Person Place Thing: R. J. Cutler

By Randy Cohen
Person Place Thing
October 9, 2021

His first feature-length documentary, The War Room, was Oscar-nominated. He won an Emmy for American High, a TV series. Years earlier he received this professional tip from his mentor, D. A. Pennebaker: “You’re not a director until you wake up screaming in the middle of the night.” Apparently I am a director. As are we all. Listen HERE.

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