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Peter Gilbert (born 1957 or 1958) is an American documentary filmmaker, film producer, and cinematographer. He was the cinematographer and one of the producers of Hoop Dreams, a 1994 documentary about two teenage basketball players in Chicago.
Peter Gilbert (born 1957 or 1958) is an American documentary filmmaker, film producer, and cinematographer. He was the cinematographer and one of the producers of Hoop Dreams, a 1994 documentary about two teenage basketball players in Chicago.
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When Steve James fell in love with film at an early age, he dismissed documentaries as dry and even preachy. “I associated documentaries with social issues—a kind of medicine one would take in classes,” he said. But through exposure to works like Harlan County, USA and the Up series, he realized the genre could wield as much drama as narrative film...
Hoop Dreams was not originally intended to be a movie. James and producers Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert initially envisioned the project as a half-hour special on public television. “Documentaries just weren’t part of the theatrical business in any meaningful way,” James said. While notable exceptions included Madonna: Truth or Dare and Michael...
While sports movies like Hoosiers and Field of Dreams were immensely popular at the time of Hoop Dreams’filming, sports documentaries were scarce. “Documentaries that looked at sports in any way were just considered fluff and not of social importance,” James said. And though James, Gilbert and Marx shot the film from the perspective of basketball o...
Bing Liu was a young child when Hoop Dreams was released. He saw the film for the first time five years ago, and while watching it wasn’t a breakthrough moment for him like it was for Garbus, he began to realize how much it had influenced the norms of his filmmaking generation. James’ exhaustive longitudinal commitment—he shot for more than five ye...
Peter Gilbert is a prominent documentary filmmaker known for his contributions to the genre, particularly in the context of sports documentaries. His work is characterized by a deep exploration of personal and social themes, often focusing on the lives of individuals and the impact of sports on their journeys.
Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein are New York City–based filmmakers. Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible—professional basketball glory—in this epic chronicle of hope and faith.
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Peter Gilbert has won national and international honors for his groundbreaking work as a producer, director and cinematographer. In addition to Academy Award nominations and Emmy wins, Gilbert’s work has appeared on major broadcast networks and in countless film festivals.
Oct 21, 1994 · The filmmakers (Steve James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert) shot miles of film, 250 hours in all, and that means they were there for several of the dramatic turning-points in the lives of the two young men. For both, there are reversals of fortune – life seems bleak, and then is redeemed by hope and sometimes even triumph.
