Letters and More

Interviews

In making documentary films, I have interviewed hundreds of people—both those who are well known and many others unknown but whose experience, knowledge, opinions or grievances are relevant and deserve to be heard. Often, there is nothing more revealing than what can be learned first-hand from the unheralded voices of people not usually heard from.

For many years, I also conducted interviews for The Academy of Achievement which recognizes notable contributions in the fields of art, music and literature, in science, public life, in business and sports, including:

Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Mikhail Gorbachev
Benazir Bhutto
Rep. John Lewis
Colin Powell
Justice Anthony Kennedy
Norman Mineta
Paul Rusesabagina
Queen Noor of Jordan
Ehud Barak
Sally Ride
Francis Collins

Stephen Jay Gould
Ray Kurzweil
Timothy Bremers-Lee
Fred Smith
Jeff Bezos
Larry Page
Sergey Brin
Pierre Omidyar
Maya Lin
Edward Albee
James Michener
Amy Tan

George Lucas
James Earl Jones
Suzanne Farrell
Wynton Marsalis
Sonny Rollins
Quincy Jones
B.B. King
Dorothy Hamill
Willie Mays
Peyton Manning
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
John Wooden