Directors

Bryan Fogel

Bryan Fogel

Bryan is the Oscar-winning director of ICARUS, TheDissident, and ICARUS: The Aftermath. ICARUS, which exposed Russia’s state sponsored doping program and the whistleblower at the center of it, won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Documentary and the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize. Bryan was also awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award for Journalism, nominated for the BAFTA Award, three Emmys and the GA Award for Best Direction. ICARUS contributed to Russia’s ban from the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2020’s Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act. Bryan also directed, co-wrote, and produced The Dissident, a documentary feature about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The film premiered at Sundance in 2020 and holds a 96% on RottenTomatoes. The Dissident was also nominated for the BAFTA award, and Bryan won the 2021 WGA best documentary screenplay award. Most recently, Bryan premiered the follow up to ICARUS, ICARUS: The Aftermath to rave reviews at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival.