Julia Reichert, the Oscar-winning documentarian behind “American Factory,” died Thursday after a long battle with bladder cancer, her husband and frequent collaborator Steven Bognar confirmed to TheWrap. She was 76.
Over the course of her five-decade career, Reichert became known as the godmother of American independent documentary filmmaking. Her work illuminating the intersections of race, gender, class and labor has received numerous accolades. Thrice nominated at the Academy Awards – for “Union Maids” (1976), “Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists” (1983), and “The Last Truck: Closing of a Gm Plant” (2009) – Reichert won the Oscar for “American Factory” in 2020. She accepted the award alongside her co-director Bognar.
Reichert also earned two Emmy Awards, two Peabody nominations and won the Directing Award at Sundance 2019. The International Documentary Association honored her with the Career Achievement Award in 2018.
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Over the course of her five-decade career, Reichert became known as the godmother of American independent documentary filmmaking. Her work illuminating the intersections of race, gender, class and labor has received numerous accolades. Thrice nominated at the Academy Awards – for “Union Maids” (1976), “Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists” (1983), and “The Last Truck: Closing of a Gm Plant” (2009) – Reichert won the Oscar for “American Factory” in 2020. She accepted the award alongside her co-director Bognar.
Reichert also earned two Emmy Awards, two Peabody nominations and won the Directing Award at Sundance 2019. The International Documentary Association honored her with the Career Achievement Award in 2018.
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- 12/2/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
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