UPDATED with video: No one can say filmmaker Bryan Fogel doesn't enjoy a cinematic challenge.
He exposed Russia's secret sports doping program in the Oscar-winning documentary Icarus and in his latest, The Dissident, his focus is getting to the bottom of how and why Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the…
Documentary filmmaker Bryan Fogel has become expert at telling complex stories of international intrigue.
He won the Oscar for his 2017 documentary Icarus, which blew the lid off Russia's sports doping conspiracy. In his new film, The Dissident, he turns an investigative lens onto the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the…
One of the best reviewed hot-button documentaries of last Sundance has finally been claimed and given an opportunity to be seen. Briarcliff Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution on The Dissident, about the brutal murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul…
After winning his first Oscar for Icarus in 2018, documentarian Bryan Fogel looked far and wide for his next feature project. Known for his interest in those who speak truth to power, regardless of the consequences, Fogel found the next story worth telling in The Dissident.
Premiering at Sundance yesterday, the…
EXCLUSIVE: One of the hottest and most anticipated films of Sundance 2020 is attracting some very big names. Hillary Clinton is likely to be among the luminaries at today's world premiere of The Dissident, I hear.
Whether the former Secretary of State speaks at the screening, Clinton’s presence alone is sure to add…
For Icarus director Bryan Fogel, winning the Oscar for Best Documentary in March by no means marked the end of his awards season run. Six months after he earned the statuette for his film that exposed Russia's vast athletics doping program, he finds himself in the running for multiple Emmy Awards.
To borrow a sports…
For sheer newsworthiness, Bryan Fogel's documentary Icarus must qualify as perhaps the most impactful documentary of the year.
The film played a key role in exposing the vast athletics doping program orchestrated by the Russian government, which recently prompted the International Olympic Committee to ban Russia…
