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Barbara Kopple. Barbara Kopple (born July 30, 1946) is an American film director known primarily for her documentary work. She is credited with pioneering a renaissance of cinema vérité, and bringing the historic french style to a modern American audience. She has won two Academy Awards, for Harlan County, USA (1977), about a Kentucky miners ...
- July 30, 1946 (age 77), New York City, US
- Film director
Barbara Kopple is an American director and producer who is best known for her riveting documentaries that chronicle battles in the American labor movement in the 1970s and ’80s. She was the first woman to win two Academy Awards in the documentary category. Her film Harlan County U.S.A. is widely regarded as one of the greatest documentaries of all time.
Barbara Kopple is an award-winning filmmaker who has made documentaries about social and political issues, such as Harlan County U.S.A., American Dream and Shut Up & Sing. IMDb provides her biography, filmography, photos, videos and trivia.
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Jul 24, 2015 · The two-time Oscar winner reflects on her 1973 debut, which captured the coal miners' strike in Kentucky. She shares her experiences of working with the Maysles brothers, Bob Dylan and facing danger in the field.
- Steven Gaydos
Aug 22, 2023 · Blitzer will receive his honor at the News ceremony on Sept. 27, and Kopple’s at the Documentary ceremony on Sept. 28. Both events will take place at the Palladium Times Square in New York City ...
Aug 25, 2022 · In Barbara Kopple ’s 40-plus year career as one of America’s greatest documentary directors, she has won Academy Awards for the seminal 1976 documentary “Harlan County, U.S.A.” a portrait ...
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Apr 26, 2018 · Harlan County, USA (1976) Barbara Kopple’s invigorating solo directorial debut Harlan County, USA introduced a brilliant voice for verité. Immersing herself within the community of Kentucky coal miners going on strike against the Duke Power Company, Kopple brought her camera to the front lines of a tense stand-off between the haves and the have nots.
