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Nancy Florence Buirski (née Cohen; June 24, 1945 – August 29, 2023) was an American filmmaker, producer, and photographer. She wrote, directed, and produced the documentary films A Crime on the Bayou (2020) and Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022).
- Nancy Florence Cohen, June 24, 1945, New York City, U.S.
- Director, producer, writer, photographer
- August 29, 2023 (aged 78), New York City, U.S.
Sep 1, 2023 · Nancy Buirski, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker whose eye was honed as a still photographer and picture editor, died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 78....
Sep 5, 2023 · Nancy Buirski, a prizewinning documentary filmmaker whose wide-ranging works — exploring the stories of civil rights heroes and protagonists in the history of cinema and ballet — offered...
- Emily Langer
Aug 31, 2023 · News. Aug 30, 2023 8:36pm PT. Nancy Buirski, ‘The Loving Story’ Director and Full Frame Doc Festival Founder, Has Died. By Michaela Zee. Getty Images for Hamptons Intern. Nancy Buirski, the...
- Michaela Zee
Aug 31, 2023 · Mark Mann. Nancy Buirski, a PGA Award winner who produced the 2016 film Loving that was inspired by her documentary, directed several films including last year’s Desperate Souls, Dark City and...
Sep 14, 2023 · On Wednesday, August 30, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival founder and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski passed away. As friends and colleagues around the world mourned her loss, Tom Rankin wrote the following tribute to Buirski, remembering, in particular, her immense impact at Duke and in Durham.
Sep 6, 2023 · Nancy Buirski was a visionary in the documentary field—a champion of countless filmmakers when she founded Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. And she was a poet of documentary cinema and humanity in her own right through films such as The Loving Story, Afternoon of a Faun, The Rape of Recy Taylor, and A Crime on the Bayou.
