Ofra Bikel

Ofra Bikel (born in Israel) is a documentary filmmaker, and television producer. For more than two decades she was a mainstay of the acclaimed PBS series FRONTLINE producing over 25 award-winning documentaries, ranging from foreign affairs to critiques of the U.S. criminal justice system.^[1]

She graduated from the University of Paris and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. She was married briefly to actor and folk singer, Theodore Bikel. She was a researcher for Time, Newsweek, and ABC Television. She moved to public television, producing films for the WGBH series World and later for the long-running series FRONTLINE. In the mid-1970s, Bikel moved to her native Israel and produced more than 15 films. She returned to the U.S. in 1977.^[2]

Her documentary films intersperse long interviews with sharp, silent, moments.^[3]

Awards

• 2007 John Chancellor Award^[4]
• 2003 The Hillman Prize
• 2002 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award
• 2002 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
• 2002 Emmy Award Outstanding Investigative Journalism—Long Form^[5]
• 2000 NACDL Champion Of Justice Award^[6]
• 1994 Grand Prize at the Banff World Television Festival^[7]

Works

• The Confessions, 2010
• Close to Home, 2009
• The Hugo Chávez Show, November 2008
• When Kids Get Life, 2007
• The Unexpected Candidate, March 2006
• The O.J. Verdict (2005)
• Requiem for Frank Lee Smith (2002)
• Saving Elian (2001)
• The Case for Innocence, January 2000
• Snitch (1999)
• The Search for Satan (1995)
• Divided Memories (1995)
• Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: Public Hearing, Private Pain (1992)
• Poland—The Morning After (1990)
• American Games, Japanese Rules (1988)
• Israel: The Price of Victory (1987)
• The Russians Are Here (1983)
• Who Killed Sadat? (1982)
• Innocence Lost: The Plea (1997)
• Innocence Lost: The Verdict (1993)
• Innocence Lost (1991)^[8]

References

1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/person/ofra-bikel/
2. "Producer Ofra Bikel | About Us | FRONTLINE | PBS". pbs.org. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
3. "Conversations: Ofra Bikel; The Patience and Passion Of a Documentary Film Maker", The New York Times, Susan Chira, August 1, 1993
4. http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1175373378568/page/1175373377534/simplepage.htm%3E
5. "News Emmy Awards - 25th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award Press Release - PART B". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
6. "NACDL - News Release ~ 11/04/2000". criminaljustice.org. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
7. "Banff Television Festival (1994)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
8. "Ofra Bikel - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

External links

• "PBS Frontline: 'The Hugo Chavez Show'", The Washington Post, November 26, 2008