Brian Knappenberger

Brian Knappenberger is a producer and director, known for We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012), The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) and Bloomberg Game Changers (2010).

Works

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Release Date2014-02-25

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count113

The Face of Anonymous

"The Face of Anonymous" by Gary Lang, which profiles Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, who has hidden from the FBI in Toronto and Mexico.

Release Date2021-04-29

Charactersd Self

Vote Count4

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

Release Date2024-03-12

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count9

Vote Count35

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

Release Date2021-09-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count113

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

Conspiracy. Fraud. Violence. Murder. What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.

Release Date2022-06-15

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count31

Turning Point: The Vietnam War

This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon.

Release Date2025-04-30

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count5

Vote Count14

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

A boy’s brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system’s protection of vulnerable children.

Release Date2020-02-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count417

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

While Senator Kelly addresses a senate committee about the supposed mutant menace, we learn about the making of the movie, X-Men.

Release Date2000-07-02

DepartmentArt

JobGraphic Designer

Vote Count227

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.

Release Date2024-03-05

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count3

Vote Count31

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.

Release Date2014-06-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count445

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

Release Date2018-08-31

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count140

Strategic Command

Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large amounts of a newly created germ warfare chemical called Bromax-360, loosing two of their men in the process before escaping into the night.

Release Date1997-01-06

DepartmentCamera

JobCamera Loader

Vote Count20

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' raucous beginnings on the website 4chan. Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various "raids," the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.

Release Date2012-01-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count336

Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America

Survivors, whistleblowers, and experts recount the Boy Scouts of America's decadeslong cover-up of sexual abuse cases and its heartbreaking impact.

Release Date2023-09-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count30

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

The courtroom and publicity battles between the superstar wrestler and the notorious website explode in a sensational trial all about the limits of the First Amendment and the new no holds barred nature of celebrity life in an internet dominated society.

Release Date2017-01-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count83

For the Bible Tells Me So

An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

Release Date2007-10-05

DepartmentCamera

JobCamera Operator

Vote Count55

Elvis Took a Bullet

Jeff Wilkes is a doctor who has a phobia of dead people, orders five limes with his vodka tonic, and is a "Scuzz" B-movie freak. New to L.A., he answers an ad for a roommate and meets Aron Presley, a young man who believes he is Elvis reincarnated. Confronted with the fact that his own reincarnation is impossible, since he was alive when Elvis died, Aron calmly answers, "In L.A., you create your own reality." After a bizarre interview to be a roommate, Jeff moves in with Aron, and falling prey to Aron's plan, gets blackmailed into an elaborate scheme filled with drugs, sex and blue suede shoes. With more twists and turns than the presidential election.

Release Date2001-01-01

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Vote Count1

Church and the Fourth Estate

A reporter uncovers a file that reveals a shocking series of child abuse allegations in Idaho's Boy Scouts, which rattle the community and implicate the Mormon church. The story reveals long-running crimes that threaten to bankrupt the Boy Scouts.

Release Date2020-01-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

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