Judith Ehrlich

Judith Ehrlich
Judith Ehrlich in 2011 at the Peabody Awards
Judith Ehrlich in 2011 at the Peabody Awards
Born{08/30/1948}
OccupationFilmmaker
GenreDocumentary
Notable worksThe Most Dangerous Man in America
The Good War and Those Who Fought It
Notable awardsPeabody Award
IDFA Special Jury Award
Website
judithehrlich.com

Judith Ehrlich (born 1948) is an American film director, writer, and producer. Her work includes co-directing the 2009 documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America, which was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 82nd Academy Awards, won the Special Jury Award at the IDFA, won a Peabody Award, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking.[1][2][3]

Biography

After working as a teacher and curriculum developer, Ehrlich began creating documentaries in the 1980s.[4] In the 1990s, she began work for National Public Radio that included research into American history with a focus on pacifism. Some of this research was incorporated into the documentary The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It, about conscientious objectors during World War II, that she wrote and directed with Rick Tejeda-Flores.[4] The documentary features several conscientious objectors, including Stephen Cary, Bill Sutherland, David Dellinger, and Lew Ayres,[4] is narrated by Ed Asner and includes archival footage.[5][6] The film was completed in 2000 and broadcast on PBS in January 2002.[4]

For the 2009 documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America, Ehrlich and her co-director Rick Goldsmith have said they began speaking with Daniel Ellsberg in 2004 about the development of a film, and then spent several years conducting research and obtaining access to archival footage before they began filming in 2007.[1]

In 2020, she released her documentary, The Boys Who Said No!, about activism in the 1960s and 1970s in opposition to the Vietnam War.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Damon Smith (February 25, 2010). "Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, The Most Dangerous Man in America". Filmmaker. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "POV: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers". Peabody. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Judith Ehrlich". Emmys. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d Freedman, Samuel G. (January 13, 2002). "They Refused to Fight, Even in the 'Good War'". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  5. ^ Bustos, Rod (September 15, 2002). "The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight it: the Story of World War II Conscientious Objectors". Library Journal. 127 (15). Retrieved June 17, 2022 – via Gale.
  6. ^ Suid, Lawrence (January 2013). "The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Tejada-Flores (review)". Film & History. 43 (1): 67–69. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Boys Who Said No!". Cinema St. Louis. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  8. ^ Darden, Jeneé (November 30, 2021). "Vietnam War resistance captured through the lens of filmmaker Judith Ehrlich". KALW. Retrieved June 17, 2022.