus: The Aftermath in 2022, a follow-up to the Oscar-winning doc Icarus[16] about Russia’s doping scandal, a 2017 deep dive into sports doping and the elaborate system of cheating among Russian Olympians, premiered at the 2022 49th Telluride Film Festival.[17]
Filmography[edit]
| Title | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Icarus: The Aftermath [18] | 2022 | Writer, Director, Producer |
| The Dissident [19][20] | 2020 | Writer, Director, Producer |
| Icarus | 2017 | Writer, Director, Producer |
| Jewtopia | 2012 | Writer, Director, Executive Producer |
References[edit]
- ^ "Oscar winner Bryan Fogel, alumnus of Denver Jewish Day School, returns to school to talk about his Oscar and "Jewtopia" | YourHub".
- ^ "A busload of local actors make it big". 10 May 2007.
- ^ Thompson, Anne (2017-08-04). "How 'Icarus' Turned a Standup Comic Into an Investigative Journalist With a Netflix Deal". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Disney Movie Club - Disney movies on Blu-ray + DVD". disneymovieclub.go.com.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (23 July 2017). "Icarus film finds more than Greek tragedy in Russia doping scandal)". The Guardian. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ Ahmed, Murad (23 July 2017). "Cycling, steroids and a Russian doping scandal)". The Guardian. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Jewish Journal, January 23, 2004 bruciate".
- ^ Playbill Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Choice of a Jew generation — Jewish Journal". jewishjournal.com. 26 October 2006.
- ^ "Newport Beach film fest: 'Jewtopia,' John Wayne and lots more". 25 April 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Jaworowski, Ken (3 August 2017). "Review: In 'Icarus,' Unexpectedly Exploring the Russian Doping Scandal)". The New York Times. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (20 January 2017). "Film Review: 'Icarus')". Variety Magazine. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ "Sundance: Netflix Lands Russian Doping Documentary 'Icarus' (EXCLUSIVE))". Variety Magazine. 24 January 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- ^ McNary, Dave. "Netflix Wins First Feature Documentary Oscar With 'Icarus')". Variety Magazine. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Rottenberg, Josh. "Telluride Winners and Losers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Linden, Sheri. "'Icarus: The Aftermath' Review: A Tense and Affecting Real-Life Sequel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (4 September 2022). "'Icarus: The Aftermath' Review: Doping Doc Sequel Zooms Out to Confront the Real Issue". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-04 – via www.variety.com.
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (22 February 2020). "Powerful new Khashoggi film hits its mark … but will audiences get to see it?". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-02-22 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (23 January 2020). "A Jamal Khashoggi documentary could take the film world — and U.S.-Saudi relations — by storm". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
External links[edit]
- Bryan Fogel at IMDb
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