Errol Morris
Errol Morris (born 1948) is an American documentary director regarded as one of the most influential figures in contemporary non-fiction cinema. He came up through philosophy graduate studies before turning to filmmaking, and his features helped reshape the modern American documentary by combining stylized interviews — often using his patented Interrotron device that allows subjects to look directly into the camera — with detective-like investigations of memory and evidence. His acclaimed films include Gates of Heaven, Vernon, Florida, The Thin Blue Line, A Brief History of Time, The Fog of War (which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature), Standard Operating Procedure, and Tabloid.