Richard Wolf

A worldwide director, Richard Wolf studied documentary production at the Global Village school in New York and film directing at the New York Film Academy. Social and humanitarian issues are the focus of his work. Combining investigative reporting with a keen eye for visual storytelling, he has developed a unique style that blends epic-scale imagery with candid intimate testimonies. Mr. Wolf has directed over thirty documentary films for commercial networks and public television, as well as independent productions broadcast on the BBC, CNN and other major media outlets. Shot in five continents, these films are as diverse as their environments. But all of them share deep humanistic values, a close rapport with compelling real-life characters and outstanding cinematography. Mr. Wolf's many awards include the World Medal at the New York Festival, the Ibero-American journalism award presented by EFE (Spanish News Agency), the Prince Rainier Award at the Montecarlo Festival, the Ayrton Senna and Vladimir Herzog awards for special reports on children and human rights. He has undertaken assignments for the United Nations in New York, Africa, Asia and East Timor, where he headed the television station implemented under the UN mandate. Mr. Wolf's films embody a strong gender focus. He has documented women's resistance against fundamentalism under the Taliban in Afghanistan, having produced the groundbreaking "Behind the Veil" film, as well as women empowerment stories in diverse locations from Spain to the Himalayas and Indonesia. Mr. Wolf has also worked as documentary director at TV Cultura, the largest public television station in Latin America, winner of two international Emmy awards. Mr. Wolf's documentary "Women of the Sand" is now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He has completed his first narrative feature film "Fatima", a breath-taking story of a beautiful young woman who returns to war-torn Baghdad and must make hard choices to survive amidst chaos. Mr. Wolf is a cosmopolitan director with a broad world vision and a distinctive authorial approach to filmmaking.