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Universal Pictures has set Jane, a drama that Sheldon Turner will write, with Jennifer Klein producing through their Vendetta label. The African-set action thriller has a strong role for an actress. When well-trained and well-financed professional poachers begin to target a conservationist ranch in Tanzania, it falls…

Jane cinematographer Ellen Kuras won for Outstanding Cinematography on the National Geographic documentary about the titular primatologist Jane Goodall and backstage, she addressed the lack of females in the field. She said that there were a “handful of women in the field” when she first started in the industry…

Of the seven Emmy nominations for Brett Morgen's National Geographic documentary Jane—depicting the life and work of pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall—one makes the director particularly proud. Competing for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and Nonfiction Directing, with well-deserved nominations in…

National Geographic’s extraordinary Jane has one of the most popular documentaries released in the past year, though inexplicably after cleaning up on the movie-awards season circuit it did not make Oscar’s cut for Best Documentary —  a real head-scratcher. Now, however, the Television Academy has made up for that…

Brett Morgen qualifies as one of the most successful directors in documentary film, with credits that range from Cobain: Montage of Heck to The Kid Stays in the Picture, and a raft of awards to his name. But, surprisingly, his long list of honors doesn't include a Primetime Emmy. "I have a terrible track record at the…

National Geographic Channel has set premiere dates for three new series and its commercial-free airing of Jane, the Oscar-shortlisted feature documentary about chimpanzee maven Jane Goodall. First up is Monday’s debut of Chain of Command, an eight-part documentary series made with incredible access inside the walls of…

Taking on Jane, an archival documentary on the life and scientific contributions of Jane Goodall, Brett Morgen's aim was to recreate the primatologist' formative experiences as she had lived them. Presented with 150 hours of digitized footage—shot in 1960s Gombe by wildlife photographer Hugo van Lawick, who at one…

One of the most unpredictable races in years for the Oscar for Documentary Feature has come down to 15 films, narrowed from a record-breaking tally of 170 qualifiers. Two films on Syria's civil war made the cut—Matthew Heineman's City of Ghosts, about the ISIS takeover of Raqqa, and Feras Fayyad's Last Men in Aleppo…

The Producers Guild has announced nominees for the 2018 PGA Awards’ Documentary Motion Pictures category, with subjects ranging from Jane Goodall and Ben Bradlee to the Middle East and Earth itself. Winners will be announced January 20 at the 29th annual PGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton. Here’s the list in…

Brett Morgen's award-winning body of work includes documentaries on The Rolling Stones, Kurt Cobain and dashing movie producer Robert Evans. It may come as a surprise, then, to see him focus his latest film on Jane Goodall, a woman not identified with Hollywood glamour or ear-blasting rock n' roll. In fact her…

Usually by this stage of awards season, a couple of documentaries have emerged as solid favorites. Last year, it was O.J.: Made in America and I Am Not Your Negro. The year before, Amy and The Look of Silence. This year, it looks like anybody's game. "It’s a much more open field this year in terms of what’s being…

A documentary about the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees and another about the cats of Istanbul took two of the top prizes tonight at the second annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. Jane, about chimp maven Jane Goodall, won Best Documentary at the Penn Gillette-hosted ceremony in Brooklyn, and Kedi dragged…