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• Chain Camera (2001), his documentary film about the lives of Los Angeles high school students, was made entirely with footage shot by students from John Marshall High School.
• In 2006, received the Producer Guild of America's Stanley Kramer award.
• Often uses a cinéma vérité style of filmmaking and encourages his subjects to record their own footage.
• Co-founder of Chain Camera Pictures.
• Known for his documentary films and investigative journalism.
• Has explored themes of hypocrisy, secrecy and human sexuality.