Ben Berman was in the midst of filming his first documentary when he got some unexpected news: A second, more experienced camera crew was also tailing his subject. “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” ...
Hulu spent $2 million at Sundance in January to acquire a documentary about the Amazing Johnathan. This is not that documentary. Hulu’s film, The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, comes out in August, ...
The Aretha Franklin documentary “Amazing Grace,” the moon-mission chronicle “Apollo 11” and the first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” have made the short ...
Discover What’s Streaming On: Most documentaries tell you everything you need to know in the first minute. A mission statement. A singular quote from the documentary subject that makes the movie worth ...
The idea was to follow around the illusionist, but things changed once another film crew arrived. Director Ben Berman explains his decision to pivot from traditional biopic to comedic autobiographical ...
When John Szeles, a professional magician known by his stage name “The Amazing Johnathan,” was diagnosed with a terminal heart condition, filmmaker Ben Berman saw the opportunity to create a ...
One of the more unique and intriguing aspects of documentaries are the unexpected you-are-there twists and turns that can occur during filming, a process that usually takes place over a far more ...