Eric Daniel Metzgar
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Eric Daniel Metzgar is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. His debut film, a documentary entitled The Chances of the World Changing,[1] which he directed, produced, shot and edited, premiered at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The Chances of the World Changing screened at film festivals, won several awards and was nominated for a 2007 Film Independent Axium Truer than Fiction Award. It also aired on PBS as part of the P.O.V. series in 2007.
Metzgar's second documentary film, Life. Support. Music.,[2] premiered at the 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Life. Support. Music. tells the story of Jason Crigler, a successful New York-based guitarist who in 2004 suffered a devastating brain injury. This film features interviews with Norah Jones, Marshall Crenshaw, Teddy Thompson and others. Life. Support. Music. won the Audience Choice award at the 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston.
Recently, Metzgar completed a short first-person documentary titled Beholder, as part of the International Documentary Challenge. The film won the Documentary Challenge's "Original Vision Award," and also won "Best Writing" and "Best Use of First Person."
Metzgar is working on a film titled, Reporter: On the Ground with Nick Kristof, which chronicles New York Times journalist Nick Kristof's 2007 voyage to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. The film will include interviews with Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and many others.
