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It was January 1983 when we launched 'Frontline' on PBS with 'An Unauthorized History of the NFL.' The program was anchored by Jessica Savitch. We wanted to get attention, and we got it.

~David Fanning

Topics: Anchored Attention Get Got History January Jessica Program Wanted Nfl

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At the heart of the best documentaries, there is a journey of inquiry - someone who travels out into the world, comes back with a story, and who then finds meaning in it, and intrigue; someone who tells you about something you never quite knew before, or in a way you hadn't quite thought about.

~David Fanning

Topics: About Back Before Best Documentaries Finds Heart Inquiry Intrigue Journey Knew Meaning Never Out Quite Someone Something Story Tells Then Thought Travels Way Who World You

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Movies, to a large extent, stand or fall on the strength of their scripts. But a documentary is a collection of found objects: fragments you've collected, accidents of interview and happenstance, pieces of stock footage that surface in the course of six to nine months of research and production.

~David Fanning

Topics: Accidents Collected Collection Course Documentary Extent Fall Footage Found Fragments Happenstance Interview Large Months Movies Nine Nine Months Objects Pieces Production Research Scripts Six Stand Stock Strength Surface You

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I don't really think of 'Frontline' as a strictly public affairs series; I think of it as a work of journalism that is constantly reinventing itself.

~David Fanning

Topics: Affairs Constantly Itself Journalism Public Really Reinventing Series Strictly Think Work I Think

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Producer

Born: May 25th, 1946

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