Don Lenzer

Películas

Very Ralph: La Vida Y Obra De Ralph Lauren
Director of Photography
The first documentary portrait of fashion icon Ralph Lauren, reveals the man behind the icon and the creation of one of the most successful brands in fashion history.
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
Director of Photography
How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?
Eagles: Live At The Capital Centre March
Camera Operator
Eagles Live At The Capital Center - Marzo de 1977, presentando actuaciones nunca antes lanzadas del stand de dos noches de los Eagles en el Capital Center de Washington, D.C. durante la legendaria gira del Hotel California.
Anita
Camera Operator
La historia de la joven y brillante afroamericana Anita Hill, que acusa al candidato a la Corte Suprema Clarence Thomas de avances sexuales no deseados durante explosivas audiencias en el Senado en 1991 y enciende una tormenta política sobre el acoso sexual, la raza, el poder y la política que resuena hoy.
Desconocidos: Cinco Historias De Internet
Director of Photography
Finding love has never been easy. But it's also never been easier. Online dating sites thrive on the promise that dates and mates are just a 'click' away...but are they? From Robert Kenner comes a compelling new documentary about the way we woo in a wired world.
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
Director of Photography
In his early twenties, Sam Cagnina, oldest son of a Mafia hit man, meets Steven, a handsome 19-year old college student and they fall in love. Then, after a few years Sam offers Steven a "visionary" idea. What if they could find a woman who would fall in love with both of them and agree to live in a "trio" relationship? They spend the next 7 years dating and looking for that special woman. Finally, they meet Samantha, a young, struggling actress. THREE OF HEARTS explores this very unique trio union as they negotiate their living arangements, fall in love and open one of the hottest wellness centres in New York City. Everyone who comes in contact with them is never quite sure how the relationship works. But the one thing which seems certain is their love for each other.
Xiara's Song
Director of Photography
Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems happy hanging out and playing with her pal Melissa, Xiara becomes defensive and emotional when talking about her father, Harold Linares. As we see and learn, Harold is in jail serving a ten-year sentence for weapons possession; Xiara seems to blame his incarceration on her mother, whom she says "kept calling the police." Xiara, who has always been extremely close to her father, acts out with her mother.
The Education of Gore Vidal
Director of Photography
A contrarian and wickedly funny man, "The Education of Gore Vidal" explores Vidal's extraordinary life and work, joining him at his cliff-side villa in Ravello, Italy.
The Artist in Me
Camera Operator
A short documentary following 19-year-old Amanda Dunbar, who shares her thoughts on being an artist alongside a group of children in her art class. This documentary is included as a special feature on the 2002 Barbie as Rapunzel DVD.
En brazos de un extraño: El traslado de los inocentes
Director of Photography
Durante 1938 y 1939, durante los nueve meses previos al inicio de la II Guerra Mundial, hasta 10.000 niños, la gran mayoría judíos, fueron enviados a Inglaterra desde diversos países como Alemania, Austria y Checoslovaquia, salvándoles de la muerte. Los niños, que fueron hospedados en centros y casas en el Reino Unido, abandonaron sus familias, sus hogares, y su juventud, y emprendieron un amargo viaje que les salvó de la muerte. Este premiado documental -ganador del Oscar- relata los hechos. Su director, Mark Jonathan Harris, había ganado otro Oscar al mejor documental 3 años antes con un documental (The Long Way Home, 1997) sobre los judíos europeos desde el final de la II Guerra Mundial hasta la creación del estado de Israel en 1948.
The Long Way Home
Director of Photography
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
Bill T. Jones: Still/Here
Cinematography
Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here. At workshops around the country, people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform their feelings into expressive movement, which Jones incorporates into the dance performed later in the program. For this documentary, Jones demonstrates the movements of his own life story: his first encounter with white people, confusion over his sexuality, his partner Arnie Zane’s untimely death from AIDS, and Jones’s own HIV-positive status.
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Camera Operator
Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.
High Fidelity: The Adventures of the Guarneri String Quartet
Additional Camera
Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, and family life of the members of the Guarneri String Quartet.
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Director of Photography
James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy.
A Hungry Feeling: The Life and Death of Brendan Behan
Director of Photography
Colleagues and relatives reflect on the dynamic life of Irish writer Brendan Behan, beginning with his adolescent years as an activist and his affiliation with the IRA youth group, Fianna Éireann. Behan rises to fame as a poet and playwright and achieves international success in the wake of his successful autobiography, "Borstal Boy." But in his later years, Behan's prominence wanes as alcoholism, egotistical tendencies and a growing obsession with celebrity begin to overtake him.
Raw (El show de Eddie Murphy)
Camera Operator
Tras "Delirious", éste es el segundo especial grabado en formato película de Eddie Murphy. Grabado en Nueva York, el cómico se centra en las repercusiones de "Delirious", las consecuencias de la fama, las relaciones de pareja, y en su familia.
The Ten-Year Lunch
Director of Photography
The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
Director of Photography
One in a series of 13 documentaries on renowned American poets produced by the New York Center for Visual History. Described by director St. Clair Bourne as “a narrative performance documentary,” this category-defiant film on the life of poet and writer Hughes and the times in which he lived and worked moves from America to Senegal to Paris, from the 1920s Harlem Renaissance to the Black Pride awakening of the 1960s.
Directed by William Wyler
Cinematography
Documentary about the famed Hollywood director.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Camera Operator
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
Rush It
Director of Photography
A female bicycle messenger is looking for love in New York City and becomes involved with two very different men.
The Grateful Dead Movie
Director of Photography
Released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, is a film that captures performances from the Grateful Dead's October 1974 five-night stand at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. This end-of-tour run marked the beginning of an extended hiatus for the band, with no shows planned for 1975. The movie also faithfully portrays the burgeoning Deadhead scene. The film features the "Wall of Sound" concert sound system that the Dead used for all of 1974.
Not a Pretty Picture
Director of Photography
Mixing narrative and documentary filming in a unique way the story is autobiographical and is about a date rape dissecting the characters and circumstances around it. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Hearts and Minds
Second Unit Cinematographer
Aclamado documental sobre los efectos de la Guerra del Vietnam en dicho país. Ganador del Oscar al mejor documental en 1975.
Father Dan Berrigan: The Holy Outlaw
Cinematography
This documentary deals with the 4 months that Father Daniel Berrigan was underground from the FBI, due to participating in and leading the burning of draft records in an act of civil disobedience.
Father Dan Berrigan: The Holy Outlaw
Director
This documentary deals with the 4 months that Father Daniel Berrigan was underground from the FBI, due to participating in and leading the burning of draft records in an act of civil disobedience.
Woodstock, 3 días de paz y música
Camera Operator
Documental sobre el famoso festival de Woodstock que tuvo lugar en Bethel, NY. En agosto de 1969, 450.000 personas asistieron al mayor festival de música rock hasta la fecha. "Woodstock", ganadora del Oscar de la Academia, fue un acontecimiento que dio nombre a una generación y marcó a toda una época. "Woodstock, 3 días de paz y música: el montaje del director" (Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music: The Director's Cut) de 225 minutos de duración, cuenta con imágenes restauradas y con sonido digital. Además, ofrece 40 minutos adicionales de imágenes nunca vistas en la película inicial, que fueron integradas en el film por el propio director Michael Wadleigh. Un joven Martin Scorsese fue asistente del director y ayudó en el montaje de este aclamado e histórico documental. (FILMAFFINITY)
Napalm
Director of Photography
A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.
Napalm
Editor
A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.
Napalm
Director
A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.
Have You Heard of the San Francisco Mime Troupe?
Director
Documentary directed by Don Lenzer and Fred Wardenburg
The Primal Mind
Director
Written and hosted by Jack Marks aka “Jamake Highwater,” an American Jewish author who misrepresented himself as Native American, this film examines the differences between Native American and Western cultures, including their views of nature, time, space, art, architecture, and dance.