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Born February 5, 1948 (age 78) • New York
Awards And Honors Academy Award (2004) • Edgar Award (1989)
Notable Works “A Brief History of Time” • “American Dharma” • “Fast, Cheap & Out of Control” • “Gates of Heaven” • “My Psychedelic Love Story” • “Standard Operating Procedure” • “Tabloid” • “The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography” • “The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara” • “The Thin Blue Line” • “The Unknown Known” • “Vernon, Florida” • “Wormwood”

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