Directing

Bob Niemack

Bob Niemack is a multi-award winning producer-director-writer with extensive experience in series producing, budgeting, location and studio production, host shoots, and postproduction supervision. He began in television as an editor, and cut the Oscar and Emmy winning “SCARED STRAIGHT!” He has written, directed and produced hundreds of hours of reality and verite television for network and cable, …

Known For

Scared Straight!Scared Straight! · 1978
Scared Straight!
7.51978
MovieDocumentary
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
If the Fergi Fits Wear It!If the Fergi Fits Wear It! · 1975
If the Fergi Fits Wear It!
1975
MovieDocumentary
Educational film teaching free enterprise principles in which young people attempt to run a T-shirt business. Part of the Fergi Builds a Business film series.
The Once and Future Griffith ObservatoryThe Once and Future Griffith Observatory · 2006
The Once and Future Griffith Observatory
6.02006
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the Griffith Observatory, shown at their Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater
Iraq Frontline ERIraq Frontline ER · 2005
Iraq Frontline ER
2005
Movie
Behind the scenes in an Iraqi Military ER MASH documentary. 72 hours filming the men and women doctors and medical staff trying to save soldiers' lives.
HookerHooker · 1983
Hooker
4.51983
MovieDocumentary
Part of HBO’s America Undercover, Hooker examines prostitution. It talks to call-girls, nude models, and streetwalkers who discuss the difficulties of the sex trade. It interviews prostitutes in the dominance, the owners of a nude massage parlor, and a pimp working on the streets.
Signs of LifeSigns of Life · 2020
Signs of Life
2020
Movie
An examination of the chemistry and physics that created life on Earth and a search through the solar system for signs of life elsewhere.
America UndercoverAmerica Undercover · 2003
America Undercover
5.32003
SeriesDocumentary
An HBO documentary series focused on mature subjects. Episodes have covered abortion, organized crime, pedophilia, and more. Popular sub-series include Autopsy, Real Sex, and Taxicab Confessions. The show won several awards for the 1998 production of Strippers: The Naked Stages. The series began in 1984 and, after a brief time being broadcast weekly in 2001, transitioned to once per month. In 2006, episodes began being rebroadcast on A&E Network.

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