Barbara Kopple Biography

Updated On Jul 16, 2019 Published On May 20, 2017

Timeline of Barbara Kopple

1946	Born in United States
1976	Received 1st Award
1991	Academy Award for American Dream
2005	Released straight to DVD
2006	Released Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
2013	Released “Running from Crazy”
2014	Ranked 24th
2015	Documentry Miss Sharon Jones!
2016	Nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Documentary.
2017	Released This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Facts of Barbara Kopple
Date of Birth:	1946 , July-30
Birth Nation:	United States

Kopple grew up in Scarsdale, New York and started working with the Maysles Brothers, an American documentary filmmaking team known for their work in the direct cinema style. Barbara first debuted direction was the film “Winter Soldier”. She was among the 19 filmmakers, under the rubric Winterfilm Collective to produce the film “Winter Soldier”.

Kopple has directed an episode of the television drama series “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Oz”, which won Directors Guild of America award for the former. Kopple has done films for the Working Group, directing the 30-minute short documentary “Locked Out in America: Voice From Ravenswood” for the We Do the Work series.

Heading towards Kopple personal life, she previously married Hart Perry and has one son Nicholas Perry. The couple could not keep up with their relationship and separated with a divorce due to some personal problem. Currently, Barbara is happily married to Gene Carroll.

According to sources, in the beginning of making the film “Harlan County, USA”, Barbara was promised with $9 thousand grant then later it was denied, which happened countless times until she was eventually given the money through funds.

Barbara Kopple facts on timeline

	Born in United States July 30 , 1946 Barbara Kopple was born on July 30, 1946, in New York City, New York, USA. Kopple is a director and producer who is well known for Shut Up & Sing, Harlan county USA and Havoc.
	Received 1st Award 1976 Director Kopple First award was “Academy Award” for Harlan County, USA which about a Kentucky miners strike. The documentary film “Harlan County, USA” was her second film. This documentary also received Special Award and Grand Prix.
	Academy Award for American Dream 1991 Barbar received Academy Award for “American Dream”, it is the story of the Hormel Foods strike in Austin. The film narrates an unsuccessful strike in the heartland of America against the Hormel Foods corporation.
	Released straight to DVD 2005 Kopple’s first non-documentary feature film “Havoc” was released straight to DVD in which Anne Hathaway and Bijou Philips starred as wealthy suburbanites who venture into East Los Angeles Latino gang territory.
	Released Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing 2006 Barbara Kopple released a documentary “Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, which is about the Dixie Chicks George W. Bush related controversy. After this, she released "Gun Fight".
	Released “Running from Crazy” 2013 Director and producer Barbara released the film “Running from Crazy”, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
	Ranked 24th 2014 Kopple’s film “Harlan County, USA” was ranked 24th, tied with 2 other movies in the UK’s Sight and Sound magazine which is published in a “Greatest Documentries of All Time”.
	Documentry Miss Sharon Jones! 2015 Barbara Kopple directed and released the documentary film “Miss Sharon Jones!”. The documentary film is about the singer Sharon Jones. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics.
	Nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Documentary. 2016 Gigi Gorgeous: This is Everything, the documentary was directed by Barbara Kopple and produced by her and David Cassidy. The movie was nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Documentary.
	Released This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous 2017 An initial release of the documentary "This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous", in which actor Scott Fisher, Adam Lazzarto, Corey Lazzarto and Gigi Lazzarto were cast.