Ron Frank

An award-winning filmmaker, Ron Frank has earned a Peabody award and Emmy nomination, and has worked as director, writer, editor and producer. His latest film, "Remembering Gene Wilder" is about the life and death of the iconic actor, writer and director. He was producer and editor for "MLK: The Assassination Tapes" for Smithsonian Channel for which he received the George Foster Peabody Award. "First-rate effort, compelling historical documentary" VARIETY One of Ron's earlier television documentaries was a two-hour special for History Channel; "The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann", narrated by Gregory Peck. "Absorbing documentary" HOLLYWOOD REPORTER He was director and writer for "The Eternal Road" on PBS; the story of a lost opera by Kurt Weill that foreshadowed the fate of German Jewry. "An eloquent work" LOS ANGELES TIMES, "Deftly alternates from the present to the past" NEW YORK TIMES Ron produced and edited "The Lost JFK Tapes" for National Geographic Channel, a two hour special on the JFK assassination for which he received an Emmy nomination. "Mesmerizing" NEW YORK TIMES, "Revelatory" DALLAS MORNING NEWS, "Fascinating documentary" NEW YORK DAILY NEWS He is director, producer and editor of his theatrical documentary film, "When Comedy Went to School" about the birthplace of stand up comedy in the Catskill Mountains. "A loving look at a bygone era" HUFFINGTON POST, "It consistently entertains" VARIETY "Thoroughly funny chronicle of the Catskills resorts" NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Ron has taught documentary filmmaking at UCLA and holds a BFA from New York University's film school.