Barbara Kopple Biography (1946-)

Full name, Barbara J. Kopple; born July 30, 1946, in Bear Mountain (some sources cite New York), NY; father, a textile firm owner; mother, a homemaker; married Hart Perry (a director and cinematographer; divorced); married Gene Carroll (a writer and labor organizer); children: (first marriage) Nicholas Perry. Addresses: Agent: David Greenblatt, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd.,Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Manager: Glenn Rigberg, Rigberg-Rugolo Company, 1180 South Beverly Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90035.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Director, producer, writer, film editor, sound technician
Birth Details: July 30, 1946; Bear Mountain, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
Documentaries
Winter Soldier, 1972
Harlan County, U.S.A., Almi Cinema 5, 1977
(With Haskell Wexler) Director of documentary footage, No Nukes (concert film), 1980
American Dream, Prestige Films, 1990
(With Danny Schecter) Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy, 1992
Wild Man Blues, Fine Line, 1997
Woodstock '94, 1998
My Generation, Solaris, 2000
Film Producer
Documentaries
Producer of documentary footage, Harlan County, U.S.A., Almi Cinema 5, 1977
Field producer, In Our Hands (concert film), Richter Productions,1984
American Dream, Prestige Films, 1990
Wild Man Blues, Fine Line, 1997
Woodstock '94, 1998
My Generation, Solaris, 2000
Executive producer, WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, Globalvision,2004
Dance Cuba: Dreams of Flight, 2004
Film Editor
Documentaries
Winter Soldier, 1972
Editor of the film Living off the Land.
Film Sound Technician
Documentaries
Harlan County, U.S.A., Almi Cinema 5, 1977
No Nukes (concert film), 1980
El Salvador: Another Vietnam, Icarus Films, 1981
American Dream, Prestige Films, 1990
Wild Man Blues, Fine Line, 1997
My Generation, Solaris, 2000
Film Work
Other; Documentaries
Production assistant, El Salvador--La decision de vencer (los primos frutos), 1981
Also affiliated with the film Out of Darkness: The Mine Workers Story, 1990.
Film Director
Havoc, MDP Worldwide, 2004
Film Appearances

Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment (documentary; also known as Cinema verite--Le moment decisif), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
Television Executive Producer
Series
I Married..., VH1, beginning 2004
Television Work
Miniseries
(With others) Director, A Century of Women, TBS, 1994
Executive producer and director, The Hamptons, ABC, 2002
Television Director
Specials
"Keeping On," Civil Rights: The Struggle Continues, broadcast on American Playhouse, PBS, 1981
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson, NBC, 1993
Gail Sheehy's New Passages, ABC, 1996
(With others) Keeping America's Promise, Fox, 1997
Defending Our Daughters: The Rights of Women in the World, Lifetime, 1998
Friends for Life: Living with AIDS, The Disney Channel, 1998
A Conversation with Gregory Peck, TCM, 1999
In Harm's Way, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
Television Executive Producer
Specials
"Keeping On," Civil Rights: The Struggle Continues, broadcast on American Playhouse, PBS, 1981
Gail Sheehy's New Passages, ABC, 1996
Defending Our Daughters: The Rights of Women in the World, Lifetime, 1998
Friends for Life: Living with AIDS, The Disney Channel, 1998
Learning for Life: Kids and Learning Differences, The Disney Channel, 2000
Television Producer
Specials
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson, NBC, 1993
"Nails," Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO, 1995
"U.S. Wrestling Team," Sports Illustrated Olympic Special: A Prelude to the Games, NBC, 1996
Keeping America's Promise, Fox, 1997
A Conversation with Gregory Peck, TCM, 1999
American Standoff, HBO, 2002
Television Director
Episodic
"The Documentary," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1997
"Pit Bull Sessions," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1998
"Out o' Time," Oz, HBO, 1999
"Self Defense," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H:LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1999
I Married..., VH1, 2004
Television Appearances
Specials
Indie Truth: An Inquiry into the Documentary, 2002
Awards Presentations
The 49th Annual Academy Awards, 1977
The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
Episodic
Guest, The View, ABC, 2002
RECORDINGS
Video Works
Affiliated with the video Hurricane Irene, c. 1988.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Documentaries
Harlan County, U.S.A., Almi Cinema 5, 1977
My Generation, Solaris, 2000
Teleplays
Specials
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson, NBC, 1993

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Backstage, April 17, 1998, p. 23
Entertainment Weekly, February 12, 1993, p. 44
Guardian, May 7, 1998, p. T10
New York Times, March 24, 1992, p. C11
People Weekly, February 15, 1993, p. 65
Premiere, April, 1992, p. 60
Shoot, November 24, 1995, p. 1
Variety, October 30, 2000, p. S3

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