Richard Wolf | |
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| Born | April 1956 Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian American |
| Education | Columbia University (M.A.) New School University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Documentary film director |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Website | lobodocs |
Richard Wolf (born Ricardo Lobo; 1956) is a Brazilian-American documentary film director. He directed the documentary films Light Within the Cracks and A Requiem for Syrian Refugees .
Wolf worked under the name Ricardo Lobo in Brazil. He produced special reports for Documento Especial [1] and directed documentaries for TV Cultura, including De Volta para Casa which won the Ayrton Senna Journalism Award [2] and TV Cultura 's O Grito da Periferia (1999). [3]
Lobo changed his name to Richard Wolf and moved to the United States, where he directed documentaries such as the 2001 film Behind the Veil, a film investigating women's underground resistance against fundamentalism in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. [4]
Wolf's 2003 film Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women, focused on women in the Mauritanian desert, is part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. [5] [6] [7]
Wolf also directed A Requiem for Syrian Refugees, a film investigating the Syrian refugee camp known as Kawergosk, which was released theatrically in 2014. [8] [9] [10]
In 2020, Wolf released the documentary Light Within the Cracks, which profiled people in the largest urban slum in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. [11] The film was an official selection at the New York International Reel Film Festival and the Manhattan Film Festival. [11] [12]
In 2023, Wolf released Ukraine 5.6, a documentary focused on the trauma of Ukraine war survivors. [13]
Wolf has also made films for the United Nations, including a documentary on the UN Security Council, as well as reports on AIDS and environmental community activities. [14] [15] [16]
| Year | Title | Ref |
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| 1997 | Rebel Mexico | [17] |
| 1997 | Crianças de Fibra | |
| 1998 | De Volta para Casa | [18] |
| 1999 | O Grito da Periferia | |
| 2001 | Behind the Veil: Afghan Women under Fundamentalism | [4] |
| 2003 | Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women | [5] |
| 2004 | Beyond the Headlines: The UN Security Council | [14] |
| 2008 | Dishonourable Killings | [19] |
| 2013 | Rue Moufettard | [20] |
| 2014 | A Requiem for Syrian Refugees | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2018 | The Antechamber of Hell | |
| 2019 | Kibera: The Big Build | |
| 2020 | Light Within the Cracks | [11] [12] |
| 2023 | Ukraine 5.6 | [13] |
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