ABOUT
David Felix Sutcliffe is an Emmy Award-winning producer dedicated to ambitious cinema that challenges colonial norms. His films have been distributed by Netflix, Hulu, POV, BBC, and CANAL+ and featured in The New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, CNN, This American Life and Democracy Now. His debut feature (T)ERROR (co-directed with Lyric R. Cabral) exposed corrupt FBI entrapment tactics and won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance for Breakout First Feature, and an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. His work has received awards at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs and Full Frame, and received funding support from the Sundance Documentary Fund, Ford Foundation, and BBC Storyville, among others. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” he is an Independent Spirit Award nominee and a former recipient of the International Documentary Association’s Emerging Filmmaker Award. David grew up in a mixed-race, working-class family in upstate New York and is an alum of the Anne Braden Anti-Racist Training for White Organizers. He is a new(ish) father and loves to dance.
HONORS
FESTIVALS: Sundance / SXSW / Tribeca / Human Rights Watch / Hot Docs / BFI London International / CPH:DOX / True/False / BlackStar / Full Frame / Nantucket / DocsDF Mexico / Camden / Berkshire International / DokuFest Kosovo / Nashville / Montclair / Traverse City / IFF Boston / Jihlava International / Philadelphia / Cucalorus / Big Sky / Thessaloniki
HONORS: Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Documentary / Sundance - Special Jury Prize / Independent Spirit Awards nominee - Best Documentary / IDA - Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award / Full Frame Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize / Top Ten Films of the Year - Newsweek, Indiewire, Paste Magazine / Filmmaker Magazine - 25 New Faces of Independent Film / Indiewire - 20 Directors to Watch
FUNDING: Ford / BBC Storyville / Sundance Documentary Fund / Impact Partners / Field of Vision / Sandbox films / Catapult / Tribeca Film Institute / ITVS / IDA Enterprise / Fork Films / Doc Society / VPRO / DR
FELLOWSHIPS: Sundance Edit and Story Lab Fellowship / Sundance Creative Producing Lab Fellowship / Soros Equality Fellowship / Pew Arts Fellowship / IFP Documentary Lab Fellowship
PRESS
FEATURES: New York Times Magazine / New York Times / CNN / This American Life / Newsweek / Salon / The Atlantic / Vogue / The Intercept
REVIEWS: "One of the best documentaries of the year" - Newsweek / "An absolute must-see" - Indiewire / "A vital expose" - Variety / "A cinematic achievement" - Vulture / Annual Top Ten List - Paste Magazine / "A stunning, infuriating indictment of the...war on terror." - Sight and Sound Magazine / "Dizzyingly absurd." - Village Voice
INTERVIEWS: Democracy Now! / Filmmaker Magazine / Huff Post Live / The Brian Lehrer Show / Bright Ideas Magazine / L Magazine