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Richard Wolf | |
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| Born | April 13, 1956 |
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| Occupation(s) | film director, producer |
| Website | Official website |
Richard Wolf, also known as Ricardo Lobo, is an American documentary film director and producer. His films tackle social issues from a humanist perspective. Based in New York, he has directed over thirty documentary films in five continents.
Career[edit]
Wolf started his career in Brazil under the name Ricardo Lobo. There, he directed independent documentaries and became a succesful network television reporter, praised in the national press for his courage and commitment. He produced investigative reports for Documento Especial, a weekly series that peaked at 47 percent ratings.
Wolf then became a documentary director at the public television TV Cultura, which according to research by the British Institute Populus, is the second highest quality channel in the world.[1] At TV Cultura, he directed the documentary De Volta para Casa (Going Back Home) on street children, which was the flagship program that earned the station an International Emmy Award.[2] He also received the Ayrton Senna Award, the IberoAmerican Award, and the Vladimir Herzog Award.[3][4] In 2001, he migrated to the United States. He then assumed the US legal name Richard Wolf and took residence in New York City. From there, he traveled and filmed in 76 countries.
Wolf's feature documentary A Requiem for Syrian Refugees was released theatrically internationally to critical acclaim, being considered "powerfully direct" and "pained but beautiful".[5][6][7] Wolf was one of the few filmmakers who managed to obtain entry into Afghanistan during Taliban rule before the September 11 attacks. Working largely underground, he made the film Behind the Veil, which brought to Western audiences images of women's underground resistance against fundamentalism.[8] Wolf's work embodies a strong gender perspective. His documentary Women of the Sand on women empowerment in the Mauritania desert, was shown at the Museum of Modern Art and became part of the collection. Some of Wolf's films have dealt with taboo social issues such as honor killings. His documentary Dishonorable Killings, filmed in Diyarbakir, Turkey, was premiered in London and shown on the France 24 channel.[9] Wolf also worked for the United Nations, UNICEF, and UNDP, leading communications teams and producing films on relief and development topics.[10][11] Through his company Lobodocs, he developed a partnership with streaming service Kanopy to target influencers in the educational and public library segments, while at the same time maintaining ties to international distributors such as Journeyman pictures (UK) and Java Films (France).[12] His documentary The Antechamber of Hell on Rohingya refugees, is currently being streamed on Amazon.com, which tagged it "a searing testimony of crimes against humanity and an enlivening testament to the human spirit.[13]
His visual style has been likened to Dorothea Lange: "Gorgeous visual quality, thanks to the stark black and white cinematography that recalls the depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange".[5]
Personal life[edit]
Wolf was born Ricardo Lobo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 13, 1956. He is the son of Brazilian diplomat Mauro Lobo and teacher Gloria Lobo. He grew up in Sao Paulo, went to the Colegio Santa Cruz high school and graduated in Economics with honors from the University of Sao Paulo. He then moved to New York to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy in economics, having studied at Columbia University and The New School. After finishing his doctorate at the age of 24, he took film production courses at The Global Village and The New York Film Academy.[14]
Wolf is not married and has no children.
Filmography[edit]
| Title | Year | Credited as | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | ||
| Rã’ã | 1986 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capoeira: Art and Slyness | 1988 | Yes | No | No |
| Porto de Santos | 1990 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Social Abyss X World Cup Fever; Toxic Waste in Cubatão; Slave Labor in the Coal Mines of Mato Grosso | 1994 | No | No | Yes |
| Black Cultural Movement in Bahia | 1995 | No | Yes | No |
| Demobilization of Young Soldiers in Angola | 1995 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Marijuana Wars; Crianças de Fibra, Life in the Swamps; Rave Culture; Portrait of a Serial Killer | 1997 | No | No | Yes |
| Rebel Mexico | 1997 | No | No | Yes |
| De Volta para Casa | 1998 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Gabriela | 1999 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Urban Outcasts | 1999 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Behind the Veil | 2001 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Seekers | 2001 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Twin Towers of Islam | 2002 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The U.N. Security Council | 2003 | Yes | No | No |
| Women of the Sand | 2003 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Sisters of Ladakh | 2003 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Taking Destiny Into Her Own Hands | 2004 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kbiit | 2005 | No | Executive | Yes |
| Ketahanan | 2006 | No | Executive | Yes |
| Fatima | 2006 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Solidarity | 2007 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Waves of Hope | 2007 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Dishonourable Killings | 2008 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Fire Dreams | 2010 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Rue Mouffetard | 2013 | Yes | No | No |
| A Requiem for Syrian Refugees | 2014 | Yes | Yes | No |
| The Antechamber of Hell | 2018 | Yes | Yes | No |
References[edit]
- ^ "TV Cultura tem 2ª melhor programação do mundo, diz pesquisa". EXAME (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "Newsline". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "FPA". www2.tvcultura.com.br. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "Vladoherzog Award List" (PDF). vladoherzog.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ a b "'A Requiem for Syrian Refugees': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ Gates, Anita (2014-10-16). "Lives Uprooted by War". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "A Requiem for Syrian Refugees Is Pained but Beautiful". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "Behind the Veil | Kanopy". www.kanopy.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL LONDON". www.portobellofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "World AIDS Day". United Nations UN Audiovisual Library. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "Women of the Sand | Kanopy". www.kanopy.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Watch The Antechamber of Hell | Prime Video". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Watch The Antechamber of Hell | Prime Video". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ "Richard Wolf Bio/Filmography". Lobodocs. Retrieved 2019-01-03.