Courtney Sexton

Filmes

Little Richard: I Am Everything
Executive Producer
Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator - the originator - Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard's complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon's life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions.
Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia
Executive Producer
This timely documentary chronicles the tech-fueled rise and Fyre-style fall of HQ Trivia, the revolutionary "game show on your phone" app that went viral, swept the nation, then crashed and burned. The global live-play game sensation drew millions of daily users to its frenetically fun trivia challenges and cash prizes, attracting celebrity fans including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, and Kelly Clarkson. But its success was undone by corporate clashes, cast changes, and a tragic death. Told through the eyes of former host Scott Rogowsky and other first-person players from inside and outside the company, the film documents the real-life comedy and tragedy that unfolded in front of and behind the cameras.
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
Executive Producer
The extraordinary story of former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords: her relentless fight to recover following an assassination attempt in 2011, and her new life as one of the most effective activists in the battle against gun violence.
American Pain
Executive Producer
American Pain tells the jaw-dropping story of twin brothers Chris and Jeff George who open up a chain of pain clinics in Florida where they hand out pain pills like candy.
Navalny
Executive Producer
Este documentário revelador registra a investigação de uma tentativa de assassinato descarada e surpreendente, em que o alvo era o líder da oposição russa, Alexei Navalny, nos levando para uma história de sua luta pela reforma democrática.
Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name
Executive Producer
Explore the 50-year friendship between award-winning singer/songwriters James Taylor and Carole King. The duo famously performed at Los Angeles’s Troubadour in 1970, and in 2010 made a triumphant return performance.
Cidadão Ashe
Executive Producer
Dos aclamados diretores Rex Miller e Sam Pollard. este documentário impactante retrata o legado do grande tenista e célebre apoiador de causas sociais Arhur Ashe.
Julia
Executive Producer
Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.
58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story
Executive Producer
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Executive Producer
Um olhar íntimo e de bastidores de como um chef anônimo se tornou um ícone cultural mundialmente renomado.
Dreamland: O Massacre da Wall Street Negra
Executive Producer
A reveladora crônica de um dos piores incidentes de violência racial da história dos Estados Unidos: o assassinato violento de centenas de cidadãos negros na próspera comunidade negra de Greenwood, Tulsa, conhecida como A Wall Street Negra.
The Lost Sons
Executive Producer
1960s Chicago, a baby is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby? In a tale of breathtaking twists and turns, two mysteries begin to unravel and dark family secrets are revealed.
Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests
Executive Producer
Explorando as origens da obsessão dos EUA por testes de personalidade, esse documentário analisa as maneiras pelas quais as ideias sobre personalidade formaram o mundo ao nosso redor, impactando tudo, de namoros até a busca por um emprego.
On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries
Executive Producer
CNN's team of female journalists and embeds pack up and leave their families to fan out across the country and report on the president and his would-be rivals as the candidates launch campaigns and contend for voters.
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Executive Producer
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.
Apollo 11
Executive Producer
Com o plano de desembarcar dois astronautas na superfície lunar e regressar para a Terra em segurança, a missão Apollo 11 é até hoje uma grande referência quando se trata de momentos importantes na humanidade. Durante décadas, trechos dos bastidores permaneceram guardados e apenas recentemente foram liberados para visualização do público no geral.
Três Estranhos Idênticos
Executive Producer
Na Nova York de 1980, três completos estranhos descobrem que são trigêmeos idênticos separados durante o nascimento. Aos 19 anos, a feliz reunião dos três os lança para uma fama internacional, mas também traz um segredo extraordinário e perturbador, capaz de transformar a compreensão da natureza humana.
A Juíza
Executive Producer
Um retrato íntimo da improvável estrela do rock, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Com acesso sem precedentes, são exploradas suas primeiras batalhas jurídicas e como elas mudaram o mundo para as mulheres.
Love, Gilda
Executive Producer
A parte da vida de Gilda Radner que o público não teve o privilégio de conhecer: relacionamentos, sucesso, fama e até um câncer no ovário. Gravações pessoais raras, páginas de diário e depoimentos de amigos e admiradores, como Amy Poehler, Cecily Strong e Lorne Michaels, são mostrados, funcionando como um tributo à comediante do Saturday Night Live.
Elián
Supervising Producer
The story of Elián Gonzalez, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits, and how the fight for his future changed the course of U.S.-Cuba relations. Featuring personal testimony, interviews, and a news archive, this documentary recounts Elián’s remarkable rescue on Thanksgiving Day in 1999, after his mother and 10 others fleeing Cuba perished at sea, and the custody battle between the boy’s Cuban father and his Miami-based relatives.
Unseen Enemy
Supervising Producer
A documentary focused on infectious disease outbreaks.
The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House
Executive Producer
An inside view of Barack Obama's last days as the first African-American President, and the legacy he leaves behind.
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Supervising Producer
Este documentário apresenta o chef influente Jeremiah Tower, que desempenhou um papel crucial na criação da nova e revolucionária cozinha americana.
Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray
Supervising Producer
The self-help industry is worth $11 billion dollars a year. It’s an industry that captivates those seeking happiness, release from suffering and those longing for a path and a leader to follow. James Arthur Ray for many who followed him was that leader to guide his flock. But as the story unfolds, as told by Ray himself and also by his followers, we learn that that path was fraught with danger and perhaps even greater suffering.
Steve Jobs: O Homem e a Máquina
Supervising Producer
Em 2005, quando discursou na Universidade de Stanford, Steve Jobs pediu ajuda para escrever o discurso a Aaron Sorkin, mas acabou por o fazer sozinho, como conta Walter Isaacson na sua biografia do co-fundador da Apple. No início do discurso, Jobs dizia: “Hoje, quero contar-vos três histórias da minha vida. É só isso. Nada de especial. Só três histórias.” Nem por acaso, “Steve Jobs”, o filme de Danny Boyle com argumento de Aaron Sorkin, inspirado no citado livro de Isaacson, com Michael Fassbender no papel principal, é formado por três histórias da vida profissional de Jobs: o lançamento do Macintosh, em 1984; o do esquecido NeXT, em 1988; e o do iMac, em 1998.
Fresh Dressed
Supervising Producer
The history of Hip-Hop / Urban fashion and its rise from southern cotton plantations to the gangs of 1970s in the South Bronx, to corporate America, and everywhere in-between. Supported by rich archival materials and in-depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution of a way of life--and the outsiders who studied and admired them – Fresh Dressed goes to the core of where style was born on the black and brown side of town.
Life Itself - A Vida de Roger Ebert
Supervising Producer
O crítico de cinema Roger Ebert foi um dos nomes mais conhecidos de seu ofício. Vencedor do prêmio Pulitzer, era um rosto popular devido a seu longevo programa de televisão e à criação dos “thumbs up” para classificar um bom filme. Este documentário mostra os últimos meses de vida de Ebert, ao lado de sua esposa Chaz e de sua família, com seu espírito batalhador e seu bom humor, na luta contra um câncer que o impediu de falar.
Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story
Supervising Producer
A former U.S. Navy Seal seeks life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness living life as a transgender woman.
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
Supervising Producer
Número 2 na lista das mais procurados da América depois de Osama Bin Laden, James " Whitey " Bulger aterrorizou a cidade de Boston durante anos sem nunca ter sido acusado de tanto como uma contravenção. Bulger era um monstro , matando mais de uma dúzia de vítimas, será que o FBI e a polícia local dão ao seu reinado de terror sobre South Boston um livre transito?