Directing
Alan Raymond
Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond are among America's most influential and distinguished independent documentary producers and directors. The films of Alan and Susan Raymond reflect our society's changing values and changed the course of television history.
Known For
Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family · 2003Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
★ 4.52003
MovieDocumentary
Eldest son Lance, of the Loud family profiled on PBS in 1973, became the first openly gay man on television and a gay icon for his generation. When Lance entered hospice in 2001 with a terminal HIV and hepatitis C co-infection, he asked original filmmakers Susan and Alan Raymond to film a final episode of the series. Lance reflects upon his days with Andy Warhol, his band The Mumps, a career as a writer and the experience of being the first reality TV star. It is a celebration of life and a cautionary tale.
Elvis '56 · 1988Elvis '56
★ 7.01988
MovieDocumentaryMusic
The year Elvis Presley went from rising star to pop culture sensation is chronicled through rare footage, interviews and that pelvis-gyrating music.
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House · 1991Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
★ 7.01991
MovieDocumentary
Academy Award®-nominated DOING TIME: LIFE INSIDE THE BIG HOUSE takes a hard-edged look at life inside the walls of Lewisburg, a maximum security federal penitentiary where the notion of rehabilitation and parole have all but been abandoned. After gaining unprecedented permission from the Justice Department, Emmy® Award-winner Alan Raymond spent five weeks inside Lewisburg. With access to the entire prison, the Raymonds captured the stories of corrections officers as well as the inmates, including drug lords, "lifers" with no possibility of parole, and prisoners convicted of leading prison riots. Detailing a world where prisoners carry "shanks" and officers respond to violence in full riot gear, this candid documentary reveals what life inside "the big house" is really like. A rare, unprecedented look at the prison subculture, DOING TIME: LIFE INSIDE THE BIG HOUSE will challenge the way you look at incarceration in America.
An American Family Revisited: The Louds 10 Years Later · 1983An American Family Revisited: The Louds 10 Years Later
★ 4.01983
MovieDocumentary
A ten-year update on the Loud family and their reflections on becoming the first reality TV stars. Their experience of becoming media celebrities and the parents' subsequent divorce changed them in many ways. Each family member explains how they were affected by these dramatic life events.
The Police Tapes · 1977The Police Tapes
★ 7.01977
MovieTV MovieCrime
Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the highest crime rate in New York City at that time.
Killing the Colorado · 2016Killing the Colorado
★ 6.02016
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
The drought in the American West is predicted to be the worst in 1,000 years. Join five Academy Award-winning filmmakers as they explore the environmental crisis of our time and how to fix it before it's too late.
Journey Into Dyslexia · 2011Journey Into Dyslexia
★ 5.72011
MovieDocumentary
Addresses misunderstandings of learning differences and demonstrates potential in dyslexic persons.
Toe Tag Parole: To Live and Die on Yard A · 2015Toe Tag Parole: To Live and Die on Yard A
★ 6.52015
MovieDocumentary
In 2000, a California State Prison inmate serving Life Without Parole (LWOP) approached the warden to request a dedicated yard for men serving life sentences that would break the code of violence dominating prison life. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) subsequently transformed Yard A at California State Prison into The Progressive Programming Facility, which inmates call The Honor Yard. The only one of its kind in the United States, this experimental prison yard is free of violence, racial tensions, gang activity and illegal drug and alcohol use.




