Ida Board Member Brian Gerber, whose documentary producing credits include The Eleventh Hour, The Dungeon Master and Putting the River in Reverse, has died of an apparent suicide. He was 41. According to confirmations by friends and family members on his Facebook page and a report in the La Weekly, his body was found in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles after he drove his car off the Angeles Crest Highway.
An Atlanta native, Gerber studied screenwriting at the American Film Institute. Early on in his career, he developed features such ...
An Atlanta native, Gerber studied screenwriting at the American Film Institute. Early on in his career, he developed features such ...
- 8/30/2012
- by twhite
- International Documentary Association
Los Angeles — A documentary producer who worked with Leonardo DiCaprio on the environmental film "The 11th Hour" has been found dead.
Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter says Brian Gerber's body was recovered Wednesday morning after being found near a vehicle that plunged from a mountain highway northeast of Los Angeles.
Winter says his death is being investigated as a possible suicide. Gerber had been reported missing over the weekend.
The 41-year-old's film credits include "The Dungeon Masters," which focused on three Dungeons and Dragons game devotees. According to a biography on his company's website, Gerber worked with the band R.E.M. and has worked on several music documentaries.
He also co-founded a series of conferences titled "Digital Hollywood."
He is survived by his wife, actress Arabella Field and two young sons.
Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter says Brian Gerber's body was recovered Wednesday morning after being found near a vehicle that plunged from a mountain highway northeast of Los Angeles.
Winter says his death is being investigated as a possible suicide. Gerber had been reported missing over the weekend.
The 41-year-old's film credits include "The Dungeon Masters," which focused on three Dungeons and Dragons game devotees. According to a biography on his company's website, Gerber worked with the band R.E.M. and has worked on several music documentaries.
He also co-founded a series of conferences titled "Digital Hollywood."
He is survived by his wife, actress Arabella Field and two young sons.
- 8/30/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Documentary film producer Brian Gerber has died in what investigators consider a "possible suicide," the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday afternoon. Investigators think Gerber, producer of environmental documentary The 11th Hour, drove his vehicle off the Angeles National Highway and into a ravine in the Angeles National Forest, according to a report in L.A. Weekly. The Weekly also said Gerber, 41, left a suicide note at mile marker 32 of the highway in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles. According to Ed
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- 8/29/2012
- by Daniel Miller
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update 5:25 Pm: The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has confirmed that the body found at the bottom of a ravine in Angeles National Forest is that of documentary film producer Brian Gerber. Coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter tells The Associated Press that the death is being investigated as a possible suicide. Previous: The family of missing documentary filmmaker Brian Gerber has posted on his Facebook page “Our worst fears regarding Brian Gerber have been confirmed”. Gerber was reported missing yesterday, and today police said they had found a body and a vehicle that fit the description of Gerber’s silver Toyota Prius at the bottom of a ravine off the Angeles Crest Highway. The family’s statement goes on to say: “Brian’s family thanks you for all the condolences, good thoughts, prayers and asks for your patience and understanding during this most difficult of times. Obviously they...
- 8/29/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Brian Gerber, a film producer missing since Monday afternoon, was found dead by the Angeles Crest Highway Wednesday morning, an individual with knowledge of his case told TheWrap. The Los Angeles Coroner's office told TheWrap Wednesday that they are investigating the death of a Brian Gerber, age 41. That is the same name and age as the film producer who went missing on Monday after leaving behind a suicide note. On Facebook, a post Wednesday on Gerber's name under his page said: "Our worst fears regarding Brian Gerber have been confirmed. Brian's family thanks...
- 8/29/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
The Los Angeles Police Department is searching for Brian Gerber, a film producer and co-founder of the Digital Hollywood summits who went missing on Monday, Lieutenant Menza of the Lapd's Northeast Division told TheWrap. It is suspected that Gerber may have committed suicide. Gerber, 41, has spent much of his career in Hollywood producing documentaries such as "The Dungeon Masters" and "The 11th Hour," a documentary on global warming that Leonardo DiCaprio co-wrote, produced and narrated. He also co-founded the Digital Hollywood conference series through his Gerber/Rigler production company. His family and friends posted...
- 8/29/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
There’s a long standing debate over the presence of originality in derivative works—or, how much creative value does say, a spoof of an already über-popular Beyoncé-Lady Gaga video really have? The subsidiary version clearly borrows from the original, milking the internet zeitgeist for attention (and dollars) while never eclipsing its master. The flipside is of course the derivative that transcends the original, breaking both itself and the original into a new orbit of relevance—see: Numa Numa. Somewhere in between those two poles lies a whole sea of creative output that could go either way. In web series, the title is usually the first giveaway. Sex and the Austen Girl launched today on Babelgum, a twenty-episode web series based on the best-selling Penguin novels, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler. Thankfully its name is misleading enough not to box this one into the...
- 5/17/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
This review was written for the theatrical release of "The 11th Hour".NEW YORK -- "The 11th Hour" is an impassioned ecology-themed documentary that ultimately is more rewarding for informational than cinematic reasons. Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film has the unfortunate effect of making the multiple-Oscar-nominated star seem somehow less charismatic than Al Gore. But while many might accuse it of preaching to the converted -- at least in terms of the audiences most likely to see it -- this is yet another important wake-up call that deserves respect.
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented "Koyaanisqatsi"-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented "Koyaanisqatsi"-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 8/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The 11th Hour is an impassioned ecology-themed documentary that ultimately is more rewarding for informational than cinematic reasons. Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film has the unfortunate effect of making the multiple-Oscar-nominated star seem somehow less charismatic than Al Gore. But while many might accuse it of preaching to the converted -- at least in terms of the audiences most likely to see it -- this is yet another important wake-up call that deserves respect.
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented Koyaanisqatsi-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented Koyaanisqatsi-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 8/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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