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Bryan Fogel is an American film director, producer, author, playwright, speaker and human rights activist, best known for the 2017 documentary Icarus, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.

Bryan Fogel
Born	Denver, Colorado, United States
Alma mater	University of Colorado Boulder
Notable work	Icarus The Dissident
Awards	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Journalism Sundance Grand Jury Award

The New York Times described Fogel's film Icarus as "Illuminating"[1] and Variety magazine called it "A Game Changing Documentary."[2] Icarus premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award "The Orwell Award" and the first ever "Audience Choice" Award of Sundance Film Festival London. The film was acquired in a historic $5 million sale by Netflix[3] and launched globally on August 4, 2017 and won its first Feature Documentary Oscar with Icarus.[4] The evidence brought forward in Icarus through Russian whistle-blower Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov was instrumental in the Olympic Committee's banning of Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Fogel most recently has directed and produced the 2020 American documentary film The Dissident, which follows the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia's efforts to control international dissent. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020 and was released on December 18, 2020, by Briarcliff Entertainment. Fogel was listed in Fast Company: "The Most Creative People in Business 2021"[5] among 72 individuals for his film The Dissident. Fogel's screenplay for The Dissident, won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay award at the 73rd Writers Guild of America Awards in 2020 and received a nomination for "Best Documentary" at the (BAFTA Awards) British Academy Film Awards in 2020.

He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Early life and education

Fogel was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended the Denver Jewish Day School.[6] He graduated from East High School and the University of Colorado Boulder.[7]

Career

Fogel began his career in Hollywood pursuing stand-up comedy and acting.[8] He had a small part in the 2009 Disney movie Race to Witch Mountain.[9]

Fogel has given keynote speeches to organizations around the world including the Oslo Freedom Forum in 2019 and 2020 - Human Rights Foundation and has appeared on ABC Nightline, Charlie Rose, Seth Meyers, Joe Rogan, CNN, ESPN, Meet The Press, The View, NPR, BBC and has been featured in publications around the globe including The Guardian [10] and Financial Times.[11]

Jewtopia

Fogel developed, co-wrote, and initially starred in the play Jewtopia, an off-Broadway comedy about the dating lives of two young men seeking Jewish women, which was made into a feature film. The play opened in Los Angeles in 2003 and ran for 300 performances.[12] It moved on in 2004 to the off-Broadway Westside Theater in New York, where it ran for more than three years and over a thousand performances before closing in April 2007. It is one of the longest-running and fastest-recouping productions in Off-Broadway history.[13]

Fogel co-authored the book Jewtopia: The Chosen Guide for the Chosen People, with Sam Wolfson.[14] The book was published by Hachette Book Group and Fogel appeared on ABC's The View in support of the book.

Fogel directed, co-wrote and produced the feature film adaptation of Jewtopia which was released in 2012. The film had its U.S. premiere as the opening night gala of the 13th Newport Beach International Film Festival.[15][16] The film won the audience choice award of the 2012 Malibu Film Festival.

Icarus

While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, Fogel connected with renegade Russian scientist, Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, a pillar of his country Russia's state-sponsored Olympic doping program. Fogel and Rodchenkov realized they held the power to reveal the major doping in sports through The New York Times on May 12, 2016.[17] Part of Fogel's motivation was his complex view of cyclist Lance Armstrong, whom he had long suspected of doping despite avoiding detection from 500 plus tests. When it was learned that Armstrong had in fact been using performance enhancing drugs, Fogel became fascinated with how the athlete was able to carry on without the slightest suspicion for so long.[18]

They alleged Russia had orchestrated state-sponsored fraud, conspiring to cheat the Olympics for decades, including the 2014 Sochi Olympics, where Rodchenkov, with the help of the Federal Security Service (FSB, formerly the KGB), changed steroid-tainted urine of the Russian national team to evade positive detection. This story, which Fogel had been documenting as a filmmaker for 3.5 years, working with producer Dan Cogan, is the foundation of his feature documentary film Icarus. Icarus premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival[19] where it won the first ever Special Jury "Orwell Award"[20] and the first ever Audience Choice Award[21] at Sundance Film Festival London. The film was acquired in a historic $5 million sale to Netflix[22] and released worldwide on Netflix on August 4, 2017.[23]

In December 2017, Russia was suspended from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea under its flag, although it did send 169 athletes under the moniker "Olympic Athletes from Russia".[24] In August 2017, Fogel met with members of the US Congress and Senate to discuss the extent of Russian tampering in global affairs, specifically the 2016 US elections.[24]

Icarus won Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.[25] as well as the SummerDocs Audience Award at the 2017 Hamptons International Film Festival.[26]

The film was also nominated for the Best Documentary Feature at the 71st BAFTAs, and Fogel was also nominated for outstanding directorial achievement at the 70th Directors Guild of America Awards, and three 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards for writing, directing and best documentary special. Icarus also received the 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Journalism.[27]

For his work on Icarus, Fogel was asked to speak for Play the Game, a Danish-led group dedicated to raising the ethical standards of sports worldwide.[28]

YEAR	AWARD	CATEGORY	RESULT
2017	Sundance Film Festival	Documentary-Director	Won [29][30]
2017	Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize	The Orwell Award	Won
2017	Sundance Film Festival: London	Audience Award – U.S. Documentary	Won [31]
2017	Hamptons International Film Festival	SummerDocs Audience Award	Won [32]
2017	International Documentary Association	Video Source Award	Nominated
2017	Academy Awards, the USA- Oscar	Best Documentary Feature	Won [33]
2018	National Edward R. Murrow Awards	Best T.V. Network News Documentary	Won [34]
2018	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special	Nominated [35]
2018	Cinema Eye Honors Awards, U.S.	Hell Yeah Prize	Won [36][37]
2018	Directors Guild of America, USA	Best Direction for Documentary	Nominated [38]
2018	BAFTA Awards	Best Documentary	Nominated [39]
2018	Faro Island Film Festival: Golden Carp Film Award	Best Documentary Feature	Nominated
2018	Edward R. Murrow Awards	Best T.V. Network News Documentary-Director	Won [40]
2018	Gold Derby Awards	Documentary Feature	Nominated [41]

The Dissident

Fogel co-wrote, produced, and directed the documentary The Dissident (2020), investigating the murder of Saudi Arabian The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul allegedly at the hands of his own government.[42] Fogel believed that after the assassination, Khashoggi's reputation was dragged through the mud as he was painted as a terrorist sympathizer. Fogel noted that, in truth, Khashoggi was an intended reformer for his nation, aspiring to promote transparency through his journalism.[43] Fogel has asserted that he is fighting for freedom of speech and freedom of press everywhere by bringing to light the heinous crime committed against Khashoggi. While a CIA report released by the Biden administration implicated Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in the death of Khashoggi,[44] Fogel believes the prince will never face an Interpol arrest warrant or formal investigation considering the vast amount of wealth he owns.[45]

Despite excellent reviews, major film studios were reluctant to pick up the film, for fear of reprisals.[46][47][48] Eight months after its release, Briarcliff Entertainment picked up the film with intent to release it across theaters, coinciding with the second anniversary of Khashoggi's assassination.[49] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Fogel's investigation is vigorous, deep and comprehensive."[50] and Owen Gleiberman, reviewing the film in Variety, called it "an eye-opening thriller brew of corruption, cover-up, and real-world courage."[51] Peter Sobczynski, reviewing it for Roger Ebert, said, “The new documentary The Dissident lays out the story in as clear and concise a manner as possible, and does so with enough details to make even those who have followed the case intently gasp in shock over what filmmaker Bryan Fogel has to show them.”[52]

YEAR	AWARD	CATEGORY	RESULT
2020	CPH: DOX Award	DOX: AWARD	Nominated [53]
2020	Stockholm Film Festival	Bronze Horse-Best Documentary	Nominated [54][55]
2021	BAFTA Awards	Best Documentary	Nominated [56]
2021	Writers Guild of America, USA	WGA Award-Documentary Screenplay	Won [57]
2021	Cinema Eye Honors Awards, U.S.	Outstanding Achievement in Production-Feature	Nominated [58]
2021	Dublin International Film Festival	Dublin Film Critics Special Jury Prize-writer, director	Won [59]

Filmography

Title	Year	Role
The Dissident [60][61]	2020	Writer, Director, Producer
Icarus	2017	Writer, Director, Producer
Jewtopia	2012	Writer, Director, Executive Producer

References

External links

• Bryan Fogel at IMDb

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Bryan Fogel (* frühe 1970er in Denver, Colorado) ist ein US-amerikanischer Dramaturg, Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent, der durch die Kinoproduktion Jewtopia international bekannt wurde.[1]

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