Steve James

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Biography

The filmmaking trio had only $2,500 with which to make the documentary, so they shot on video. After logging more than 250 hours of footage, they knew they had something more than a mere TV documentary. Instead, the result turned out to be the feature documentary "Hoop Dreams" (1994), which earned a place on most Top 10 lists and won virtually every critical award as Best Documentary although in a brouhaha that eventually changed the way …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera, Film & Tape, Editor, Consultants & Advisors

Born

November 30, 1953

LATEST CREDITS

Stevie

Himself, Director, Producer

Hoop Dreams

Narration, Director, Producer, Screenplay

Reel Paradise

Director, Producer

Passing Glory

Director

The Interrupters

Director, Producer

Untitled (Steve James/Steven Zaillian/Martin Scorsese Roger Ebert Documentary)

Director, Producer

Joe and Max

Director

Prefontaine

Director, Screenplay

At the Death House Door

Director, Producer

Head Games

Director, Producer

Higher Goals

Director, Producer

The New Americans

Executive Producer

The War Tapes

Producer