Documentary’s Leading Figures Pay Tribute To Julia Reichert, Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Who Lost Battle With Cancer
deadline.comThe documentary community is mourning one of its most treasured artists, filmmaker Julia Reichert. The Oscar-winning director of American Factory died Thursday night at her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio of a form of cancer affecting the bladder and other organs.
She was 76. “I love this special woman… We can see her sweetness, joy, passion and love in every frame,” filmmaker Ondi Timoner wrote on Facebook. “You were a gift to us all, an inspiration for all the best parts of being human, and you uplifted everyone you touched with your work.
I feel so lucky to have known you all these years.” RIP Julia Reichert, the most beloved person in the documentary community, an angel & a beacon.
I met her in 2006 at a screening of A Lion in the House which affected me so deeply we talked for hours. She’ll always inspire me.
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