Eddie Schmidt

Eddie Schmidt

documentary filmmaker

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Documentary film producer of movies like This Film Is Not Yet Rated and Valentine Road and TV shows like In Search Of, Ugly Delicious, and Chelsea Does.

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Stand up comedian Mike Birbiglia is used to having total control over his material, so he found it quite disconcerting when documentary filmmaker Eddie Schmidt started following him…

Mike Birbiglia and Eddie Schmidt on building a stand-up special from scratch in ‘Good One: A Show About Jokes’

Stand up comedian Mike Birbiglia is used to having total control over his material, so he found it quite disconcerting when documentary filmmaker Eddie Schmidt started following him…

from The Business

Eddie Schmidt  is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker. This segment weaves together scenes from his 2002 documentary, Popsicle Culture, about the men and women who drive ice cream trucks.

The Lives of Ice Cream Men and Women

Eddie Schmidt is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker. This segment weaves together scenes from his 2002 documentary, Popsicle Culture, about the men and women who drive ice cream trucks.

from Good Food

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is releasing the documentary  Bully  without a rating after Hollywood's Motion Picture Association of America said it would get an  "R" rating  because the…

Damaged Children, Clueless Adults and Hollywood Ratings

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is releasing the documentary Bully without a rating after Hollywood's Motion Picture Association of America said it would get an "R" rating because the…

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