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COLLABORATED WITH:
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Charles Koppelman
Biography
Koppelman is a filmmaker, writer, and opera producer. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. His father was a film editor and writer, and his mother was a schoolteacher. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, where he received a master’s degree in political science.
He is currently in production on three documentaries: Expensive To Be Me is about a $100 million Ponzi scheme run by Tom Girardi, one of America’s most successful attorney, which also benefitted his wife Erika Jayne of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; We’ve Seen Fire is about California wildfires as seen through the eyes and lenses of three world-class photojournalists; and From Havana to Venice traces a 15-year journey making Cuba’s first new modern opera in over sixty years.
His first film, Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story aired on PBS nationally, and was honored at the San Francisco Film Festival. Koppelman produced and co-wrote The Circle of Recovery for Bill Moyers which aired as a PBS Special. He wrote and directed the dramatic feature film Dumbarton Bridge about a black Vietnam veteran, his Amerasian daughter, and their search for identity and community. Available from Netflix.
Koppelman is the author of the book, Behind the Seen about legendary film editor Walter Murch that was published by Penguin.
Koppelman recently completed a documentary short about composer and collector Michael Nyman (The Piano).
Biography
Koppelman is a filmmaker, writer, and opera producer. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. His father was a film editor and writer, and his mother was a schoolteacher. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, where he received a master’s degree in political science.
He is currently in production on three documentaries: Expensive To Be Me is about a $100 million Ponzi scheme run by Tom Girardi, one of America’s most successful attorney, which also benefitted his wife Erika Jayne of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; We’ve Seen Fire is about California wildfires as seen through the eyes and lenses of three world-class photojournalists; and From Havana to Venice traces a 15-year journey making Cuba’s first new modern opera in over sixty years.
His first film, Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story aired on PBS nationally, and was honored at the San Francisco Film Festival. Koppelman produced and co-wrote The Circle of Recovery for Bill Moyers which aired as a PBS Special. He wrote and directed the dramatic feature film Dumbarton Bridge about a black Vietnam veteran, his Amerasian daughter, and their search for identity and community. Available from Netflix.
Koppelman is the author of the book, Behind the Seen about legendary film editor Walter Murch that was published by Penguin.
Koppelman recently completed a documentary short about composer and collector Michael Nyman (The Piano).