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2001 "Jack Haley, Jr", documentary producer, That's Entertainment!, dies at 67

1998 Henry Hampton, documentary maker, Eyes on the Prize, dies at 48

1997 James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker, dies at 70

1996 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80

1995 Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48

1994 Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84

1970 Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary

1957 Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary

1953 Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball

1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies

1947 Mike Dutfield, documentary prodcuer

1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography'

1926 James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker

1926 Bud Greenspan, documentary maker, Olympic Games

1916 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker

1910 Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer

1898 John Grierson, documentary film maker

1895 Dorothea Lange, U.S. documentary photographer

1884 Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North


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